Category : science

Venezuela opposition rally to keep up pressure on Maduro

Venezuela's opposition supporters will hold rallies across the country on Saturday to show backing for self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido and to protest against the increasingly isolated socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. Maduro's critics also hope...

Bill Maher Sees “Glimmer Of Hope” For Climate Change: Americans Less Stupid

Update, with video Are Americans beginning to accept the reality of climate change? Bill Maher sees a "tiny glimmer of hope," the host of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher said tonight. "Half of Americans say the science is more conv...

‘Real Time': Bill Maher Warns Republicans That Climate Change Could Destroy Brett Kavanaugh’s Beer

On Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” Bill Maher tore into Republicans who he says ignore climate change, and warned of all the things global warming might render extinct — including Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s beer. In the “New Rules” seg...

Scientists Weigh Quick-Response Strategy To Correct Climate Change BS — Like Trump's

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine are considering a

How satellites and blockchain go together

It’s been three months since Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining venture headquartered in Redmond, Wash., was acquired by the ConsenSys blockchain studio — and although the venture currently known as ConsenSys Space hasn’t yet take the wraps off...

U.S. high court temporarily blocks Louisiana abortion restrictions

A one-page order issued by Justice Samuel Alito said that "the justices need time to review" the various court filings before making a decision on the emergency application filed by Shreveport-based abortion provider Hope Medical Group for Women to b...

U.S. Energy Department warns staff to avoid foreign recruitment programs

Dan Brouillette, the Energy Department's deputy secretary, said in a memo the agency that recruitment programs sponsored by certain countries "threaten the United States' economic base by facilitating the unauthorized transfer of technology and intel...

Hong Kong makes record seizure of pangolin scales, ivory

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong customs officers have intercepted a record 8.3 tons of pangolin scales and hundreds of elephant tusks worth more than $8 million combined, underscoring the threat to endangered species from demand in Asia.

Seal takeovers, downed trees: Parks clean up post-shutdown

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — National park visitors cut new trails in sensitive soil. They pried open gates while no one was watching. They found bathrooms locked, so they went outside. One off-roader even mowed down an iconic twisted-limbed Joshua tree in...

Uber and Lyft Raise Prices in New York City, Citing Wage Law

Uber Technologies Inc. will increase the price of trips in the city starting Friday in response to the new rule, it said in a statement to Bloomberg. Lyft Inc. is also raising prices, and also citing the new minimum wage. In an email it sent to dri...

Environmentalists attacked on Mexico porpoise patrol

Environmental group Sea Shepherd said Friday one of its ships had been attacked by 20 boats while patrolling off the coast of Mexico to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise from illegal fishermen. Attackers on high-speed boats threw Moloto...

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