Category : science

Men Dominate Scrabble Tournaments, But That Doesn’t Mean Much

Does that explain the continued male majority in the physics and computer science departments of U.S. universities? This debate refuses to die, long after the Harvard president Larry Summers infamously floated the idea back in 2005. The author, Hea...

UN climate talks open in Poland with call for 'urgent' action

Representatives from nearly 200 countries began crunch UN climate talks in Poland Sunday against a backdrop of dire environmental warnings and a call for action against the "urgent" threats posed by climate change. The COP24 climate summit will see...

Grim tidings from science on climate change

Scientists monitoring the Earth's climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news this year, adding a sense of urgency to UN talks starting Sunday in Poland on how best to draw down the greenhouse gases that drive global warming. The 2...

For Poland's mining region, coal remains a way of life

My father, my grandfather were miners, so I am," says Arkadiusz Wojcik at a coal mine in the southern Polish town of Knurow. Defying the danger to life and limb of descending into the mine on a daily basis, Poland's coal miners still pass down the j...

On the fast track: Stratolaunch says its rocket engine preburner has hit full power

Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch Systems’ rocket engine development effort: The Seattle-based space company founded by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says it ramped up the preburner for its PGA rocket engine to full power this week d...

Strict building codes helped Anchorage withstand quake

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rattled Alaska's largest city cracked roads and collapsed highway ramps, but there were no reports of widespread catastrophic damage or collapsed buildings.

The Latest: Seismic expert: Alaska uses stringent standards

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the Alaska earthquakes (all times local):

2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #48

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Nov 25 through Saturday, Dec. 1 Editor's Pick Climate change signals and impacts continue in 2018 & & The long-term warming t...

Hawk native to South America wows crowd in Maine park

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A hawk that is native to Central and South America drew a lot of attention from Maine's birding community Friday after appearing in a park, where it brawled with a fellow raptor and dined on a squirrel.

US approves seismic tests despite dolphin, whale concerns

The US government Friday took a big step toward opening oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic ocean by approving seismic airgun tests that experts warn are harmful to dolphins and whales. Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to...

'There Is an Atmosphere of Civil War.' France's Yellow Jackets Are Driving Fury at Macron

A gas tax has inspired widespread protests against the young French president

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Pose For 2018 Class Photo

U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for 2018 class photo

How Doctors Became Cuba's Biggest Export

The Communist country has been sending doctors abroad since 1963, bringing in billions of dollars each year

Brexit Can Supercharge Britain's 'Special Relationship' with the U.S.

"We are in a position to set the global benchmark for how two leading, open and mature economies can trade with each other."

Aussie kids skip school for mass climate protest

Thousands of Australian students skipped school Friday to join nationwide protests demanding government action on climate change. The demonstrations were held as more than a hundred bushfires blazed in scorching temperatures in the northeast and a d...

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