by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
It wasn’t so much that Kai-Fu Lee had trouble balancing work and life. It’s that work was his life. As an Apple employee in the early 1990s, he almost walked out of the delivery room when the impending birth of his first child threatened to disrupt a...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Mexico, Dec. 8 (Notimex).- The ambassador of Ecuador in Mexico, Leonardo Arizaga Schmegel, gave the scientist of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN, for its acronym in Spanish), German Chamorro Cevallos the "Vicente Rocafuerte Prize",...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Thousands of people from around the world marched Saturday through the southern Polish city that's hosting this year's U.N. climate talks, demanding that their governments take tougher action to curb global warming.
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
InSight, or NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander, provided the first "sounds" of Martian winds to human ears on Friday. The spacecraft's sensors captured a "haunting low rumble caused by vibrati...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
It's hard out there for a smart cat in a dumb world. The National Park Service confirmed on Dec. 7 that a mountain lion, widely known for his ability to safely navigate the treacherous freeways of Southern California, was found dead following t...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Eight years ago, SpaceX showed NASA it could keep the International Space Station in beans and biscuits. Eight years later, it has its sights set firmly on Mars.
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Dec 2 through Saturday, Dec. 8 Editor's Pick Can 2018’s extreme weather persuade skeptics that the climate is changing?&...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Some of his supporters on Twitter are calling Flynn a "hero" who should be cleared
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX delivery full of Christmas goodies arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, following a slight delay caused by a communication drop-out.
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
A transcript of the lawyer and activist's Amal Clooney's speech at the United Nations' Correspondents Association on Dec. 5
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
To create a constellation of 12,000 satellites, SpaceX will need a really Big Falcon Rocket.
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Meet the women fighting for justice in the brutal war against Afghanistan's women
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Until now, the reticulated siren was just a rumor. A mythical and mysterious swamp monster—also known as a species of giant salamander—the reticulated siren is found in the shallow freshwater marshes of Florida and Alabama, and locally known as a &qu...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
China on Saturday launched a first probe ever to explore the dark side of the Moon, marking another milestone in its ambitious space programme, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The probe, the Chang'e-4, is expected to make the first-ever so...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Australian school children led thousands of demonstrators nationwide Saturday calling for a halt on plans for Indian mining firm Adani to construct a controversial coal mine in the country's northeast. The rallies across major cities followed a prot...