Make Angry Birds happy, UN chief tells world
The sight of anything green is enough to enrage him, but in an ironic twist, Red, the leader of the Angry Birds computer game characters, has been named Honorary Ambassador for Green by the United Nations, the top bird given the mission of “inspir(ing) ...>> view originalTwin comets to buzz Earth. Why scientists are excited, not worried.
Astronomers are breaking out the telescopes, metaphoric measuring tapes, and record books for a close visit from two comets next week.Comets 252O/Linear and P/2016 BA 14 will offer a rare view for scientists as they fly by Earth just one day apart, and only a few million miles away.The first comet, 252P/LINEAR, will travel past Earth on March 21 at a distance of 3.3 million miles, which is very close on a planetary scale. But the second, P/2015 BA14, could be the record breaker: as it comes wit..>> view originalMost eccentric planet known flashes astronomers with reflected light
An artist’s rendering shows the planet HD 20782, the most eccentric planet ever known, passing its star in close orbit. SF State Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Stephen Kane is the lead author on a study detailing the planet’s highly irregular orbit. Credit: NASA Led by SF State astronomer Stephen Kane, a team of researchers has spotted an extrasolar planet about 117 light-years from earth that boasts the most eccentric orbit yet seen. What’s more, Kane and his colleagues were able..>> view originalForest conservation: An environmental success for China
China appears to have turned the corner on deforestation.Beijing implemented a forest conservation program in 1998. And we now have proof that it's working.Logging and clear cutting shrank China's forests for decades, but from 2000 to 2010, the nation saw a net gain in tree cover, according to new data.A team of scientists studied the nation's forests using satellite images, eyeing where tree cover expanded and decreased. Over the decade they saw significant recovery in about 1.6 percent of Chi..>> view originalLiftoff: Space capsule launches to the International Space Station
John Manning, attorney for Brian Stone, leaves the Sacramento federal courthouse with Grace Stone, the wife of Brian Stone, on Friday, March 18, 2016. Jamal M. Shehadeh, Brian J. Stone and Saber A. Shehadeh were arraigned and charged in a 60-count indictment for a scheme to commit multiple arsons for profit. Brian Stone is the father of French train hero Spencer Stone, who along with boyhood friends Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos last year foiled a terrorist attack on a train from Belgium..>> view originalWhy wolves and hyenas hunt together in Middle East
Sometimes the most unlikely friends can be the best allies, especially in the animal world. A recent study published in Zoology in the Middle East finds that grey wolves and striped hyenas in Israel’s Negev desert work together to survive.Their friendship is made especially unlikely due to the fact that prey is scarce in the desert. Usually, those conditions would push carnivores like the wolves and hyenas to compete, rather than collaborate. But something different is happening in the Negev.Bo..>> view originalSpring equinox is upon us
As spring rolls in, the Northeast is bracing for winter weather to make a harsh comeback. The culprit for the ongoing wintry weather is a nor'easter brewing off the Atlantic coast.The storm is expected to drop snow and temperatures in Washington, Philadelphia, New York and Boston.It's not unusual to see snow after the start of spring in this region. In 2015, New York and Philadelphia had about 4 inches of snow on the first day of springThe spring equinox, also referred to as the vernal equinox, ..>> view originalWhy Pluto is more geographically diverse than a lot of planets
Despite its now downgraded status as a “dwarf planet,” the surface of Pluto is turning out to be as varied and complex as any planet. The former ninth planet hosts a wide variety of landscapes that have frequently evolved over millions of years, researchers who studied data from NASA’s New Horizons mission have revealed.Their results, published in a suit of five studies published Thursday in a special issue of the journal Science, indicate that the icy dwarf planet has been impacted even relati..>> view originalDNA results are in: Early humans and Neanderthals made babies together
Scientists have discovered that Homo sapiens -- that's us -- made more babies with archaic humanlike species than initially thought. That sexual history has left a mark on the human genome, possibly influencing our immune systems and metabolism, according to a new study published in the journal of Science.Scientists analyzed the genetic information of more than 1,500 people from all around the world and determined that ancestors of modern humans interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans.They le..>> view originalNew Alaskan butterfly: A monitor for climate change?
A butterfly species, misidentified for more than 60 years, may be the only type of butterfly endemic to Alaska, say scientists.The newly identified Tanana Arctic lives in spruce and aspen forests in the Tanana-Yukon River Basin. Because butterflies react quickly to climate change, the species could help scientists identify alarming changes in the sensitive arctic ecosystem, says Andrew Warren, a lepidopterist (butterfly expert) at the University of Florida in Gainesville.“This butterfly has app..>> view original
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Make Angry Birds happy, UN chief tells world and other top stories.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment