Since arriving at Mars in 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover has drilled into rocks in search of organics – molecules containing carbon. Organics are the building blocks of all life on…
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It Snowed in the Sahara and the Photos Are Breathtaking
January 12, 2018Look, I know we cover a lot of the bad types of weather here. Wildfires, droughts, extreme cold, hurricanes. But allow me to make it up to you with some…
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Astronomers have found five new supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. When galaxies collide and merge with each other, it can force their supe…
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Asteroid close encounter on April 2
April 2, 2017The near-Earth asteroid 2017 FU102 has a very close, but safe, encounter with Earth on April 2, 2017, sweeping to within just over half the moon’s distance.
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Researchers are cutting travel, ending collaborations and rethinking their U.S. ties
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Expect to see more emergencies like Oroville Dam in a hotter world | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | The Guardian
February 20, 2017Dana Nuccitelli: Scientists predicted decades ago that climate change would add stress to water management systems like Oroville Dam
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Containing Trump
February 8, 2017He may well try to govern as an authoritarian. Whether he succeeds depends less on what he does than on how civil society responds.
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In an interview on Thursday, the adviser to President Donald Trump invented a massacre to justify restrictions on refugee admissions and travel from several predominantly Muslim countries.
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“Rogue” Science Agencies Defy Trump Administration on Twitter
Added by kHilton January 28, 2017Anonymous accounts are purportedly linked to NASA, National Parks and other agencies
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Turning Trash Into Gas May Finally Be a Thing
Added by greeley September 6, 2016People have been trying for decades to eliminate landfills and fight climate change by vaporizing garbage—with disappointing results. But that could be changing.