Asteroid 2017 VR12 will sweep close tonight
2017 VR12 will pass 3.76 times the moon’s distance during the night of March 6-7. Here are some images and video of the asteroid, plus … how to watch online.
Asteroid close encounter on April 2
The 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.
At Trump Inauguration, His Hollow Rhetoric Collides with Reality
The contrast between his promises to America’s forgotten and the greed of the new president and his circle of fat cat appointees is horrible.
Attacks on Science | UCSUSA
The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet’s most pressing problems. Joining with citizens across the country, we combine technical analysis and effective advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future.
Automakers Urge Trump to Undo One of America’s Biggest CO2 Reductions to Date
Twelve automakers sacrifice the future by urging Pres. Trump to lower fuel-economy standards, which might be the single largest CO2 reduction in U.S. history
Beans May Be the ‘Food of the Future,’ but U.S. Farmers Aren’t Planting Enough | Civil Eats
Legumes are great for people and soil, but high prices for corn and soy, plus extreme weather due to climate change, threaten domestic production.
BEAUTIFUL MINNESOTA VIKINGS FANS RECYCLE RIGHT, THANKS TO STANDARDIZED LABELS!
Last Sunday, the Recycle Across America team went to the MN Vikings game with 66,600 other fans and look at how PURE the recyclables are in the recycling bins that display the standardized labels on the bins…
Because it’s Beautiful | Don’t Blink
In a winter storm it’s difficult to appreciate snow. Through the lens of photographer Don Komarechka’s snowflake images, the world becomes a more beautiful place. Non-linear physicist Stephen W. Morris unravels how a snowflake is formed.
Behind the curtain of Wells Fargo’s corporate PAC
Donations made by corporate PACs must be disclosed publicly. But corporations are generally tight-lipped about why they donate to certain politicians. Documents obtained by Popular Information, however, reveal the internal workings of Wells Fargo’s PAC, the third-largest PAC in the financial services industry. It’s not a pretty picture.
Being called a bird brain is no insult
A new study has found that bird brains have significantly more neurons than do mammal – even primate – brains of the same mass.
