What is New Horizons' latest Kuiper Belt find?
NASA’s New Horizons probe recently documented the first object it has passed since its historic Pluto flyby this past July.NASA announced Thursday New Horizons’ recording of 1994 JR1, a 90-mile Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) currently orbiting 3 billion miles from the sun. The space probe was able to capture 1994 JR1 using its on-board Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) from a distance of 69 million miles away. NASA said the LORRI instrument caught the KBO twice on April 7 and 8, breaking the r..>> view originalState Officials Investigated Over Their Inquiry Into Exxon Mobil's Climate Change Research
Photo Representative Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas, is accusing some state attorneys general of trying to make a pariah out of Exxon Mobil over climate change. Credit Zach Gibson/The New York Times Since last November, a growing number of state attorneys general have been pointing their fingers at Exxon Mobil, investigating whether the energy company’s research about climate change conflicted directly with its public statements on the issue.But now the accusers are b..>> view originalRobo-bee: miniature robot perches like an insect
Media captionMiniature flying robot that can perch and take off could be used in search and rescue, scientists say Scientists have designed flying, insect-sized robots that can perch and launch from ceilings. The robots use something called electrostatic adhesion, the same process by which statically-charged balloons stick to walls. Perching allows the robots to conserve energy. The findings, reported in the journal Science, contribute to a decade-long Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory proje..>> view originalHow birds turn red
In the bird world, the color red has special significance. Many species use red signals to attract mates or deter rivals, adding the color to their beaks, feathers, or bare skin. Generally speaking, as far as many birds are concerned, redder is better ...>> view originalObama launches a kid science advisors' campaign
President Barack Obama meets with Jacob Leggette while touring exhibits at the White House Science Fair April 13, 2016. Obama announced Thursday he is taking Leggette's suggestion to launch a kids' science advisory board.(Photo: Win McNamee, Getty Images)President Obama on Thursday launched a kids’ science advisory campaign seeking innovative ideas from the nation's young minds.The campaign, announced at a ceremony awarding national science medals, invites children to submit ideas about what the..>> view originalHubble Telescope Captures Incredible Up-Close View of Mars
An amazing new Mars image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows clouds, craters, ice caps and other features on the Red Planet. Hubble took the photo on May 12, when Mars was just 50 million miles (80 million kilometers) from Earth. That's quite close in the cosmic scheme of things; Mars is nearly at "opposition" — when the planet and the sun are on exact opposite sides of Earth from each other — which will come on May 22. Mars as it was observed shortly before opposition i..>> view originalAstronaut Jeff Williams speaks with his Wisconsin hometown from space
At precisely 10:15 a.m. the gym was linked, voice and video, via Internet and radio to the International Space Station orbiting somewhere over North America.That's where Jeff Williams, NASA astronaut and Winter High School class of 1976 graduate, was waiting to field questions about his latest of four space missions.The school was ready. Some 275 students, from kindergarten through high school, had joined staff and other townspeople wearing bright yellow T-shirts commemorating Mission 47 of the ..>> view originalDo Trees Sleep?
The idea of an oak or a spruce tree taking a snooze seems a bit bizarre. But for the first time, scientists have observed physical changes in trees that correspond in some ways to sleep in humans and animals, or at least to our day-night rhythm. Researchers from Austria, Finland and Hungary used laser scanners to scan two trees and scrutinize a cloud of millions of different points across their surface area. From that, they learned that trees actually move overnight, a phenomena that scientists..>> view originalPointy Nose, Snub Nose? These Genes May Decide
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) THURSDAY, May 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Whether you love or hate your nose, you have certain genes to thank for its distinctive look, a new British study finds. "What we've found are specific genes which influence the shape and size of individual features, which hasn't been seen before," said study lead author Kaustubh Adhikari, a developmental biologist at University College London. His team analyzed about 6,000 people in Brazi..>> view originalStudy reveals tiger sharks prefer waters off Maui
Photo: Dept. of Land and Natural Resources A two-year-long study sheds light on the movement and behavior of sharks in Hawaii. A spike in shark bites off Maui in 2012 and 2013 prompted the Department of Land and Natural Resources to commission the study, which involved tagging and monitoring tiger sharks. A team from the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Marine Biology found that sharks preferred the “Maui Nui complex,” which consists of Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe. “Tig..>> view original
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