Scientists to Try to Map Water's Flow Beneath Yellowstone
Photo Old Faithful erupting in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Credit Jim Urquhart/Reuters BILLINGS, Mont. — Scientists from the United States and Denmark are seeking to map out the plumbing system hidden inside the earth’s crust that is responsible for the famous Old Faithful geyser and other hydrothermal features at Yellowstone National Park.Throughout November, the research team will conduct flights over the park using a giant, hoop-shaped electromagnetic syste..>> view originalWhat it would really mean if Trump pulls the US out of the Paris climate agreement
President-elect Donald Trump pumps his fist after giving his acceptance speech as his wife Melania Trump, right, and their son Barron Trump follow him during his election night rally in New York. (AP Photo/John Locher) After Tuesday’s U.S. election upset, climate change watchers and wonks are scrambling to assess what it would really mean if Donald Trump, true to his word, ditches or simply fails to participate in the Paris climate change agreement (which he could do through a variety of mec..>> view originalSearch for ET underway with Parkes Radio Telescope
Breakthrough Listen, the 10-year, $100-million astronomical search for intelligent life beyond Earth launched in 2015 by Internet entrepreneur Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking has announced its first observations using CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope. Parkes has joined two US telescopes, the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia and the Automated Planet Finder at Lick Observatory in California, in their ongoing surveys to determine whether civilisations exist elsewhere and have developed t..>> view originalTrump's NASA looks good for human space exploration and terrible for Earth science
It’s difficult to predict what a Donald Trump presidency will mean for the future of NASA. The newly elected commander in chief has said very little about his space policy plans throughout the course of his campaign. But Trump’s space advisors have made some things clear: they want the space program to focus more on human deep space exploration and less on researching the Earth and climate science. And the private spaceflight industry will continue to play a significant role in space policy mov..>> view originalParalyzed monkeys regain control of their legs after brain implants
In the study, published Wednesday, two wireless implants worked together as a "brain-spine interface" to communicate nerve signals between the brains and spines of the monkeys -- where each implant was positioned.The implants communicated with each other through a computer and enabled brain signals to jump over the point of injury along the spine.By resuming this once-broken path of communication, the signals can arrive in the spine, and the resulting nerve stimulation means specific muscles wit..>> view originalBehold November's Super-Duper Supermoon
You won't want to miss the biggest, brightest full Moon in more than 68 years. Find out what makes this supermoon so special and how best to view it. The Moon will be precisely full on Monday, November 14th at 13:52 UT, which occurs at dawn in the western half of the U.S. and Canada. Bob King Get ready for the Moon to hit your eye like a big pizza pie on Sunday, November 13th. That night, skywatchers around the planet will witness the closest, brightest, and biggest full Moon since January 26, ..>> view originalEvolution Purged Many Neanderthal Genes from Human Genome
Neanderthal genetic material is found in only small amounts in the genomes of modern humans because, after interbreeding, natural selection removed large numbers of weakly deleterious Neanderthal gene variants, according to a study by Ivan Juric and colleagues at the University of California, Davis, published November 8th, 2016 in PLOS Genetics. Humans and Neanderthals interbred tens of thousands of years ago, but today, Neanderthal DNA makes up only 1-4% of the genomes of modern non-African peo..>> view originalChemical clue to why seabirds eat plastic
Image copyright John Harrison Image caption Many species of seabirds, including Blue Petrels, consume plastic debris at sea Plastic pollution in the sea gives off a smell that attracts foraging birds, scientists have found.The discovery could explain why seabirds such as the albatross swallow plastic, causing injury or death.The smell, similar to the odour of rotting seaweed, is caused by the breakdown of plankton that sticks to floating bits of plast..>> view originalMars surface formations include 'kissy face' and 'egg rock'
Mars surface formations include ‘kissy face’ and ‘egg rock’Posted on November 9, 2016 by Kathy Fey The smooth-surfaced rock at the center of this Oct. 30 image from Curiosity’s Mast Camera was examined by the rover’s ChemCam instrument and confirmed to be an iron-nickel meteorite. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS. NASA’s Curiosity rover has been spotting a number of unusual rock formations on the surface of Mars.According to C/NET, the latest addition to the collection of intriguing Mar..>> view original
Thursday, November 17, 2016
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