UK government 'short' on climate target
Image copyright PA The UK's official advisers have issued a sombre assessment of government plans to hold climate change at a safe level.The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says the government is not on track to meet its pledge of cutting emissions 80% by 2050.And they controversially warn ministers to park their recent ambition to tighten carbon reduction targets to protect vulnerable nations.Ministers say they are determined to tackle climate change.They say they will publish new polici..>> view original'Asgardia,' the first nation in space, wants you!
An artist's rendering of the Asgardian satellite. Asgardia.space Plans to create the first "nation in space" were unveiled in Paris on Wednesday. They are nothing if not ambitious.The new nation will launch its own satellite in 2017 and dedicate itself to opening up access to space. The goal is to foster world peace, as well as protect earth from rogue asteroids and space debris. The new space country will be call..>> view originalFossil sheds light on evolution of birdsong
Image copyright Nicole Fuller/Sayo Art for UT Austin Image caption The bird's vocal organ - the syrinx - is found deep within its chest Scientists have reconstructed the "voicebox" of an extinct bird that lived at the time of the dinosaurs.The bird may have honked, quacked or whistled, like a duck or goose.Investigation of the oldest-known fossil of a bird's vocal organ - the syrinx - gives clues to how birdsong evolved.The bird, Vegavis iaai, lived i..>> view originalScientists discover hundreds of footprints left at the dawn of modern humanity
The Engare Sero footprints. (Liutkus-Pierce et al., 2016) The footprints weave intricate paths across the desolate landscape. Some tracks race straight toward an unseen finish line; others meander, the outlines of their ancient owners' toes and curves of their arches carved deeply into the sun-baked earth. The air shimmers with heat, and the active volcano that locals call "the mountain of God" looms in the middle distance. It's not difficult for geologist Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce to imagine t..>> view originalImpact! New Moon Craters Are Appearing Faster Than Thought
New craters are forming on the surface of the moon more frequently than scientists had predicted, a new study has found. The discovery raises concerns about future moon missions, which may face an increased risk of being hit by falling space rocks. The moon is dotted with a vast number of craters, some billions of years old. Because the moon has no atmosphere, falling space rocks don't burn up like they do on Earth, which leaves the moon's surface vulnerable to a constant stream of cosm..>> view originalSilkworms Spin Super Thread After Munching on Graphene
A research team at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China fed silkworms graphene to produce silk that is twice as strong as natural silk. Mulberry leaves were coated in a special water solution with carbon nanotubes or graphene and then fed to the insects. This simple procedure is environmentally friendly. Graphene is an allotrope or different structural modifications of an element, in this case, carbon. Considered to have many properties among which is its strength, heat, and electrical conduc..>> view originalAstronomers hunt for other Earth-like planets in Alpha Centauri
How Close Are We To Colonizing Mars?
Two weeks ago, Elon Musk highlighted what was an incredibly ambitious, challenging, and under-appreciated attempt to colonize the cosmos. With the underpinnings of his larger goal to make humans an interplanetary species, Musk took center stage to consume our fancy with an idea that only he can see to fruition: humans forming an extraterrestrial society on Mars. While several glaring questions remain, the major question is how close are we really to colonizing Mars? Getting to Mars has been..>> view original
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
UK government 'short' on climate target and other top stories.
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