India to ratify Paris Agreement climate pact on Oct. 2
India to ratify Paris Agreement climate pact on Oct. 2 FILE- In this Nov. 30, 2015 file photo, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses world leaders at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris. India's leader says his country will ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change early next month. Modi said Sunday that his government will ratify the agreement Oct. 2, coinciding with the birth anniversary of India's independence leader Mohandas Gandh..>> view originalDid the Vikings help bring cats around the world?
Cats have been constant companions to humanity for thousands of years. Yet scientists know remarkably little about their origins and their spread across the world.Finally, the veil of mystery around the origins and spread of ancient cats is beginning to lift. The first large-scale genetic study of domesticated cats has revealed a huge amount of information about how early feline companiions boarded boats that would take them around the world, hitching rides with all sorts of ancient cultures, i..>> view originalStephen Hawking Gives Out Another Warning Against Contacting Aliens
First Posted: Sep 26, 2016 04:26 AM EDT Stephen Hawking has recently warned humanity against contacting aliens or inviting them to our planet. This is the second such reminder that the celebrated physicist has issued out against the perils of contacting extraterrestrial life or alerting them to our presence in the solar system. The warning came in a half hour online film 'Stephen Hawking's favorite places', where the physicist talks about travelling to a potentially habitable exoplanet locate..>> view originalSpaceX test-fires the engines that could take humans to Mars
SpaceX has conducted its first firing test of its Raptor engine, the powerful propulsion system that the company aims to use to take humans to Mars. SpaceX boss Elon Musk tweeted pictures of the tests late last night, sharing one image that showed a steady stream of flame emanating from the engine, and another showing "Mach diamonds" — patterns formed in the exhaust plumes of supersonic craft. Musk has been has been fairly vague on Raptor specifications so far, but tweeted a few extra details a..>> view originalChina Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World
Enlarge this image The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP/Getty Images The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images The largest radio teles..>> view originalRusty patched bumble bee recommended for endangered list - Twin Falls Times
PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal wildlife officials on Thursday made a formal recommendation to list the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species because it has disappeared from about 90 percent of its historic range in just the past two decades.The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service made the recommendation after the Portland, Oregon-based Xerces Society petitioned the agency on behalf of the bee in 2013 and presented studies showing it was struggling due to a combination of disease, habitat loss, c..>> view originalEvidence Mounts for Ocean on Jupiter's Moon Europa
Caption: Artist's concept of a plume of water vapor blasting off the icy surface of the Jovian moon Europa, located about 500 million miles from the sun. Credits: NASA/ESA/SWRINASA on Monday will release additional evidence of an underground ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa, a prime candidate in the search for life beyond Earth. Scientists' first clue that Europa has an ocean came from NASA's twin Voyager probes, which flew by Jupiter in 1979.Pictures taken by the probes showed that Europa's surf..>> view originalRosetta: The end of a space odyssey
Europe's trailblazing deep-space comet exploration for clues to the origins of the Solar System ends Friday with the Rosetta orbiter joining robot lab Philae on the iceball's dusty surface for eternity. The 1.4-billion-euro ($1.5-billion), 12-year ...>> view originalChaos in the zodiac: Some Virgos are Leos now (but NASA couldn't care less)
(iStock illustration) There has been a disturbance in the astrological forces. What you think you know about the zodiac may be a lie. The sign you believe you were born under is different, to hear astrology wonks tell it. The dates for the western zodiac calendar have compressed and shifted later by a few weeks: If you were a Virgo born before mid-September, so the story goes, you are a Leo (now Aug. 10 to Sept. 16). Congratulations! There is a thirteenth sign, too — Ophiuchus. People born b..>> view original
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
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