Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Shine On, Harvest Supermoon: How to See It in the Sky or Online


NBCNews.com
Shine On, Harvest Supermoon: How to See It in the Sky or Online
Say farewell to summer — and to this year's series of "supermoons" — by looking for Monday night's bigger-than-usual full moon in the sky, or on a display screen near you. This is considered a supermoon because the full phase occurs at 9:38 p.m. ET, not ...

Bye bye, birdie: Study says warming may force orioles, eagles from DC region


New York Times
Bye bye, birdie: Study says warming may force orioles, eagles from DC region
By the turn of the century, global warming will threaten the survival of more than half of all species of birds in the United States and Canada, a new report says. Warming temperatures will dramatically alter the habitat ranges of birds in nearly every state, ...

Stephen Hawking Fears Higgs Boson Doomsday, and He's Not Alone


 
 
NBCNews.com
Stephen Hawking Fears Higgs Boson Doomsday, and He's Not Alone
Stephen Hawking bet Gordon Kane $100 that physicists would not discover the Higgs boson. After losing that bet when physicists detected the particle in 2012, Hawking lamented the discovery, saying it made physics less interesting. Now, in the preface to a ...

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Dinosaur

Dinosaurs walked Earth '243 million years ago'

Dinosaur skull worth £248,000 seized from house in Wyoming

Weird and wonderful dinosaur theories of 

New dinosaur seven times bigger than T. rex discovered in Argentina






Telegraph.co.uk
New dinosaur seven times bigger than T. rex discovered in Argentina
An enormous species of dinosaur, which weighed more than a Boeing 737, has been discovered by scientists who claim the beast was so large it would have “feared nothing”. Named Dreadnoughtus schrani, after the fortified dreadnought battleships of the ...
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Reuters
California blue whales bounce back from whaling
Good news! According to a study published in the journal Marine Mammal Science, the endangered California blue whale population has probably returned to near pre-whaling levels. Bad news: They're the first set of blue whales to do so, and we still keep ...
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International Business Times
Explorers Dive Into Active, Boiling Marum Volcano And Live To Prove It [VIDEO]
Two adventurers filmed themselves climbing into the crater of Mt. Marum, a volcano in the South Pacific. Wikicommons. A photographer and explorer led by adventure enthusiast Sam Cossman not only become some of the few humans to ever descend into an ...
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DigitalJournal.com
Man Dives Into An Active Volcano With A GoPro, Calls It A 'Window Into Hell'
George Kourounis stood at the edge of a red-hot lava lake, fiery molten rock gurgling just feet away as caustic acid rain splashed his protective suit. It was a "window into hell," he said. "Dramatic and violent." ...
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Fox News
As lava nears homes in Hawaii, residents brace for evacuation order
The June 27 lava flow, named for the date it began erupting from a new vent, streams from Kilauea on Hawaii's Big Island, moving at more than 800 feet per day. The June 27 lava flow, named for the date it began erupting from a new vent, streams from ...
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Tech Times
Ancient relatives of mammals were nocturnal creatures
The nocturnal activity or behavior among living mammals is nothing new, says a new study. Researchers discovered that the behavior dates back to the ancient relatives of mammals. (Photo : The Field Museum). The nocturnal behavior or activity of most of the ...
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Viral Global News
Archerfish Hunt Insects By Shooting Precisely Timed Jets of Water
Researchers have shown that Archerfish are much more adept at hunting down their prey than previously imagined. This cunning family of fish are renowned for their ability to prey on terrestrial insects, firing jets of water from their specialized mouths, before ...
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Zee News
Rosetta's potential landing sites to be revealed, mission gets first results
Scientists pore over asteroid data to pick site for first attempted soft landing on such a space rock. Five candidate sites have made a short list. (Photo : Planetary Society/ESA). After weeks spent scrutinizing an asteroid, scientists say they will soon announce ...
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Tech Times
Coffee genome sequenced: Here's what we know
An analysis of the coffee's genome sheds light on the plant's caffeine-producing ability and what is responsible for its unique taste and aroma. (Photo : Julius Schorzman). The secret to coffee's success that has made it one of the world's most favorite ...
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EarthFix
Preserving the wilderness for 50 years
Have you ever been in a place so beautiful and quiet that you felt as though you and your family were the only people around? Imagine watching wildlife in its natural habitat, gazing at snow-covered mountains, hiking on forest trails, paddling in clear streams ...
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