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Speed of universe’s expansion remains elusive

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 78 Comments • 6 years ago

Discrepancy between measures of Hubble constant suggests influence of some astronomical unknown In August of 2011, researchers discovered SN 2011fe, a type 1a supernova 21 million...

Concerns Grow That Infections From 'Zombie Deer' Meat Can Jump To Humans

Via: larry-hampton • Health, Science & Technology • 2 Comments • 6 years ago

Would you eat venison if there was a chance it could slowly eat away at your brain? If there's a slight possibility, it doesn't bother Patrick States. On the menu this evening for his wife and...

Let’s remember: 9 million kids’ health insurance is at stake in this budget fight

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 11 Comments • 6 years ago

If Congress fails to reach a deal to avert a government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, federal workers won't be the only ones worrying. Parents of the 9 million children insured through the...

White House Made 24-Year-Old Campaign Staffer Second in Command at Its Anti-Drug Office

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • 6 years ago

When last we checked in on the Donald Trump’s response to the opioid crisis, the news was hardly encouraging: The closest thing to someone at the helm was wildly corrupt New Jersey Gov. Chris...

Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals large amounts of water ice on Mars

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Health, Science & Technology • 8 Comments • 6 years ago

New HiRISE Images Show 3D Structure of Martian Ice Sheets New images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal...

Alan Dershowitz: Don't diagnose Trump -- respond to him

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Health, Science & Technology • 3 Comments • 6 years ago

Alan Dershowitz: Don't diagnose Trump -- respond to him By Alan Dershowitz | Fox News (Opinion), January 10 2018 Dershowitz: Dangerous for liberals to diagnose Trump Harvard law professor speaks...

Why We Should Rethink How We Talk About “Alien” Species

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 1 Comments • 6 years ago

In a trend that echoes the U.S.-Mexico border debate, some say that calling non-native animals “foreigners” and “invaders” only worsens the problem Nilgai antelope, like the cattle fever...

Juno's photos of Jupiter

Via: trout-giggles • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • 6 years ago

NASA's $1 billion Jupiter probe has taken mind-bending new photos of the gas giant NASA's $1 billion Juno spacecraft completed its 10th high-speed trip around Jupiter on December 16. The...

The New Origin of Species

Via: tig • Health, Science & Technology • 334 Comments • 6 years ago

A review of: The New Origin of Species - Darwin’s Work Is Being Undone by Modern Genetics Answers in Genesis is, without question in my mind, a con outfit. They routinely put forth articles...

Good Luck to all in the Winter Storm's Path!

Via: dowser • Health, Science & Technology • 37 Comments • 6 years ago

It's been unreasonably cold here in Louisville, just like the rest of the country, for over a week-- Now, I keep reading about this horrible superstorm blizzard hitting the north and the east...

The Allure and Perils of Hydropower

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 1 Comments • 6 years ago

Damming rivers may seem like a clean and easy solution for Albania and other energy-hungry countries. But the devil is in the details. Photo by the author On an early spring evening in...

Evidence Against Young Earth Creationism

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Health, Science & Technology • 16 Comments • 6 years ago

Source: RationalWiki article - Evidence against a recent creation Page intro: The evidence against a recent creation is overwhelming . There is perhaps no greater attack on science than...

Supermoons, Blood Moons, Full Moons: Everything You Need to Know About 2018’s Lunar Calendar

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Health, Science & Technology • 1 Comments • 6 years ago

Supermoons, Blood Moons, Full Moons: Everything You Need to Know About 2018’s Lunar Calendar By Meghan Bartels, Newsweek, On 12/29/17 It’s hard to remember to look up from...

E.P.A. Wanted Years to Study Lead Paint Rule. It Got 90 Days.

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • 6 years ago

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to revise its nearly 17-year-old standard for dangerous levels of lead in paint and dust within one year, a rare...

The long wait for fusion power may be coming to an end

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • 6 years ago

From the article: One of the brightest hopes for controlled nuclear fusion, the giant ITER reactor at Cadarache in southeastern France, is now on track to achieve nuclear fusion operation in...

Antique and Classic Cars group now open for membership

By: buzz-of-the-orient • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • 6 years ago

ATTENTION CAR BUFFS A new group has just been opened: Antique and Classic Cars To join the group, go to the group page, and apply for membership. It is not a private group, so your...

Christian “Prophet”: Trump Will Soon Release Cures for Cancer and Alzheimer’s

Via: hal-a-lujah • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • 6 years ago

Source Self-proclaimed Christian “prophet” Mark Taylor has a fantastic track record when it comes to his predictions. Earlier this year, for example, he predicted that Hillary Clinton would...

How bearded dragons switch their sex

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 2 Comments • 7 years ago

Extreme temperatures might mess with RNA from two genes When things get hot, embryonic bearded dragon lizards turn female — and now scientists might know why. New analyses, reported online...

The IIHS is Hoping For a Bright Future When it Comes to Headlights

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • 7 years ago

Even though headlights have evolved from uniform circles illuminating the roadway in largely the same way to diverse units that look and function very differently, their overall performance has...

The Scientific Method

Via: larry-hampton • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • 7 years ago

Starting around the 16th century, our "ascent" to a separate human realm underwent a dramatic acceleration. Language, technology, number, image, and time each became the object of an ambition of...

Evolutionary Genetics - Copy number variation and the secret of life - with Aoife McLysaght

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Health, Science & Technology • 15 Comments • 7 years ago

From the description: Evolution is powered by variation: the differences in DNA sequences. One hugely important form of difference is copy number variation, where genes are duplicated or...

Vandals Shatter 115-Million-Year Old Dino Track in Australia

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 6 Comments • 7 years ago

Bunurong Marine National Park was established to protect the delicate coastal and ocean habitats that hug the shores of Victoria, Australia. In the 1990s, researchers found the area protects...

There’s No Such Thing As ‘Sound Science’

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 19 Comments • 7 years ago

Science is being turned against itself. For decades, its twin ideals of transparency and rigor have been weaponized by those who disagree with results produced by the scientific method. Under...

In the 1930s, This Natural History Curator Discovered a Living Fossil–Well, Sort of

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • 7 years ago

It was a pre-Christmas miracle: on this day in 1938, when an observant curator spotted something seemingly impossible in a waste pile of fish. Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, a museum curator in...

England Has Its Own Pod of Dolphins