2019-03-01
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Food for Lifeforms has been Found on Saturn’s Moon, Enceladus
April 14, 2017NASA has announced that they have confirmation that Saturn's moon Enceladus has a food source that could support potential microbial lifeforms. This crucial ingredient accompanies Enceladus' grocery list of elements needed to support life: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, organic molecules,... continued
Four New Candidates for Planet Nine have been Discovered
April 13, 2017Four possible candidates for the elusive Planet Nine have been discovered, following an intense, three-day search involving approximately 60,000 amateur astronomers, coordinated through a Zooniverse citizen science project by Siding Spring Observatory at Australian National University (ANU). In addition, the... continued
What Goes On in the Brain of a Psychic Medium?
April 12, 2017What goes on in the brain of a psychic medium? According to the results of a study conducted in Brazil in 2012, the answer is 'not much' -- although that's a good sign in this case. The study focused on... continued
Trump’s Ecological Policies Face Fierce Opposition from 75 U.S. Cities
April 11, 2017On March 28, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order ordering the rollback of a large number of environmental policies put into place by the Obama administration. Rules regulating emissions for power plants, methane leaks, the moratorium on federal... continued
Methane Released from Melting Permafrost is forming Explosive Underground Bubbles in Siberia
April 7, 2017The continued thawing of Arctic permafrost is causing the accelerated release of previously-trapped methane deposits, as evidenced by both satellite imagery and findings made by field researchers in Siberia. Accumulated after having been produced by biological activity, these methane deposits... continued
Researchers to Search for the Presumed-Extinct Tasmanian Tiger
April 4, 2017This April, the hunt is on for researchers looking to confirm the continued existence of the presumed-extinct thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian tiger, following recent reports of sightings of the creature. The last known specimen died in captivity in... continued
Little Girl Encounters Curbside Robot, Assures It, ‘You Are Loved’
April 1, 2017Despite the uncertainty surrounding the coming revolution in artificial intelligence, there are those of us that prefer not to see the rise of the robots as the advance of an army of tyrannical exterminators or job-stealing drones, but rather a... continued
New Studies add Evidence to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
March 31, 2017Two new studies have added new evidence to the theory that a major airburst from a meteor or comet occurred over North America, ushering in a 1,400-year cooling period called the Younger Dryas that occurred between the Pleistocene and the... continued
ExxonMobil to Trump: Don’t Abandon Paris Climate Accord
March 30, 2017As President Trump moved to unwind Obama-era regulations designed to bring the US into compliance with the Paris Climate Accord, ExxonMobil, long a climate change denier, urged him not to abandon the climate accord. The company sent a letter to Trump's... continued
WMO Report Announces 2016 as the Warmest Year on Record, with Weather Extremes Continuing into 2017
March 25, 2017The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its "Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2016", an annual detailed analysis of the state of the world's climate. The WMO remarked that "The year 2016 made history, with a... continued