2019-03-01
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New Measurements Show Greenland’s Ice Sheet is Melting 7.6 Percent Faster than Previously Thought
September 27, 2016A new study that employs global positioning system measurements has revealed that the Greenland ice sheet is melting much faster than what previous estimates indicated, by roughly 7.6 percent. Previous estimates pegged the amount of ice loss between 2003 and... continued
Space Archaeology in Egypt: Uncovering Lost Pyramids and Modern-Day Looters
September 24, 2016The increasing use of satellite imagery to analyze the surface of the Earth has opened the benefits of orbital imaging technology to fields of study that previously would not have been imagined. Formerly the purview of spy surveillance and meteorologists,... continued
The Internet’s Defenses are being Probed by an Unknown Party — Is Someone Planning on Shutting Down the Internet?
September 23, 2016The Internet: a vast, planet-spanning network of fiber optic cable and computer servers, connecting untold billions of computer systems across the globe. One important aspect of the 'Net that tends to remain unseen for the majority of us is that... continued
The Sugar Industry Financed Cardiac Health Research to Influence Public and Scientific Attitudes Toward Sugar
September 22, 2016A new study has revealed that in the 1950s and 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed sugar's role in causing coronary heart disease, and instead shifted the focus onto dietary fat and cholesterol intake as the cause of... continued
Facing an 8 Month Journey to Mars? Just Sleep the Trip Away!
September 21, 2016Part of the problem of long-distance manned space voyages is that of the amount of consumables that would need to accompany the astronauts on their journey would add a significant amount of mass to the ship spacecraft, requiring more fuel... continued
Arctic Ice at 2nd Lowest Level on Record, Allowing Clear Navigation to the North Pole
September 20, 2016Despite a cool, cloudy summer, the ice levels in the Arctic have shrunk enough to tie with the second-lowest Arctic sea ice minimum, recorded in 2007. "Historically such weather conditions slow down the summer ice loss, but we still got... continued
FBI Director says Webcam Hackers can be Thwarted with a Simple Piece of Tape
September 17, 2016The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey, is advising computer users to protect themselves from having potential hackers spy on them using their webcams, by simply putting a piece of tape over the lens. Comey says that... continued
Tabby’s Star is Not Alone: Another Star with Epic Light Fluctuations has been Found
September 16, 2016It turns out that Tabby's Star -- the star that has been hypothesized to have an alien megastructure around it -- is not alone when it comes to wild fluctuations in its light output. Astronomers at Germany's Max Planck Institute... continued
SETI is Investigating a New Radio Burst from a Distant Star
September 14, 2016The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence program is currently investigating a high-energy signal burst that originated from a star 95 light years away, in the constellation Hercules. SETI senior astronomer Seth Shostak cautions that this is unlikely to be an artificial... continued
Mysterious Falcon 9 Rocket Explosion Mystifies SpaceX Investigators
September 13, 2016Renowned entrepreneur Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX is no stranger to experiencing failures with its experimental Falcon-series of reusable launch vehicles, having previously lost one vehicle to an explosion during launch in 2015. But the cause of the catastrophic explosion... continued