Thursday, October 13, 2016

Did your zodiac sign change? Don't worry, NASA says astrology is still fake and other top stories.

  • Did your zodiac sign change? Don't worry, NASA says astrology is still fake

    Did your zodiac sign change? Don't worry, NASA says astrology is still fake
    All over the world, people check their horoscopes to see what's in store for them for the day. For most, it is an entertaining, meaningless diversion, but a few genuinely believe in their predictions based on their astrological signs sign. But NASA is causing waves in the astrological community for its recent suggestion that the astrological signs – constellations that are at a certain point in the sky for certain point in the year – have changed as the Earth's axis has shifted over the centuri..
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  • This Is What's at Stake as Obama's Climate Regulations Go to Court

    This Is What's at Stake as Obama's Climate Regulations Go to Court
    A federal court in Washington heard arguments Tuesday to block the central policy in President Obama’s efforts to combat climate change. The court’s decision remains far from certain with a panel of 10 judges on the D.C. Circuit Court—six appointed by Democrats and four by Republicans—hearing the case. Climate experts worry a ruling striking down the regulation would be significant blow Obama’s climate program and U.S. international credibility as a leader in the fight to slow global warming...
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  • ALERT: Red Tide Hits Tampa Bay Area

    ALERT: Red Tide Hits Tampa Bay Area
    Sep 28, 2016 04:00 AM EDT Florida Wildlife Commission and Mote Marine Laboratory officials have confirmed that red tide has hit the Tampa Bay area. Right after hitting Longboat Key, the red tide has afflicted Lido Key and Siesta Key beaches as well, and will reportedly last for two weeks to a few months. "This is the time of year we get red tide," stated Kelly Richmond, communications director for the Florida Wildlife Commission. "There's so many factors involved we can't pinpoint how long it..
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  • Indonesia evacuates tourists after Mount Barujari eruption

    Jakarta — Indonesian authorities are searching for several hundred tourists after Mount Barujari on Lombok island spewed a massive column of ash into the atmosphere and have evacuated more than 1,100 others, the country's disaster agency said Wednesday. The volcano, also known as the Child of Rinjani because it sits within the Mount Rinjani caldera, erupted without warning on Tuesday afternoon, delaying flights from airports on the islands of Lombok and Bali. The ash column reached 2,000 met..
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  • Here's what Trump said about the world — and what it means

    Here's what Trump said about the world — and what it means
    Following the debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, American expats, locals and financial markets react with cautious optimism. (Reuters) In his first presidential debate with Democrat Hillary Clinton on Monday night, Republican candidate Donald Trump played loose with the facts on how China is devaluing its currency, made an apparent shift in position on continuing to fund NATO defense of European allies and seemed to call for China to invade North Korea. Washington Post corre..
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  • Mercury is Tectonically Active and Shrinking, Scientists Say | The Weather Channel

    Mercury is Tectonically Active and Shrinking, Scientists Say | The Weather Channel
    Story HighlightsNASA researchers discovered that Mercury is tectonically active and shrinking.The scientists discovered scarps small enough that they believe they are still geologically young, meaning Mercury is still contracting.Mercury already holds the title as the smallest planet in our solar system, but a new study reveals the planet is undergoing "Mercuryquakes" and shrinking even further. Researchers believe it is the second tectonically active planet in our solar system.Images from NASA’..
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  • Controversial 3-parent baby technique produces a boy

    Controversial 3-parent baby technique produces a boy
    The mother previously had four pregnancy losses and had given birth to two children, one who survived less than a year, another who lived only 6 years due to the syndrome. For religious reasons, the mother wanted to use a technique that would not require the destruction of fertilized eggs, which an approved treatment in the United Kingdom would require.Led by Dr. John Zhang, founder of the New Hope Fertility Center in New York City, her doctors left the US, where the technique has not been appro..
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  • A black moon will rise Friday night, but you aren't going to see it

    A black moon will rise Friday night, but you aren't going to see it
    A black moon is invisible since it occurs when the dark side of the moon faces the Earth. This photo shows a slight sliver of a crescent moon.(Photo: NASA)First we had a supermoon to be on the lookout for, then a blood moon and now a black moon. What's going on?Yes, Friday night, we've got the seemingly new phenomenon of a black moon to enthrall sky-watchers. But try as you might, this time you can be assured you won't see anything.Black moon + black sky = invisible.Similar to a blue moon — the ..
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  • SpaceX's Elon Musk Unveils Interplanetary Spaceship to Colonize Mars

    SpaceX's Elon Musk Unveils Interplanetary Spaceship to Colonize Mars
    Now we know how Elon Musk plans to get 1 million people to Mars. At a conference in Mexico today (Sept. 27), the SpaceX founder and CEO unveiled the company's Interplanetary Transport System (ITS), which will combine the most powerful rocket ever built with a spaceship designed to carry at least 100 people to the Red Planet per flight. If all goes according to plan, the reusable ITS will help humanity establish a permanent, self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet within the next 50 ..
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  • Study: Earth's roughly warmest in about 100000 years

    Study: Earth's roughly warmest in about 100000 years
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study paints a picture of an Earth that is warmer than it has been in about 120,000 years, and is locked into eventually hitting its hottest mark in more than 2 million years.As part of her doctoral dissertation at Stanford University, Carolyn Snyder, now a climate policy official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, created a continuous 2 million year temperature record, much longer than a previous 22,000 year record. Snyder’s temperature reconstruction, publish..
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