Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Elon Musk just unveiled a critical piece of his plan to save humanity by colonizing Mars and other top stories.

  • Elon Musk just unveiled a critical piece of his plan to save humanity by colonizing Mars

    Tech Insider/Recode/NASA Tech billionaire Elon Musk is convinced we must colonize Mars with a million people if the humanity is to survive long-term. To that effect in 2008, he almost went broke funding SpaceX — his then-new aerospace company — to keep developing next-generation rockets. And on Tuesday, at a challenging moment in the 14-year-old company's history, Musk plans to unveil his grand vision: To turn Mars into a "backup drive" and save humanity. ..
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  • Endangered Right Whale Found Dead, Wrapped in Fishing Gear

    Endangered Right Whale Found Dead, Wrapped in Fishing Gear
    Federal investigators are looking into the death of a 43-foot-long endangered right whale that was found off the coast of Maine with fishing gear wrapped around her body. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the adult female whale was found Friday near Boothbay with fishing gear ropes wrapped around her head, mouth, flippers and tail. She weighed about 45 tons. The whale was towed to a Gorham (GOH'-rem) farm. A necropsy was performed Sunday. The group is trying to deter..
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  • Rusty patched bumble bee recommended for endangered list - Twin Falls Times

    Rusty patched bumble bee recommended for endangered list - Twin Falls Times
    PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal wildlife officials on Thursday made a formal recommendation to list the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species because it has disappeared from about 90 percent of its historic range in just the past two decades.The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service made the recommendation after the Portland, Oregon-based Xerces Society petitioned the agency on behalf of the bee in 2013 and presented studies showing it was struggling due to a combination of disease, habitat loss, c..
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  • India to ratify Paris Agreement climate pact on Oct. 2

    India to ratify Paris Agreement climate pact on Oct. 2
    India to ratify Paris Agreement climate pact on Oct. 2 FILE- In this Nov. 30, 2015 file photo, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses world leaders at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris. India's leader says his country will ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change early next month. Modi said Sunday that his government will ratify the agreement Oct. 2, coinciding with the birth anniversary of India's independence leader Mohandas Gandh..
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  • Europa changed how we saw the solar system

    Europa changed how we saw the solar system
    On Monday, NASA is set to hold a press conference about some “surprising activity” on Jupiter’s icy moon of Europa. There’s no indication as to what that activity might be, other than it involves the Hubble Space Telescope, but it’s garnering more than one 2010 reference around the internet. Europa has always been a fascinating world that has challenged our view of the nature of the solar system. First Glimpse Europa was discovered by accident. Galileo Galilei turned his telescope to observe J..
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  • China Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World

    China Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World
    Enlarge this image The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP/Getty Images The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images The largest radio teles..
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  • Chaos in the zodiac: Some Virgos are Leos now (but NASA couldn't care less)

    Chaos in the zodiac: Some Virgos are Leos now (but NASA couldn't care less)
    (iStock illustration) There has been a disturbance in the astrological forces. What you think you know about the zodiac may be a lie. The sign you believe you were born under is different, to hear astrology wonks tell it. The dates for the western zodiac calendar have compressed and shifted later by a few weeks: If you were a Virgo born before mid-September, so the story goes, you are a Leo (now Aug. 10 to Sept. 16). Congratulations! There is a thirteenth sign, too — Ophiuchus. People born b..
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  • Rosetta: The end of a space odyssey

    Rosetta: The end of a space odyssey
    Europe's trailblazing deep-space comet exploration for clues to the origins of the Solar System ends Friday with the Rosetta orbiter joining robot lab Philae on the iceball's dusty surface for eternity. The 1.4-billion-euro ($1.5-billion), 12-year ...
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  • Stephen Hawking Is Still Afraid of Aliens

    Stephen Hawking Is Still Afraid of Aliens
    Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking views a CGI alien civilization on the exoplanet Gliese 832c in this still from the new documentary "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places." Credit: "Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places"/CuriosityStream Humanity should be wary of seeking out contact with alien civilizations, Stephen Hawking has warned once again. In 2010, the famed astrophysicist said that intelligent aliens may be rapacious marauders, roaming the cosmos in search of resources to plunder and ..
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