Pope Francis Aligns Himself With Mainstream Science on Climate
By JUSTIN GILLIS If anything, environmental scientists say, the pope may have bent over backward to offer a […]
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Europe’s Philae Comet Lander May Soon Begin Experiments
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS European scientists are confident they’ll soon be able to start experiments on the surface […]
Study: A Third of Global Groundwater Basins Are Overstressed
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Satellite data show people are overdrawing water from some of the world’s largest groundwater […]
M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it […]
PM Light Rain for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 22°C and a low of […]
Daily Activity Summary for June 17, 2015
These are the results of my activities* for June 17, 2015: Total steps: 5154 Calories burned: 2183 Traveled: […]
Astronomers Report Finding Earliest Stars That Enriched Cosmos
By DENNIS OVERBYE A team of scientists says a recently discovered galaxy, known as CR7, holds the signature […]
Pluto Just 4 Weeks, 20 Million Miles Away for Spacecraft
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto’s doorstep, following an incredible journey of nine […]
Review: ‘The Last Beach’ and ‘The Narrow Edge’ Share Tales ...
By CORNELIA DEAN Two recent books take a grim look at what may happen to coastlines and their […]
Is the U.S. Starting to Turn the Corner on Urban ...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Once the signature of an era of pell-mell development, American sprawl has slowed to […]