Counting All the DNA on Earth
By RACHEL NUWER Hint: It takes an awful lot of trillions to come up with this sort of […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
‘Beautiful Eye Candy’: Frozen Plains in Pluto’s Heart
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Vast frozen plains exist next door to Pluto’s big, rugged mountains sculpted of ice, […]
Daily Activity Summary for July 17, 2015
These are the results of my activities* for July 17, 2015: Total steps: 7650 Calories burned: 2403 Traveled: […]
50-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Sperm in Antarctica
By SINDYA N. BHANOO “It’s a bizarre fossil oddball,” a Swedish paleontologist says, and as it turns out, […]
Partly Cloudy for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 30°C and a low of […]
Charon
Icy world Charon is 1,200 kilometers across. That makes Pluto’s largest moon only about 1/10th the size of […]
Pluto Terrain Yields Big Surprises in New Horizons Images
By KENNETH CHANG Images from the NASA mission show a mixed bag of terrains, including ice mountains and […]
Space Station Astronauts Take Shelter From Space Junk
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A piece of space junk forced the three space station astronauts to seek emergency […]
Annual Checkup of Earth’s Climate Says We’re in Hotter Water
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In their annual, detailed physical of Earth’s climate, scientists say the world is in […]
Polar Bears Don’t Go Into Hibernation-Like State in Summer, Researchers ...
By JAMES GORMAN It was long thought that polar bears’ body temperatures dropped to conserve energy during lean […]