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Daily Archives: June 9, 2016

Iceland Carbon Dioxide Storage Project Locks Away Gas, and Fast

By HENRY FOUNTAIN Researchers report success in an experiment that keeps a gas tied to global warming out […]

This entry was posted in New York Times Science and tagged NYT science on June 9, 2016 by Farzin

Scientists Find Genes That Let These Bees Reproduce Without Males

By JOANNA KLEIN In a subspecies of honey bees from South Africa, female workers can escape a queen’s […]

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Scattered Showers for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 23°C and a low of […]

This entry was posted in Local Weather and tagged Pully Switzerland Weather on June 9, 2016 by Farzin

The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble

While drifting through the cosmos, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud became sculpted by stellar winds and radiation to […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on June 9, 2016 by Farzin

Jerome S. Bruner, Who Shaped Understanding of the Young Mind, ...

By BENEDICT CAREY Dr. Bruner’s writings, which helped reduce the influence of behaviorism on psychology, were vastly influential […]

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Four Elements on the Periodic Table Get New Names

By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Names were proposed for four elements on the table’s seventh row: Nihonium, moscovium, tennessine […]

This entry was posted in New York Times Science and tagged NYT science on June 9, 2016 by Farzin