Three California sea otters shot and killed in Santa Cruz County
SEA OTTER TIP LINE SEA OTTER SHOOTING: Anyone with information about sea otter shootings should contact the state wildlife crimes tip line at 888-334-2258 (callers may remain anonymous) or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 650-876-9078.IF YOU FIND A DEAD SE OTTER: leave it in place, take a photo if possible, and report it immediately to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife at 831-212-7010. SANTA CRUZ >> Three California sea otters have been found shot to death in the Santa Cruz ar..>> view originalSETI Team Investigating Mysterious Signal from Star 94 Light-Years Away
The SETI Institute is using the Allen Telescope Array in Northern California in an attempt to confirm an intriguing signal coming from the star HD 164595. Credit: SETI Institute A powerful signal has been spotted coming from the vicinity of a sunlike star, and now astronomers are trying to figure out what it means. In May 2015, researchers using a radio telescope in Russia detected a candidate SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) signal that seems to originate from HD 1645..>> view originalA 3.2-Million-Year-Old Mystery: Did Lucy Fall From a Tree?
“We just decided, by golly, we were going to scan every little bit of Lucy because it may never be done again,” said John Kappelman, a paleoanthropologist at the university. Photo Lucy’s skeleton at the National Museum of Ethiopia in 2013, after its five-year tour of the United States. Credit Jenny Vaughan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Since then, Dr. Kappelman and his colleagues have painstakingly turned the scans into three-dimensional models, piecing together th..>> view originalNASA's Juno Probe Buzzes Jupiter in Its First (and Closest) Flyby
NASA's Juno spacecraft snapped this photo of Jupiter from a distance of 437,000 miles (703,000 kilometers) on Saturday (Aug. 27). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS NASA's Juno spacecraft whizzed by Jupiter on Saturday (Aug. 27), successfully completing the first — and closest — of 36 orbital flybys planned for the duration of the probe's mission. Juno arrived at Jupiter July 4 after a five-year journey, and this will be the closest approach of the entire mission, with the spacecraft ..>> view originalMock Mars Explorers Emerge from Habitat to End Year of Isolation in Hawaii
MAUNA LOA, Hawaii รข”€ A crew of six "astronauts" returned to Earth Sunday (Aug. 28), after a yearlong mock mission to Mars. At about 9 a.m. HDT (3 p.m. EDT, 1900 GMT), on the barren slopes of the Mauna Loa volcano, the six crewmembers emerged from the domed white habitat they've called home for the last 12 months. The crew had no physical contact with anyone but each other, and had limited communication with friends, family and the outside world. How did the crew feel upon their rele..>> view originalMilky way had a blowout bash six million years ago
The center of the Milky Way galaxy is currently a quiet place where a supermassive black hole slumbers, only occasionally slurping small sips of hydrogen gas. But it wasn't always this way. A new study shows that 6 million years ago, when the first ...>> view originalA new human-led epoch: Scientists recommend officially declaring 'a new age of man' - CNET
Operation Licorne ("Operation Unicorn") nuclear test, May 22, 1970. Getty Images Air pollution, climate change, population growth, massive rainforest loss: The effect humanity has had on the Earth is undeniable. And, in the last 60 or so years -- since the time just after World War II -- this change has accelerated. So much so that a group of scientists have recommended we officially enter the Anthropocene epoch,..>> view originalReview: Economic Development of Low Earth Orbit
Review: Economic Development of Low Earth Orbit by Jeff FoustMonday, August 29, 2016 Economic Development of Low Earth Orbit by Patrick Besha and Alexander MacDonald (eds.) NASA, 2016 ebook, 140 pp., illus. free NASA is making a major bet on the future of commercial space activities in low Earth orbit. The agency has been increasingly emphasizing commercial use of the International Space Station, ranging from experiments performed there to the use of the station as a launch pad for s..>> view originalScientists discover vast reef behind Great Barrier Reef
Researchers working with the Royal Australian Navy have discovered an extensive reef system behind the famous Great Barrier Reef, mapping a huge network of donut-shaped features that measure between 650 and 984 feet across. The formations are called bioherms, and were made by a type of algae called halimeda. Shaped like donuts, the structures can be as deep as 33 feet in their center. “We’ve known about these geological structures in the northern Great Barrier Reef since the 1970s and 80s, but ..>> view original
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