Saturday, February 11, 2017

Alaska volcano erupts for 2nd day in a row; planes warned and other top stories.

  • Alaska volcano erupts for 2nd day in a row; planes warned

    Alaska volcano erupts for 2nd day in a row; planes warned
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Volcano Observatory has raised the aviation warning level after a volcano in the Aleutian Islands erupted again. Bogoslof (BOH-gohs-lawf) Volcano erupted Friday morning, and the observatory says it generated an ash cloud that may be as high as 25,000 feet. Volcanic ash above 20,000 feet is a threat to airliners flying between Asia and North America. The volcano 850 miles southwest of Anchorage has erupted more than 25 times since mid-December and could conti..
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  • 3 Most Unbelievably Undervalued Biotech Stocks

    3 Most Unbelievably Undervalued Biotech Stocks
    Finding undervalued biotech stocks isn't as easy as it might seem. Many biotechs don't have a product on the market, so any attempt at valuation involves a lot of guesswork about pipeline prospects. And many biotechs that do have products on the market command high premiums.  However, there still are some great bargains to be found. Here's why Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD), and Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ) are three of the most unbelievably undervalued biotech stock..
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  • Genes might help grocery tomatoes

    Genes might help grocery tomatoes
    WASHINGTON — Bite into a supermarket tomato and you’ll probably notice something missing: taste. Scientists think they can put the yum back into the grocery tomato by tinkering with its genetic recipe. Researchers are reinstalling five long-lost genetic traits that add much of the sweet-yet-acidic taste that had been bred out of mass-produced tomatoes for the past 50 years. They’re using mostly natural breeding methods, not genetic modification technology. “We know what’s wrong with modern toma..
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  • New mercury threat to oceans from climate change

    New mercury threat to oceans from climate change
    Image copyright Getty Images Image caption There have been concerns over the levels of mercury in fish for many years Rising temperatures could boost mercury levels in fish by up to seven times the current rates, say Swedish researchers. They've discovered a new way in which warming increases levels of the toxin in sea creatures. In experiments, they found that extra rainfall drives up the amount of organic material flowing into the seas.This alters t..
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  • UCI team's Hyperloop pod is ready to race in SpaceX competition on Sunday

    UCI team's Hyperloop pod is ready to race in SpaceX competition on Sunday
    When a handful of UC Irvine students heard about the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition almost two years ago, they began work on their own designs in hopes of building a prototype for a high-speed ground transportation system.Now, after beating out hundreds of other students during project submissions and the Design Weekend last year, the 50-member UCI team will have its project in Weekend I of the contest on Sunday at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne. Hyperloop, a concept for a high-speed groun..
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  • Dolphin Dies At The Hands Of Photo-Seeking Mob On Argentina Beach

    Dolphin Dies At The Hands Of Photo-Seeking Mob On Argentina Beach
    A small dolphin is dead after a crowd of people on Sunday dragged the animal out of the water, apparently for photo ops. Bystander video published by Argentina news outlet La Capital shows a group of people crowded around a dolphin, petting and touching it. The site says that the video was shot in the city of San Bernardo on Sunday. A witness also said the dolphin was alive initially, but that the crowd “let him die” by keeping him out of the water, according to National Geographic’s translati..
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  • Claim made for hydrogen 'wonder material'

    Claim made for hydrogen 'wonder material'
    Image copyright HARVARD UNIVERSIT/R.DIAS/I.SILVERA Image caption Smaller than the cross-section of a hair on your head: The tiny sample went from transparent, to black, to highly reflective as the pressure was increased. Becoming shiny and reflective is a sign the material has become a solid metal, the Harvard team claims Scientists in the US say they have at last managed to turn hydrogen into a state where it behaves like a metal. If that is true - a..
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  • Women Scientists Advocating for Equality Surge to 14000

    Women Scientists Advocating for Equality Surge to 14000
    Women Scientists Advocating for Equality Surge to 14,000 It started as a group text message among four friends from graduate school about new kids, puppies and jobs. You know, the successes and struggles that are the building blocks of everyday life. In the wake of the election, the discussion changed. While everyday life continued, the four friends — all women working in the climate and ecology fields — faced a new reality. Their discussions turned into an email chain, which grew to include a ..
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Rumor: Galaxy Note 8 To Sport A 4K Panel, Launch With Bixby .8 people infected in rare U.S. outbreak of rat virus .
Stocks start 2017 with gains, but many markets stay shut .Chicago records 762 homicides in 2016, up 57 percent from previous year .

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