Tuesday, April 26, 2016

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Scheduled For May 3 From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and other top stories.

  • SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Scheduled For May 3 From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

    SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Scheduled For May 3 From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
    ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches the world's most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other ...
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  • Pilots race drones by using sheer brain power

    Pilots race drones by using sheer brain power
    VIDEO A bunch of projects have seen drones piloted using brain activity to control the drone. Now, for the first time, pilots thinking very hard have competed with each other to race their drones. Students at the University of Florida have used Emotiv Insight EEG headsets to read their brain activity, translate it and transmit it in real-time to drones as a control mechanism.It's not as easy as it sounds. First the pilot needs to assign certain thoughts to certain commands. Thinking about the w..
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  • Melting sea ice forcing polar bears to make longer, more perilous swims

    Melting sea ice forcing polar bears to make longer, more perilous swims
    Melting sea ice forcing polar bears to make longer, more perilous swimsPosted on April 25, 2016 by Joseph Scalise Melting sea ice caused by global warming is causing polar bears to make longer, more dangerous swims.Melting sea ice caused by global warming is forcing polar bears to make longer, more dangerous swims in order to find food, according to a study recently published in the journal Ecography.Scientists have been worried about global warming’s effect on polar bears for some time. This ..
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  • Off-world marathon record set by British astronaut

    Off-world marathon record set by British astronaut
    Off-world marathon record set by British astronaut Derek Richardson April 26th, 2016 Tim Peake at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. He trained for his marathon prior to his flight to the International Space Station in December 2015. Additionally, he has been preparing for the London Marathon while on board the orbiting outpost. Photo Credit: ESA Running a marathon is difficult enough; 44-year-old British astronaut Tim Peake completed one on April 24—on a treadmill in microgra..
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  • Coral Reef Discovered Near the Mouth of the Amazon River - Sci

    Coral Reef Discovered Near the Mouth of the Amazon River - Sci
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  • CO2 fertilization greening the Earth

    CO2 fertilization greening the Earth
    An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries has just published a study titled "Greening of the Earth and its Drivers" in the journal Nature Climate Change showing significant greening of a quarter to one-half of the ...
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  • Einstein's theory of relativity faces satellite test

    Einstein's theory of relativity faces satellite test
    Einstein's theory of general relativity is to be put to the test by a newly launched satellite in an experiment that could upend our understanding of physics. The French "Microscope" orbiter will try to poke a hole in one of Einstein's most famous ...
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  • The Original Climate Solution

    The Original Climate Solution
    An aerial view of Clayoquot Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Photo © Bryan Evans. Just as the world gets to grips with the urgency of limiting global warming to beneath 2°C, the official UN body charged with climate science (the IPCC) has been charged with understanding potential impacts if temperatures rise 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and how we might limit emissions to stay beneath this threshold. For those familiar with the c..
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  • Patterns of glowing sharks get clearer with depth

    Patterns of glowing sharks get clearer with depth
    A team of researchers led by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History has found that catsharks are not only able to see the bright green biofluorescence they produce, but that they increase contrast of their glowing pattern when deep ...
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  • Leonardo DiCaprio's Plea to World Leaders on Climate Change: “No More Talks, No More Excuses” [Video]

    Leonardo DiCaprio's Plea to World Leaders on Climate Change: “No More Talks, No More Excuses” [Video]
    Apr 26, 2016 02:56 AM EDT Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio has once again voiced out his sentiments regarding climate change during his five-minute speech at the UN General Assembly in New York in line with the signing of Paris Agreement on Climate Change, urging leaders to tackle the international problem head on. "No more talks, no more excuses, no more 10-year studies," the Revenant star pleaded in front of the world leaders. VIDEO In his speech, DiCaprio first quoted Abraham Lincoln then ci..
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