by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Pence promises missions to the moon and Mars during ceremony

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is honoring the nation's fallen astronauts during a NASA day of remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery.

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Europe's Next Mars Rover Is Named After a Pioneer of DNA Research

ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover will be launched next year and search the red planet for signs of life.

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Nina Garcia Reveals She’s Getting a Double Mastectomy

The Elle editor in chief disclosed she’s opting for a preventable double mastectomy in an article posted on the web site today.

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Ocasio-Cortez, Democrats propose 'Green New Deal' to counter climate change

What's being called a "Green New Deal," a wide-ranging effort to tackle climate change, with overtones of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's sweeping 1933 New Deal to counter the Great Depression, was unveiled by Democrats Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Alex...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Sea Level Rise, Equine Flu, Generator Bricks, Iberian Genes

In 2016 some scientists suggested that with climate change so much ice in Antarctica could melt that the global sea level could rise up to a metre. There would be an "ice apocalypse". Now another group has refined the models and in a paper published...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Stanford probes faculty ties to China gene-edited baby work

Stanford University has started a review of interactions that some faculty members had with He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claims to have helped make gene-edited babies.

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

South Africa's Ramaphosa pledges to fix economy as election looms

The ANC is expected to win May's parliamentary election but analysts say Ramaphosa needs the victory to be resounding if he is to unite a party that has been deeply divided since the ousting of scandal-plagued Jacob Zuma a year ago. Eskom supplies m...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

U.S. calls on Iran to halt space launches that defy U.N. resolution

The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was aware of reports of a failed Iranian attempt to launch a satellite into space last month and it called on Tehran to halt activities that violate U.N. resolutions. "I've seen the reports, and it faile...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Trump Honors Sacrifice of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia Astronauts

President Donald Trump on Thursday (Feb. 7) honored the service and sacrifice of astronauts who gave their lives in the pursuit of space exploration during NASA's annual Day of Remembrance. NASA's Day of Remembrance is a somber event when the...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Exclusive: U.S. opens probe into Brazilian oil bribery scheme - sources

It was the first confirmation that U.S. investigators have joined a new phase of Brazil's "Car Wash" corruption probe, which has toppled presidents in two countries and sent more than 130 politicians and businessmen to jail across Latin America. The...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Swiss govt offers reward for hacking its electronic vote system

The federal chancellery announced a dummy run election will be held from February 25 to March 24 and invited anyone who wants to display their online piracy talents to sign up at https://onlinevote-pit.ch. The biggest single prize, 50,000 Swiss fran...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Democrats float 'Green New Deal' to end fossil fuel era

The document, unveiled by rising political star Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Edward Markey, marks the first formal attempt by lawmakers to define potential legislation to create big government-led investments in clean energy an...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

US Democrats unveil carbon-neutral 'Green New Deal'

Congressional Democrats on Thursday unveiled an unprecedented plan to reverse climate change and eliminate all US carbon emissions within 10 years, by taking drastic steps that would require transformational action across the economy. The "Green New...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

12 'Taboo' Symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

The Mighty community shares 12 symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome they experience that are considered "taboo," and what they wish others knew.

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

New Mars rover named after DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin

A British-made rover that will set off for Mars next year in search for signs of life was named Thursday after DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin. UK astronaut Tim Peake revealed the name of the first European scavenger of the Red Planet at the Airbus fa...