science / science - 4 years ago
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jun 16 through Sat, June 22, 2019 Editor's Pick A Degree of Concern: Why Global Temperatures Matter Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech Part...
science / science - 4 years ago
Rashes can be scary, particularly when news headlines keep reporting measles cases in young children. With over 1,000 measles cases reported at last count, 2019 is proving to be a terrible year for the US and vaccine-preventable diseases. These alarm...
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(Bloomberg) -- The Kariba Dam has towered over one of Africa’s mightiest rivers for 60 years, forming the world’s largest reservoir and providing reliable electricity to Zambia and Zimbabwe.But as drought grips the region, flow on the Zambezi river h...
science / science - 4 years ago
These people weren't fooling anybody.
science / science - 4 years ago
It cost $150 billion (after inflation) to get America to the moon once. We'll go there a second time for 20% of that cost.
science / science - 4 years ago
Electric Planes, Flying Taxis, Supersonic Jets: Paris Air Show Gives Us a Peek at the Future of Flight
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(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son says he wants to re-list ARM Holdings Plc within five years, re-introducing stock markets to the British chipmaker his company bought for $32 billion in 2016.SoftBank has not yet decided where...
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A new era in warfare? The U.S. Air Force initiated test flights of the new hypersonic AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon, mounting them below the wings of a B-52 Stratofortress.Known as the “Arrow,” the AGM-183A was slung aboard the B-52 in...
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The president of the Oregon Senate ordered the state Capitol to close on Saturday due to a "possible militia threat" from right-wing protesters as a walkout by Republican lawmakers over landmark climate change legislation dragged on. Republican stat...
science / science - 4 years ago
A "possible militia threat" is shutting down the Oregon statehouse amid an ongoing walkout by Republican lawmakers who are blocking a vote on landmark climate change legislation with their absence. Gov. Kate Brown has deployed the state police to ro...
science / science - 4 years ago
Connecticut resident Kevin Conners turned himself in for arrest on a second-degree manslaughter charge for assisting in his wife's suicide. His wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer and had treatment complications due to Lyme Disease.
science / science - 4 years ago
New research suggests autism 'functioning' labels are inaccurate and harmful, which actually autistic people have said all along.
science / science - 4 years ago
Republican state senators in Oregon continued to engage in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship Friday with Democratic lawmakers, saying they are prepared to sue if the Senate president goes through with a threat to impose a $500 fine for each day the...
science / science - 4 years ago
General Electric Co said on Friday it plans to demolish a large power plant it owns in California this year after only one-third of its useful life because the plant is no longer economically viable in a state where wind and solar supply a growing sh...
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(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. put five more Chinese tech entities on a trade blacklist just days ahead of a high-stakes summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping even as it offered a quiet olive branch by postponing a potentially...