science / science - 5 years ago

New study finds incredibly high carbon pollution costs – especially for the US and India

The social cost of carbon is a measure of the economic damages caused (via climate change) by each ton of carbon pollution that we produce today.& It’s difficult to estimate because of physical, economic, and ethical uncertainties.& For examp...

science / science - 5 years ago

Iran Launched Missiles Into Syria as Retaliation for an Attack on a Military Parade

Iran blamed a Syrian group for an attack on a military parade that killed 24

science / science - 5 years ago

The Las Vegas Strip Will Go Dark to Honor the Victims of Last Year's Mass Shooting

A gunman's rampage at a country music festival last year was the deadliest shooting in recent U.S. history

science / science - 5 years ago

Canada and the U.S. Have Reached a Deal on NAFTA

The U.S. and Canada were under pressure to reach a deal by midnight Sunday

science / science - 5 years ago

Amputated Nobel season opens without Literature Prize

The announcement on Monday of the Nobel Medicine Prize opens this year's amputated awards season, with no Literature Prize for the first time in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal. Like every year, Nobel aficionados have speculated wildly about po...

science / science - 5 years ago

South Korea Has Begun Removing Mines From the Border and Expects the North to Follow Suit

South Korea has begun clearing mines from inside the heavily fortified border with North Korea

science / science - 5 years ago

Macedonia Name Change Approved in Referendum With Low Voter Turnout

A referendum on changing Macedonia’s name as part of a deal that would pave the way for NATO membership won overwhelming support Sunday, but low voter turnout highlighted the hurdles that still remain for the Balkan country to join the alliance.

science / science - 5 years ago

Three Dead in a Pennsylvania Car Explosion

A car explosion that rocked downtown Allentown left three males dead, including the likely “perpetrator,” officials said Sunday as federal authorities who are leading the investigation looked ahead to autopsies.

science / science - 5 years ago

UN report spotlights government inaction on climate

Diplomats gathering in South Korea Monday will find themselves in the awkward position of vetting and validating a major UN scientific report that underscores the failure of their governments to take stronger action on climate. The UN special report...

science / science - 5 years ago

The Trump Administration Has Sued California Over Its Hours-Old Net Neutrality Law

The Justice Department wants to stop the measure in its tracks

science / science - 5 years ago

California Has Enacted the Country's Toughest Law to Protect Net Neutrality

Advocates of net neutrality hope the the bill will prompt similar measures from Congress

science / science - 5 years ago

Suspected 'Perpetrator' Is Among Three Dead in a Pennsylvania Car Explosion

Authorities say they "know there's been a criminal incident"

science / science - 5 years ago

Sarah Palin's Son Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges

Track Palin said he was "not guilty, for sure" on the four charges

science / science - 5 years ago

A furtive moth slurps up this sleeping bird's tears

Deep in the Amazon jungle, ecologist Leandro Moraes filmed a moth sucking the tears out of a sleeping antbird's eye.  The delicately-performed nighttime feeding is a rarely seen event, wrote Moraes in a report about the experience, entitled &quo...

science / science - 5 years ago

Scientists make artificial Martian dirt, will sell it to you for $20

Scientists don't expect to get their hands on Martian soil anytime soon, so they're making their own. Created by University of Central Florida astrophysicists, this red soil, called Mars "simulant," is designed to give researchers...