Nobel-winning scientists are calling for open borders for the advancement of science
Oliver Hart and Eric Maskin. AP Photo Amidst brewing anti-immigration sentiment in Europe and the United States, some Nobel Prize laureates this year are noting their own status as immigrants and commenting on immigration policies, with some highlighting the importance of relatively open borders for the advancement of science. Of the 2016 Nobel laureates announced so far, all six of those affiliated with US universities are immigrants. Five of them were born in Bri..>> view original'Sandy Style' Floods Becoming More Frequent, Study Shows
Flooding on a barrier island street during the Oct. 2015 nor’easter. (Photo: Daniel Nee) A study released Tuesday by three universities show that severe flooding events, similar to Superstorm Sandy, are on the rise, and have increased by 300 percent in frequency between 1800 and 2000. The study, which conducted by Princeton University, Rutgers University, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, showed that storm surge climatology and sea level rise has reduced the period in between storms ..>> view originalClimate change doubled size of western forest fires, study says, and it will only get worse
Wildfires in the western half of the United States, including Oregon, have been burning hotter, faster and twice as large over the last 30 years and a good heap of the blame belongs to climate change brought on by humans. That's according to researchers at the University of Idaho and Columbia University in New York, who released a study Monday showing that rising temperatures due to climate change have increased fire activity and burned an additional 16,000 square miles, an area larger than th..>> view originalHurricane Nicole forecast to roar by Bermuda Thursday
The forecast track of Hurricane Nicole shows it passing very near to Bermuda by Oct. 13, 2016.(Photo: National Hurricane Center)Nicole re-strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday afternoon and is now forecast to roar by Bermuda late Wednesday and into Thursday.The Bermuda Weather Service has issued a hurricane warning for Bermuda, which means that hurricane conditions are expected within the next 36 hours.“Ahead of Nicole’s approach expect hazardous conditions including strong winds, heavy rain, th..>> view originalProject Blue: Private Space Telescope to Hunt for Alien Earth at Alpha Centauri
A new initiative called "Project Blue" aims to spy on our interstellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri, to capture an unprecedented visible-light image of any Earth-like planets that might orbit there. The project, which hopes to launch a lightweight telescope into Earth orbit by 2019, was announced today (Oct. 11). The two stars of Alpha Centauri, along with the associated red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, are the closest stars outside our solar system — and the Alpha Centauri stars are by fa..>> view originalPresident Obama - If You Love Science, Please Don't "Leap To Mars" With Elon Musk
President Obama has just taken the unusual step of publishing an article as author: "America will take the giant leap to Mars". It promotes his vision for humans on the Mars surface in the 2030s. The video at the head of the article highlights his love of science. Here is another video with clips to show his love of science.I never thought of planetary protection myself until a few years back. I can understand from my own experience how it is possible to simultaneously agree that we need it for ..>> view originalHow Obama brought capitalism to outer space
President Obama tours the commercial rocket processing facility of SpaceX along with chief executive Elon Musk at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in 2010. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls) In 2010, nearly 50 years after John F. Kennedy called for the United States to send a man to the moon, President Obama went to the Kennedy Space Center, to set a new course. Under George W. Bush, the agency had been working on another lunar mission. But now, with Buzz Aldrin sitting in the audience, Obama had ..>> view originalSilkworms fed carbon nanotubes produce super-silk that conducts electricity
If silkworms were Pac-Men, carbon nanotubes would be their power pellets. On a hunch, scientists at Tsinghua University in China fed silkworms with a solution that contained both carbon nanotubes and graphene-- a super-strong material made from latticed carbon atoms-- and the insect larvae immediately went to work producing a super-silk with qualities never seen before in regular silk, reports Scientific American . The super-silk was not only super-strong, capable of withstanding at leas..>> view original'Bear dogs' once lived in southern Texas
Artist’s sketch of a bear dog. Illustration © Monica Jurik, The Field Museum ‘Bear dogs’ once lived in southern Texas By Sid PerkinsOct. 11, 2016 , 7:15 PM Fragmentary fossils found in southwestern Texas 3 decades ago belong to a strange group of extinct animals known as “bear dogs,” according to a new study. Though only about the size of a Chihuahua when they first appeared, some creatures in this group of carnivorous mammals evolved to become top predators in their ecosystems tens ..>> view originalThe Clinton campaign is aggressively pushing her climate change policy after Hurricane Matthew
Heavy waves caused by Hurricane Matthew pounds the boat docks at the Sunset Bar and Grill, October 7, 2016 on Cocoa Beach, Florida. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Hillary Clinton's campaign is aggressively pushing her climate change and energy agenda after Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc in Haiti and the southeastern Atlantic coast of the US over the past weekend. Clinton campaigned with Al Gore, the former vice president and a leading voice on climate change, in Mi..>> view original
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