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Progressive groups rally for U.S
- August 28, 2020
Election officials expect a surge in mail-in voting this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Describing the results, Brigham Young University political science professor Michael Barber, a co-author of the study, told The Salt Lake Tribune: "We ran dozens of analyses and every single time we found no impact in partisan vote shares". (more...)
- August 28, 2020
Election officials expect a surge in mail-in voting this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Describing the results, Brigham Young University political science professor Michael Barber, a co-author of the study, told The Salt Lake Tribune: "We ran dozens of analyses and every single time we found no impact in partisan vote shares". (more...)
NASA astronaut to be first black woman to go on ISS mission
- August 28, 2020
The agency said Tuesday that it has assigned the 49-year-old rookie astronaut to Boeing's Starliner-1 mission, slated to launch sometime in 2021. Epps has completed her bachelor's degree in physics in 1992 from LeMoyne College in her hometown of Syracuse, New York. (more...)
- August 28, 2020
The agency said Tuesday that it has assigned the 49-year-old rookie astronaut to Boeing's Starliner-1 mission, slated to launch sometime in 2021. Epps has completed her bachelor's degree in physics in 1992 from LeMoyne College in her hometown of Syracuse, New York. (more...)
SpaceX Launches 2 NASA Astronauts Into Orbit In Historic Mission
- August 27, 2020
NASA hired SpaceX and Boeing in 2014 to taxi astronauts to and from the space station, under contracts totalling $7 billion. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken's SpaceX Dragon capsule pulled up to the station and docked automatically, with no assistance needed. (more...)
- August 27, 2020
NASA hired SpaceX and Boeing in 2014 to taxi astronauts to and from the space station, under contracts totalling $7 billion. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken's SpaceX Dragon capsule pulled up to the station and docked automatically, with no assistance needed. (more...)
Hurricane Laura Barrels Toward Land
- August 27, 2020
President Donald Trump said in a tweet that Laura was a very risky and rapidly intensifying hurricane. "This storm surge could penetrate up to 30 miles (48.28 km) inland from the immediate coastline in southwestern Louisiana and far southeastern Texas", the NHC says. (more...)
- August 27, 2020
President Donald Trump said in a tweet that Laura was a very risky and rapidly intensifying hurricane. "This storm surge could penetrate up to 30 miles (48.28 km) inland from the immediate coastline in southwestern Louisiana and far southeastern Texas", the NHC says. (more...)
Why coastal communities should fear storm surge
- August 27, 2020
It was about 225 miles out from Lake Charles, La., moving northwest at 16 miles per hour, and those winds are expected to increase to 145 miles per hour before landfall, pushing water onto more than 450 miles of coast from Texas to MS, the AP reported. (more...)
- August 27, 2020
It was about 225 miles out from Lake Charles, La., moving northwest at 16 miles per hour, and those winds are expected to increase to 145 miles per hour before landfall, pushing water onto more than 450 miles of coast from Texas to MS, the AP reported. (more...)
SpaceX and NASA Successfully Launch Crew Dragon Spacecraft
- August 26, 2020
They will try again Saturday. "I'm really quite overcome with emotion on this day, so it's kind of hard to talk, frankly", Musk said in a post-launch press conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. A SpaceX capsule exploded on the test stand previous year. Over the past few years, NASA outsourced the job of designing and building its next generation of spaceships to SpaceX and Boeing, awarding them 7 billion USA dollars in contracts in a public-private partnership aimed at driving down ... (more...)
- August 26, 2020
They will try again Saturday. "I'm really quite overcome with emotion on this day, so it's kind of hard to talk, frankly", Musk said in a post-launch press conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. A SpaceX capsule exploded on the test stand previous year. Over the past few years, NASA outsourced the job of designing and building its next generation of spaceships to SpaceX and Boeing, awarding them 7 billion USA dollars in contracts in a public-private partnership aimed at driving down ... (more...)
NASA Warning: Asteroid May Hit Earth One Day Before US Election
- August 26, 2020
If the asteroid did enter our atmosphere, "it would disintegrate due to its extremely small size", NASA wrote. Dubbed 2018VP1, the asteroid is quite small compared to other asteroids, with an estimated diameter of just over 6 feet. The students Kunal Deshmukh and Kritti Sharma - working on a research project to hunt for Near Earth Asteroids - who discovered the celestial object just hours later using data from the robotic Zwicky Transient Facility, (ZTF), California . (more...)
- August 26, 2020
If the asteroid did enter our atmosphere, "it would disintegrate due to its extremely small size", NASA wrote. Dubbed 2018VP1, the asteroid is quite small compared to other asteroids, with an estimated diameter of just over 6 feet. The students Kunal Deshmukh and Kritti Sharma - working on a research project to hunt for Near Earth Asteroids - who discovered the celestial object just hours later using data from the robotic Zwicky Transient Facility, (ZTF), California . (more...)
Marco collapses after making landfall, but threat looms from Laura
- August 25, 2020
Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, due to the presence of Hurricane Laura (formerly Invest 98L and Tropical Storm 13) that is forecast to become a major hurricane tracking toward Louisiana and Texas. And Laura is forecast to be bigger and stronger than Marco. "It's too risky to be on a ladder or carrying plywood". A tropical storm warning for the Lower Keys was discontinued early Tuesday as Laura moved further into the Gulf of Mexico. (more...)
- August 25, 2020
Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, due to the presence of Hurricane Laura (formerly Invest 98L and Tropical Storm 13) that is forecast to become a major hurricane tracking toward Louisiana and Texas. And Laura is forecast to be bigger and stronger than Marco. "It's too risky to be on a ladder or carrying plywood". A tropical storm warning for the Lower Keys was discontinued early Tuesday as Laura moved further into the Gulf of Mexico. (more...)
Trillion Tons of Ice Have Melt In Less Than 3 Decades
- August 25, 2020
In addition, cold fresh water pouring from melting glaciers and ice sheets is causing major disruptions to the biological health of Arctic and Antarctic waters, while loss of glaciers in mountain ranges threatens to wipe out sources of fresh water on which local communities depend. (more...)
- August 25, 2020
In addition, cold fresh water pouring from melting glaciers and ice sheets is causing major disruptions to the biological health of Arctic and Antarctic waters, while loss of glaciers in mountain ranges threatens to wipe out sources of fresh water on which local communities depend. (more...)
Tropical Storm Laura weakens near Cuba. Tropical Storm Marco inches toward Louisiana
- August 25, 2020
The forecast for Marco now calls for wind gusts, spotty heavy rains and some coastal flooding in low-lying areas through Monday evening. Total rainfall accumulations for Marco are estimated to be between 2 and 4 inches, with some isolated areas expected to experience about 7 inches of rain through Tuesday. (more...)
- August 25, 2020
The forecast for Marco now calls for wind gusts, spotty heavy rains and some coastal flooding in low-lying areas through Monday evening. Total rainfall accumulations for Marco are estimated to be between 2 and 4 inches, with some isolated areas expected to experience about 7 inches of rain through Tuesday. (more...)
City naming sewage plant after John Oliver
- August 24, 2020
With Steve Bannon and three others charged for defrauding "We Build the Wall" donors last week, Oliver chose to turn his attention back to Trump's pet project for his Sunday edition of Last Week Tonight - breaking down everything from Bannon's arrest to the controversial company (Fisher Sand and Gravel) involved in the wall's construction. (more...)
- August 24, 2020
With Steve Bannon and three others charged for defrauding "We Build the Wall" donors last week, Oliver chose to turn his attention back to Trump's pet project for his Sunday edition of Last Week Tonight - breaking down everything from Bannon's arrest to the controversial company (Fisher Sand and Gravel) involved in the wall's construction. (more...)
Hurricane Marco heads for Louisiana, Tropical Storm Laura over Cuba
- August 24, 2020
Outer rain bands are expected to approach the Lower Keys Sunday and Monday. Tropical storm conditions were also expected along parts of the northern Leeward Islands, the northern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and the Turks and Caicos, and southeastern Bahamas. (more...)
- August 24, 2020
Outer rain bands are expected to approach the Lower Keys Sunday and Monday. Tropical storm conditions were also expected along parts of the northern Leeward Islands, the northern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and the Turks and Caicos, and southeastern Bahamas. (more...)
Greenland's ice sheet saw record mass loss in 2019
- August 23, 2020
The researchers say "2019 exhibited the largest mass loss on record", following a trajectory of increasing ice loss since the late 1990s. To put that in context, that's as if seven Olympic-sized swimming pools were dumped into the ocean every second of the year, according to The Guardian . (more...)
- August 23, 2020
The researchers say "2019 exhibited the largest mass loss on record", following a trajectory of increasing ice loss since the late 1990s. To put that in context, that's as if seven Olympic-sized swimming pools were dumped into the ocean every second of the year, according to The Guardian . (more...)
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Be Released By Florida
- August 23, 2020
The aim is to reduce the number of mosquitoes that carry diseases like dengue or the Zika virus. Even though Aedes aegypti is only 1% of its mosquito population, Florida Keys Mosquito Control typically budgets more than $1 million a year , a full tenth of its total funding, to fighting it. (more...)
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- August 23, 2020
The aim is to reduce the number of mosquitoes that carry diseases like dengue or the Zika virus. Even though Aedes aegypti is only 1% of its mosquito population, Florida Keys Mosquito Control typically budgets more than $1 million a year , a full tenth of its total funding, to fighting it. (more...)
Russian Experts to Analyze 'UFO' Footage Captured by ISS Astronaut Ivan Vagner
- August 23, 2020
However, a tiny bit of air leaks over the team, requiring routine re-pressurisation from nitrogen tanks that are delivered during resupply missions. 20 that the station's crew of NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner will stay in the station's Zvezda module from the evening of August 21 until the morning of August 24. (more...)
- August 23, 2020
However, a tiny bit of air leaks over the team, requiring routine re-pressurisation from nitrogen tanks that are delivered during resupply missions. 20 that the station's crew of NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner will stay in the station's Zvezda module from the evening of August 21 until the morning of August 24. (more...)
Asteroid which ruffled Earth's gravity discovered by IIT-B students
- August 23, 2020
Deshmukh and Sharma have discovered the closest known asteroid to fly by earth without impacting the planet. Chen-Yen Hsu, from National Central University in Taiwan, was also the designated scanner on Sunday. Several videos on YouTube appeared that explores more of the asteroid and making a big deal with its supposed arrival near Earth that will result in an "impact". (more...)
- August 23, 2020
Deshmukh and Sharma have discovered the closest known asteroid to fly by earth without impacting the planet. Chen-Yen Hsu, from National Central University in Taiwan, was also the designated scanner on Sunday. Several videos on YouTube appeared that explores more of the asteroid and making a big deal with its supposed arrival near Earth that will result in an "impact". (more...)
Marco forms; Louisiana threatened by storm and by Laura
- August 22, 2020
Both islands were battered by Hurricane Maria and while Laura won't be anywhere near as strong, it still poses a risk. With the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season already way ahead of the average pace and surpassing marks left by the notorious 2005 hurricane season, and the height of the hurricane season looming from the end of August to early October, not only are more records likely to be set, but there is also the likelihood that lives and property will be threatened in the weeks ahead. (more...)
- August 22, 2020
Both islands were battered by Hurricane Maria and while Laura won't be anywhere near as strong, it still poses a risk. With the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season already way ahead of the average pace and surpassing marks left by the notorious 2005 hurricane season, and the height of the hurricane season looming from the end of August to early October, not only are more records likely to be set, but there is also the likelihood that lives and property will be threatened in the weeks ahead. (more...)
Astronomers spot closest Earth-buzzing asteroid ever recorded
- August 22, 2020
Bowen Professor of Physics at Caltech and a senior research scientist at JPL, which Caltech manages for NASA . "We didn't see it coming". Instead, the Mount Palomar Observatory in California saw the asteroid first nearly six hours after it flew by the planet. (more...)
- August 22, 2020
Bowen Professor of Physics at Caltech and a senior research scientist at JPL, which Caltech manages for NASA . "We didn't see it coming". Instead, the Mount Palomar Observatory in California saw the asteroid first nearly six hours after it flew by the planet. (more...)
Tropical storm Genevieve kills two people in western Mexico
- August 21, 2020
The Hurricane Hunter aircraft also found that the storm's centre is located south of the previously estimated position. Satellite imagery continued to show deep convective activity near the center of Tropical Depression #13 over the last few hours. (more...)
- August 21, 2020
The Hurricane Hunter aircraft also found that the storm's centre is located south of the previously estimated position. Satellite imagery continued to show deep convective activity near the center of Tropical Depression #13 over the last few hours. (more...)
Space Station's Air Leak Forces Crew to Relocate to Russian Side
- August 21, 2020
The station routinely seeps air into space, requiring periodic re-pressurization from nitrogen delivered in resupply trips. The transfer to Zvezda over the weekend is flawless timing as ISS space traffic will be clear until October when the Expedition 64 crew, a U.S. (more...)
- August 21, 2020
The station routinely seeps air into space, requiring periodic re-pressurization from nitrogen delivered in resupply trips. The transfer to Zvezda over the weekend is flawless timing as ISS space traffic will be clear until October when the Expedition 64 crew, a U.S. (more...)
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