Showing posts with label SCIENCE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SCIENCE. Show all posts

Monday, December 14, 2015

NASA Is Accepting Astronaut Applications, and This Quiz Will Tell You if You … – Yahoo Tech


If you have a taste for adventure to go where few have gone before, then you might want to sign up to be a NASA astronaut. On Dec. 14, for the first time in four years, NASA began accepting applications. “This next group of American space explorers … Read the full article on Yahoo Tech »

NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Studies Martian Sand Dunes For The First Time – Tech Times


The prized photo taken by the rover's Mastcam shows rows and rows of the distinctively-shaped sand dunes. (Photo : NASA). NASA's Mars Rover, Curiosity, has encountered and examined previously-unchartered territory. For the first time ever, the … Read the full article on Tech Times »

Paris climate pact: Winners and losers – San Jose Mercury News


LE BOURGET, France (AP) — The climate deal adopted in suburban Paris was the culmination of four years of negotiations on how to get nearly all countries to jointly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are warming the planet. The … Read the full article on San Jose Mercury News »

Tech titans like Elon Musk are spending $1 billion to save you from terminators – Washington Post


Elon Musk and other big tech names are worried that humanity will develop artificial intelligence so smart it becomes a threat to humanity itself — think self-aware killer robots that realize their best course of action is to wipe out mankind. Or … Read the full article on Washington Post »

Birds had one common “founding father,” says study – Modern Readers


Birds had one common “founding father,” says study A new study has pinpointed the origin of all birds existing today to one “Founding Feathered Father” that existed in South America about 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period, or much … Read the full article on Modern Readers »

Full Moon Christmas 2015: Happens For First Time Since 1977 – Headlines & Global News


This year's Christmas full moon will be the fourth since 1900 and won't be seen again until 2034. (Photo : Twitter Photo Section). For the first time since 1977, a full moon will light up Christmas skies, reaching its peak size around 6:11 a.m. EST … Read the full article on Headlines & Global News »

NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Studies Martian Sand Dunes For The First Time – Tech Times


The prized photo taken by the rover's Mastcam shows rows and rows of the distinctively-shaped sand dunes. (Photo : NASA). NASA's Mars Rover, Curiosity, has encountered and examined previously-unchartered territory. For the first time ever, the … Read the full article on Tech Times »

Tech titans like Elon Musk are spending $1 billion to save you from terminators – Washington Post


Elon Musk and other big tech names are worried that humanity will develop artificial intelligence so smart it becomes a threat to humanity itself — think self-aware killer robots that realize their best course of action is to wipe out mankind. Or … Read the full article on Washington Post »

Birds had one common “founding father,” says study – Modern Readers


Birds had one common “founding father,” says study A new study has pinpointed the origin of all birds existing today to one “Founding Feathered Father” that existed in South America about 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period, or much … Read the full article on Modern Readers »

Full Moon Christmas 2015: Happens For First Time Since 1977 – Headlines & Global News


This year's Christmas full moon will be the fourth since 1900 and won't be seen again until 2034. (Photo : Twitter Photo Section). For the first time since 1977, a full moon will light up Christmas skies, reaching its peak size around 6:11 a.m. EST … Read the full article on Headlines & Global News »

NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Studies Martian Sand Dunes For The First Time – Tech Times


The prized photo taken by the rover's Mastcam shows rows and rows of the distinctively-shaped sand dunes. (Photo : NASA). NASA's Mars Rover, Curiosity, has encountered and examined previously-unchartered territory. For the first time ever, the … Read the full article on Tech Times »