European Space Agency accused of 'having a problem with promoting women'
A leading space scientist has accused the European Space Agency of having a “problem with promoting women” that has led to men holding almost every top job at the agency. Rita Schulz, who was the lead scientist on the Rosetta comet-chasing mission from 2007 to 2013, also told the Guardian that she had been “shafted” by management when she was dropped from the historic project six months before its culmination. The German scientist, who was ESA’s first and only female project scientist at the t..>> view originalSupport for world-leading action on climate change skyrockets
Public support for world-leading, federal government-level action on climate change has bounced back, according to a new poll, as people perceive environmental impacts around them and support a larger role for renewable energy production.According to the Climate Institute's Climate of the Nation poll, 65 per cent of Australians want their country to lead the world on finding solutions, a significant increase since the time of divisive debates about the Gillard government's carbon tax. ..>> view originalEnd Of The World Asteroid Hurtling Toward Earth, Would Impact With The Force Of 3 Billion Nukes
A giant killer asteroid estimated to be as big as 10 miles wide is heading toward Earth, astronomers are saying. It is moving at such a high rate of speed that its impact, if it were to hit the Earth, would deliver the destructive force of 3 billion nuclear bombs. The Daily Star reported this week that a massive killer asteroid, one that could be as big as 10 miles across, is headed in Earth’s direction, but astronomers have yet to pinpoint its exact trajectory through the Solar System, so esti..>> view originalVikings Took Cats on Their Voyages, DNA Study Shows
Vikings were hardy people who valued self-reliance and strength of will. But that doesn’t mean they were immune to the lure of feline companionship. A new study on cat DNA and linage shows that as well as ruling in Egypt and the Mediterranean, cats were welcomed aboard Viking ships. In the new study, samples were taken the remains of cats that date to as recently as the 18th century and as far back as the early Stone Age, around 8,900 to 3,900 years ago, when Europeans had not yet adopted farmi..>> view originalChina starts up world's largest single-dish radio telescope
The world’s largest radio telescope has begun operating in south-western China, a project Beijing says will help humanity search for alien life. The five-hundred-metre aperture spherical radio telescope (acronym: Fast), nestled between hills in the mountainous region of Guizhou, began working about noon on Sunday, the official news agency, Xinhua, reported. Built at a cost of 1.2bn yuan (£138m), the telescope dwarfs the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico to become the world’s largest single-dis..>> view originalHow the moon and big tides could be a trigger for big earthquakes
It’s one of the most enduring mysteries in earthquake science: Why do small earthquakes stay small, while others grow into monsters?A group of researchers offered a partial, but tantalizing answer this month: The moon and big tides. How does this work?The scientists zeroed in on times of high tidal stress, which can occur twice a month, during the full moon and new moon. During these moments, high tides are at their highest — flooding the tallest reaches of a beach — and about six hours later,..>> view originalAre We Running Out Of Oxygen? Scientists Found Baffling Drop In Earth's Athmospheric Oxygen Level
Sep 25, 2016 04:00 AM EDT A new research has revealed that the amount of atmospheric oxygen has dropped over the past million years or so. Is it something to be worried about? Scientists of Princeton University gathered some ancient ice core samples from Antarctica and Greenland to explain this drop. Their findings were published in the journal Science.In detail, the world has lost 0.7 percent atmospheric oxygen over the past 800,000 years. Even more alarming is the oxygen sink, processes tha..>> view originalIg Nobel science awards recognise scientist who lived as a goat and polyester's role in the sex lives of rats
Scientific research into how polyester pants affect the sex life of rats, what it's like for a human to live like a goat and the perceived personality of rocks were all honoured at this year's Ig Nobel spoof awards.The awards also took a dig at Volkswagen, lauding it in chemistry for its ability to engineer its vehicles to produce fewer emissions just "whenever the cars are being tested". Thomas Thwaites, left, accepts the Ig Nobel prize in biology from Nobel laureate Eric Maskin while wea..>> view original'Surprising Jupiter activity': What will NASA reveal? (POLL)
NASA have found evidence of “surprising activity†on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, and speculation as to what the space agency is preparing to reveal has gone into overdrive. Last week, NASA announced that they will be holding a media call on Monday (September 26) at 2 p.m. EDT to reveal new findings and images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope which contains “surprising evidence of activity” on Europa.Despite the massive alien spoiler, Twitter users appear more convince..>> view originalElon Musk looks to Mars as Earthbound businesses hit a snag
by Dana Hull When Elon Musk takes the stage of the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, it won't be to rehash terrestrial concerns like a fatal Tesla autopilot crash or a poorly received merger proposal. Instead, the space and electric-car entrepreneur will be talking about realising his boyhood dream: going to Mars.Musk's keynote address, entitled 'Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species', will tackle the technical challenges and "potential arc..>> view original
Thursday, October 20, 2016
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