[ad_1] IMAGE: The northern cardinal has relatively low frequency chant and delayed playback in response to noise pollution. View More Credit: David Keeling Are you looking for a bird’s-eye view of human impact? A new study published in the journal Nature provides the most comprehensive picture of how human noise …
Read More »Can EmDrive really work for space travel?
[ad_1] Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of Ask an astronaut is Space radioand author of How to die in space. He contributed this article to Space.com’s Voices of experts: opinions and insights. The “EmDrive“claims to make the impossible possible: a …
Read More »Watch SpaceX ignite the powerful engines of the SN8 spaceship
[ad_1] Spaceship fireworks SpaceX ignited the three rocket engines of its Starship SN8 prototype for the second time last night at its test facilities in Boca Chica, Texas. The event was a powerful explosion of orange smoke and flying sparks, as captured by viewers on video. Static fire SN8 also …
Read More »“Violent Drag of Dark Matter” – It is turning on the thermostat of the universe
[ad_1] Published on 11 November 2020 in Science “As the universe evolves, gravity pulls dark matter and gas into space together into galaxies and galaxy clusters,” said Yi-Kuan Chiang, a researcher at the Ohio State University Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics. . “The resistance is violent, so violent that …
Read More »“Fireballs” will be visible in the Northern Taurid meteor shower – KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
[ad_1] The “fireballs” will be visible with the Northern Taurid meteor showerKTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas How to see the Northern Taurid meteor shower fueled by fireballs this weekCNET Why are there fireballs in the sky? It is the meteor shower of the Northern TauridsDeseret News A meteor shower filled …
Read More »Announcement of the 2020 AGU Union Medal, Award and Prize
[ad_1] On behalf of the Earth and Space Science community, we congratulate the 36 individuals who have received the highest honors bestowed by AGU for their excellence in scientific research, education, communication and outreach. These people embody our shared vision of a thriving, sustainable and fair future for all, powered …
Read More »Extreme precipitation is expected to become more intense, frequent with warming
[ad_1] A man emerges from the flood waters caused by tropical storm Erin in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, August 19, 2007. Credit: University of California, Los Angeles Across the continental United States, massive and often devastating precipitation events – the kind climate scientists have long called “centenary storms” – could become three …
Read More »Because skinks that have lost their legs have evolved new ones
[ad_1] Common blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua s. Scincoides), basking on open sandy ground. Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 A team of researchers affiliated with Clark University, the Museum of Natural History, Yale University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a theory to explain why skinks living in the Philippines have …
Read More »The Universe Is Getting HOTTEST New Study Studies | Science | news
[ad_1] Galaxies, gases and dark matter swirling throughout the Universe are causing the cosmos to warm. Scientists from Ohio State University have probed the temperature of the gas farther from Earth, which means further back in time. The team then checked the temperature of the gases near Earth, which corresponds …
Read More »Operations on the oil fields likely triggered earthquakes in California just a few miles from the San Andreas fault
[ad_1] The way companies drill oil and gas and dispose of wastewater can trigger earthquakes, sometimes in unexpected places. In West Texas, earthquake rates are now 30 times higher than they were in 2013. Studies have also linked earthquakes to oil field operations in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Ohio. California …
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