Tiny swimming robots seeking life in alien seas

Tiny swimming robots sound like cool science fiction. But a JPL robotics engineer is developing them, for future missions to ocean worlds.

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Baby woolly mammoth – beautifully preserved – found in Yukon

Miners in Yukon, Canada stumbled upon a well preserved, 30,000-year-old baby woolly mammoth. She’s beautiful, geologists said.

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NPR Thinks Opinion Polls Are Proof Of Climate Change. They’re Not

National Public Radio (NPR) recently ran an article discussing the results of a poll it conducted claiming that Americans are suffering from extreme weather events due to climate change. Although because of the mainstream media’s claims the public may be…

Stranger Finds Phone in a River and Tracks Down Owner to Return Sentimental Photos

A man who—when canoeing for his bachelor party lost his iPhone on a river in Gloucestershire—was absolutely amazed when, ten months later, he saw sentimental photos of the party posted on Facebook in an effort to reunite the phone with the owner. “I was in a two-man canoe and my partner probably shouldn’t have stood […]

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Meteorologist Joe Bastardi Counters Popular Climate Myths On TNT Radio

Joe Bastardi is one of our favorite meteorologists and a prominent skeptic of human-made global warming. Bastardi has appeared on the Fox News’ Tucker Carlson show and he’s very good at explaining complex things in layman’s terms. Here he joins…

Odd Fast Radio Burst only 2nd known of its kind

Astronomers say they have observed an unusual fast radio burst – only the 2nd so far – where smaller bursts persistently occur in-between repeating large bursts.

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Summer solstice, cycles of nature and Chinese philosophy

In Chinese thought, the summer solstice is associated with the color red, the sound of laughing, the fire element and a red phoenix.

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Wildfire reaches Kitt Peak. Telescopes safe

A wildfire reached Kitt Peak on July 17, 2022. All of the 20+ telescopes at the site are now reported safe, although outbuildings burned.

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Fact Check: Politicized Gas Price Complaints From GOP Ignore Global Warming – Colorado Times Recorder

Earlier this week the average cost for a gallon of gas surpassed $5 for the first time in the U.S.  and statements from oil and gas industry spokespeople and Republican politicians blamed environmental regulations for the spike in prices. However,…

Definitely not aliens, says scientist working on project

Not aliens, said SETI researcher Dan Werthimer of the “suspicious signals” reportedly found by China’s FAST telescope.

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