Inferior conjunction – Venus between sun and Earth – January 8-9

Venus comes to inferior conjunction – passing between Earth and sun – in 2022 at 1 UTC on January 9 (7 p.m. CST on January 8).

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Three responses to climate change – MercatorNet

What’s global warming like in San Marcos, Texas? Strictly speaking, I can’t answer that question, although I live in San Marcos, a town of some 50,000 people halfway between San Antonio and Austin. The reason is that global warming (or…

Leader of Anglican Church offers hope on climate change – The National

The leader of the Anglican Church, Justin Welby, said there were reasons for hope that the world in 2022 would address the dangers from climate change. The Archbishop of Canterbury said that important steps were taken at the UN’s climate…

Best 2021 Medical Breakthroughs, Cures And Dramatic Treatments for Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Diabetes & More

Whether a deadly disease like cancer and Alzheimer’s or a lifelong affliction like diabetes, eczema, or arthritis, 2021 has been a year of breakthroughs and advancements. Beyond COVID-19 and the developments of the mRNA vaccines created to halt the pandemic, medical researchers around the world continued to focus on the long-entrenched problems that have plagued […]

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Christmas Wonder, with Penguins

December 25, 2021, 7:20 pm I always enjoy Christmas day with the family.  But no matter how good a day we have together, it can never quite duplicate the sense of wonder when one is 8 or 9 and you…

Scientists find water in Mars’ Grand Canyon

A spacecraft orbiting Mars has made the unexpected discovery of water in Mars’ Grand Canyon, otherwise known as Valles Marineris.

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In N.Y., battling climate change means killing 1000 trees – E&E News

NEW YORK — After years of planning by city officials, New Yorkers got a close-up glimpse of the trade-offs inherent in the fight against climate change when crews this month began cutting down the first of a thousand trees targeted…

Net Zero? IEA Expects 2021 To Be Record Year For Global Coal-Fired Power

Despite all the billions invested in green energies, they haven’t been able to prove themselves as a reliable source of electricity. Wind and sun are just too volatile, and inefficient. So it’s little surprise that the International Energy Agency (IEA)…

A Mars-sized exoplanet, like Mercury on the inside

Astronomers have found a nearby, blazing hot, Mars-sized exoplanet. It’s like Mercury in composition and orbits its star in only 7.7 hours.

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‘Don’t Look Up’ is a climate change allegory. These docs reveal the reality. – NBC News

The director Adam McKay skewers hefty targets: financial chicanery (“The Big Short”), executive branch ambition (“Vice”), white male buffoonery (“Talladega Nights”) and media industry gluttony, as one of the executive producers of HBO’s “Succession.” McKay’s latest sendup is “Don’t Look…