New International Space Station Crew Arrives Safely
A Russian Soyuz rocket launched a joint U.S.-Russian crew to the International Space Station Friday (March 18), a space team that includes an astronaut aiming to break an American spaceflight record recently set by NASA's year-in-space astronaut Scott Kelly. American astronaut Jeff Williams of NASA and cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Aleksey Ovchinin of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) launched toward the space station at 5:26 p.m. EDT (2126 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhs..>> view originalNew Alaskan butterfly: A monitor for climate change?
A butterfly species, misidentified for more than 60 years, may be the only type of butterfly endemic to Alaska, say scientists.The newly identified Tanana Arctic lives in spruce and aspen forests in the Tanana-Yukon River Basin. Because butterflies react quickly to climate change, the species could help scientists identify alarming changes in the sensitive arctic ecosystem, says Andrew Warren, a lepidopterist (butterfly expert) at the University of Florida in Gainesville.“This butterfly has app..>> view originalExoplanet With Most Eccentric Orbit Flashes With Reflected Light
Scientists have detected a strange exoplanet only more than a hundred light-years away from Earth. The exoplanet has a highly eccentric orbit, and also flashes bright reflected light whenever it gets close to its star.(Photo : NASA) The planet Venus is peculiar among the eight planets of the Solar System because it revolves around the sun in the opposite direction. It's also one of the brightest objects we see at night because its thick clouds reflect the sunlight that reaches it. Additionally..>> view originalTwin comets to buzz Earth. Why scientists are excited, not worried.
Astronomers are breaking out the telescopes, metaphoric measuring tapes, and record books for a close visit from two comets next week.Comets 252O/Linear and P/2016 BA 14 will offer a rare view for scientists as they fly by Earth just one day apart, and only a few million miles away.The first comet, 252P/LINEAR, will travel past Earth on March 21 at a distance of 3.3 million miles, which is very close on a planetary scale. But the second, P/2015 BA14, could be the record breaker: as it comes wit..>> view originalTwitter's 140-character max to stay
Twitter, a popular social media platform that has struggled in recent months to gain new users, has opted to do away with plans to allow its users to write more than 140 characters in a single post. Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey said on Friday during NBC's Today Show that after testing expanded posts, Twitter will keep people within the 140 character confines. In January, Twitter began looking into allowing users to post up to 10,000 characters. The move was seen by many to help revive Twitter aft..>> view originalTop Windows Mobile news of the week: No upgrade for some, Edge extensions, good Lumia price
Unlike previously promised, not all Windows Phone 8 phones will get WM10Backing off from previous statements, Microsoft is now stating that some older phones running Windows Mobile 8 will not get updated to WM10. Several Lumia phones including the Icon, 920, and 1020 have been left behind. This is angering owners expecting to get WM10.Source: Thurrott.com Edge browser gets support for extensionsThe next preview of Windows 10 will have support for Edge browser extensions. This allows third-par..>> view originalMicrosoft Says Hiring Go-go Dancers At Xbox Party Was Wrong
San Francisco (AP) -- Microsoft says it was "unequivocally wrong" for hosting a party with scantily dressed female dancers during a video game developers' conference. The party sparked a firestorm of criticism this week, in an industry that's been struggling to overcome longstanding complaints that it has objectified women and made them feel unwelcome as players and game-builders. In response, the head of Microsoft's Xbox division issued a statement saying the after-hours entertainment "represe..>> view originalWhy Apple is announcing a new 4-inch 'iPhone SE' in March
Feature Why Apple is announcing a new 4-inch 'iPhone SE' in March By Neil Hughes Saturday, March 19, 2016, 08:56 am PT (11:56 am ET) For Apple, 2016 is already shaping up to be an unprecedented year, with the company set to launch an entirely new iPhone model earlier than ever. Here are a few key reasons why this is a wise move.A mid-cycle sales boost Apple has already said that iPhone sales will decline for the first time ever this quarter. Simply put, the astronomical growth posted by..>> view originalForest conservation: An environmental success for China
China appears to have turned the corner on deforestation.Beijing implemented a forest conservation program in 1998. And we now have proof that it's working.Logging and clear cutting shrank China's forests for decades, but from 2000 to 2010, the nation saw a net gain in tree cover, according to new data.A team of scientists studied the nation's forests using satellite images, eyeing where tree cover expanded and decreased. Over the decade they saw significant recovery in about 1.6 percent of Chi..>> view originalDNA results are in: Early humans and Neanderthals made babies together
Scientists have discovered that Homo sapiens -- that's us -- made more babies with archaic humanlike species than initially thought. That sexual history has left a mark on the human genome, possibly influencing our immune systems and metabolism, according to a new study published in the journal of Science.Scientists analyzed the genetic information of more than 1,500 people from all around the world and determined that ancestors of modern humans interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans.They le..>> view original
Saturday, March 19, 2016
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