Donald Trump's Poll-Watching Talk Spurs Call for International Monitors of US Election
Citing Donald Trump's controversial call to his supporters to challenge voters at the polls, a leading civil rights group is urging international election monitors to beef up their efforts to observe this November's U.S. presidential contest. It's the latest reflection of deep concern among voting rights advocates about potential voter intimidation and suppression this fall. In a letter sent Saturday, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights asked the Warsaw, Poland-based Organi..>> view originalMore tests set for Yellowstone, tributaries after fish kill
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife workers will conduct tests on fish from additional areas of Montana to determine the extent of a disease blamed in a massive fish kill along the Yellowstone River, officials said Monday. The state indefinitely closed a 183-mile stretch of the river to all recreational activities on Friday after thousands of dead fish washed up along the river's banks in the Paradise Valley area north of Yellowstone National Park. Biologists are trying to determine if the little-un..>> view originalA First Peek at Russia's New Space Cargo Ship
Russian engineers are finishing the design of a brand new space freighter that would replace the veteran Progress cargo ships supplying the International Space Station (ISS) with propellant, food, water and other goods, industry sources tell Popular Mechanics.The new vehicle will be about a ton heavier than its predecessor and will feature a radical new design. If it's actually built, the next-generation cargo ship will allow Russia to reduce the number of annual cargo shipments to the ISS from ..>> view originalA widening 80 mile crack is threatening one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves
Credit: Project MIDAS For some time, scientists who focus on Antarctica have been watching the progression of a large crack in one of the world’s great ice shelves — Larsen C, the most northern major ice shelf of the Antarctic peninsula and the fourth largest Antarctic ice shelf overall. Larsen C, according to the British Antarctic Survey, is “slightly smaller than Scotland.” It’s called an ice “shelf” because the entirety of this country-sized area is covered by 350-meter-thick ice that is f..>> view originalNASA opens research to public: Why that's a big deal
It has been a good week for science and space enthusiasts.NASA announced last Tuesday that they would be releasing hundreds of peer-reviewed, scholarly articles on NASA-funded research projects online. The articles are entirely free to access for any member of the public.The new service is a big deal for the space agency, which has been gathering scientific information on a huge variety of topics since it was established in 1958.The move comes amid a greater push for scientists to make their re..>> view originalWATCH LIVE: Scientists explore wreck of WWII aircraft carrier off California coast
Lifting the veil on a key piece of World War II history, scientists on Monday launched an expedition to film and photograph the USS Independence, an aircraft carrier sitting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, 30 miles off the coast of Northern California.The search for the 623-foot-long shipwreck, which sits off Half Moon Bay 2,600 feet under the sea, was broadcast live with a webcast Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning at nautiluslive.org. By 5 p.m. Monday, the ghostly image of the stern ..>> view originalNASA's Curiosity Rover Sends Images Of Mars That Look Like The US Southwest
Eroded mesas and buttes, capped with rock that is resistant to wind erosion: it sounds like scenery straight out of the U.S. Southwest, and you'd likely be inclined to believe so if you weren't made aware of the fact that it was actually the description for the latest images of Mars sent back from NASA's Curiosity Rover. To come up with the panorama, the rover made use of its Mast Camera. Through the Mastcam imaging system, Curiosity was able to capture a number of component images on Aug. 5, 2..>> view originalYou vs. Future You; Or Why We're Bad At Predicting Our Own Happiness
Dan Gilbert says we're not great at predicting how much we will enjoy an experience in part because we fail to consider all of the details. We think a visit to the dentist will be terrible — but we're forgetting about the free toothbrush, the nice chat with the dental hygienist, and the magazines in the waiting room. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ..>> view original
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