Saturn: Cassini's Final Chapter
After years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will soon begin its final act — a plunge into Saturn. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Dr. Carolyn Porco, head of the imaging team, about the mission's legacy. Read more on NPR
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Alaska Guessing Game Provides Climate Change Record
Months behind the rest of the country, spring is advancing across Alaska. And a contest that has residents guess the date of river ice breakup is showing a trend toward earlier and earlier melt. Read more on NPR
Being A Guinea Pig For Science Can Be A Long, Slow Slog
Brandie Jefferson volunteered for a clinical trial to see if intermittent fasting can help treat multiple sclerosis. Five months in, she realizes that this study won't answer that question. Read more on NPR
Thousands Of Marchers Expected To Take On Trump's Climate Policies
On the symbolic 100th day in office for President Trump, who has denied climate change, protesters are rallying in front of the White House to call for better environmental protections. Read more on NPR If Mars Is Colonized, We May Not Need to Ship In the Bricks By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR A new study suggests the material humanity needs to one day construct structures on Mars may already exist within the red planet’s desolate soil. Published: April 27, 2017 at 07:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2pqhoAh 6 Bots That Deliver Science and Serendipity on Twitter By STEPH YIN Not all bots on Twitter are out to spam, hack or misinform you. These science-themed bots dole out humor, factual information and galactic perspective. Published: April 27, 2017 at 07:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2oFi1Jm Dr. Joseph Lifschutz, Who Asserted Confidentiality Right for Therapists, Dies at 92 By SAM ROBERTS Dr. Lifschutz spent a weekend in jail in 1969 defending his position that a privilege of confidentiality should be extended to psychotherapists, an argument later affirmed by the Supreme Court. Published: April 27, 2017 at 07:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2oRQaS9 Gary Steigman, Who Teased Out the Universe’s Dark Secrets, Dies at 76 By DENNIS OVERBYE Through Big Bang studies, Dr. Steigman helped show that most matter in the universe was not made of atoms, a finding that led to modern conceptions of dark matter and dark energy. Published: April 26, 2017 at 07:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2oCi1cZ Hunting Mushrooms, and What Makes Some Glow in the Dark By JOANNA KLEIN Scientists may have had more luck tracking down how some fungi glow than you may have hunting bioluminescent mushrooms, a reporter discovered. Published: April 26, 2017 at 07:00PM via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2prcWU1
Florida Battles With Tricky Removal Of Costly Muck In Indian River Lagoon
In Florida, an effort is underway to remove more than million cubic feet of muck sullying the Indian River Lagoon, considered North America's most biologically diverse estuary. It's a mess. Read more on NPR |
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