A Comparative Climatology
Symposium held at NASA
Headquarters on May 7
focused on new approaches
to climate research by
highlighting the
similarities and
contrasts between the
environments of the rocky
worlds Venus, Earth, Mars
and Saturnâ...
Only rarely have people
seen what happens when
chimpanzees and leopards
come into close quarters
in the wilds of Africa.
On these occasions,
chimpanzees have made
loud, fearful calls, or
played the aggressor: In
one case, chimps even
surrounded a leo...
Slow earthquakes don't
kill anyone, but they're
certainly suspicious
characters. Recent great
earthquakes, such as
massive temblors in Japan
and Chile, were
foreshadowed by slow
quakes shuffling through
the regions in the months
before the deadly sha...
As Memorial Day weekend
sees people in the United
States celebrating the
opening of beach season,
data from a European
Environment Agency (EEA)
report serves as a
warning of how wild
weather can affect water
safety.
By Irene Klotz CAPE
CANAVERAL, Florida
(Reuters) - An unmanned
Delta 4 rocket blasted
off from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station on
Friday to put a
multi-use, broadband
communications satellite
into orbit for the U.S.
military. The 217-foot
(66-meter) ...
A 3D printer is slated to
arrive at the
International Space
Station next year, where
it will crank out the
first parts ever
manufactured off planet
Earth.
The tornado that hit
Moore, Okla., on Monday
(May 23) killed an
estimated two dozen
people and caused
devastating property
damage. Residents had
advance warning of the
storm, thanks to weather
forecasts. But with
forced budget cuts in
effect, forecas...