Mario Machado: Campesinos Sin Tierra
There is a child sitting next to me, his head resting in his mothers lap. He is exhausted and his small body hangs like a collapsed tent on the bones of his tiny frame. His soccer jersey is a...
View ArticleA Chance to See Saturn, For the First Time in 7 Years
In July, you will have the photo opp of a lifetime According to the Cassini Solstice Mission website, the sun will backlight Saturn on July 19, allowing you to clearly see the planet's rings,...
View ArticleRebecca Solnit: Welcome to the (Don't Be) Evil Empire
*Google Eats the World* *Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com* Finally, journalists have started criticizing in earnest the leviathans of Silicon Valley, notably Google, now the world’s third-largest...
View ArticleFound! 3 super-Earth planets that could support alien life
The habitable zone of a nearby star is filled to the brim with planets that could support alien life, scientists announced Tuesday. An international team of scientists found three potentially habitable...
View ArticleNASA Discovers 10,000th Near-Earth Object
More than 10,000 near-Earth objects have been identified by astronomers, and asteroid 2013 MZ5 is lucky No. 10,000. Reported by IBTimes 17 minutes ago.
View ArticleNASA Has Now Found 10,000 Near-Earth Objects
NASA this week announced that it has now discovered more than 10,000 near-Earth objects – asteroids that could pass close to Earth in the future. The agency also bragged that 98% of all near-Earth...
View ArticleFarmer Unearths Ancient Meteorite
Farmers expect to reap what they sow. So it was quite a surprise when Bruce Lilienthal found a meteorite half-buried in a field on his farm in Minnesota's Sibley County, the Minneapolis Star Tribune...
View ArticleObama: Science says Earth is changing in ways that will have profound impacts...
Obama: Science says Earth is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on humankind WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama: Science says Earth is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on humankind....
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Obama's Climate Joke About A 'Flat Earth Society' Actually Referenced A Real...
In a major address at Georgetown University Tuesday, President Barack Obama referred derogatorily to deniers of climate change as members of a "Flat Earth Society." But the Flat Earth Society is a...
View ArticleChinese astronauts complete space mission, return to Earth
Shenzhou 10 spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts, including China's 2nd female astronaut, parachute-landed on Earth after 2 week-long mission Reported by CBS News 2 days ago.
View ArticleObama mocks skeptics of climate change as ‘flat-Earth society’
http://economicrisis.com/obama-mocks-skeptics-of-climate-change-as-flat-earth-society/10499 Obama mocks skeptics of climate change as ‘flat-Earth society’ President Obama angrily blasted climate change...
View ArticleNorthern Biomass Of Earth Has Been Mapped And Measured
*ESA* The biomass of the northern hemisphere’s forests has been mapped with greater precision than ever before thanks to satellites, improving our understanding of the carbon cycle and our prediction...
View ArticleAstronauts Return To Earth After Record-Breaking Mission
BEIJING (Reuters) - Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Wednesday, touching down in north China's Inner Mongolia after a successful 15-day mission in which they docked with an experimental...
View Article'Big Brother,' 'Earth from Space,' 'Southern Fried Bigfoot:' Dave's DVR...
'Big Brother,' 'Earth from Space,' 'Southern Fried Bigfoot' highlight Dave's DVR Daily for June 26, 2013. Tap the yap! Reported by nola.com 1 day ago.
View ArticleGoogle Launches New ‘Cloud-Free’ Satellite Imagery For Maps, Earth
Google announced that it’s launching new satellite imagery for Google Maps and Google Earth, and says it’s “virtually cloud-free”. This, of course, means clearer and more accurate imagery. Google Earth...
View ArticleThe Flat Earth Society offers an Empty Chair endowment
Like all members of the Church of Global Warming, President Obama loves to imply that critics are stupid or anti-science, even though all the science is on the critics' side. Thus, even as the actual...
View ArticleGoogle Removes All The Clouds From Google Maps And Earth
Ready for your regular reminder that technology is magic? Google has just rid the earth of clouds. Well, Google Earth, at least*. They've just pushed an update to the satellite imagery found in Google...
View ArticleGoogle Earth update brings Street View and streamlined interface to iOS
Google's taking the iOS version of its Earth mapping app up to 7.1. The update brings a few new features, including, most notably, the addition of its Street View imagery -- following a similar update...
View ArticleJets of molten rock push Earth's tectonic plates
Giant fountains of hot rock under central Africa and the central Pacific that have apparently remained stationary for at least 250 million years are helping drive the movements of the massive tectonic...
View ArticleManganese Oxidation Played Key Role In Formation Of Oxygen On Earth
*April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online* Oxygen is a necessary component for the survival of most terrestrial life on Earth. The planet´s atmosphere, however, did not always contain this...
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