Jerry Brown for President: The Way We Were
Governor Jerry Brown said while touring inland California a few days that he's not planning to run for president in 2016."No, that's not in the cards," he said in a rather off-hand response to a...
View ArticleThe View's Sherri Shepherd, who once said she "didn't know" if the Earth is...
The View's Sherri Shepherd, who once said she "didn't know" if the Earth is flat, has this to say about gays: "I might not agree with your lifestyle, but I love you. You may not agree with my...
View ArticleRep. Joaquin Castro: Boehner Called Steve King 'A**hole' to House Dems
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called Rep. Steve King (R-IA) an "asshole" to Democrats last year after King said that not all illegal immigrant "DREAMers" are valedictorians, and some, "with calves...
View ArticleNASA Aircraft Searching For Climate Change Info In Western Pacific Stratosphere
*redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online* NASA has deployed their pilot-less Global Hawk research aircraft in the western Pacific in order to monitor changes to the upper atmosphere...
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Common Core Reading Comprehension Assignment Pushes Global Warming
A Common Core-aligned elementary school homework assignment in a Jefferson County, Colorado school district tells children that by 2512, Kansas will be an oceanfront state, that the “Smokey” Mountains...
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Ariana Grande Opens Up About Wearing "More Fake Hair Than Every Drag Queen On...
Ariana Grande took to Instagram to address the fact that "people give [her] such a hard time about her hair." The 20-year-old explained that she essentially destroyed her natural hair, when she had to...
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2 of the Most Common Substances on Earth Are Anomalies
Solids are heavier than liquids, as a rule—because they are denser, as a rule. Two exceptions to this rule are, incidentally, the most abundant liquid on Earth and the second most abundant mineral on...
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A Mitt Romney Documentary, Jenny Slate's 'Obvious Child' And More From Sundance
Three days of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival are now complete, but something is different from years past: the vibe is strange. There’s no obvious movie to see. By this point in the last two...
View ArticleEarthViewer (for iPad)
EarthViewer (for iPad) covers 4.5 billion years of Earth's geological and atmospheric history, and has cool animations depicting continental drift. Reported by PCMag.com 5 hours ago.
View ArticlePlanet Earth 3D (for iPad)
Planet Earth 3D (for iPad) is a basic Earth science educational app with a useful but sparse set of information. Reported by PCMag.com 5 hours ago.
View Article'Silent Sky': Scientist light-years ahead of her time
Leavitt, whose chief discovery allowed astronomers to measure the distance between Earth and other galaxies, is the focus of Lauren Gunderson's new play, "Silent Sky," which opened last week at...
View ArticleScientists hope comet-chaser spacecraft wakes up
[...] because the spacecraft's systems will take hours to power up and the signal has to travel more than 800 million kilometers (500 million miles) back to Earth, the first sign of life isn't expected...
View ArticleEuropean Comet-Chaser to Activate
The European Space Agency announced that its comet-chasing space probe will "wake up" Monday from a three-year "slumber" and start sending data back to Earth. After a 10-year journey, the Rosetta space...
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Religion Can Turn Weaker Social Groups Violent
One of the traits deeply ingrained in the collective memory of most species on Earth is to always avoid picking fights with stronger opponents. A new study by researchers at the Arizona State...
View ArticleHere Are 27 Fascinating Long-Term Investment Ideas From Wall Street's...
Most agree that we have witnessed the end of a massive, three-decade bull market in bonds. Some are also skeptical of the potential for returns in the stock market in the years ahead, given common...
View ArticleRosetta, ESA's Comet-Chasing Space Probe, Waking Up After Long Sleep
Rosetta, the first spacecraft built to orbit a comet and land a probe on these icy nomads, is now waking up after more than two years of slumber, and videos filmed as part of an international...
View ArticleComet-chasing probe scheduled to wake
Like a groggy traveler after a long, cold night, the European Space Agency's comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft woke up, warmed up and took stock of its surroundings early Monday as it prepared to phone...
View ArticleHibernating space probe wakes up and sends first signal back to Earth.
Hibernating space probe wakes up and sends first signal back to Earth. Reported by SignonSanDiego 19 hours ago.
View ArticleComet-chasing probe sends signal to Earth
A comet-chasing space probe that has been in hibernation for almost three years has woken up and sent its first signal back to Earth. Reported by Seattle Times 19 hours ago.
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