First Click: Elon Musk's journey to Mars, DJI's foldable drone, and more in the week ahead
Tuesday will also see the SpaceX CEO speak at the International Astronautical Conference in Mexico, where he’s expected to reveal his plan for colonizing Mars. With a lot of time, money, and effort, Elon Musk thinks our planetary neighbor could be a second home for humans, a hedge bet in case things on Earth really go south. It’s hard to say exactly what he’ll share — when Musk is on stage, any topic is fair game — but we published our best guesses last week. Look no further if you want to be p..>> view originalRusty patched bumble bee recommended for endangered list - Twin Falls Times
PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal wildlife officials on Thursday made a formal recommendation to list the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species because it has disappeared from about 90 percent of its historic range in just the past two decades.The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service made the recommendation after the Portland, Oregon-based Xerces Society petitioned the agency on behalf of the bee in 2013 and presented studies showing it was struggling due to a combination of disease, habitat loss, c..>> view originalDoes Jupiter's Moon Europa Have a Subsurface Ocean? Here's What We Know
A simulated view from the surface of Europa, a moon of Jupiter. Researchers suspect that the moon has a massive ocean beneath its icy surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will hold a briefing today (Sept. 26) on new findings about "activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa." Jupiter's moon Europa is often touted as a possible abode for life, because of the potential liquid water ocean beneath its icy surface. But how much do we know about Europa, real..>> view originalChina Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World
Enlarge this image The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP/Getty Images The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images The largest radio teles..>> view originalRosetta: The end of a space odyssey
Europe's trailblazing deep-space comet exploration for clues to the origins of the Solar System ends Friday with the Rosetta orbiter joining robot lab Philae on the iceball's dusty surface for eternity. The 1.4-billion-euro ($1.5-billion), 12-year ...>> view originalIndia commits to ratifying Paris Agreement climate pact on Oct. 2
India to ratify Paris Agreement climate pact on Oct. 2 FILE- In this Nov. 30, 2015 file photo, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses world leaders at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris. India's leader says his country will ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change early next month. Modi said Sunday that his government will ratify the agreement Oct. 2, coinciding with the birth anniversary of India's independence leader Mohandas Gandh..>> view originalChaos in the zodiac: Some Virgos are Leos now (but NASA couldn't care less)
(iStock illustration) There has been a disturbance in the astrological forces. What you think you know about the zodiac may be a lie. The sign you think you were born under is different, to hear astrology wonks tell it. The dates for the western zodiac calendar have compressed and shifted later by a few weeks: If you were a Virgo born before mid-September, so the story goes, you are a Leo (now Aug. 10 to Sept. 16). Congratulations! There is a thirteenth sign, too — Ophiuchus. People born bet..>> view originalEndangered Right Whale Found Dead, Wrapped in Fishing Gear
Federal investigators are looking into the death of a 43-foot-long endangered right whale that was found off the coast of Maine with fishing gear wrapped around her body. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the adult female whale was found Friday near Boothbay with fishing gear ropes wrapped around her head, mouth, flippers and tail. She weighed about 45 tons. The whale was towed to a Gorham (GOH'-rem) farm. A necropsy was performed Sunday. The group is trying to deter..>> view originalStephen Hawking Is Still Afraid of Aliens
Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking views a CGI alien civilization on the exoplanet Gliese 832c in this still from the new documentary "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places." Credit: "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places"/CuriosityStream. Humanity should be wary ...>> view originalMelatonin makes these fish sing like mermaids at night: Mystery now solved!
Melatonin makes these fish sing like mermaids at night: Mystery now solved! "Singing fishes" at San Francisco Bay were once a mystery. But now, further studies have uncovered By Cristina Limpiada | Sep 26, 2016 07:48 AM EDT The mystery of San Francisco Bay's "singing fishes" has already been solved. (Photo : Pixabay) Fact: There are fish that sing. At San Francisco Bay, residents living in houseboats were mesmerized by a strange hum that starts when darkness fall and stops abruptly before th..>> view original
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