You sure that’s not a planet? Okay, whatever you say. NASA/New Horizons Sorry, not everybody gets to be a planet. I know, I know. It’s not fair. But life’s not fair either, so we might as well all get used to it. Before 2006 there wasn’t a strict definition of the word “planet” – instead

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) wants 3,200,000 grams of marijuana to be legally grown in the U.S. next year, the agency announced in a notice set to be published on Thursday. Getty Getty The more than 7,000 pounds of cannabis will be used in scientific studies investigating the effects of the plant. The proposal is part

When your boss catches you napping on the job, should you just tell him or her that you are trying to prevent heart disease? (Photo: Getty Images) Getty Why run on a treadmill, when you can sleep on it? Why eat kale, when you can face-plant in a bowl of it? After all, didn’t a

The oil market is witnessing fairly predictable price oscillations between a $50 per barrel floor and $70 ceiling, with sector bosses upping their efficiencies and optimizing their exploration and production (E&P) drives. Many are demanding more of partner oilfield services (OFS) firms where margins are said to be under pressure, but it’s “not a race

The fate of the Vikram lander remains uncertain. Getty After days of rampant speculation, India has confirmed that it’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has found the country’s Vikram lander on the Moon – and an attempt at communication is being made. On Friday, September 6, the Vikram lander was scheduled to touch down in the south polar region of the

FILE PHOTO: Student walk past a screen during a live streaming of Chandrayaan-2 landing at an educational institute in Mumbai, India, September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo BENGALURU (Reuters) – India has located the spacecraft it was trying to land on the moon but has not been able to establish communication with it yet, the

Global color mosaic of Triton, taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system. NASA/JPL/USGS The planet Neptune reaches “opposition” today. With Earth precisely between it and the Sun, the pale blue ice giant never looks brighter during the year to planet-watchers as it does this week. Last visited by Voyager

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin A 2009 photo of three beaked whales in the Nemuro Strait, Japan with the dark color and short body length characteristic of the newly identified black Baird’s beaked whale. Hal Sato For years, whalers in Hokkaido, Japan have described sitings of an unidentified whale, locally referred

Hurricane Dorian, as seen from the International Space Station on Sept. 2, 2019. Spire uses radio occultation profiles to attempt to augment the accuracy of weather forecasts. NASA As the Atlantic region deals with the effects and aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, space-to-cloud-analytics company Spire Global outlined its work to increase the accuracy of weather and

Multiculturalism and globalization have helped drive immigration and growth to major hubs, but in some cases, it has also caused brain-drain and damaged the economies of immigrants’ home nations. The Caribbean has experienced widespread immigration and boasts a large diaspora worldwide relative to its population .  Jamaica, which is home to 2.9 million people is

A deceased loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in Jericoacoara, Brazil. Getty For some animals, climate change is expected to become a major threat to their survival. For others, a warmer world may actually be beneficial. For the loggerhead sea turtle, it’s a little bit of both. The loggerhead sea turtle’s vast range stretches across the

We witnessed a human tragedy this past week as Hurricane Dorian devastated parts of the Bahamas and caused damage to the coastal Carolinas. The well-being of human beings and their recovery should be the dominant headline, but it is actually a press release issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Washington Post’s

The algae ‘superbloom’ caused by the eruption of Hawaii’s Mount Kilauea in 2018. US Coast Guard Last year’s eruption of Hawaii’s Mount Kilauea released over 4 billion cubic feet of lava onto the island and surrounding ocean. To put this in perspective, that’s enough lava to fill 45,400 Olympic-sized swimming pools – assuming the lava

Art and conservation experts regularly rely on X-ray imaging to find out what’s going on underneath the surface of a painting. It allows them to learn more about the paint used, the technique, or the painted surface. Now, researchers have found a way to improve this technology with artificial intelligence.  Restorers of the Royal Institute

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin This photo released by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) shows its Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 lift off from Satish Dhawan Space center in Sriharikota, India, Monday, July 22, 2019. India ASSOCIATED PRESS Topline: India’s first attempt at landing a spacecraft on

BENGALURU (Reuters) – India lost contact with a spacecraft it was attempting to land on the moon on Saturday, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said, in a setback to the nation’s ambitious plans to become the first country to probe the unexplored lunar south pole. FILE PHOTO: Indian Space Research Organization

In October 2014, Professor Peter J. Mumby of the Marine Spatial Ecology Lab in the University of Queensland came across an adult female grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) that was missing her first dorsal fin. She was encountered while swimming on the forereef of Ngerumekaol (Ulong Channel) and seemed… well, fine. An adult female grey

Take that, asteroid! European Space Agency Asteroids are the small, tiny rocks that orbit the sun. Too small to be a planet (sorry!), too big to be a micrometeoroid. They were first spotted in the early 1800’s, when the largest of their number, Ceres (now confusingly dubbed a dwarf planet, but that’s another story), finally

Ecovative’s Eben Bayer (left) and his cofounder Gavin McIntyre Associated Press Eben Bayer is a believer in the power of mushrooms. As cofounder and CEO of Ecovative, he’s built a business making compostable packaging from mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, for companies that include Dell. He’s also dabbled in other products like bio-based leather

BENGALURU, INDIA – AUGUST 26: Dr K Sivan, widely known as the Rocket Man of India, is a 62 year old home grown aerospace engineer, currently Chairman of the Indian space agency and head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) stands next to Corbis via Getty Images At 4.25 P.M. Eastern Time on Friday,