Sci-tech
Georgia warns of 4-foot-long lizards that eats ‘anything it wants’
A species of massive lizard is causing concern for wildlife officials in the USA state of Georgia , who are attempting to eradicate the invasive reptilian from the state after numerous sightings. The Orianne Society said the lizard "has the potential to spread rapidly". Georgia Southern University's Department of Biology and the US Geological Survey are now leading efforts to identify the exten... [Full Article...]
Toxic CO2 falls for first time in 4 decades
Renewable energy sources in India have had the edge in India because they are proving to produce far cheaper electricity than coal . Stay-at-home orders, travel restrictions, and work-from-home arrangements reduced demand for motor gasoline, distillate fuel oil (primarily consumed as diesel), and jet fuel. [Full Article...]
Space Force flag unveiled in Oval Office, presented to Trump
Space Force flag before announcing one of the new weapons. U.S. Space Force Senior Enlisted Advisor CMSgt Roger Towberman, standing with President Trump , presents the Space Force Flag in the Oval Office on March 15. The flag takes the central elements of the seal and places them on a black field fringed in platinum with the words United States Space Force and Roman Numerals MMXIX (2019) below. [Full Article...]
Biggest U.S. solar project approved in Nevada despite critics
The $ 1 billion Gemini solar and battery storage project about 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas is expected to produce 690 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 260,000 households - and annually offset greenhouse emissions of about 83,000 cars. [Full Article...]
Rain chances Friday, storms expected this weekend
Forecasters are warning of potentially hazardous weather in MA on Friday afternoon, with strong to severe thunderstorms and torrential rainfall expected to batter the state. Damaging winds are expected to be the main threat to the area, but tornadoes and large hail are also a possibility, according to the National Weather Service Eastern Region . [Full Article...]
Astronomers identified a rhythm among pulsating stars
The findings indicate the pulsation pattern becomes more complicated as delta Scuti stars get older. From the Earth the stars seem to point immutable and static, but they are far from being the case. The data also allowed scientists to cut through the noise. The satellite launched back in 2018, captures images of the sky and performs a quick measurement of the brightness of thousands of stars. [Full Article...]
Incredibly rare Super-Earth raises hope of discovering alien life
If the lens-making star has a planet, it makes another star even brighter. For scale, Earth is about 25,000 light-years away from the galactic center. NASA had previously discovered a similar Earth-like exo-planet named Kepler 62f. "These experiments detect around 3000 microlensing events each year, the majority of which are due to lensing by single stars", the paper's co-author Associate Profes... [Full Article...]
Premier Francois Legault says conditions not met to reopen Montreal schools, businesses
Data from the province's institute for public health, however, said only 6,401 individual people had been tested on May 13. Once praised by Quebecers and former political foes for his early action in shutting down the province to slow the spread of the virus, Legault now finds himself on the defensive. [Full Article...]