Sunday, May 25, 2014

The Daily Drift

Yeah, it's like that ...!
 
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Today in History

585 BC Thales of Greece makes the first known prediction of a solar eclipse.
1085 Alfonso VI takes Toledo, Spain from the Muslims.
1787 The Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia with George Washington presiding.
1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain.
1851 Jose Justo de Urquiza of Argentina leads a rebellion against Juan Manuel de Rosas, his former ally.
1911 Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico, resigns his office.
1914 The British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule.
1925 John Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwinian theory in school.
1935 Jesse Owens sets six world records in less than an hour in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain.
1953 The first atomic cannon is fired in Nevada.

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West Antarctic glacier loss appears unstoppable


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Astronimical News

Escalating political tensions between America and Russia now threaten the future of the International Space Station and other future joint space projects.
An exoplanet that orbits its star at a whopping distance of 2,000 times the sun-Earth distance has been discovered -- as far as exoplanets go, that's the most extreme orbit found to date.
Astronomers have long been in the dark about what is happening just beyond the center of the Milky Way -- but with the help Cepheid variable stars, we're beginning to realize that our galaxy's outer disk is mysteriously flared.
Three crewmembers of the International Space Station have returned safely to Earth, ending their six-month orbital mission.
Rumors of interfering galactic dust messing with the potentially historic BICEP2 detection of gravitational waves have been shot down by project scientists.

What happens when two neutron stars collide? Using a sophisticated computer simulation, NASA scientists have visualized this violent scenario in awesome degenerate-matter-crushing detail.
On Tuesday evening (May 13), as the moon, just one night from full phase rises in the east-southeast sky it will be accompanied by a very bright yellowish-white 'star' shining off to its lower left. That 'star' will be the planet Saturn.
There are many mysteries about the enigmatic ringed gas giant, but the curious mechanism behind Saturn's 'spokes' is one of the more intriguing puzzles.

Cancer Research News

Molecule blocks cancer growth in mice


New drug candidate disrupts key interaction of two proteins by […]

Snail Venom

How cone snail venom minimizes pain


The venom from marine cone snails, used to immobilize prey, […]

Antidepressants and Alzheimer's

A commonly prescribed antidepressant can reduce production of the main […]

Coming Tomorrow

Coming Tomorrow
  • A Ferrari Pickup Work Truck
  • Could the clothes on your back halt global warming?
  • Iranian billionaire executed over $2.6B bank fraud
  • Kinki University in Japan will change its name to something less naughty-sounding
And more ...
This peacock is our Animal Picture, for today.