Climate "Tipping Points" Could Add Trillions to the Costs of Warming
Such processes are often missing from climate models, leading to underestimates of long-term damage-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Beresheet bummer: Investigation of Israeli lunar lander’s crash points to human factor
Team SpaceIL says this was the last picture taken by the Beresheet lunar lander, at a distance of 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the lunar surface. (SpaceIL Photo)
A manually entered command apparently set off a chain reaction of events that led to las...
Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? New evidence points to 'maybe.'
(Princeton University) Princeton geoscientists Blair Schoene and Gerta Keller led an international team of researchers who have assembled the first high-resolution timeline for the massive eruptions in India's Deccan Traps, determining that the...
Gene in Infamous Experiment on Embryos Points to New Stroke Treatment
Biology at the center of last year’s contentious gene-edited twins result may hold other benefits for brain injury-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Moonrise, moonset and Mars: Photos hit the high points at Mount Rainier
Mars (far left) and the full moon get together over Mount Rainier on the night of July 26-27. Click on the image for a larger version. (Photo by Kevin Lisota)
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Warm weather, clear skies and a full moon brought me o...