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New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia
Posted 2:59 PM 5/27/2012 by Natalie Noah
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday.
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Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history
Posted 3:18 PM 5/26/2012 by Natalie Noah
NEW YORK (AP) -- Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history.
Not that the avowed atheist has any doubts himself.
Sometime in the next 15 to 30 years, the Kenyan-born paleoanthropologist expects scientific discoveries will have accelerated to the point that (More)...
5/25/2012
Beryl Forms in the Atlantic
Posted 10:09 PM 5/25/2012 by Rob Perillo
The National Hurricane Center upgraded the disturbance in the Atlantic to Sub-Tropical Storm Beryl shortly before 10pm Friday night.
While the system was not purely tropical (thus the "sub-tropical" designation) it will likely gain tropical storm characteristics as the system (More)...
Summer Heat This Weekend
Mid-Atlantic Disturbance Likely to Become a Storm
Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow
5/24/2012
Forecasters: 9 to 15 storms this hurricane season
Posted 12:17 PM 5/24/2012 by AP
MIAMI (AP) - U.S. forecasters predicted Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms. As many as four to eight of those storms could strengthen into hurricanes, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (More)...
Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX
5/23/2012
Very Warm Weather Continues
Posted 5:56 PM 5/23/2012 by Natalie Noah
A few showers and storms possible this afternoon as our airmass remains warm and moist. Upper level ridging should hold better today than the past couple days which should limit convection. However, still leaving a 20% or less during the day. The chance for rain should continue (More)...
5/22/2012
Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station
Posted 6:29 PM 5/22/2012 by AP
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a spectacular, middle-of-the-night blastoff.The launch of the (More)...
Rick Knabb to Lead National Hurricane Center
Tropical Storm Bud maintains pace in Pacific
5/21/2012
DOTD prepares for hurricane season
Posted 10:50 PM 5/21/2012 by Elizabeth Hill
When most Louisianans hear "mandatory evacuation" what comes to mind is gridlock.
"You have a lot of people on the roadway. People trying to get out of the area."
Louisiana DOTD District Three Administrator Bill Oliver says the biggest problem for drivers in an evacuation is the (More)...
Remaining Warm, Isolated Storms Tuesday
First Atlantic Named Storm to Fizzle
5/20/2012
'Ring of Fire' eclipse visible from China to Texas
Posted 3:05 PM 5/20/2012 by Natalie Noah
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo of light.
It's been almost two decades since a (More)...
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