Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Carnegie’s Allan Sandage, who died in 2012, was a tremendously influential figure in the field of astronomy. His final paper, published posthumously, focuses on unraveling a surprising historical mystery related to one of his own seminal discoveries. While preparing a centennial history of the Carnegie Observatories in the early[Read More…]
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Kepler-223 System: Clues to Planetary Migration
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The four planets of the Kepler-223 star system appeared to have little in common with the planets of our own solar system today. But a new study using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope suggests a possible commonality in the distant past. The Kepler-223 planets orbit their star[Read More…]
New ‘Extinction Facts’ Labels Reveal Meat’s Hidden Costs to Climate, Wildlife
San Francisco, CA-(ENEWSPF)- The Center for Biological Diversity today released its new Extinction Facts labels illustrating the extreme environmental cost of the most popular items in the American diet: hamburgers, chicken breasts and bacon. Americans consume more than 50 billion pounds of meat per year, four times the global average. This[Read More…]
Hubble Catches Views of a Jet Rotating with Comet 252P/LINEAR
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- For thousands of years, humans have recorded sightings of mysterious comets sweeping across the nighttime skies. These celestial wanderers, “snowballs” of dust and ice, are swift-moving visitors from the cold depths of space. Some of them periodically visit the inner solar system during their journeys around the sun. Astronomers[Read More…]
Metal Content in Early Galaxies Challenges Star Forming Theory
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii-(ENEWSPF)- An International team led by scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland used the W. M. Keck Observatory to study the role of star formation rates in metal contents of distant galaxies. What they discovered is the amount of metals are very similar, irrespective of galaxies’ star formation activity, raising[Read More…]
Study: Biodiversity Essential to Protect Ocean Fishes From Climate Change
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Biodiversity is essential to maintaining the health of our oceans in the face of climate change and ensuring an adequate supply of the fish that billions of people around the world rely on for protein, particularly in developing countries. That’s the conclusion of important new research published today in[Read More…]
Opponents of Cormorant Slaughter to Rally at Portland Federal Building at Noon on May 17
Portland, OR-(ENEWSPF)- A rally will be held at noon on May 17 at the federal building courtyard at 911 NE 11th Avenue to protest the ongoing slaughter of double-crested cormorants in the Columbia River Estuary by federal agents. Over the past year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and[Read More…]
NIH-Funded Study Reveals How Differences In Male And Female Brains Emerge
Bethesday, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Nematode worms may not be from Mars or Venus, but they do have sex-specific circuits in their brains that cause the males and females to act differently. According to new research published in Nature, scientists have determined how these sexually dimorphic (occurring in either males or females) connections arise[Read More…]
Increased Physical Activity Associated With Lower Risk Of 13 Types Of Cancer
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- A new study of the relationship between physical activity and cancer has shown that greater levels of leisure-time physical activity were associated with a lower risk of developing 13 different types of cancer. The risk of developing seven cancer types was 20 percent (or more) lower among the most[Read More…]
Rare Cancers May Masquerade As ADHD In Children, NIH Researchers Suggest
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- What Rare tumors called pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas may cause the same symptoms as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, leading to inappropriate treatment that could worsen their symptoms and potentially endanger their health. That’s the conclusion of a new study by National Institutes of Health researchers who[Read More…]
