Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2012. Once again, attempts to repeal the Clean Water Act permits for pesticide discharges are underway in Congress. This week the 2012 Farm Bill will be introduced to the Senate floor where measures to attack environmental laws have been added unceremoniously to the bill, including the[Read More…]
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Connecticut Organic Lawn Fertilizers in Jeopardy
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2012. At this golf course, where grass is fertilized and grown to the pond’s edge, the water is eutrified by excess phosphorus load. WHEN IT COMES TO LAWNS, FEW STATES RIVAL CONNECTICUT for the amount of passion folks can muster. It’s the richest state in the nation per[Read More…]
NASA Releases Workshop Data and Findings on Asteroid 2011 AG5
Orbit and current location (6/15/2012) of asteroid 2011 AG5. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in 2040. Current findings and analysis data were reported at a May 29 workshop at NASA’s Goddard Space[Read More…]
Answer Isn’t Always on the ‘Tip of the Tongue’ for Older Adults
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2012. Has your memory failed you today, such as struggling to recall a word that’s “on the tip of your tongue?” If so, you’re not alone. New University of Michigan research indicates that “tip-of-the-tongue” errors happen often to adults ages 65-92. In a study of 105[Read More…]
Fractions are the Key to Math Success, New Study Shows
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2012. What part of math success comes from knowing fractions? More than you might think, according to a new study that analyzed long-term data on more than 4,000 children from both the United States and the United Kingdom. Published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed[Read More…]
New Evidence Supports Claims that Relics Could Be of John the Baptist
A knucklebone claimed to be of John (Credit: Oxford University) UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–15 June 2012. New dating evidence supports claims that bones found under a church floor in Bulgaria may be of John the Baptist, who is described in the Bible as a leading prophet and relative of Jesus Christ. A[Read More…]
Chance Alignment Between Galaxies Mimics a Cosmic Collision (Video/Image)
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a rare view of a pair of overlapping galaxies, called NGC 3314. Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama) Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a rare view of a pair of overlapping galaxies, called NGC 3314. The two[Read More…]
Data From NASA’s Voyager 1 Point to Interstellar Future
Voyagers in the Heliosheath (Artist Concept) This artist’s concept shows NASA’s two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent region of space known as the heliosheath, the outer shell of the bubble of charged particles around our sun. After more than 33 years of travel, the two Voyager spacecraft will soon reach[Read More…]
First Flight Instrument Delivered for James Webb (Images/Video)
The MIRI Cleanroom Huddle: Although it appears that these six contamination control engineers are in a huddle around the James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (or MIRI), they are conducting a receiving inspection. Engineers from the European Space Agency are wearing blue hoods, and engineers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight[Read More…]
EPA Proposes Clean Air Standards for Harmful Soot Pollution
99 percent of U.S. counties projected to meet proposed standards without any additional actions WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2012. In response to a court order, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed updates to its national air quality standards for harmful fine particle pollution, including soot (known as PM2.5). These microscopic[Read More…]
