After tens of hours of exposure to Europa-like conditions, sodium chloride samples turned a yellowish-brown color. The color is spectrally similar to that of dark features on Europa imaged by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA-(ENEWSPF)- NASA laboratory experiments suggest the dark material coating some geological features of Jupiter’s[Read More…]
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Hubble Catches Stellar Exodus in Action
(Click to enlarge) The heart of the giant globular star cluster 47 Tucanae in the Hubble Space Telescope image at left reveals the glow of 200,000 stars. The green box outlines the cluster’s crowded core, where Hubble spied a parade of young white dwarfs starting their slow-paced 40-million-year journey to[Read More…]
Climate Change, Not the Clean Power Plan, Poses the Most Significant Threat to Grid Reliability
The East River overflows into the Dumbo section of Brooklyn in New York during Superstorm Sandy, October 2012. SOURCE: AP/Bebeto Matthews Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015. Today, the Center for American Progress released a column showing that extreme weather events, which will become more severe and frequent as the climate[Read More…]
Trust in Organic Label Suffering as USDA Undermines Organic Integrity
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015. Why do you buy organic? Recent research by Mintel, a business research firm, reveals that Americans buy organic for different reasons. The perception that the products are healthier (72 percent) is the biggest draw, even more so than any environmental or ethical reason (69 percent). Only[Read More…]
Delta Cephei’s Hidden Companion
Bow shock around star Delta Cephei. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M University of Geneva-(ENEWSPF)- To measure distances in the universe, astronomers use cepheids, a family of variable stars whose luminosity varies with time. Their role as distance calibrators has brought them attention from researchers for more than a century. While it was thought[Read More…]
Feds Urged to Investigate Wisconsin Man Who Boasted in Video of Eating Endangered Karner Blue Butterfly
Karner blue butterflly photo by John and Karen Hollingsworth, USFWS MILWAUKEE, Wis.—(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today urging the agency to investigate a social media video posted last week by a Wisconsin man claiming to chew up[Read More…]
House Republicans Vote to Strip Endangered Species Act Protections From Two Species Based on Fraudulent Claims About Military Readiness
Unprecedented Action Would Condemn American Burying Beetle, Lesser Prairie Chicken to Extinction American burying beetle photo by Doug Backlund, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015. In a partisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act today to end all[Read More…]
Harris Poll: 81 Percent Of Adults Support Legalizing Marijuana For Medical Treatment
Rochester, NY–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. More than 80 percent of US adults favor legalizing cannabis for therapeutic purposes, according to the results of a nationwide Harris poll. Eighty-one percent of respondents, including super-majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, expressed support for legalizing marijuana for medical treatment. The result is an increase[Read More…]
Study: Parents Report CBD Extracts Reduce Seizures In Children
Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. The administration of cannabis preparations high in cannabidiol (CBD) are associated with a reduction in seizure frequency in adolescents, according to survey data published in the journal Epilepsy & Behavior. Investigators at Mattel’s Children’s Hospital at the University of California, Los Angeles surveyed 117 parents[Read More…]
Groups Sue Obama Administration Over Weak Tank Car Standards
The new safety standards issued by the Department of Transportation take too long to get dangerous tank cars off the tracks and contain loopholes that leave too many vulnerable Aerial view of clean up after a Genesee & Wyoming train carrying North Dakota crude derailed near Aliceville, AL, in November[Read More…]
