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…]
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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…]
FDA Urges that Oysters, Clams, Mussels, and Some Scallops Products from Korea Should be Removed From the Market
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging food distributors, retailers, and food service operators to remove from sale or service all fresh, frozen, canned, and processed oysters, clams, mussels, and whole and roe-on scallops (molluscan shellfish) from Korea that have entered the United States. This[Read More…]
Legislature’s Interference With Women’s Health Care Decisions Puts Lives At Risk
Bills on reproductive health are political ploy that endanger patients MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2012. The Legislature’s restrictions on women’s ability to make their own decisions about their reproductive health do the exact opposite of their stated intention to increase safety, the Michigan Nurses Association said yesterday in condemning this week’s passage[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…]
New Research Confirms Neurotoxicity of Pesticide Synergist PBO
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2012. Researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine have developed a laboratory screening system for detecting neurotoxic chemicals and successfully tested it on more than 1,400 potential toxicants. The study confirms the high toxic activity of the chemical piperonyl butoxide (PBO), a chemical “synergist” used to[Read More…]
Pollinators: A Must-See Video About the Natural World
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2012. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this 4-minute video is worth an epic tome. Directed by Louie Schwartzberg, the piece speaks to why we need to reduce pesticides . . . far more eloquently than words really ever could: http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xHkq1edcbk4?rel=0 Source: http://www.safelawns.org/blog
Enter Audubon Magazine’s 4th Annual Photo Awards
Deadline September 5 Carol Graham Fryer – 2011 Audubon magazine photo Grand Prize winner New York NY–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2012. Award-winning Audubon magazine invites nature photographers and birdwatchers to enter their best bird photos in the fourth annual Audubon Magazine Photography Awards, presented in association with Nature’s Best Photographymagazine. Photographers can compete[Read More…]
