Questions raised about an endangered species listing by EPA
Serious questions raised about the EPA process that designates a species as endangered.
Category: Points of Information
Very brief descriptions, with appropriate links, of current or recent news items.
Saving a failed orbiting satellite with engineering
Saving a failed orbiting satellite with engineering.
Russian space chief suggests a shift away from manned space for Russia
Remarks by the head of the Russian space agency on Thursday suggested Russia is going to shift its space effort away from manned space.
A blank sun during solar maximum
Though it is not yet official, it appears the sun is blank of sunspots today, for the first time since January 16.
Solar scientists have concluded that the solar minimum of the past four years has ended and that the sun is now moving towards solar maximum. The recent activity in August has seemed to confirm this. However, once the minimum has ended, the sun should not have any further blank days until the maximum is over and the sun is ramping back down to solar minimum. That the sun should appear blank again during its ramp up to solar maximum is quite unusual, probably unprecedented, and is further evidence that the sun is heading towards a period of little or no solar activity.
Thirty years ago IBM introduced its first pc
Another anniversary: Thirty years ago today IBM introduced its first PC.
Fifty years ago tomorrow the Berlin Wall went up
Fifty years ago tomorrow the Berlin Wall went up. Two stories:
- The tunnel digger, about a man who helped dig tunnels to get East Germans to freedom.
- An archive reprinting of a Der Spiegel article published shortly after the wall was build, describing the tepid response of the Western powers to this act of oppression.
Appeals court rules against Obama healthcare law
The appeals court for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta today ruled that Obamacare is unconstitutional.
The mystery of Vesta’s south pole depression
The mystery of Vesta’s south pole depression.
Who’s the real reporter?
Video: Who’s the real reporter?
How Iron Age people decorated their homes
Archeologists have discovered a 2,600-year-old wall mural used as a wall decoration during the Iron Age.
Legal rabbit farm raided and destroyed
The abuse of power: A legal rabbit farm raided and destroyed by Colorado police.
“They’ve destroyed me emotionally, socially and professionally,” Bell said, listing numerous ways in which local animal rights activists have publicized information about the case in an effort to make her and her four children — all adults who haven’t lived under her roof for several years — look bad. But that’s not all.
“They’ve made 4-H kids all across Colorado just sob,” she said, “because I am their 4-H connection.” Bell noted that 12 of the seized rabbits belong to 4-H kids who were planning to show them at upcoming fairs — two at the Jefferson County Fair that begins Thursday and the remaining 10 at the Colorado State Fair which runs from Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 in Pueblo.
Joe Wilson was right when he accused Obama of lying
It turns out that Joe Wilson was right when he accused Obama of lying about Obamacare.