Sidon bird count returns
SIDON, Miss. (AP) — Bird enthusiasts are spending Saturday counting every species they see as part of the 27th annual Sidon Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Wildlife biologist Philip Barbour has been counting birds every Christmas season since 1975. Since then, he's expanded his skills as a birdwatcher and in 1989 launched a bird count from his home west of Sidon. The Greenwood Commonwealth (http://bit.ly/2hK2IYK ) reports the count ends at sunset Saturday. The results will become part of a large ..>> view originalHow will Trump administration treat climate change? Why it's so hard to know.
December 17, 2016 —Donald Trump’s three latest cabinet nominees are part of the president-elect’s campaign promise to “drain the swamp in Washington.”Scott Pruitt has been tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency – the same agency he repeatedly sued as Oklahoma attorney general. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was named secretary of the energy department – which he advocated to eliminate in his 2012 presidential bid. Rex Tillerson, named to the nation’s top diplomatic post, fostered his ..>> view originalSanta in Trouble? Reindeer Shrink in Arctic as Climate Changes - Sci
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Photos: Up close with alien planetsArtists such as Tim Pyle and Robert Hurt create renderings of exoplanets and other things in the universe we may never be able to otherwise see. Both are science fiction fans. Sometimes, the reality of the data they're working with aligns with scenes from the "Star Wars" films, such as Pyle's rendering of the Kepler-16 binary star system that creates a double sunset like the one on Luke Skywalker's home world, Tatooine. Click through to see more of their work...>> view originalWatch: Mysterious ghost shark captured on camera for the first time
The pointy-nosed blue chimaera, or ghost shark, was filmed alive for the first time ever off the coasts of Hawaii and California. The deep-sea fish was previously known only from specimens caught in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. (Jorge Ribas/The Washington Post) Like its Greek mythological namesake, the chimaera — or “ghost shark” — is a mysterious, rarely seen creature with a patchwork of bizarre features. Dwelling in the depths of the ocean, its eyes are pale and seemingly dead. Wher..>> view originalThe world's largest diamonds reveal secrets of the inner Earth
Some people see a giant diamond and think: I want that. Geologist Evan Smith sees a giant diamond and thinks: I’d like to study that.“Some of the diamonds I’ve looked at are probably worth multiple millions of dollars, but I’m not wowed by the price tag as much as by the fact that they come from so deep in the Earth,” he said. Smith is a research fellow at the Gemological Institute of America in New York City, where he has been studying a rare type of diamond known for being exceptionally larg..>> view originalAll eyes are on Trump over sending man to Mars, the next frontier
PARIS – The year 2016 has seen a rekindling of the human desire to conquer Mars, with public and private interests openly vying to take the first step on the red planet, possibly with a stopover on the moon. Space-faring nations are mostly united in viewing Mars as the next frontier with many still pooling their money and expertise to make the dream a reality, despite souring relations between them. But the election of Donald Trump — with inevitable impacts on science policy, budgets and diplo..>> view original
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Sidon bird count returns and other top stories.
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