US, China, EU, others fail to reach environmental goods deal
GENEVA (AP) — Forty-six countries including the U.S., China and European Union nations failed Sunday to agree on a list of "environmental goods" like solar-powered air conditioners or LED light bulbs that could be targeted for lower tariffs. The two ...>> view originalIvanka Trump ill-suited to boost US apparel manufacturing
If President-elect Donald Trump needs an object lesson on the difficulty of reviving broad sectors of U.S. manufacturing, he need look only as far as his daughter’s closet. Ivanka Trump’s $100 million apparel line is sewn in Asian countries under a licensing agreement with G-III Apparel Group Inc., which has expanded from making coats in New York’s Garment District to become a manufacturer of global scope. That method of selling $140 sheath dresses and $80 sweaters could mean political embarras..>> view originalResearchers discover tiniest and brightest near-earth asteroid
For researchers from the University of Arizona, the meteoroid 2015 TC25 is a big discovery in a small package.The tiny Near Earth Object (NEO), first observed in October 2015, is only a little more than 6 feet across. Asteroids in this size range are discovered frequently, and some even plummet to Earth. But 2015 TC25 is a little more unusual. Despite its size, it is one of the brightest NEOs ever discovered, and the researchers were able to study it in unprecedented detail as it swung to a dis..>> view originalWill Trump go to Mars? Nasa's nervous wait
In Nasa language it’s called a pivot. It’s a policy change, a U-turn or a departure from a goal set by the previous US president. Until the election of Donald Trump, space insiders and even Nasa itself had a pretty good idea what, under a Hillary Clinton presidency, that pivot was going to be. It wasn’t going to be popular but it was necessary. People had been whispering it for more than a year. Even as the Nasa PR machine talked endlessly about “the journey to Mars”, those in the know understo..>> view originalBuzz Aldrin still recovering after emergency airlift from the South Pole
Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon in 1969, but that wasn’t the end of his travels. Nearly half a century later, he continues to explore, this time the South Pole’s frozen expanse. But unlike his successful return flight in the command module with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins back in the day, he needed a little help getting off this landscape. The 86 year old Aldrin posted these pre-trip photos on Twitter last week: I could be a little underdressed for Antarctica. Although I tend ..>> view originalFour New Super-Heavy Elements Have Now Been Officially Christened
Ununtrium, ununpentium, ununseptium, and ununoctium — these were the temporary names given to four new super-heavy elements by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) back in December. Now, a year later, these elements have been bestowed official names and have earned their spots in the periodic table.Earlier this week, the IUPAC — the organization in charge of naming and categorizing elements, among other things — revealed the official names of the four elements — nihonium..>> view originalStudy Offers New Insight On How Pluto's Icy Heart Came To Be
The ice of Pluto is a two-lobed formation on its surface which has sparked the interest of researchers ever since NASA's New Horizons discovered it back in 2015. One of the two lobes, the western one, has been subjected to more scientific attention due to its mysterious formation and the types of ice it hosts. The lobe was named Sputnik Planitia informally, and it is a deep basin containing carbon monoxide, methane and frozen nitrogen. The lobe appears to be opposite to the dwarf planet's tidal..>> view original
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
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