17 articles from SUNDAY 6.10.2019
Israel unveils remains of 5,000-year-old city
Israeli archaeologists on Sunday unveiled the remains of a 5,000-year-old city they said was among the biggest from its era in the region, including fortifications, a ritual temple and a cemetery. "We have here an immense urban construction, planned with streets that separate neighbourhoods and public spaces," Yitzhak Paz of the Israel Antiquities Authority told AFP at the site near the...
Starwatch: Algol gives us a chance to marvel at a variable star
Once associated with Medusa’s head, this is one of few stars the naked eye can see changing brightnessThis week offers northern hemisphere observers a good opportunity to see a variable star in action. Algol is located in the constellation of Perseus and is one of only a few stars that can be seen to change brightness with the naked eye. This extraordinary characteristic led our ancestors to...
Milky Way's centre exploded 3.5 million years ago
A cataclysmic energy flare started near the massive black hole in our galaxy, a new research says.
69 days of paddling: this is what Alaska to Vancouver Island looks like by kayak
Some days were so monotonously gruelling that kayaker Owen Enright would count from zero to 5,000 over and over again in a silent cycle, just to pass the time and take his mind off what his body was...
Protesters arrested in Halifax and Toronto as climate action hits major Canadian cities
Protesters were arrested in Halifax and Toronto, and fist fights reportedly broke out in Edmonton Monday morning as climate change activists blockaded several major commuter bridges in Canadian cities. The demonstrations are part of efforts by Extinction Rebellion...
Astronauts replacing old batteries in 1st of 5 spacewalks
Astronauts kicked off the first of five spacewalks to replace old batteries at the International Space Station on Sunday.
Controversy stalks Nobel Peace, Literature prizes
Controversy stalks the Nobel prizes for peace and literature in a way it rarely does for science.
Israeli archaeologists claim to discover ancient city
Israel's Antiquities Authority on Sunday said that researchers have discovered the remains of a large, 5,000-year-old city that sheds new light on experts' understanding of the period.
Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded
A titanic, expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way just 3.5 million years ago, sending a cone-shaped burst of radiation through both poles of the Galaxy and out into deep space.
How to think clearly in beleaguered times | Letters
Rorie Fulton on combating unwitting support for populists, and Richard Bryden on civic spaces that facilitate ‘reasoned conversation’George Monbiot makes a telling link between individuals’ affective state and the unwitting support we lend to demagogues (Journal, 3 October). In their fascinating book The Boy who was Raised as a Dog, Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz develop this notion of...
Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded
- ScienceDaily
- 19/10/6 18:09
A titanic, expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way just 3.5 million years ago, sending a cone-shaped burst of radiation through both poles of the galaxy and out into deep space.
First All-Female Spacewalk Is Back On, NASA Says
The first spacewalk to be conducted entirely by women is scheduled for Oct. 21, NASA announced, nearly seven months after an all-female spacewalk was canceled because two properly fitted spacesuits were not readily available.Christina Koch and Anne McClain, the two astronauts who were scheduled to conduct the spacewalk in March, both needed a medium-size torso component, but only one was...
'Gut punch' of crashing bird populations no surprise for retired Yellowknife biologist
There has been a dramatic decline of birds across North America since 1970. The largest loss is 3.2 billion migratory songbirds, many of which travel to the North to nest and raise their...
Goshawks: The rare bird of prey returns to the New Forest
The number of rare goshawks in the New Forest has doubled in the last eight years.
How do you choose a Nobel Prize winner?
The Nobel Prizes are amongst the most prestigious awards in a variety of fields, so how do you win one?
Transhumanism: How far would you go for a body upgrade?
Meet the "transhumanists" who are pushing the boundaries of technology to implant chips and more into their bodies.
America Needs a Space Force: These 5 Movies Could Help
Does the U.S. military need some inspiration? Fire up Netflix and get...