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Folks fleeing a volcanic eruption can not board the rescue ships till they’re vaccinated.
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
The volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent has erupted. Cruise ships and ferries are rushing to the scene to evacuate those affected by the outbreak - but people are not allowed to board the cruise…
What would raindrops appear to be on different worlds?
Precipitation is much more widespread in this solar system than is generally believed. Obviously it is raining water on earth. But carbon dioxide is snowing on Mars, methane is raining on titanium, sulfuric acid is raining on Venus, and…
Exploring the ocean currents beneath the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ – Watts Up With That?
For the first time, researchers were able to access data under the Thwaites Glacier, also known as the "Doomsday Glacier". They find that the glacier's supply of warm water is greater than previously thought, raising concerns about a…
Primitive asteroids that by no means suffered huge collisions all seem like bigger than 100 km.…
Planetary systems are formed from the residual gas and the dust of a primordial star. The material collapses into a protoplanetary disk around the young star, and the clumps that form inside the disk eventually become planets, asteroids,…
The girl protests an excessive amount of, we expect – what is the matter with it?
Republished by Government Accountability & Oversight
New York Attorney General Letitia James's office spearheaded the development of what the Wall Street Journal editors call "Biden's 'BackDoor' climate plan," a clever, if likely…
Jupiter might make a really perfect darkish matter detector
Want to find dark matter but don't know where to look? A giant planet could be just the kind of particle detector you need! Fortunately, our solar system happens to have a few available, and the largest and closest is Jupiter.…
Senator Scott Weiner (D) introduces a invoice to financially nail Californians who can least afford…
The Senator's SB 467 will increase electricity and fuel bills for those who can least afford it and exacerbate poverty.
By Ronald Stein
Ambassador for Energy and Infrastructure, Irvine, California
California Senator Weiner took…
Perseverance makes a selfie with ingenuity. It is nearly time to fly
Persistence has a proud parenting moment in this picture that looks like he's waiting at the bus stop with a kid on the first day of school.
The Mars 2020 rover took this selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter preparing for the first…
Germany’s wind exit … outdated wind generators dismantled with out alternative ……
Reposted from the NoTricksZone
By P Gosselin on April 7, 2021 Share this…
Impending "massive power failure"?
Another signal that the German energy transition is not working are measures and comments by the German Ministry of…
A medium-mass black gap found by means of the gravitational lens of a gamma-ray burst
Black holes come in three sizes: small, medium, and large. Small black holes have stellar mass. They are formed when a large star collapses at the end of its life. Large black holes lurk in the centers of galaxies and are millions or…