Science
Obama Wants Quick Review Of Green Projects
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (UPI) — The White House announced it selected energy projects as part of a list of 14 infrastructure projects slated for quick review to boost the U.S. economy. “To maintain our nation’s competitive edge, we must ensure that the United States has fast, reliable ways to move people, goods, energy and information,” […]
Scientists Take Early Mars' Temperature
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 12 (UPI) — U.S. researchers say they’ve determined the surface temperature of early Mars for the first time, evidence consistent with a warmer and wetter Martian past. Analyzing a 4-billion-year-old meteorite that originated near the surface of Mars then was blasted into space to land on Earth, scientist at the California Institute […]
Study: How You Walk Can Identify You
LIVERPOOL, England, Oct. 10 (UPI) — The way people walk can identify them with almost as much accuracy as their fingerprints do, British researchers say. Researchers at the University of Liverpool analyzed more than 100,000 pressure points people’s feet create when they walk and came up with about 70 patterns said to be unique to […]
World's Largest Virus Discovered
MARSEILLE, France, Oct. 10 (UPI) — The largest virus ever discovered, 10 to 20 times the size of the average virus, has been found in ocean waters off the coast of Chile, scientists said. Megavirus chilensis is slightly larger that the previous record holder, Mimivirus, found in a water cooling tower in Britain in 1992, […]
Study: Uranus Tilted By Multiple Impacts
NICE, France, Oct. 10 (UPI) — The planet Uranus was tipped askew to rotate on its side by several cosmic collisions rather than just one as previously thought, French researchers say. The planet’s spin axis is tilted by 98 degrees, a tilt unmatched by any other planet, including Earth’s 23 degrees. Scientists have long assumed […]
Food Insecurity Growing, U.N. Finds
ROME, Oct. 11 (UPI) — Food prices are expected to soar substantially with energy tied closer to agriculture and extreme weather events becoming more common, a U.N. report found. A report from the heads of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Program concluded higher prices […]
Don't Shortchange Canada's Crude
LONDON, Oct. 11 (UPI) — With Canada ranking third in the world in terms of oil reserves, the government needs to overcome the adversity to so-called oil sands, an official said. Hundreds of activists in the United States were arrested when they blocked a road near the White House in protest of plans to build […]
India: Churches Pay For Big Families
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Oct. 7 (UPI) — A number of Christian churches in the Indian state of Kerala have begun offering incentives to couples to produce more children, officials say. After a report submitted to Kerala’s chief minister proposed imposing a strict two-child policy, church groups said they were worried about the dwindling number of Christians, […]
Use Of Ancient Buildings In Turkey Debated
CHICAGO, Oct. 7 (UPI) — Ancient buildings discovered in Turkey thought by some to be the world’s oldest temples may not be religious structures at all, a Canadian archaeologist says. The buildings at Gobekli, a hilltop just outside the Turkish city of Urfa, were found in 1995. The oldest structures are immense, with large stone […]
Study: Some 'Fish Out Of Water' Do Well
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Oct. 7 (UPI) — Some aquatic fish can move effectively on land without specialized anatomical attributes, a finding with evolutionary implications, a U.S. scientist says. Biology Professor Alice Gibb and her research team at Northern Arizona University said their study suggests the nervous system, in its control of bones and muscles, can allow […]
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