Science
Scientists Say Traditional Dog Year Calculation Misleading
LONDON (UPI) — U.S. scientists say calculating “dog years” by multiplying the pup’s age by seven is misleading depending on the animal’s breed and size. Dog owners can more accurately pin down their pet’s age relative to a human’s by taking into account what specific kind of dog they own and where they are in […]
Feds Gear Up For Dangerous Fire Season In Western U.S.
BOISE, Idaho (UPI) — Late rainfall contributed to what the Obama administration said Monday would likely be a dicey wildfire season in the western United States this year. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell toured the nation’s wildfire command center in Idaho Monday at the same time new satellite imagery warned that […]
Giant 50-Foot Magnet To Make Cross-Country Trek For Physics Experiment
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (UPI) — U.S. physicists say they’re planning a new experiment in particle physics — but first there’s the small matter of moving a 50-foot-diameter magnet 3,200 miles. Along with colleagues from 26 institutions around the world, they are planning an experiment to study the properties of muons, tiny subatomic particles that exist for […]
Poaching Gangs Reportedly Targeting Elephants In African Reserve
BANGUI, Central African Republic (UPI) — Forest elephants in the Central African Republic have become a new target for poaching gangs, the World Wildlife Fund reported. An unknown number of elephants have been killed at a world heritage site in the Central African Republic by heavily armed poachers who used a scientific observation platform to […]
Researchers Work To Capture Electrical Energy From Plants
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) — Researchers at the University of Georgia, looking to nature for inspiration, say they’re developing a new technology to use plants to generate electricity. The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet and plants are the undisputed champions of solar power, they said, operating at 100 percent efficiency. […]
London Zoo Desperately Seeking Mate For Almost-Extinct Fish Species
LONDON (UPI) — The London Zoo says it is desperately seeking a mate for two samples of a critically endangered tropical fish in its collection — unfortunately both male. The Mangarahara cichlid, described by zookeepers as “gorgeously ugly,” is extinct in the wild and zoo officials said the hunt for a female is especially urgent […]
Florida Citrus Industry Plagued By Disease With No Known Cure
MIAMI (UPI) — Officials in Florida’s citrus industry say a bacterial disease with no known cure has infected all 32 of the state’s citrus-growing counties. The disease known as citrus greening, which causes fruit to turn bitter and drop from the trees when still unripe, was first detected in Florida in 2005 but this year’s […]
Academic: Fabled Hanging Garden Existed, But Not In Babylon
OXFORD, England (UPI) — A British academic says evidence suggests the fabled Hanging Garden of Babylon did in fact exist — but it was in Nineva, 300 miles away. Stephanie Dalley says a study of ancient texts reveals the existence of a garden that recreated a mountain landscape, although the inability of archaeologists to find […]
Study: Many Young GenX Adults Engaging In Ongoing Education
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (UPI) — Generation X members are earning graduate and professional degrees at a higher rate than any previous generation, University of Michigan researchers report. In addition, almost half of the 80 million young adults in the generation take continuing education courses, in-service training and workshops required for professional licenses and certifications, they […]
European Satellite Will Monitor Earth’s Forests Starting In 2020
PARIS (UPI) — The European Space Agency says it has selected a satellite that can “weigh” the Earth’s forests — their biomass — as its next Earth Explorer mission. The biomass mission, selected from three candidate concepts, will become the next in a series of satellites developed to further our understanding of Earth, a release […]
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