Christmas bird counts flock in on Olympic Peninsula
The annual tradition of tracking down birds as part of a Peninsula-wide census continues Saturday, with organizers seeking volunteers to participate. The 117th Christmas Bird Count begins locally in Port Townsend and then will spread to Neah Bay ...>> view originalAncient human ancestor was one tall dude, his footprints say
NEW YORK: He stood a majestic 5-foot-5, weighed around 100 pounds and maybe had a harem. That's what scientists figure from the footprints he left behind some 3.7 million year ago. He's evidently the tallest known member of the prehuman species best known for the fossil skeleton nicknamed "Lucy," reaching a stature no other member of our family tree matched for another 1.5 million years, the researchers say. The 13 footprints are impressions left in volcanic ash that later hardened into rock, e..>> view originalAll eyes on Trump over Mars
The year 2016 has seen a rekindling of the human desire to conquer Mars, with public and private interests openly vying to take the first step on the Red Planet, possibly with a stopover on the Moon. Space-faring nations are mostly united in viewing ...>> view originalBig Diamonds Bring Scientists A Message From Superdeep Earth
Geologists studied these scraps of diamond leftover from the shaping of big jewels. Evan Smith/Gemological Institute of America hide caption toggle caption Evan Smith/Gemological Institute of America Geologists studied these scraps of diamond leftover from the shaping of big jewels. Evan Smith/Gemolo..>> view originalSeahorse Genetic Secrets Revealed: Scientists Sequence Genetic Genome Of This Peculiar Creature
First Posted: Dec 16, 2016 03:20 AM EST Seahorses are peculiar sea creatures, and for the first time, scientists have sequenced the creature's genetic genome. (Photo : Alex Shakspeare/YouTube Screenshot) For the first time, scientists have unlocked some of the genetic secrets of the most peculiar fish including its unusual male pregnancy -- the seahorse. An international team of researchers has fully sequenced the Southeast Asian tiger tail seahorse, named for its distinctive yellow-and-..>> view originalUnderwater Volcano Offers Rare Look at Eruption in Real Time
When an undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Oregon in May 2015, Scott Nooner wasn’t surprised—he was excited. Nooner and his colleague William Chadwick had predicted that the half-mile-high Axial Seamount would erupt within 15 months, a forecast based on years of watching the volcano inflate and deflate. Because Axial Seamount’s lava chamber is concealed by only a relatively thin layer of Earth’s crust, it acts as a window into volcanic processes that are often quite difficult to obser..>> view originalWhere is the ice on Ceres?
NASA's Dawn spacecraft determined the hydrogen content of the upper yard, or meter, of Ceres' surface. Blue indicates where hydrogen content is higher, near the poles, while red indicates lower content at lower latitudes. Image credit: ...>> view originalBritain Approves Three-Parent Embryos - Sci
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Drone pilot Slater Moore captured a rare sight on camera: two adult female killer whales and two calves tearing into a still-wriggling shark in California's Monterey Bay. It's rare to catch this particular type of killer whale, called the offshore ...>> view originalTrump team says Energy Department questionnaire "was not authorized"
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team said a controversial Energy Department questionnaire, which asked for the names of employees involved in the agency’s climate change efforts, “was not authorized.” The statement from the transition team further said the person responsible had been “counseled.”Environmentalists were outraged last week by the questionnaire the Trump transition team sent to the Energy Department that asked for a list of staffers who worked on climate change -- a reque..>> view original
Monday, December 26, 2016
Christmas bird counts flock in on Olympic Peninsula and other top stories.
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