This star has a secret – even better than 'alien megastructures'
January 13, 2017 —When Yale researcher Tabetha Boyajian first focused on the star KIC 8462852 via the Kepler Space Telescope in September 2015, she didn't know what to make of it.The lighting of the star was mysterious – it was far too dim for a star of its age and type, intermittently dipping in brightness. Theories around Tabby’s star, as it was nicknamed, quickly piled up, with some scientists attributing the atypical lighting to surrounding cosmic dust or nearby comets. But more excitable s..>> view originalWolf Moon Tonight and Friday: When to See It and How It Got Its Name
Wolf Moon Tonight and Friday: When to See It and How It Got Its NameMoreThe first full moon of 2017, known traditionally as the wolf moon, will be visible both tonight and Friday night, with its crest near dawn Friday. January’s full moon was named the wolf moon by Native American tribes because of the wolf packs that would roam the area looking for food during the winter months. January was traditionally the scarcest time for food gathering, so the wolves would often howl in their hunger, accor..>> view originalNortheast is warming faster than the global average
New England winters are melting away. According to an alarming new study out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the northeastern United States will see warmer temperatures significantly faster than the rest of the planet. “I tell my students that they’re going to be able to tell their children, ‘I remember when it used to snow in Boston,’” Raymond Bradley, co-author of the study, and director of the Climate System Research Center at UMass, told The Boston Globe. The study, published Ja..>> view originalSpaceX Returns to Flight Today: Watch the Rocket Launch & Landing Try Live
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 10 Iridium-NEXT communications satellites on the pad ahead of a planned Jan. 14, 2017 liftoff. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX rocket will take to the skies today (Jan. 14) for the first time since a Sept. 1 launchpad explosion, and you can watch the highly anticipated liftoff live. SpaceX's two-stage Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch 10 communications satellites for the company Iridium into low-Earth orbit today, with liftoff from California's Vanden..>> view originalExact Sciences Grants Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Awards to Recently Hired Employees
MADISON, Wis., Jan.13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS) today announced that, in support of the Company's continued growth plans, it granted restricted stock units covering a total of 53,275 shares of common stock to 45 recently hired non-executive employees under its previously announced inducement grant program. The restricted stock unit awards vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date. The awards were granted as an in..>> view originalCompany That Wants To Mine The Moon Gets Enough Money For Maiden Lunar Flight
Florida-based company Moon Express, which hopes to mine the moon someday, has received the full funding it needs to make its first lunar trip. Google Lunar X Prize Moon Express is one of the teams that is vying for the $30 million race to the moon, the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP). The X Prize offers $20 million to the first privately funded team that would land a spacecraft on the lunar surface, move the vehicle at least 1,640 feet on the moon and send high-resolution images back to Earth. The ..>> view originalScientists solve a whale of a mystery: Why orcas have menopause
Sifting through more than four decades of data on two killer whale populations in the northwest Pacific, an international team of scientists says they’ve discovered why killer whales go through menopause: their complicated relationships with their daughters.The findings, described in the journal Current Biology, shed light on the conflict and cooperation that have pushed these mammals to give up fertility so early in their lifespans. Out of all the mammal species in the world, only three are k..>> view originalEarnings Analysis to Watch: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD)
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD): Last Trade: The Company rose 0.30% and finished at $85.86. The daily volume was measured at 8.04 million shares. The 52-week high of the share price is $123.37 and the 52-week low is $81.89. The company has a market cap of $114.21 Billion. The stock has a P/E ratio of 7.35. Its latest closing price has a distance of -11.12% from SMA20 and is -7.62% up than SMA50. Price Target Summary: A price target is a projected price level as stated by an investment ..>> view originalFacts About Bumblebees
Bumblebees are large, fuzzy insects with short, stubby wings. They are larger than honeybees, but they don't produce as much honey. However, they are very important pollinators. Without them, food wouldn't grow. Two-thirds of the world's crop species depend on animals to transfer pollen between male and female flower parts, according to ecologist Rachel Winfree, an assistant professor in the department of entomology at Rutgers University. Many animals are pollinators — including birds, ba..>> view original
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