Sentences with phrase «about new planets»

In our U.S., World, Health and Technology sections, we will continue to lead - as we've done in the past - with stories about new planets, climate change, prehistoric marvels and more.
I think that they should just leave Pluto as a planet because now we are going to have to learn about the new planets, and all the people who finished school already don't have to.
Has anyone else noticed how often we are hearing NASA talk about new planets, flying saucers, etc. lately?
They will also be able to parse out some important details about each new planet, like its size and how it orbits its star.
Why are scientists so excited about this new planet?

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These last passes will reveal new data about Saturn, its atmosphere and clouds, the materials making up its rings, and the mysterious gravity and magnetic fields of the gas planet.
In talking about the two new planets, NASA focused less on Kepler - 80g and more on Kepler - 90i because it was found to be the eighth planet orbiting the only star in its solar system.
In April, Apple produced an exclusive behind - the - scenes documentary on Taylor Swift's 1989 world tour, and is partnering with music artist Will.iam and TV executives Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens to produce a new series about mobile apps, called Planet of the Apps.
Yesterday I was reading comments on the CNN article about NASA and the discovery of new planets... and the day before the one about the 4.4 billion year - old crystal.
There he's imprisoned and forced to fight in the planet's gladiatorial arena, where he runs into a few new allies and one old green friend played by Mark Ruffalo you've probably heard about.
The things I find most appalling about religion reach a new zenith in Islam --(i) a dulling down of individual thought and a dogmatic requirement to conform to the views of the masses; (ii) a stultifying ignorant education system in which anything inconsistent with the Qur» an is not just discouraged, but censored; (iii) the subjugation of women to the point of educating them to be nothing but mindless f * king, breeding machines for their insecure husbands; (iv) a political class that feeds off the religious - based ignorance it imposes on its populations; and (v) a general back - sliding against the rest of the planet because heads are buried in Dark Ages mythology.
In his new book, Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet, he challenges Muslims and non-Muslims to be stewards of the earth.
One might say that just as nuclear war has made of the whole planet a potential battlefield, thus raising new questions about war itself, so, too, has modern advertising made of the whole planet an actual constant marketplace, thus provoking radical changes in the practice and theory of human intercourse.
The Bible (New Testament or Old) says nothing about God being a man living on planet Kolob, either.
Tighten up your apron strings dear readers, you're about to meet your new favorite cookie on the planet.
Take a look at our brand new 12 - page resource which outlines what Meat Free Monday is, how it came about and why it's a good thing — both for our health and for the heath of the planet.
Marisa Miller Wolfson, creator of the award winning documentary film Vegucated, took some time out to talk with me at the New York Green Festival about her film, her next projects, what inspires her, and easy first steps for people to take to transition to a healthier way of eating for personal health, the planet and the animals.
With a brand new cover, vegan and gluten - free recipes marked in the index plus a note about dairy and eggs, The Meat Free Monday Cookbook is handy for anyone hoping to increase the amount of seasonal fruit and vegetables in their diet as well as make a positive difference to the planet.
I am proud to be vegan; each day is a new adventure and I always feel wonderful about how I'm affecting the planet.
About Meatball Spot: A dynamic restaurant and a bar made for mingling come together at the new Meatball Spot, soon to be located in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
We hear from two sleep experts, Jennifer Waldburger of Sleepy Planet, and Noel Janis - Norton of The New Learning Centre, about their take on how to help our children grapple with those horrible night - triggered fears.
Take learning about space and planets to a whole new level with this Solar System snack!
«When you first think about bringing a new life into the planet, you must remember that communication is important, not only with yourself, but your belief system and partner.
The more I read about the connection between our industrial food system and global warming (See especially Anna Lappe's new book, Diet for a Hot Planet), the more I become convinced of the tremendous importance of changing the way we feed our children at school.
Thankfully, I have not experienced ppd, but for mothers that have, I think holistic practices should really be taken under consideration more often... or even if just for a new mother's recovery and general health So many people have made negative comments about consuming their own placenta and comparing it to animals eating other dead animals and feces, but don't think twice about consuming food products produced using actual animals... cow's milk, goat milk, cheeses, burgers, bacon (pigs are considered one of the filthiest animals on the planet — they defacate where they sleep, roll around in it, eat rotted food, yet no one seems to think twice about eating any part of them).
In her first major environmental proposal, Nixon called on New York State to commit to 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2050 — a benchmark that has been something of a Holy Grail for activists concerned about the warming of the planet as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.
The tweet, a reworking of a line from the movie «Planet of the Apes,» was directed at Melissa Harris - Perry, a morning news host on MSNBC, in response to remarks she made about child rearing that upset many conservatives, according to the New York Daily News.
While the Cassini spacecraft is gone, its enormous collection of data about Saturn — the giant planet, its magnetosphere, rings and moons — will continue to yield new discoveries for decades to come.
This discovery sheds new light on the atmospheric composition of the planet and also refutes previous hypotheses about WASP - 12b's atmosphere.
Mission scientists will examine the spacecraft's final observations in the coming weeks for new insights about Saturn, including hints about the planet's formation and evolution, and processes occurring in its atmosphere.
So says actor Will Smith, narrating the opening moments of a new documentary series about the wonderful unlikeliness of our own planet, Earth.
Today's announcement comes on the first day of Climate Week, a summit that will run through Sunday in New York City, where government and private - sector leaders will converge to talk about the warming planet and what to do about it.
The new findings may help scientists better understand the rest of the Jupiter system, where about half the sulfur dioxide spewed from Io's volcanoes eventually drifts to circulate around the planet.
However, when he sensed that funding in his original field, X-ray astronomy, was drying up, he started thinking about new tools for studying planets around other stars.
A new satellite will help probe the unknowns about what global warming will do to the planet's fertility
«For decades, conventional wisdom held that large Jupiter - mass planets take a minimum of 10 million years to form,» said Christopher Johns - Krull, the lead author of a new study about the planet, CI Tau b, that will be published in the Astrophysical Journal.
In a new paper, two astrophysicists argue that these questions may soon be resolvable scientifically, thanks to new data about the Earth and about other planets in our galaxy, and by combining the earth - based science of sustainability with the space - oriented field of astrobiology.
At the same time, the new data set now significantly reduces the probability the comet will impact the Red Planet, from about 1 in 8,000 to about 1 in 120,000.
These failed stars, or brown dwarfs, inhabit a peculiar gray area between large planets and small stars, and their split personalities are providing scientists with new ways to learn about both kinds of objects.
The new object is about 700 km in diameter — roughly one - and - a-half times the size of Vancouver Island — and has one of the largest orbits for a dwarf planet.
Writer and activist Bill McKibben talks to Scientific American's Mark Fischetti about his new book Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Plannew book Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New PlanNew Planet.
As they ponder new data, we'll learn even more about the planets, and how closely related they just might be.
Slated for release in 2013, the new SimCity invites players to grapple with tough choices about energy generation, environmental costs and the responsibilities shouldered by inhabitants of a planet with finite resources — choices faced by real policymakers on the very real planet Earth.
This new cold war is all about trade and resources: According to a 2008 study by the U.S. Geologic Survey, the Arctic has 20 percent of the planet's undiscovered and recoverable oil and natural gas deposits.
An international team of scientists have discovered two new plankton - eating fossil fish species of the genus called Rhinconichthys (Rink - O - nik - thees) from the oceans of the Cretaceous Period, about 92 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the planet.
The new, high - resolution map of the mantle — the hot rock below Earth's crust but above the planet's iron core — not only shows these connections for many hotspots on the planet, but reveals that below about 1,000 kilometers the plumes are between 600 and 1,000 kilometers across, up to five times wider than geophysicists thought.
Current starshot ventures to get to our new neighbour are too expensive to be practical, but finding out more about the planet should be a high priority
«These new results show that planets in open star clusters are about as common as they are around isolated stars — but they are not easy to detect,» adds Luca Pasquini (ESO, Garching, Germany), co-author of the new paper [6].
«The concept of planetary health offers a new way of thinking about the health of our planet and its resilience in the face of pressures like climate change, urbanization and globalization, to name just a few,» said Helen Clark, administrator of the U.N. Development Programme, by video statement.
Former Scientific American editor in chief John Rennie talks about his new six - episode Weather Channel TV Show, Hacking the Planet, which debuts February 28
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