Monday, 22 April 2013

Changing seasons: Google Doodle's perception of Earth Day

Changing seasons: Google Doodle

Changing seasons: Google Doodle's perception of Earth Day

Google celebrated the 43rd Earth Day on Monday by doodling the change of seasons through another animated and interactive Google Doodle. The doodle was widely appreciated not only for of its initiative but also for how in a unique and creative way it ...
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What's in a name? An H, an i, two g's and an s

Now a Higgs boson has been discovered, some people with access to the Sunday Times and the BBC have begun agitating to change its name. The idea being that naming it after a single person is unfair. It's true that many people contributed to the theory ...
Barack Obama praises Indian-American student for her science project

Barack Obama praises Indian-American student for her science project

Washington: The US President Barack Obama has praised young Indian-American student for her science project at the third annual White House Science Fair in Washington. "We're so proud of you. Keep up the good work," Obama said to 17-year old ...
Flaws identified in India, China, Kenya policy narratives on climate change

Flaws identified in India, China, Kenya policy narratives on climate change

sea-level-rise Partners in an international study, have identified flaws in policy narratives on climate change in the Indian, Chinese, Kenyan and global contexts, which they say limit resilience in the world's dry regions. According to a report released Friday, ...
Climate change experts to meet at Dhaka

Climate change experts to meet at Dhaka

Dhaka, Apr 21 (IBNS): Bangladesh may be among the countries most vulnerable to climate change but it is also to one that has done most to adapt to the impacts ahead, according to the organisers of an international conference that takes place there next ...
For Earth Day, photos from space: 1 changed how we look at our planet

For Earth Day, photos from space: 1 changed how we look at our planet

Happy Earth Day, Earthlings. For Earth Day 2013, take a moment to appreciate your home for what it is -- a blue pinpoint on a vast black canvas. In a 2009 post on NASA Science, Dauna Colter wrote about the 40-year anniversary of Apollo 11, and her words ...
#click3 Sticky water in space

#click3 Sticky water in space

The All In with Chris Hayes team puts out a daily call to the Twitter and Facebook communities for the “awesomest things” they encountered on the Internet. 1. Commander Chris Hadfield of the International Space Station releases videos informing Earthlings ...
NY environmental agency hosts Earth Day programs

NY environmental agency hosts Earth Day programs

ALBANY, N.Y. — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is sponsoring events around the state all week to mark the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day. The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, the same year New York's DEC and the U.S. ...
Experiment Work and Systems Maintenance for Station Crew, Progress Preps for ...

Experiment Work and Systems Maintenance for Station Crew, Progress Preps for ...

The six Expedition 35 crew members living aboard the International Space Station worked with science experiments and performed maintenance duties Monday as preparations for the launch of the ISS Progress 51 cargo craft continue in Kazakhstan.