Welcome to “Hawaii Science Digest” for Saturday, 22 December 2018. Today, we’ll explore some of the top science and technology stories making headlines in EIN News/EIN Presswire. Here are the details:
Accessed on 22 December 2018, 1553 UTC.
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Published on 15:14 GMT
Yes, there is a war between science and religion
Doubting Thomas needed the proof, just like a scientist, and now is a cautionary Biblical example. Caravaggio/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY As the West becomes more and more secular, and the discoveries of evolutionary biology and cosmology shrink the …
Source: Raw Story -
Published on 15:11 GMT
Science’s ‘Breakthrough of 2018’
The U.S. journal Science has termed new technologies that reveal how DNA cues individual cells to grow through time as “Breakthrough of the Year”. Experts say these methods will transform science over the coming decades, allowing an ever clearer picture of …
Source: The Hindu -
Published on 10:45 GMT
Deborah Swackhamer on the long-term risk of tainting the science behind federal policy
MinnPost photo by Andrew Wallmeyer Deborah SwackhamerSecond of two parts. Deborah Swackhamer is well known to many Minnesotans for her leadership of the Water Resources Center and the project that produced the state’s landmark Water Sustainability …
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Published on 08:58 GMT
The biggest science stories of 2018: From the edge of the…
Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post Published 10:42 am PST, Friday, December 21, 2018 Fadi Jacob, a visiting graduate student from Johns Hopkins University, dissects a glioblastoma brain tumor at the University of Pennsylvania Clinical Research Building in …
Source: SF Gate -
Published on 08:15 GMT
Remember the discovery of methane in the martian atmosphere? Now scientists can’t find any evidence of it, at all
Artist’s impression of the Mars Express spacecraft in orbit. Credit: ESA/Medialab In 2003, scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Center made the first-ever detection of trace amounts of methane in Mars’ atmosphere, a find which was confirmed a …
Source: Phys.org -
Published on 08:31 GMT
Scientists say that a ‘rock twice as big as Earth’ pushed Uranus onto its side
Posted December 22, 2018 17:11:40 Uranus is a lopsided oddity, the only planet to spin on its side. Scientists now think they know how it got that way: It was pushed over by a rock at least twice as big as Earth. Key points: Little is known about the ice …
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Published on 09:43 GMT
Scientists make sense of mysterious bright light across Bay Area sky – KGO-TV
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A mysterious light was spotted in the sky after 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, during the busy evening commute. Many described the object as a key-shaped cloud, a question mark in the sky, or simply a mysterious bright light over the Bay …
Source: Google -
Published on 07:27 GMT
Scott Pruitt never gave up EPA plans to debate climate science, records show
In Scott Pruitt’s final weeks as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, his political advisers were still considering ways to formally raise doubts about climate change science, agency records show. The scandal-plagued Pruitt had long …
Source: The Guardian -
Published on 11:36 GMT
The Scientists Who Play With Wildfire
When fire scientist Albert Simeoni wants to study wildfires, he can’t exactly run into the nearest blaze with sensors and data collection tools. It’s simply too dangerous and these conflagrations, though they’re becoming more frequent and intense with …
Source: Gizmodo -
Published on 07:41 GMT
Scientists: Uranus likely collided with rock 3 to 4 billion years ago
WASHINGTON — Uranus is a lopsided oddity, the only planet to spin on its side. Scientists now think they know how it got that way: It was pushed over by a rock at least twice as big as Earth. Detailed computer simulations show that an enormous rock crashed …
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Published on 08:15 GMT
New Horizons scientists puzzled by lack of a ‘light curve’ from their Kuiper Belt flyby target
Ultima’s shape was measured in July 2017 as its silhouette passed in front of a star – what’s known as a stellar occultation. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is bearing down on Ultima Thule, its New Year’s …
Source: Phys.org -
Published on 12:41 GMT
Science may help yield secrets of charred library
Historians have serous problems when it comes to discovering our past. History tends to be written by the victors in any conflict. And most of what is written deals with kings and other notables with little written about the common people who lived and …
Source: Expositor -
Published on 11:14 GMT
Scientists Have a Greener Idea to Clean Air
A common houseplant to help keep your home’s air cleaner and safer? Scientists report they have genetically altered pothos ivy to filter certain hazardous chemicals from household air. Many people use HEPA air filters to reduce levels of allergens and …
Source: News Max -
Published on 12:00 GMT
Christmas Bird Count enlists help of citizen scientists
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center (BNC) played host to an annual tradition this Wednesday: the Coastal Tip Christmas Bird Count. Hosted by the Audubon Society, this particular bird count is one of the …
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Published on 07:27 GMT
Scientists succeed in destroying HIV-infected cells in major breakthrough
Is a cure for Aids within reach? Scientists succeed in destroying HIV-infected cells in major breakthrough Scientists announced a potential breakthrough in the fight against HIV/AIDS Researchers at Paris’ Institut Pasteur found a way to destroy …
Source: Charleston Daily Mail -
Published on 07:31 GMT
3 Manuu films chosen for science film fest
CHARMINAR: The Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu) added another feather in its cap with three films produced by its Instructional Media Centre (IMC) selected for the National Science Film Festival-2019. According to Riz wan Ahmed, director of …
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Published on 08:29 GMT
Scientists have developed high-strength material for aircraft industry
Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Canada. Credit: John McArthur@snowjam Scientists of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have designed a new, high-strength ceramic material that can …
Source: Phys.org -
Published on 08:32 GMT
Forget-me-not: Scientists pinpoint memory mechanism in plants
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Plant scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham have unravelled a mechanism that enables flowering plants to sense and ‘remember’ changes in their environment. The research, published in the Journal …
Source: Phys.org -
Published on 09:05 GMT
5 Science-Backed Superfoods For Runners
Laura Peill / December 21, 2018 Photo Credit: ShutterstockOpen up any health and wellness website or cruise through the aisles of the grocery store, and chances are you’ll see the word superfood used more than a few times. Whether it is to describe the …
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