STERN From the German to English with Google Translate "The European Parliament has agreed on a position for the planned multi-billion EU agricultural reform. A majority of MPs approved a compromise that had been debated for weeks. The decision stipulates that in future 30 percent of the direct payments will be reserved for organic regulations. …
A first look at NGC 1980
NGC 1980 22Oct20 2:50AM PDT Richland, WA NGC 1980 is located just south of the Orion Nebula in a rich field of the Milky Way. It is a bright cluster of 30 stars embedded in a large, elongated nebula near Iota Orionis, or Nair al Saif. The cluster features the colorful triple 44 Orionis, which …
Greta Thunberg in Seattle
Almost one year ago, Greta Thunberg was in North America. Why was this young Swedish girl here, during the school year? She had become an advocate and a teen-age activist for Climate Action. She had been invited to the UN Meeting COPE 25 on Climate Change, to be held in Santiago, Chile. She had sailed …
Vote For Science, Child of Liberty
The Half Disme (or half-dime) above was silver. "Where did the short-lived motto “Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry” come from, and why did it disappear? There are no documents that explain its origins. Because Secretary of State Jefferson supervised Mint operations (President Washington put it under State not Treasury and Secretary Hamilton) he must …
“Tri-Cities (WA) Researchers Work to Detect Secret Nuclear Explosions”
October 19, 2020 DIRECTOR’S COLUMN Steven Ashby, Ph.D., PNNL Originally published in the Tri-City Herald on October 19, 2020 Open PNNL physicist Emily Mace specializes in interpreting radioactive signals such as those emitted during underground nuclear weapons tests. She and her colleagues analyze samples of interest in PNNL's Shallow Underground Laboratory using copper detectors along with the …
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2018 VP1
An Asteroid Is Moving Towards Earth on Election Day Eve By Mark B.staff@sciencetimes.com | Aug 23, 2020 07:30 AM EDT An asteroid first discovered back in 2018 is projected to move close to Earth on November 2, the day before the US Presidential Vote. According to NASA's Center for Near Earth Objects Studies (CNEOS), the asteroid officially designated …
“We are asking Prime Minister Conte to treat the climate crisis as a crisis“
AMBIENT (Leggi la traduzione in italiano) GRETA THUNBERG, ADÉLAÏDE CHARLIER, MARTINA COMPARELLI, LUISA NEUBAUER E LAURA VALLAROMostra didascaliaGreta Thunberg (The Associated Press)Nascondi19 ottobre 2020 • 00:43Aggiornato, 19 ottobre 2020 • 00:51 “These days, it is easy to assume that sufficient climate action is already being taken. EU countries are discussing new climate targets for 2030 and …
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The V-type Astroid
4 Vesta astroid A V-type asteroid is an astroid whose spectra is that of 4 Vesta. Roughfully 6% of all main-belt astroids (between Mars and Jupiter) are Vesta-type with 4 Vesta being by far the largest of them. They are relatively bright, and rather similar to the most common, the S-type, which are also made up of iron. The V-types contain …
I am Greta premiere
The movie “I Am Greta” will premiere today in cinemas across the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
“Better” Copper Means Higher-Efficiency Electric Motors
ARTICLE BY SUSAN BAUER, PNNLMEDIA CONTACT INFORMATION October 13, 2020Web Feature New manufacturing process yields highest conductivity copper composites at bulk scale PNNL Materials Scientist Keerti Kappagantula holds an ultra-high conductivity copper wire with graphene additives that is five percent more conductive than annealed copper, the industry standard for motor applications. Andrea Starr | PNNLSHARE Researchers …
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