The following news article is adapted from a press release issued by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Laboratory, in partnership with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration. LIGO is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by MIT and Caltech, which conceived and built the project.
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India Aims to Electrify All Households by End of 2018
India has launched a new $2.5 billion initiative to provide power to the 40 million households in the country that still don’t have electricity. The project aims to electrify the homes — which represent about a quarter of India’s households — by the end of 2018, Reuters reported.
A First Look at Geographic Variation in Gentoo Penguin Calls
Vocal communication is central to the lives of many birds, which use sound to attract mates and defend territories.
NASA Satellites Peer into a Lop-sided Hurricane Maria
NASA’s Aqua satellite and Global Precipitation Measurement mission, or GPM, satellites have been peering into what appears to be a somewhat lop-sided Hurricane Maria. The storm appears asymmetric because vertical wind shear is pushing clouds and showers to the eastern side of the storm.
On Sept. 27, NHC forecaster Daniel Brown noted, “Deep convection and banding has increased over the eastern and northeastern portion of the large circulation of Maria since yesterday.”
Removing nitrate for healthier ecosystems
Nitrogen can present a dilemma for farmers and land managers.
Cambio climático: algunas lecciones de los vikingos
De hecho, la ascensión de los vikingos no fue un acontecimiento repentino, sino que formó parte de un largo continuo de desarrollo humano en el norte de Escandinavia, cuyas largas e intrincadas costas marinas y archipiélagos condujeron al surgimiento de una cultura basada en la tierra, pero muy dependiente del mar.