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Extreme flooding in Bangkok, Thailand
Monsoonal rains from July through October have produced extreme flooding across Thailand, affecting at least 2 million people and killing 437 people.
November 4, 2011
Space flight likely affects astronauts’ eyes, study reveals
Astronauts who spend a minimum of six months on a space flight experience changes in their eyes, according to a new report.
November 4, 2011
NOAA projects 20% chance of X-class solar flares today
A huge sunspot has rotated into view. It has already spawned an X-class solar flare and NOAA is projecting more for November 4, 2011.
November 4, 2011
Haibing Ma on China’s wind power woes
Haibing Ma of the Worldwatch Institute said many of China’s wind turbines can’t connect to the country’s larger electric grid.
November 4, 2011
Gamma-ray burst illuminates new mystery in early galaxies
Astronomers use light from a gamma-ray burst -- GRB 090323 -- to study the chemical make-up of two galaxies in the early universe.
November 3, 2011
Australian study: Countries must lower carbon emissions soon
An Australian study say countries must lower their carbon emissions soon, if the world is to stay below 2 degrees warming for the century.
November 3, 2011
Robert Zubrin on why we should go to Mars
Robert Zubrin of the Mars Society says there are three reasons we should go to Mars: the science, the challenge, the future.
November 3, 2011
Budgets for NASA and Webb Telescope undecided
The Senate passed its version of the 2012 budget that delegates the budgets for NASA. It includes full funding for the James Webb Space Telescope.
November 2, 2011
Heavenly Palace modules makes historic space dock
China made a historic space first today with the dock of the Heavenly Palace modules, pieces of a permanent space station to be completed by 2020.
November 2, 2011
Jawbone is earliest evidence of modern humans in NW Europe
New test of a prehistoric jawbone from England shows it to be between 44,000 and 41,000 years old - the earliest evidence of modern humans in northwest Europe.
November 2, 2011
