Tuesday, April 2, 2013

[Science] Smithsonian releases Wright brothers contract detailing 'first in flight' claims

Smithsonian releases Wright brothers contract detailing 'first in flight' claims
http://zeenews.india.com/news/science/were-the-wright-brothers-first-to-fly-an-airplane_839219.html
Were the Wright brothers first in flight? Read the fine print. A little-known 1948 contract between the estate of Orville Wright and the Smithsonian has the museum legally bound to call the Wright brothers first in flight: "The Smithsonian shall [not state] any ...

Streams stressed by pharmaceutical pollution
http://scienceblog.com/61974/drugs-pollution-stressing-our-streams/
Forums · Blogs · Home >; Lifestyle >; EnviroHealth >; News. 02 April 2013. Streams stressed by pharmaceutical pollution.

The case of Alaska's missing moon rock
http://www.kstk.org/2013/04/01/the-case-of-alaskas-missing-moon-rock/
Steve Henrikson is the curator of collections at the Alaska State Historical Museum in Juneau. He's encountered a lot of fascinating history in his job, but one of the most peculiar stories is the case of the missing moon rock.

Dutch scientists say climate change is creating MORE sea ice in Antarctica.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/21997287
This might sound surprising as often climate change is blamed for causing the ice there to melt. However experts think the increase is caused by melting beneath the Antarctic ice shelves.

Windsor rookie robotics team headed to world championships
http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/assumption-high-school-robotics-team-earns-trip-to-world-championship-1.1219223
It took a lot of brains and a bit of robot brawn to get a local rookie robotics team to the top. Assumption Catholic high school's robotics team is headed to the world championships at the end of the month after making it to the finals at the FIRST robotics ...

Scientists At NASA Map Costa Rica Volcano Via Aircraft
http://www.latinospost.com/articles/15712/20130402/scientists-nasa-map-costa-rica-volcano-via-aircraft.htm
(Photo : Reuters) NASA scientists hope to gain a better understanding of volcanoes after flying several planes into the Turrialba volcano in Turriaba, west of San Jose, Costa Rica, in March.

Hundreds of pig-nose turtles found at Indonesian airport
http://now.msn.com/pig-nose-turtles-found-at-airport-in-jakarta-indonesia
If you lost track of 687 pig-nose turtles at the airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, they've been found. Indonesian authorities said they were holding the huge batch of endangered turtles, whose nickname reflects their disproportionately sizeable fleshy snout and ...

What deniers of climate change must deny (3)
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/01/limbaugh-fails-physics-claims-carbon-is-making/193405
Discriminating what is and what isn't science isn't that complicated. The first thing you must do is find a scientific journal.



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