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Could dark streaks in Venus' clouds be signs of alien life?

9 years 8 months ago
The question of life on Venus, of all places, is intriguing enough that a team of U.S. and Russian scientists working on a proposal for a new mission to the second planet — named Venera-D — are considering including the search for life in its mission goals.
Keith Cooper, Astrobiology Magazine

Massachusetts weighs doing away with winter time shift

9 years 8 months ago
Lacking authority to change the laws of physics to allow more sunlight on the darkest days of winter, a special commission is instead considering whether Massachusetts should change the laws of man and observe daylight saving time year-round.

Huge lava collapse rings in Hawaii's new year

9 years 8 months ago
A lava delta — an expanse of unstable rocky terrain formed by cooled lava — in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park collapsed suddenly into the ocean on New Year's Eve, creating a spectacle of volcanic ash, steam and gas to mark the end of 2016.
Mindy Weisberger Senior Writer
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