Donald Trump could become the first U.S. president in decades who doesn’t have a pet dog – or any pets for that matter – in the White House. Other presidents in the past have had a least one dog, while many had several. The last U.S. president who did not own a dog in office […]
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The World We Share, USAScientists have found what they claim are the oldest-known fossils on Earth, embedded in Canadian rocks that are at least 3.7 billion years old. If they are right, the discovery suggests that life on Earth began within 200 to 500 million years of the birth of the planet 4.5 billion years ago. “These findings show
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International, The World We ShareThere is shock and horror in El Salvador after the national zoo’s beloved hippotamus was beaten to death. News of the death of Gustavito has been met with outrage. The much-loved hippo was born and raised in Guatemala. He was brought to El Salvador 13 years ago. Much-loved hippo Gustavito brutally beaten to death at
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International, The World We ShareEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Saturday said the Obama administration neglected would-be department priorities to pursue a climate change agenda and hinted that a rollback of some regulations could be announced as soon as next week. “I wanted to send a message to those at the agency – there are some very important
Law enforcement took control of the largest Dakota Access pipeline protest camp Thursday, arresting or moving the few dozen people who had remained in the mud and snow in one of the largest environmental protests in American history. “At 2:09 p.m., Oceti Sakowin protest camp was completely cleared by law enforcement!” the Morton County Sheriff’s
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The World We Share, USACome for the sea cow pictures, stay for the environmental policy Keith Ramos // Fish and Wildlife Service Even the fish love these big guys. The fightin’ sea cows are making a comeback. Manatees have been on the endangered species list since 1972, but in the last few years they’ve been more abundant than ever.
More than 300 scientists have urged President Trump to withdraw from the U.N.’s climate-change agency, warning that its push to curtail carbon dioxide threatens to exacerbate poverty without improving the environment. In a Thursday letter to the president, MIT professor emeritus Richard Lindzen called the United States and other nations to “change course on an
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BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) — “BGUSAT,” the first nanosatellite for Israeli academic research, is being launched Wednesday, February 15 as part of a collaboration between Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and the Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space. It will provide researchers with data on climate change, agricultural developments and other
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By Yoni Peres, DVM TEL AVIV, Israel — At the top of the cliff, just like Noah’s Ark after the flood, overlooking the Tel Aviv skyline, stands a unique building – the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History. Just a few steps away, in an old building at the Tel Aviv University’s Department of Zoology, Professor Tamar Dayan, the
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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, Yoni PeresIn memory of “the last moonwalker” NASA/Popular Science, July 1999 In 1972, astronaut Eugene Cernan commanded Apollo 17, the last space mission to land men on the moon. They stayed for about three days. On January 16, 2017, Eugene Cernan passed away. Cernan held the title of “the last moonwalker,” which he called “a dubious
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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Where do insects go in winter? A new study published in the prestigious journal Science found that flying insects migrate on a seasonal basis. This movement constitutes the largest migration found in today’s world, creating a mass that is almost eight times that of birds that migrate from Britain to Africa.
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareIt’s official: 2016 was the hottest year on record in 122 years of record-keeping, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The 1.78-degree jump over the mid-20th-century average marks the third year in a row that global temperatures have reached record-shattering levels. Earth’s average surface temperature has risen about
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The World We Share, USAMIAMI — Free Lolita. That’s the message Mexican actress Kate del Castillo is passing along in a new video she recorded for the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Del Castillo held a news conference in Miami on Tuesday imploring tourists to boycott the Miami Seaquarium, where the 50-year-old killer
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The World We Share, USAThe file photo from NASA shows US Astronaut Eugene Cernan walks on the surface of Moon during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. [Photo/Xinhua] HOUSTON – Former astronaut Gene Cernan, who as the last person to walk on the moon returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” died
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