Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent Flowing Water on Mars

What creates these changing streaks on Mars? Called Recurring Slope Linea (RSL), these dark features start on the slopes of hills and craters but don’t usually extend to the bottom. What’s even more unusual is that these streaks appear to change with the season, appearing fresh and growing during warm weather and disappearing during the winter. After much study, including a recent chemical analyses, a leading hypothesis has emerged that these streaks are likely created by new occurrences of liquid salty water that evaporates as it flows. The source for the briny water is still unclear, with two possibilities being condensation from the Martian atmosphere and underground reservoirs. An exciting inference is that if these briny flows are not too salty, they may be able to support microbial life on Mars even today. The featured image of a hill inside Horowitz Crater was investigated by instruments aboard the robotic Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that has been returning data from Mars since 2006. via NASA http://ift.tt/1KK6r1d

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Shell Nigeria Stops Forcados Pipeline Exports After Leak by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Shell Nigeria says yet another leak on the Trans Forcados Pipeline is forcing it to stop exports from the terminal that carries one fifth of Nigeria’s exports.

Published: September 30, 2015 at 11:41AM

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Officials: Key Fishing Area for Atlantic Cod in Dire Shape by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

One of the two critical areas where New England fishermen search for cod may be in even worse shape than suspected.

Published: September 30, 2015 at 07:59AM

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Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Seized Iran Arms Bound for Yemen by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Shiite rebels says it has foiled an attempt by Iran to smuggle missiles and other weapons to the rebels aboard a fishing boat bound for Yemen.

Published: September 30, 2015 at 01:37AM

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Weapons Bound for Yemen Seized on Iran Boat: Coalition by REUTERS

By REUTERS

Arab coalition forces waging a military campaign against Houthi fighters in Yemen seized an Iranian boat loaded with weapons in the Arabian Sea on its way to deliver supplies to the group, the Saudi-led alliance said on Wednesday.

Published: September 29, 2015 at 11:42PM

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AP PHOTOS: Deadly Nicaragua Land Conflict Displaces Hundreds by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nicaragua’s normally sleepy northern Caribbean coast in recent weeks has erupted in deadly clashes between Miskito Indians and settlers from the country’s west.

Published: September 29, 2015 at 08:02PM

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Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse and Lightning Storm

What’s more rare than a supermoon total lunar eclipse? How about a supermoon total lunar eclipse over a lightning storm. Such an electrifying sequence was captured yesterday from Ibiza, an island in southeastern Spain. After planning the location for beauty, and the timing to capture the entire eclipse sequence, the only thing that had to cooperate for this astrophotographer to capture a memorable eclipse sequence was the weather. What looked to be a bother on the horizon, though, turned out to be a blessing. The composite picture features over 200 digitally combined images from the same location over the course of a night. The full moon is seen setting as it faded to red in Earth’s shadow and then returned to normal. The fortuitous lightning is seen reflected in the Mediterranean to the right of the 400-meter tall rocky island of Es Vedra. Although the next total eclipse of a large and bright supermoon will occur in 2033, the next total eclipse of any full moon will occur in January 2018 and be best visible from eastern Asia and Australia. via NASA http://ift.tt/1ODsDxR

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Experts Call on US, Seafood Industry to Fight Slavery at Sea by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The U.S. government and the seafood industry must work to end human trafficking in global fishing fleets whose catches end up on American dinner tables, experts agreed Tuesday at a Senate briefing.

Published: September 29, 2015 at 01:01PM

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When a Creative Office Goes to Camp by ALEX RONAN

By ALEX RONAN

The New York ad agency Chandelier Creative has opened a Long Island ranch for its employees to work, play — even canoe.

Published: September 28, 2015 at 08:00PM

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Google’s Driverless Car Drivers Ride a Career Less Traveled by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fresh out of college, Brian Torcellini dreamed about getting a job writing about surfing.

Published: September 29, 2015 at 06:59AM

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Capturing the Voices of Hong Kong by JOYCE LAU

By JOYCE LAU

The cinematographer Christopher Doyle turns his camera on the details of a city in rebellion.

Published: September 30, 2015 at 10:00AM

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Chef José Andrés on Giving and Getting Back in Haiti by SHIVANI VORA

By SHIVANI VORA

Andrés is hoping his new PBS documentary will help people see the country from a different, positive perspective and want to visit.

Published: October 3, 2015 at 08:00PM

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Typhoon Makes Landfall in Eastern China; Two Dead in Taiwan by REUTERS

By REUTERS

China ordered tens of thousands of boats back to shore and closed tourist attractions as a typhoon made landfall in the eastern province of Fujian early on Tuesday after leaving two dead and hundreds injured in Taiwan.

Published: September 28, 2015 at 09:59PM

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Total Lunar Eclipse over Waterton Lake

Recorded in 2014 April, this total lunar eclipse sequence looks south down icy Waterton Lake from the Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, planet Earth. The most distant horizon includes peaks in Glacier National Park, USA. An exposure every 10 minutes captured the Moon’s position and eclipse phase, as it arced, left to right, above the rugged skyline and Waterton town lights. In fact, the sequence effectively measures the roughly 80 minute duration of the total phase of the eclipse. Around 270 BC, the Greek astronomer Aristarchus also measured the duration of lunar eclipses – though probably without the benefit of digital clocks and cameras. Still, using geometry, he devised a simple and impressively accurate way to calculate the Moon’s distance, in terms of the radius of planet Earth, from the eclipse duration. This modern eclipse sequence also tracks the successive positions of Mars, above and right of the Moon, bright star Spica next to the reddened lunar disk, and Saturn to the left and below. via NASA http://ift.tt/1NWb8qX

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Typhoon Lashes Taiwan, Killing 2, Injuring More Than 300 by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A typhoon struck mainland China on Tuesday after lashing Taiwan, where it killed two, injured hundreds and left hundreds of thousands without power or water.

Published: September 28, 2015 at 06:33PM

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Exuberance and Disappointment at Shell’s About-Face in the Arctic by KIRK JOHNSON

By KIRK JOHNSON

In Alaska, Shell’s announcement that it would suspend drilling in the Chukchi Sea after a test showed less promise than hoped for was one more blow to a state where energy-tax revenues are drying up.

Published: September 28, 2015 at 08:00PM

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Q. and A.: Eugenio B. Bito-onon Jr. on China’s Island Expansion by JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ

By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ

Mr. Bito-onon is the mayor of Pag-asa, a small island off the west coast of the Philippines that is one of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, which are claimed by both China and the Philippines.

Published: September 28, 2015 at 02:08PM

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