Q&A: Expert Says All’s Not Right for Endangered Right Whales by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Those endangered North Atlantic right whales cavorting in Cape Cod Bay are fun to watch, but their frolicking doesn’t tell the whole story….

Published: May 1, 2017 at 12:24AM

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Cooling Neutron Star

The bright source near the center is a neutron star, the incredibly dense, collapsed remains of a massive stellar core. Surrounding it is supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), a comfortable 11,000 light-years away. Light from the Cas A supernova, the death explosion of a massive star, first reached Earth about 350 years ago. The expanding debris cloud spans about 15 light-years in this composite X-ray/optical image. Still hot enough to emit X-rays, Cas A’s neutron star is cooling. In fact, years of observations with the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory find that the neutron star is cooling rapidly — so rapidly that researchers suspect a large part of the neutron star’s core is forming a frictionless neutron superfluid. The Chandra results represent the first observational evidence for this bizarre state of neutron matter. via NASA http://ift.tt/2pxcinZ

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France, Russia, Donald Trump: Your Monday Briefing by PATRICK BOEHLER

By PATRICK BOEHLER

Here’s what you need to know to start your day….

Published: May 1, 2017 at 12:00AM

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Rodrigo Duterte, Pope Francis, Delta: Your Morning Briefing by CHARLES McDERMID

By CHARLES McDERMID

Here’s what you need to know to start your day….

Published: April 30, 2017 at 03:51PM

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Rodrigo Duterte, Pope Francis, Delta Airlines: Your Morning Briefing by CHARLES McDERMID

By CHARLES McDERMID

Here’s what you need to know to start your day….

Published: April 30, 2017 at 03:51PM

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As Economy Grows, North Korea’s Grip on Society Weakens by CHOE SANG-HUN

By CHOE SANG-HUN

The sign of life is a double-edged sword for Kim Jong-un, the nation’s leader, because information is seeping in along with foreign goods to marketplaces….

Published: April 30, 2017 at 11:09AM

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ASEAN Gives Beijing a Pass on South China Sea Dispute, Cites ‘Improving Cooperation’ by REUTERS

By REUTERS

Southeast Asian countries took a softer stance on South China Sea disputes during a weekend summit, according to a statement issued on Sunday, which went easy on China by avoiding tacit references to its building and arming of its manmade islands….

Published: April 30, 2017 at 03:27AM

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China’s Appetite Pushes Fisheries to the Brink by ANDREW JACOBS

By ANDREW JACOBS

Overfishing is depleting oceans across the globe, but China’s enormous appetite and massive fleet of deep-sea fishing vessels is having an outsize impact….

Published: April 30, 2017 at 03:00AM

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ASEAN Leader Philippines Go Easy on China Over Sea Disputes by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Philippines followed up a summit of Southeast Asian leaders by releasing a final communique Sunday that removed mention of international concerns over China’s “militarization” of newly built islands in the disputed South China Sea in a major c…

Published: April 30, 2017 at 02:27AM

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Cassini Looks Out from Saturn

This is what Saturn looks like from inside the rings. Last week, for the first time, NASA directed the Cassini spacecraft to swoop between Saturn and its rings. During the dive, the robotic spacecraft took hundreds of images showing unprecedented detail for structures in Saturn’s atmosphere. Looking back out, however, the spacecraft was also able to capture impressive vistas. In the featured image taken a few hours before closest approach, Saturn’s unusual northern hexagon is seen surrounding the North Pole. Saturn’s C ring is the closest visible, while the dark Cassini Division separates the inner B ring from the outer A. A close inspection will find the two small moons that shepherd the F-ring, the farthest ring discernable. This image is raw and will be officially verified, calibrated and released at a later date. Cassini remains on schedule to end its mission by plunging into Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15. via NASA http://ift.tt/2oRAspc

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Duterte Opens ASEAN Summit With Oblique Swipe at US, EU by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte opened an annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders on Saturday with an oblique swipe at Western governments, asking them not to meddle in the affairs of regional countries….

Published: April 29, 2017 at 01:09AM

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Arches of Spring

Two luminous arches stretched across the dome of the sky on this northern spring night. After sunset on March 29, the mountain view panorama was captured in 57 exposures from Chopok peak in central Slovakia at an altitude of about 2,000 meters. The arc of the northern Milky Way is visible toward the right, but only after it reaches above the terrestrial lights from the mountain top perspective. Though dusk has passed, a bright patch of celestial light still hovers near the horizon and fades into a second luminous arch of Zodiacal Light, crossing near the center of the Milky Way. Dust in the ecliptic plane reflects sunlight to create the Zodiacal glow, typically prominent after sunset in clear, dark, skies of the northern spring. Almost opposite the Sun, Jupiter shines brightly near the horizon toward the left. Since Jupiter lies near the ecliptic, it appears within the slight brightening of the Zodiacal band also opposite the Sun called the Gegenschein. via NASA http://ift.tt/2pG0XTC

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Trump Orders Review of Safety Rules Created After Gulf Oil Spill by CORAL DAVENPORT

By CORAL DAVENPORT

President Trump aims to roll back the Obama administration’s attempts to ban oil drilling off the southeastern Atlantic and Alaskan coasts….

Published: April 28, 2017 at 04:37PM

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Trump Signs Order Aimed at Opening Arctic Drilling by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Working to dismantle his predecessor’s environmental legacy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at expanding oil drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans….

Published: April 28, 2017 at 03:51AM

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George HW Bush Released After Latest Houston Hospital Stay by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former President George H.W. Bush was released Friday from a Houston hospital where he received treatment for a mild case of pneumonia and chronic bronchitis during a two-week stay….

Published: April 28, 2017 at 12:55PM

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Trump Aims to Expand U.S. Offshore Drilling, Despite Low Industry Demand by REUTERS

By REUTERS

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to extend offshore oil and gas drilling to areas that have been off limits, in a move to boost domestic production just as industry demand for the acreage nears the lowest in years….

Published: April 28, 2017 at 12:15PM

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Northern Lite: Britain’s EU Club Seeks Life After Brexit by REUTERS

By REUTERS

For its neighbors and closest friends in Europe, Britain’s impending departure from the EU has prompted a flurry of networking in the hope of defending free trade and lean budgets in Brussels….

Published: April 28, 2017 at 11:24AM

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