‘Logan’s Run’ Co-Author George Clayton Johnson Dead at 86 by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

George Clayton Johnson, the legendary science-fiction writer who authored the first “Star Trek” television episode and several classic stories for the popular 1960s TV show “The Twilight Zone,” died on Christmas Day. He was 86.

Published: December 25, 2015 at 02:11PM

from NYT Arts http://ift.tt/1RKZwdn
via IFTTT

from WordPress http://ift.tt/1YDv6hJ
via IFTTT

As Oil Money Melts, Alaska Mulls First Income Tax in 35 Years by KIRK JOHNSON

By KIRK JOHNSON

Falling oil prices have the least-taxed state in the nation facing a budget crisis, and the governor asking residents to shoulder more of the costs.

Published: December 25, 2015 at 07:00PM

from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/1VhDNc8
via IFTTT

from WordPress http://ift.tt/1YDv3T0
via IFTTT

At the Bottom of the Ocean, a Lost Wedding Ring Is Found by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A New Jersey man has been reunited with his wedding ring that fell off his finger and sank to the bottom of the ocean while he was fishing.

Published: December 25, 2015 at 05:28AM

from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/1OdpUdw
via IFTTT

from WordPress http://ift.tt/1YDv3CC
via IFTTT

Sailing Rallies to Save the Seas by CHRISTOPHER CLAREY

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY

With the world’s oceans more and more endangered by pollution, sailors and others in the sport are sounding the alarm.

Published: December 26, 2015 at 09:00AM

from NYT Sports http://ift.tt/1U8c1xy
via IFTTT

from WordPress http://ift.tt/1YDv3ma
via IFTTT

Death Sentence for Myanmar Men Prompts Protest at ‘Shameless’ Thais by REUTERS

By REUTERS

Hundreds called for the release of two Myanmar migrant workers in a protest in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, on Friday, a day after a Thai court sentenced the two to death for the 2014 murders of two young British tourists.

Published: December 24, 2015 at 07:56PM

from NYT World http://ift.tt/1Oqz74a
via IFTTT

from WordPress http://ift.tt/1Ztz1KU
via IFTTT

Star Colors and Pinyon Pine

Beautiful, luminous decorations on this pinyon pine tree are actually bright stars in the constellation Scorpius and the faint glow of the central Milky Way. Captured in June from the north rim of the Grand Canyon of planet Earth, the shallow, close focus image has rendered pine needles on the tree branch sharp, but blurred the distant stars, their light smeared into remarkably colorful disks. Of course, temperature determines the color of a star. Most of the out-of-focus bright stars of Scorpius show a predominately blue hue, their surface temperatures much hotter than the Sun’s. Cooler and larger than the Sun, and noticably redder on the scene, is giant star Antares at the heart of the scorpion. In focused, telescopic views the whitish disk at the upper right would be immediately recognizable though, reflecting the Sun’s light as ringed gas giant Saturn. via NASA http://ift.tt/1OpIO30

from WordPress http://ift.tt/1NOuY4v
via IFTTT

Polluted Waters Give Rise to Environmental Pulpit by CHRISTOPHER CLAREY

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY

With ocean health front and center in the sailing world as concern over pollution grows ahead of next year’s Olympics, more sailors are raising awareness to reduce environmental damage to the oceans.

Published: December 24, 2015 at 07:00PM

from NYT Sports http://ift.tt/1Vemrgb
via IFTTT

from WordPress http://ift.tt/1OqA5gV
via IFTTT