What's in our water?
physorg.com — Although America's supply of drinking water is considered among the world's safest, there is an urgent need to develop more stringent regulations to guide how water is monitored for pollutants, according to April Gu, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern ... (Submitted by louiebaur) More…
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Dow Chemical finally agrees to clean up dioxin pollution
latimes.com — U.S. EPA and Dow announced a deal they contend will finally address dioxin contamination from the company's chemical complex in Midland, about 200 miles from Chicago. Records show Dow has known since at least the mid-1960s that dioxins could sicken or even kill people, but the company insists the contamination does not pose health risks. (Submitted by naturalpapa) More…
Some of the Universe's First Galaxies Discovered
space.com — A new survey has found 22 of the earliest galaxies to form in the universe, confirming the age of one at just 787 million years after the theoretical Big Bang. These and other galaxies from the universe's childhood could help shed light on the conditions that governed the early universe. (Submitted by benb24) More…
UFOlogy Hits a New Low With The Fourth Kind [Spoilers!]
popularmechanics.com — The Fourth Kind's unconvincing UFOlogy gives this reviewer chills. The movie stumbles directly into the biggest problems facing UFOs debates: missing evidence, too many coincidences, cover-up conspiracies and aliens that, given their high-tech know-how, are just plain dumb. [spoilers]. (Submitted by mwtapp) More…
Resurrecting Newton to do away with dark matter
arstechnica.com — A review paper in this week's issue of Science looks at the current state of MOND theories, which seek to resurrect Newtonian gravity and are the chief competitors to the ΛCDM cosmological model, which relies on dark matter and dark energy. The verdict, according to the paper, is that MOND is still kicking. (Submitted by benb24) More…
Aftershocks from Slow Faults May Arrive Centuries Later
arstechnica.com — Models and data suggest that mid-continent earthquakes may well have been aftershocks from earthquakes that occurred more than 100 years earlier. have a deep and rather personal interest in earthquake and volcano prediction. This comes from spending most of my youth within a few kilometers of an active fault line and less than 100km..... (Submitted by oteque) More…
Marijuana Could Treat PTSD
wellness.blogs.time.com — Many millions have been made in Hollywood by lampooning the acute effects of marijuana on memory but Israeli researchers suggest that they might one day be harnessed to prevent or treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (Submitted by itc518) More…
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