|  Pentagon appeals for scientists' help tracking anthrax shipments  | By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday asked microbiologists for help in tracking samples of anthrax that the army shipped to at least 51 labs in 17 U.S. states and three foreign countries, according to an announcement shared with Reuters. The request indicates that the Pentagon does not know where the anthrax wound up. Researchers who had worked with it at the Dugway Proving Ground biological lab in Utah thought the anthrax samples that they shipped had been killed, but at least one of the labs that received it said it in fact contained live spores.
| Read More » Water Fights and Grown-Up Talk: How Dads Do It Differently Dads toss their kiddos in the air, they roughhouse, and they're always game for a water-balloon fight. Thousands of studies have found differences, on average, in how dads and moms parent. From their willingness to tickle-fight to their grown-up speech, here are several ways dads parent differently from moms. Read More » 'Astronaut Wives Club' Post-'Launch' Review: Space History vs. Hollywood  | "The Astronaut Wives Club," ABC's new drama about the women behind America's first spacemen, has left the launch pad. The premiere of the 10 episode "limited series," aptly titled "Launch," debuted Thursday (June 18), almost two years after the network announced it was adapting Lily Koppel's 2013 book about the "Astro Wives" for the small screen. Spanning two years over the course of the hour, the first episode followed the selection of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts in 1959 through the launch of Alan Shepard (played here by Desmond Harrington) to become the first U.S. astronaut to fly in space in May 1961.
| Read More » Name a Mars Crater for Dad This Father's Day  | If dad already has enough ties and coffee mugs, you could always name a Mars crater for him this Father's Day. The space-funding company Uwingu, which sells naming rights to the 580,000 cataloged Mars craters that have yet to receive a moniker, is offering a special deal: Name a crater between now and Father's Day (June 21) and receive a decorative certificate, either a downloadable digital version or a printed and framed one. In addition, the people who buy the 50 biggest craters through Father's Day get a gift certificate whose value equals that of their purchase, which they can use to name more Red Planet craters through the end of the year.
| Read More » Father's Day Summer Solstice Marks Longest Day of the Year  | Dads everywhere will celebrate Father's Day today (June 21), and the Earth is joining the fun this year with the summer solstice, kicking off the first day of the northern summer. The height of the midday sun has been getting progressively higher since Dec. 21 (the winter solstice), as its direct rays have been gradually migrating to the north. In the summer solstice, the sun stops its northward motion and begins heading south.
| Read More » Solstice Science: How Humans Celebrate Official Start of Summer Today (June 21) marks the summer solstice, the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The summer solstice is also the longest day of the year for places in the Northern Hemisphere, which means daylight will get progressively shorter each day until the winter solstice in December. For countries north of the Tropic of Cancer, the summer solstice takes place when the Earth's tilt toward the sun is at a maximum, and the sun is directly over countries located across the Tropic of Cancer, such as Mexico, Egypt, India, and southern China. Read More » | |
