SCIENCE

U.S. Postal Service Issues Forever Sun Science Stamps

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Staff Report – GREENBELT, Md. — The U.S. Postal Service issued forever Sun Science stamps this week at a special dedication ceremony at the Greenbelt Main Post Office. They are now for sale at Post Offices nationwide. The Stamps highlight stunning images of the sun that celebrate the science behind the ongoing exploration of our…

If the Plagues of 2020 Were Not Enough: Here Come the Brood X Cicadas

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – It must have seemed like a Biblical plague of locusts in May, 1715, when the Reverend Andreas Sandel of Philadelphia’s “Gloria Dei” Swedish Lutheran Church first described the emergence of billions of brown and black cicadas with bugged-out red eyes. But in 1732, botanist John Bartram wrote a…

U.S. Counties at Highest Risk for COVID Often Have Lowest Vaccination Rates

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The vaccine rollout was meant to prioritize vulnerable communities, but four months of data shows healthier — and often wealthier — counties have been faster to vaccinate. By Ryan Gabrielson Vaccinating America As the U.S. rushes to vaccinate its population against the coronavirus, most counties with the sickest residents are lagging behind and making only…

Help is On the Way for People Searching for COVID Vaccines

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By Glynn Wilson – After a year of federal confusion over the coronavirus pandemic and 500,000 deaths in the United States in large part because of the lack of a plan by the Trump administration, it’s only taken the Biden administration a month in office to come up with a national website to help Americans…

Wild Turkeys Make a Comeback in North America

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By Glynn Wilson – Beginning around the time of the first Thanksgiving harvest feast in North America in the 1620s, European settlers almost wiped out native wild turkeys on the continent by the early-20th century. Conservation efforts since the 1970s, however, have been successful, and the population has made a comeback to an estimated 7…

Get Outside on National Public Lands Day: Free Admission to National Parks September 26

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Staff Report The National Park Service will provide free admission to all national parks on September 26 for National Public Lands Day — one of the nation’s largest annual celebrations of the great American outdoors. Established by the National Environmental Education Foundation in 1994, National Public Lands Day encourages environmental stewardship and access to public…

America Torn Asunder: 100,000 Dead, 40 Million Unemployed

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Instead of Coming Together to Fight for Survival, Our Cities Are Divided and Wracked by Violence- By Glynn Wilson – One hundred thousand Americans are dead due the novel coronavirus, likely spawned in on outhouse full of human DNA and animal waste at or near a wet meat market in Wuhan, China, where animal-to-human transmission…

Coronavirus Hits Gulf Coast Just In Time for Spring Break

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U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Birmingham, Alabama, Urges People to Be Concerned and Prepare, but Not Panic – By Glynn Wilson – PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Spring Break travel and tourism season is just now getting into full swing along the Gulf Coast, just in time for what could be the worst human…

Can Altruism Trump Selfishness to Save Democracy and Planet Earth?

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Part II: How Existential Anxiety Leads to Authoritarianism – Case Studies: Donald Trump and George Wallace By Glynn Wilson – Introduction Donald Trump has fired all the scientists in the White House. He’s made working conditions in the federal agencies so intolerable that many smart, educated people have simply quit. That seems to be by…

Science Proves That 2019 Was the Second Warmest Year on Record

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Yes, the global warming is caused by human activities – By Glynn Wilson – The science is in. Yes, planet Earth is still growing hotter, and 2019 was the second hottest year since records have been kept beginning in 1880. And yes, the global warming is caused by humans burning fossil fuels for energy. There…

Michigan Researchers Discover Giant Spider Over Small Possum

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If you suffer from the phobia of arachnophobia, the a fear of spiders, you might not want to see this. In a shocking bit of science that appears to be right out of a futuristic science fiction horror movie, Michigan researchers studying in the Amazon rainforest came across a large tarantula making a meal out…