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Climate change is making days (a little) longer, study says
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 hour agoHere's what's happening: As the planet heats up, ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting, and this water from the polar regions is flowing into the world’s oceans ...
The Tarantula Is Big and Hairy But Not So Scary
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 hours ago"I believe the current large size of tarantulas stems from their ancestral condition of being a larger-bodied arachnid during a time when their prey was...
Cycling Tour de France
telegraphherald.com· 7 hours agoBelgium's Jasper Philipsen celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Norway's Alexander Kristoff, in red, left, to win the sixteenth stage of the...
Oh my (long) days: Melting ice caps slow Earth's spin
The Raw Story· 12 hours agoThe paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that water flowing...
The Poets Have Taken Governors Island
New York Times· 14 hours agoThousands of poetry fans and practitioners took the ferry out over the weekend to absorb one another’s work at the annual New York City Poetry Festival.
An astronaut, McFly star & VR: Must-sees at RIAT 2024
BBC News· 18 hours agoThe annual event, at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, attracts more than 150,000 people and hosts more than 250 aircraft. Of course, the world's largest military air show wouldn't be complete ...
Calling All Birders—These Cruises Were Made Just for You
AFAR· 1 day agoIn recent years, HX (formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions) has won raves for the sustainability focus it...
Melting polar ice changes the Earth's cycle, making our days longer
The Compass· 1 day agoThe pace is changing as the polar ice melts due to global warming According to a study published...
Climate change is messing with time more than previously thought, scientists find
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoIf planet-heating pollution continues to rise, warming the oceans and accelerating ice loss in...
Climate change is altering the length of days on Earth, according to new research
ABC News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoThe days are getting longer as global temperatures continue to rise, new research shows. As ice...