Leben (Life aka misc)

Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shared this report from the New York Times about a “particularly unusual” star about 150 light-years away that’s orbited by three planets: What’s unusual is the inclinations of the outer two planets, HD 3167 c and d. Whereas in our solar system all the planets orbit Read more…

Hecate Energy’s plans for a 500-acre solar farm in upstate New York were cut by 50% “after facing an outcry from some in the community who feared the installation would mar the bucolic setting.” The Copake fight mirrors similar battles raging across the country in rural areas like Lake County, Read more…

So how exactly did the universe come into existence? “A recent astronomical measurement recorded in a laboratory at the South Pole is causing scientists to revisit their theories…” writes Don Lincoln, a senior scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: In the intervening decades [since 1929], observations have only strengthened Read more…

Tonight 70 countries around the world set their clocks back an hour — including most of the United States, Canada, the EU and the UK. Yet “The practice has drawn complaints about its disruptive effects on sleep and schedules,” reports UPI, adding that “The American Academy of Medicine has called Read more…