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Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Act, Asteroid Hunters Want to Launch Private Telescope: KQED Science News Roundup
Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.
Supreme Court Upholds Health Care ActSupreme Court Upholds Health Care Act Update, 7:27 AM, More details on nuances from the individual justices: Now from scotusblog.com: Kennedy is reading a dissent saying the whole thing should be invalid. Meanwhile Ginsberg writes it should be entirely valid. "Justice Ginsburg makes clear that the vote is 5-4 on sustaining the mandate as a form of tax.
Dinosaurs were warm-blooded, new paper reportsFor more than 40 years, some paleontologists have argued that the dinosaurs were cold-blooded, like modern reptiles – the technical term is ectotherms – while most fossil hunters have agreed that, whether they were as large as Tyrannosaurus rex or as small as chicken-sized Velociraptor, the dinosaurs were warm-blooded – the term is endotherms. [...]
Asteroid hunters want to launch private telescopeLOS ANGELES (AP) â Who will protect us from a killer asteroid? A team of ex-NASA astronauts and scientists thinks it's up to them. In a bold plan unveiled Thursday, the group wants to launch its own space telescope to spot and track small and mid-sized space rocks capable of wiping out a city or continent.
'Biohackers' mining their own bodies' dataDave Asprey's morning regimen will seem deeply unfamiliar to anyone accustomed to starting the day with a cup of sludge from the Mr. Coffee, a Pop-Tart and a self-administered slap across the face in the bathroom mirror.
Weather alerts coming soon to smartphone near youMINNEAPOLIS (AP) â Millions of smartphone users will soon begin receiving text messages about severe weather from a sophisticated government system that can send a blanket warning to mobile devices in the path of a dangerous storm.
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