Neil DeGrasse Tyson took a swing at climate change deniers during his Daily Show interview Monday night. The topic came up when host Trevor Noah asked the astrophysicist about his recent tweet, “Odd. No one is in denial of America’s Aug 21 total solar eclipse. Like Climate Change, methods & tools of science predict it.” […]
Neil DeGrasse Tyson took a swing at climate change deniers during his Daily Show interview Monday night. The topic came up when host Trevor Noah asked the astrophysicist about his recent tweet, “Odd. No one is in denial of America’s Aug 21 total solar eclipse. Like Climate Change, methods & tools of science predict it.” […]
By Katherine Ripley On Aug. 19, around 4 p.m., 5,000 salmon escaped from Cooke Aquaculture, an aquaculture farm in the Puget Sound in Washington. There have been some anecdotal accounts of animals behaving strangely in response to the solar eclipse that happened on Aug. 21. Could this salmon jailbreak have been the animals’ reaction to […]
By Anne Bolen On Aug. 21, for the first time since 1918, a total solar eclipse will cross the U.S. from coast to coast. Along the path of totality, the moon will completely block out the sun, turning day to twilight for nearly three minutes. While a partial eclipse will be visible throughout the U.S., […]
Just yesterday at my local supermarket checkout line, I was innocently asked why I needed to pick up a pair of solar eclipse glasses. “Um, because I could go blind,” I responded. “You should get a pair, too.” You see, I happen to live on the South Carolina coast, which is right on the path […]
This August, Americans will have a rare opportunity to see a total solar eclipse from their homeland, but it will also be a misfortune for solar arrays nationwide. The Great American Solar Eclipse, as scientists and enthusiasts are referring to it, will be Aug. 21 and people from across the globe are expected to be […]