When the signs of life are discovered in the universe, we find very specific things based on what we know: Earth-like planets, in orbit around stars, and at distances that allow liquid surface water. But, imaginatively, there may be other forms of life that seem like nothing we have never …
Read More »Mica living organisms beneath the surface of the earth may be remnants of ancient life forms
There is a tremendous variety of life beneath the surface of the earth. A new analysis of two large groups of subsurface microorganisms has now revealed that their evolutionary path to life in the dark has been more bizarre than we expected. During the first 2 billion years of our …
Read More »MGM Resorts laid off 18,000 former employees
MGM Resorts International said Friday it is sending divorce letters to 18,000 former employees across the United States, making their job cuts permanent for now. MGM’s Empire City remains closed in New York State, as does its MGM Park in Las Vegas. Casinos in Las Vegas, where MGM has an …
Read More »Weak but still dangerous, Tropical Storm Laura remains a threat
Remnants of Hurricane Laura caused heavy rains and tornadoes hundreds of miles into the country, loosening a path of death and damaged buildings along the Gulf Coast, and forecasters warned that an easterly bend would again threaten the storm, this time for the densely populated area. Eastern Seaboard. Trees were …
Read More »Tropical Storm Marco shuts down Louisiana when Laura Cuba buffers
After a day like a hurricane, Tropical Storm approached Marco Louisiana for an expected landfall at noon Monday, while Tropical Storm Laura was predicted to move over the south coast of Cuba the day before entering the Gulf of Mexico and heading toward the same line of the U.S. coast …
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