ATACAMA DESERT, Chile (PNN) - April 6, 2017 - Scientists say they have detected an atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet for the first time.

They have studied a world known as GJ 1132b, which is 1.4-times the size of our planet and lies 39 light years away.

Their observations suggest that the "super-Earth" is cloaked in a thick layer of gases that are either water or methane or a mixture of both.

The study is published in the Astronomical Journal.

PARIS, France (PNN) - April 4, 2017 - France's presidential rivals face off tonight in the second televised candidates debate with the result of the upcoming election on a knife-edge.

Even before either has opened his or her mouth, tonight’s clash, to be broadcast to millions, is a powerful symbol of the political earthquake that has already changed France’s political landscape.

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - April 4, 2017 - Kalifornia will shortly bring more Tesla energy storage systems online in Southern Kalifornia Edison’s (SCE) service area.

The 50 MW projects (utilizing Tesla’s Powerpack 2) are conducted by Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investing arm of Macquarie Group (a global finance corporation).

HOUSTON, Texas (PNN) - March 29, 2017 - There is evidence for subsurface oceans within nearly a dozen bodies (planets, asteroids and moons) in the Solar system.

Jupiter's Europa, Saturn's Enceladus, and Titan have the strongest evidence.

BOSTON, Massachusetts (PNN) - March 28, 2017 - A team of scientists at the Boston Children’s Hospital have invented what is being considered one the greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years. They have designed a microparticle that can be injected into a person’s bloodstream that can quickly oxygenate his or her blood. This will even work if the ability to breathe has been restricted, or even cut off entirely.

BOSTON, Massachusetts (PNN) - March 27, 2017 - Cells are basically tiny computers: they send and receive inputs and output accordingly. If you chug a Frappuccino, your blood sugar spikes, and your pancreatic cells get the message. Output: more insulin.

MELBOURNE, Australia (PNN) - March 23, 2017 - Scientists have made a discovery that could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses aging.

The drug could help damaged DNA to miraculously repair and even protect NASA astronauts on Mars by protecting them from solar radiation.

MADISON COUNTY, Georgia (PNN) - March 6, 2017 - In spite of their best and most tyrannical intentions, the police state is losing the information war in regards to the bogus war on drugs. No longer do the majority of Amerikans buy into the reefer madness that was used for decades to wage a racist and vile campaign that destroyed everything it touched. However, in spite of the fact that they are losing the information war, the dinosaur drug warriors continue to charge on - after all, their paychecks and pensions depend on it.

CULVER CITY, Kalifornia (PNN) - March 21, 2017 - Building a new 700mph transport system sounds pretty tricky, so one Hyperloop company has decided to kick things off by building the passenger pods first.

Hyperloop is a proposed plan to transport people or cargo between cities at near-supersonic speed in vacuum-sealed pods.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (PNN) - March 20, 2017 - Robot police were once sci-fi fantasy, but soon the real thing will be patrolling the streets of Dubai.

While the original RoboCop from the 1987 film, a superhuman cyborg law enforcer, could hunt down murderous criminals, the real-life version will be tackling more straightforward misdemeanors.