en-na-hotdailynews: 2015-01-21 Namibia Science

Using X-rays, scientists read ancient, volcano-charred scrolls
Los Angeles Times
Talk about reading between the lines! Scientists wielding X-rays say they can, for the first time, read words inside the charred, rolled-up scrolls that survived the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius nearly two millenniums ago. The findings, described in the ...

Ancient Herculaneum Scrolls That Survived Vesuvius Eruption Deciphered By X ...   American Live Wire
Scientists use X-rays to decipher charred Vesuvius scrolls   Telegraph.co.uk
X-rays 'read' 2000-year-old charred scroll from Vesuvius eruption   Science Recorder
Reuters
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Atlas V blasts off from Cape with Navy satellite
USA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Fla. — An Atlas V rocket blasted off Tuesday night from Cape Canaveral with a Navy communications satellite that will serve as a cellphone tower in the sky for U.S. forces on patrol and in combat. The 206-foot United Launch Alliance rocket ...

Atlas 5 rocket boosts new Navy satellite into space   CBS News
Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral   The Guardian
Atlas rocket blasts off from Florida with military communications satellite   Reuters
WESH Orlando
SpaceFlight Insider
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NASA Releases New Images of Dwarf Planet Ceres
Wall Street Journal
NASA has released new images of the dwarf planet Ceres. The space agency's Dawn spacecraft is scheduled to reach the orbit of Ceres on March 6, 2015. Photo: NASA. Transcript. This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% ...

NASA's Close-up Pictures Of Ceres Leave Much To Be Desired   American Live Wire
NASA's releases new images of dwarf planet Ceres   New York Daily News
NASA's Dawn Captures New Images of Ceres   PC Magazine
Science Times
Geek Infinite
National Monitor
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Australian scientist first to catch mysterious alien radio signals
WA today
An Australian scientist has become the first person to witness a burst of radio waves, coming from an unknown source billions of light years away, arrive at Earth in real time. Swinburne University PhD student Emily Petroff watched the fast radio burst, which ...

Mysterious Radio Burst Captured In Real-Time For First Time Ever   Huffington Post
The Dish: How an Australian Sheep Farm Brought the Moon Landing to TV   Slate Magazine (blog)
Australian astronomers capture live alien radio bursts   New York Daily News

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Obama: We Should Act Like Global Warming Threatens National Security
Daily Caller
President Obama is not only worried about global warming's effect on the climate, he's now saying Americans should treat it like a national security threat. “The best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate, and if we do ...

Ireland publishes climate bill   Xinhua
State of the Union: Sen. Jim Inhofe responds to President Obama's SOTU ...   kjrh.com
Ireland sets out national objective with new climate bill   SMN Weekly
Williams Lake Tribune
Contra Costa Times
Sunbury Daily Item
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The Secret Behind The Cone Snail's Lethal Venom―Insulin
Science Times
Snails, the slow-moving crustaceans we often glance over, but some are anything but lethargic. Cone snails, for example, lie patiently in the shallows, waiting for an unsuspecting prey item to cross its path and that's when it springs into action. In the blink of an ...

This Snail Makes A Venom So Toxic, It Disables Fish Swimming Near It   io9
Sea Snails employ insulin to put their prey into hypoglycemic shock   Geek Infinite
Cone Snails use shots of weaponized insulin on their prey and foes   Capitalberg
Full-Time Whistle
Alaska Dispatch News
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AMAZING discovery - mummy mask contains fragment of the Gospel of Mark
Catholic Online
A mask is frequently used to conceal an identity. This is certainly the case of a mask used to cover up a mummy. A fragment of the Gospel of Mark has been found used in the mask, making it the oldest known example of Holy Scripture yet found. Created ...

Bible Scripture Found Hidden in Mummy Mask Could End Up Being the Oldest ...   TheBlaze.com
Egyptian mummy mask discovered to contain verses from the Bible   Examiner.com
The Markan Mummy   Patheos (blog)
Metro
NFTU
GMA News
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New Laser for Improved Imaging Technologies
Overclockers Club
Lasers are amazing pieces of technology that are in many of our devices, and used in the manufacture of many more. Naturally many future technologies will rely on them, but before some of them can be realized, certain issues must be overcome.
New laser to boost imaging quality of microscopes   Financial Express
New laser a game changer for future technology   Times of India
Yale group makes high power laser with low spatial coherence   Compound Semiconductor
Controlled Environments Magazine
RedOrbit
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New project to send seeds to Mars
Financial Express
A team of young researchers will send seeds to Mars in 2018 to grow the first plant on the Red planet. The Seed team has won a contest on the best designs for experiments on Mars organised by Dutch non-profit Mars One. “We are excited to announce the ...

Mars One to send seeds to the Red Planet   Delhi Daily News
Researchers to send seeds to Mars in 2018 / up to date   Full-Time Whistle
Taking life to Mars: Team to grow plants on Red Planet   Digital Journal
Maine News Online
Techie News
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New Clues Emerge About Kennewick Man
OPB News
Scientists have preliminary DNA evidence about the skeleton known as Kennewick Man. That DNA comes from the 9-thousand-year-old human skeleton found near the small town of Kennewick, Washington nearly 20 years ago. The bones kicked off a ...

DNA Analysis Suggests Kennewick Man was Native American / up to date   Full-Time Whistle
First DNA tests say Kennewick Man was Native American   Chron.com
Preliminary study of 9500-year-old skeleton points towards Native American ...   News Tonight Africa
Chinatopix
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