en-na-hotdailynews: 2015-02-20 Namibia Science

Bishops from Alaska, Fiji, Namibia to meet in Cape Town on climate change
Ecumenical News
People attend a religious service, asking God for rains to prevent new wildfires, in the village of Kriusha, which is shrouded in heavy smog, some 250 km (155 miles) southeast of Moscow in Ryazan region, August 7, 2010. Forest and peat fires by the highest ...

From Fiji to Alaska - Eco bishops head for SA   Anglicannews

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When it comes to evolution, bigger really is better
Christian Science Monitor
Stanford researchers have compiled data that seems to support Cope's rule – the notion that evolution "favors" size. By Joseph Dussault, Staff Writer February 19, 2015. close. A southern right whale leaps out of water in the Atlantic Sea, offshore of the ...

Evolution 'favours bigger sea creatures'   BBC News
Evolution Proved Favourable for Marine Animals: Study   SMN Weekly
Sea creatures are getting BIGGER: Researchers say giants of the deep are largest   Daily Mail
Xinhua
Raw Story
Santa Cruz Sentinel
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Meteorite likely nothing but dust now, Bloom prof says
Sunbury Daily Item
BLOOMSBURG — Trying to find pieces of the 500-pound meteorite that exploded at 45,000 mph over western Pennsylvania early Thursday morning, even with the countryside covered in snow, are slim, says a Bloomsburg University professor after whom an ...

500-pound, two-foot-wide fireball lights up sky over Pennsylvania   The Space Reporter
Meteor causes light show early Tuesday   Butler Eagle (subscription)
Nasa films fireball meteor flying over New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio   Telegraph.co.uk
Mirror.co.uk
KSL.com
New York Daily News
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Dark Matter Could Cause a Massive Extinction on Earth
Guardian Liberty Voice
Dark matter, the mysterious, invisible pseudo-material that makes up a large portion of the known Universe, could possibly be responsible for a future massive extinction on Earth. According to scientists, a large comet slammed into the Earth 65 million years ...

Dark Matter May Have Wiped Out The Dinosaurs...Or Was It Something Else?   Tech Times
Did dark matter kill off the dinosaurs?   The Times (subscription)
Extinctions On Earth Could Occur On A Schedule Set By Dark Matter   Forbes
Telegraph.co.uk
The Economist
Pioneer News
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How a black hole's cosmic burp could change the galaxy
Christian Science Monitor
A supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy PDS 456 has 'belched up' cosmic winds powerful enough to alter the fate of the galaxy. By Calla Cofield, Space.com February 19, 2015. close. This artist's illustration depicts the furious cosmic winds ...

Black Hole's Mighty Belch Reshapes Galaxy, More Energy Than Trillion Suns   The Inquisitr
Black holes might be critical in the formation of galaxies, new study shows   Science Recorder
Dark matter appears to increase black hole size   Science Now
CNET
NBCNews.com
States Chronicle
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Nasa: 'Crash' with star barely scratched the bumper
Times LIVE
The star, nicknamed Scholz's star after the German astronomer who discovered it, was speeding away from us. File photo. Image by: Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester. A recently discovered stellar neighbour penetrated the edges of our solar system at ...

A Cosmic Close Shave ... 70000 Years Ago   Slate Magazine (blog)
Alien star passed through solar system   iAfrica.com
Scholz's star: 70000 years ago alien star narrowly missed sun - by just five trillion ...   Mirror.co.uk
CNET
Huffington Post
Los Angeles Times
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NASA issues new days for upcoming ISS spacewalks
SpaceFlight Insider
NASA has released new dates for three planned spacewalks that are now scheduled to take place on Saturday, Feb. 21; Wednesday, Feb. 25; and Sunday, March 1. These extra-vehicular activities or “EVAs” are being conducted to prepare the International ...

NASA delays space station spacewalk by day because of suit issue   CTV News
NASA delays spacewalk to Saturday to analyze spacesuit   Zee News
Nasa delays spacewalks to fix spacesuit problem linked to near-drowning of ...   Daily Mail
TODAYonline
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Shelved and overlooked fossil turns out to be a new prehistoric species
AOL News
A fossil that had been overlooked for the 30 years it's been sitting in storage at a UK museum got a closer look, and it turns out it's evidence of a previously unknown species. The remains are from of a type of ichthyosaur that swam the prehistoric seas 189 ...

Forgotten fossil reveals new species of ancient marine reptile   UPI.com
New type of Jurassic reptile identified in UK   Zee News
Fossil 'replica' found to be unknown species of dinosaur   ITV News
BBC News
Manchester Evening News
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Watch Pluto's moons go: New Horizons captures Nix and Hydra in action
Los Angeles Times
Well hey there, little moons! In the home stretch of a 9.5-year journey, NASA's New Horizons mission has caught two of Pluto's lunar companions on camera as they circle around the dwarf planet. The images, made into a video, offer the first good view of ...

New Horizons Probe Watches Pluto's Tiny Moons Go Round   NBCNews.com
Pluto's Tiny Moons Spied by Incoming NASA Probe   Discovery News
NASA Releases Images of 2 Pluto Moons on Anniversary Prof Clyde ...   University Herald
ABC News
Blastr
Daily Mail
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Science Confirms That Being Unemployed Actually Changes Your Personality
Fast Company
The unemployment rate has fallen since 2013, but the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there are still some 2.8 million Americans who have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more. Those job hunters may not be surprised by the results of a new ...

Unemployment might actually morph your personality   Fusion
Unemployment alters our personality to make us less friendly, study claims   Daily Mail
How Unemployment Might Change Your Personality in the Long Term   New York Magazine
Business Standard
Daily News & Analysis
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