en-na-hotdailynews: 2015-03-12 Namibia Science

Why tiny Saturn moon Enceladus is new hot spot in search for life
Christian Science Monitor
A new study suggests that Enceladus might have hot, mineral-rich water seeping into the ocean beneath its icy surface. On Earth, thriving ecosystems live in such environments. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer March 11, 2015. close. This photo shows water vapor ...

Hydrothermal Vents on Saturn Moon May Point to Conditions for Alien Life   Sputnik International
Saturn's moon Enceladus may be able to harbor life   The Space Reporter
NASA: "Enceladus's Subsurface Ocean May Be Suitable for Living Organisms"   The Daily Galaxy (blog)
National Monitor
Yibada (English Edition)
Gulf Times
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Chameleons' color-changing secret revealed
CBS News
The chameleon's uncanny ability to change color has long mystified people, but now the lizard's secret is out: Chameleons can rapidly change color by adjusting a layer of special cells nestled within their skin, a new study finds. Unlike other animals that ...

Chameleon's colour magic revealed   Telegraph.co.uk
Chameleons Change Color By 'Tuning' Tiny Crystals In Their Skin, Scientists Say   Huffington Post
The Secret to How Chameleons Change Color: Nanocrystals   Wired
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Hindu
Newsweek
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Are we in a human epoch and if so, when did it begin?
National Monitor
According to new research, the dawn of the human influenced geological age may have begun with a rapid drop in greenhouse gasses. Anthropocene is a proposed geologic chronological term for an epoch that begins when human activities have had a ...

New study pegs the beginning of the Anthropocene in 1610   SMN Weekly
Anthropocene, new geological epoch driven by humans started in 1610   Market Business News
The Human Epoch: when did it start?   The Guardian
Scientific American
Los Angeles Times
New York Times (blog)
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Woman Cosmonaut Elena Serova (and Two Guys) Return From Orbit
NBCNews.com
The first Russian woman to live aboard the International Space Station returned to Earth on Thursday, alongside a NASA astronaut and a Russian crewmate. Cosmonaut Elena Serova was the last to emerge from the Soyuz capsule after its touchdown amid ...

Astronauts return to Earth from ISS   Sky News Australia
Soyuz carrying 3 ISS crew landing in Kazakhstan   RT
Astronauts Board Space Capsule Soyuz to Return to Earth   NDTV
Malay Mail Online
Reuters
Channel News Asia
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NASA test-fires Space Launch System (SLS) rocket booster that will take ...
ABC Online
The most powerful solid rocket booster ever built has been fired up for the first time in a test that NASA described as a "significant milestone" toward Mars. Tied horizontally to the ground at the base of a Utah mountain, the 54-metre-long Space Launch System ...

NASA's New Rocket Booster Is A Firebreathing God of Thunder   Gizmodo
In 'milestone' towards Mars, Nasa test-fires rocket   DAWN.com
Watch NASA Fire Up the Biggest Rocket Ever Built   PC Magazine
Engadget
WTVY, Dothan
CNET
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We Have New Neighbours: Dwarf Galaxies Found Orbiting The Milky Way
Gizmodo Australia
Thanks to decades of work from scientists around the world (and the Hubble telescope's pretty pictures, of course), it feels like there's little left unknown in the universe. Which is probably why the casual discovery of, I don't know, nine new nearby galaxies ...

As many as nine new dwarf galaxies found outside Milky Way   Science News
Rare dwarf galaxies found   Independent Online
Nine dwarf galaxies found orbiting the Milky Way   gulfnews.com
Daily Mail
India Today
Hindu Business Line
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Neanderthals may have developed jewelry long before the arrival of Homo ...
National Monitor
A new study suggests that creativity and abstract thought may be much older than modern humans. According to new research, Neanderthals in what is now Croatia may have been making jewelry long before the arrival of modern man. There was a time, not ...

Neanderthal eagle-claw jewellery discovered   ABC Science Online
Neanderthals Made World's First Jewelry Out Of Eagle Talons? (VIDEO)   Headlines & Global News
Neanderthals: the world's first jewelers?   SMN Weekly
Sci-News.com
The Times (subscription)
Live Science
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Van Gogh's reds are fading because he used cheap paint
The Times (subscription)
The vivid reds in Vincent van Gogh's paintings are slowly fading to white because of a pigment in his oils. Chemical analysis of Van Gogh's 1889 painting Wheat Stack Under a Cloudy Sky suggests that exposure to light is degrading the bright red paint that ...

Why are Vincent van Gogh's paintings fading?   WallStreet OTC
Is Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers at risk of fading away?   Daily Mail
Why Vincent van Gogh paintings are turning white   Firstpost
Hindustan Times
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