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2015-05-05 Namibia Science


The Globe and Mail
   
New findings on whale tongues may lead to insight on human nerve damage   
The Globe and Mail
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have discovered that the largest animals alive – whales – have nerves in their tongues that can double in length and then recoil like a bungee cord. The researchers were studying specimens at a ...

Huge rorqual whales have nerves like 'bungee cords,' UBC scientists learn   CBC.ca
Giant Whales Use Super-Stretchy Nerves Like Bungee Cords To Capture Fish   Tech Times
Bungee-like nerve in whales allows them to open wide to feed   CTV News
Nature World News   
Lethbridge Herald   
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New York Times
   
Espresso? Now the International Space Station Is Fully Equipped   
New York Times
ROME — Samantha Cristoforetti had an espresso on Sunday that was out of this world, and she did it in the name of science. Ms. Cristoforetti is an astronaut, the seventh Italian and the first Italian woman to venture into orbit. She has been at the International ...

Space Shot: Italian Astronaut 'Boldly' Brews Espresso On Space Station   NPR (blog)
Astronauts Enjoy 'Out Of This World' Cup Of Coffee   CBS Local
Italian Astronaut Gets First Sip of New and Improved Space Espresso   ABC News
The Globe and Mail   
Boston Globe (subscription)   
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Women's Agenda
   
Meet the woman leading the charge on solving climate change   
Women's Agenda
A large Sydney audience will tonight hear from the woman leading the charge on solving one of the world's most pressing issues – climate change. Decorated diplomat, speaker, climate change expert and executive secretary of the United Nations Framework ...

UN says carbon plans 'deeply inadequate'   Sky News Australia
Report: Global emissions goals still aren't enough to prevent dangerous warming   Washington Post
Carbon plans deeply inadequate   gulfnews.com
The Australian   
NJ.com   
Brisbane Times   
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Phys.Org
   
Study finds fjords help fight climate change   
National Monitor
A study found that fjords are capable of burying up to 18 million tons of organic carbon, and as a result, they can play an important role in regulating climate change. A study showed Monday that fjords from Alaska to Norway are playing an important role in ...

Good news for Norway: Study finds fjords natural allies against climate change   Malay Mail Online
Picturesque fjords also regulate climate   Otago Daily Times
Picturesque fjords also bury carbon - NZ researcher   New Zealand Herald
Christian Science Monitor   
CBC.ca   
Futurity: Research News   
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The Space Reporter
   
Astronauts may risk brain damage on journeys to Mars   
The Space Reporter
Astronauts traveling to Mars could sustain brain damage from exposure to galactic cosmic rays that could impair their cognitive functions, according to a study by neuroscientist and radiation biologist Charles Limoli of the University of California at Irvine.
Future Mars explorers may suffer brain damage on the journey   The Weather Network
This Is Your Brain in Deep Space: Could Cosmic Rays Threaten Mars Missions?   Space.com
Astronauts risk brain damage on their way to Mars, says Nasa study   The Independent
The Australian   
Huffington Post   
Times of India   
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ABC Science Online
   
Feeding wild birds ruffles species balance   
ABC Science Online
Birds in backyards Backyard feeding of wild birds can decrease native species while boosting introduced species, new research suggests. The findings, from the longest-running study of its kind, are published this week in the Proceedings of the National ...

Native grey warbler loses battle for food   Auckland stuff.co.nz
Feeding not helping native bird   Radio New Zealand
Urban bird-feeding makes life tough for tiny national bird   Scoop.co.nz
News24   
Discovery News   
Phys.Org   
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VICE News
   
China's Three Gorges Dam Is Threatened by Climate Change, Says Government ...   
VICE News
China's Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric plant in the world, stretching nearly a mile and half wide and over 600 feet high — five time larger than the Hoover Dam. And climate change is seriously threatening the dam's future. China's top ...

China's east coast 'should lead way' with carbon caps   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Climate change threatens major building projects, says Chinese expert   The Guardian
China's ticking climate time bomb   Independent Online

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The Space Reporter
   
High school students find pulsar with widest known orbit   
The Space Reporter
A pair of high school student researchers located a pulsar with the widest orbit ever seen around another neutron star. The team discovered the previously unknown pulsar by analyzing data collected from the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd ...

High School Scientists Discover A Pulsar In Widest Orbit Yet Seen   Tech Times
Two High School Studes Uncover a Pulsar with the Broadest Orbit   Times Gazette
High school students discover rare pulsar couple   Times of India
Astronomy Magazine   
Business Standard   
Clapway   
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NDTV
   
With Rising Numbers, Lions Overflowing Gir? Latest Census Hopes to Find Out   
NDTV
Ahmedabad: Is the Gir lion overflowing the borders of Gir? Are their numbers so high? These are the two vital questions wildlife experts hope to answer in a lion census that got underway this weekend. A spate of man-animal conflicts in recent years points in ...

Asiatic Lion census begins in Gir forest   Business Standard
India holds census of endangered asiatic lions   Peninsula On-line
Asiatic lions-census begins in Gujrat's Gir Sanctuary   Odisha Samaya

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Science Times
   
Will Russia Dismantle the ISS?   
Science Times
Since 1998, the International Space Station has stood has a symbol of global cooperation even at times when the participating countries weren't seeing eye to eye. It's 15 modules have been inhabited continuously since 2000 and over the years it has played ...

Share this story   Herald Sun
Russian spacecraft falling to Earth poses no danger – we have survived bigger ...   Scroll.in
Russia's now lost Progress 59 spacecraft may crash into Earth this week   Techie News
Empire State Tribune   
MINA   
Motley Fool   
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