en-na-hotdailynews: 2015-05-22 Namibia Science

World's largest particle collider busts record
DAWN.com
GENEVA: The world's largest particle smasher broke the record for energy levels late on Wednesday in a test run after a two-year upgrade, CERN announced on Thursday. “Last night, protons collided in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the record-breaking ...

Large Hadron Collider breaks atom smashing record   Daily Mail
Geneva particle smasher sets energy level record   The Local.ch
LHC smashes energy record with test collisions   BBC News

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Antarctic Peninsula in 'dramatic' ice loss
BBC News
Satellites have seen a sudden dramatic change in the behaviour of glaciers on the Antarctica Peninsula, according to a Bristol University-led study. The ice streams were broadly stable up until 2009, since when they have been losing on the order of 56 billion ...

Antarctic glaciers thinning so fast, it's like a switch was flipped   Christian Science Monitor
Antarctic glaciers once thought stable now thawing fast - study   Reuters
Some Antarctic glaciers reached a tipping point in 2009   ABC Online
Smithsonian
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Reuters

SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule leaves space station
Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla A Space Exploration Technologies Dragon cargo capsule sailed away from the International Space Station on Thursday and headed for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The capsule arrived at the station on April 17 with more than ...

SpaceX signs off on another successful mission with Pacific splashdown   The Register
SpaceX Launches Dragon Spacecraft   NBCNews.com
International Space Station: NASA TV to Air U.S. Cargo Ship Departure from ...   Headlines & Global News

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Ocean's hidden world of plankton revealed in 'enormous database'
BBC News
The hidden world of the ocean's tiniest organisms has been revealed in a series of papers published in the journal Science. An international team has been studying samples of plankton collected during a three-year global expedition. They have so far found ...

Scientists want you to know plankton is not just whale food   Daily Mail
Global ocean census uncovers trove of unknown life   CBS News
World of diversity discovered in tiny ocean creatures   Yahoo News
The Verge
Science Magazine (subscription)
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Big Energy clashes with John Kerry on how to fix climate change
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Europe's biggest energy companies clashed with US Secretary of State John Kerry over who should move first on climate change, coarsening the debate on how to rein in air pollution that's warming the planet. PHOTO: AFP. Comments. Share. May 22 ...

Pakistan welcomes French president call on climate pact   The Nation
What's missing from our climate pledges? Low-carbon R&D   The Conversation AU
UN climate fund gears up to deploy cash after Japan inks pledge   Reuters

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'Chicken from hell' part of 2014's top new species
Times of India
NEW YORK: Some 18,000 species, great and small, were discovered in 2014, adding to the 2 million already known, scientists said on Thursday, as they released a "Top 10" list that highlights the diversity of life. The 10 are "a reminder of the wonders awaiting ...

'Top 10' new species includes cartwheeling spider, 'chicken from hell'   TODAYonline
Top 10 new species of 2015 (pictures)   CNET
Top 10 new species list includes cartwheeling spider   ABC Science Online
Science Recorder
Newser
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How the Octopus is 'Seeing' Without Eyes
Yibada (English Edition)
The California two spot octopus possesses light sensitive proteins on their skin for them to "see". (Photo : UCSB). Scientists reveal that some octopus species can "see" with their skin. This type of sensory perception does not work exactly the same as eyesight ...

Light-Sensitive Skin Provides Octopus Extra Eyes   Times Gazette
Light Sensors in Cephalopod Skin   The Scientist
Octopus can use its skin to see   UPI.com
New York Times
The UCSB Current
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Bowwow wow! Dog domestication much older than previously known
TODAYonline
The lower jawbone of the Taimyr Wolf that lived approximately 27,000 to 40,000 years ago is seen in an undated handout picture courtesy of geneticist Love Dalen of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Photo: Reuters. mail · print. View all 0 comments ...

Long tail: dogs may have lived with humans for 30000 years   The Guardian
Dogs were domesticated at least 27000 years ago, ancient wolf bone suggests   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Dogs with us for 40000 years   Herald
Live Science
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Software to provide insights into Type 1a supernovae
The Space Reporter
New software that enables astronomers to discover Type 1a supernovae in time to observe and analyze them could provide scientists with important insights about the physics behind these phenomena. Developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the ...

Caltech Research Confirms Supernova's Single-Degenerate Origin   West Texas News
Supernova shockwave hitting a red giant could solve star exploding mystery   Daily Mail
Supernova hits star, reveals its origin   Business Standard
Phys.Org
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Science explains why men exist
NEWS.com.au
SOME women would prefer a world where men don't exist. Just picture it. No hogging the remote. No beard clippings in the sink. After all, it works for other species. Komodo dragons can reproduce without sex with a male partner. So can whiptail lizards, ...

Solved: The mystery behind why men exist!   India Today
This Is The Reason Why Men Still Exist, Study Says   Design & Trend
Why do men exist? Scientific study explains   The Daily Star

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