en-na-hotdailynews: 2015-02-12 Namibia Science

New Satellite to Enhance Monitoring of Space Weather
Voice of America
A new satellite is on a 1.5 million-kilometer, 110-day journey toward the sun. Once it reaches its orbit, DSCOVR — the Deep Space Climate Observatory — will replace an aging craft to monitor space weather. DSCOVR will be fixed in orbit at L1, the so-called ...

Lift-off for Gore observatory dream   Irish Independent
SpaceX launches DSCOVR deep-space weather observatory to monitor solar ...   ABC Online
Third time's a charm: SpaceX successfully launches new probe after two failed ...   9news.com.au
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Mashable
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Physics of food shows secrets of popcorn
The Japan Times
PARIS – To most people, it may be just a fun food to munch on while watching a movie. But to a couple of French investigators, popcorn is a biomechanical enigma waiting to be explained. In an unusual study published on Wednesday, engineers Emmanuel ...

French Engineers Reveal The Secret Behind The 'Pop' Sound Made By Popcorn   Daily Science Journal
Scientists Reveal the Secret Acrobatic 'Pop' Behind Popcorn   NBCNews.com
Study reveals the science behind popcorn 'pops'   Telegraph.co.uk
Hamilton Spectator
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Fishing vessel stranded in Antarctic ice since Tuesday
Toronto Sun
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star AFP This January 15, 2015 US Coast Guard handout photograph shows the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaking a parallel channel in the ice beside a previous channel near the ...

Crews try to rescue fishing boat stuck in Antarctic ice   seattlepi.com
US Coast Guard races to free ice-bound Australian ship   Sin Chew Jit Poh
Ice damages toothfishing ship in Antarctica   Stuff.co.nz
NEWS.com.au
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Taking after Darwin, scientists discover beak gene for famous finches
Christian Science Monitor
A team of researchers from Sweden and the US have sequenced the genomes for all fifteen species of Darwin's finches. Now they may have located the gene that determines the shape of their beaks.
Gene study shows evolutionary tale of Darwin's finches   Yahoo News UK
Darwin's Finches Show How Genes Shape Evolution   Guardian Liberty Voice
Genetic study shows Darwin's finches have surprisingly diverse family tree   Science Recorder
Tech Times
SMN Weekly
Daily Egyptian
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Europe launches space plane, brings it back to earth
DAWN.com
PARIS: Europe's prototype space plane splashed down in the Pacific on schedule on Wednesday after a 100-minute flight to test key re-entry technologies, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. “The mission has come to an end according to plan... it ...

Europe Successfully Tests Reusable Spaceplane   Sky News
Europe Successfully Tests Spaceplane   The Chosun Ilbo
European Space Agency's spaceplane completes autonomous reentry capability ...   Xinhua
Irish Examiner
NDTV
Discovery News
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American Voters Care About Climate Change—Just Not Enough to Matter
Slate Magazine
Polling place, Pasadena, California, November 2014 Voters have, time and time again, proved that climate isn't a make-or-break issue for them. Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images. We're a little more than a month into the new Congress, and ...

Big snow in a warming world. What's up with that?   KBIA
Polls Show Voters Don't Want to Pay to Fight Climate Change   U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Is climate change fuelling war?   News24

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VIDEO: Meet Google's New Robot Dog
PC Magazine
With an unassuming name like Spot, you'd expect Boston Dynamics' new robot dog to fit right in with the gang from 101 Dalmatians. But don't let the name fool you — a cuddly cutie it is not. Unveiled this week, Spot is the latest creation from the now ...

Scientists kick a robot that's so much like a dog you want them to stop   Los Angeles Times
Meet Spot: Boston Dynamics's kickable robot dog   SiliconANGLE (blog)
This New Four-Legged Robot Is Basically Invincible   Discover Magazine (blog)
Huffington Post
Irish Independent
Irish Times
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Comets akin to "deep fried ice cream" according to NASA, Caltech
SMN Weekly
A team of researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Caltech say that comets have an overall structure that resembles nothing so much as deep fried ice cream. Advertisement. Murthy Gudipati from NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

Comets evolve like scoops of deep fried ice cream   Science Recorder
Formation Of Comets Is Like Making Deep-Fried Ice Cream, Scientists Say   Tech Times
NASA Compares Comets To Deep Fried Ice Cream   International Business Times AU
NPR (blog)
RedOrbit
Headlines & Global News
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SpaceX Dragon returns home
Christian Science Monitor
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship recovered from the ocean after its successful return to Earth. SpaceX. View Caption. Sen—A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returned from a month-long stay at the International Space Station Tuesday, splashing down off the coast of ...

Three things that splashed down in the Pacific Ocean   WAAY
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashes down after trip to ISS   Deutsche Welle
Unmanned spaceship splashes down near Southern California   The Seattle Times
The Nation
Newton Press Mentor
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Crocodiles Love to Play Ball and Surf, Scientist Says
Sci-News.com
Crocodiles think surfing waves, playing ball and going on piggyback rides are fun, too, according to Prof Vladimir Dinets from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A male crocodile gives a piggyback ride to his lifelong female partner. Image credit: Vladimir ...

Crocodiles just wanna have fun, UT professor shows   Local 8 Now
Crocodiles just wanna have fun: Scientists observe deadly reptiles at play   The Independent
Crocodiles like to play ball and give piggyback rides, study shows   RedOrbit
Jewish Business News
Tennessee Today
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