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2015-05-02 Namibia Science


Wall Street Journal
   
Study: Deep-Space Radiation Could Damage Astronauts' Brains   
Wall Street Journal
As NASA develops plans for a manned mission to Mars, scientists said Friday that cosmic rays during an interplanetary voyage could cause subtle brain damage, leaving astronauts confused, forgetful and slow to react to the unexpected. In a NASA-funded ...

A space odyssey: cosmic rays may damage the brains of astronauts   Sydney Morning Herald
Realistic Martian colony set up on Hawaiian volcano   NBCNews.com
Space Radiation On the Long Trip To Mars Could Make Astronauts Dumber   Gizmodo
Smithsonian   
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Mashable
   
Global warming raises odds for record-breaking warm years in UK   
Mashable
LONDON — A new study says climate change means that England is set for more record-breaking warm years just like 2014, which was the warmest since records began. See also: State of the planet: 7 eye-opening facts for Earth Day. The study, published ...

England to See Record-Breaking Warm Years   Nature World News
Man-made climate change to cause more English heat waves – scientists   RT
Climate change will make UK heat waves 13 time more likely   Blue & Green Tomorrow
Techie News   
BBC News   
Truthdig   
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CTV News
   
Marine fossils show which ocean species are most at risk for extinction   
CTV News
HALIFAX -- An international team of scientists has predicted in a study published Friday which ocean species and areas are most at risk of extinction by studying fossils from the last 23 million years. Ecologists, biologists and paleontologists from around the ...

Scientists turn to the past for the future   Herald Sun

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Immortal News
   
Warp drive space travel closer to reality?   
Times of India
Nasa may have successfully tested a form of space flight that could carry people to the moon in a few short hours -and eventually let us fly at speeds approaching that of light. The agency has built an electromagnetic (EM) drive, using technology that shouldn't ...

NASA Makes Warp Drive Reality   Immortal News
Fly to the moon in FOUR HOURS: NASA secretly working on warp drive   Daily Star
NASA's futuristic EM drive is exciting, but skepticism warranted   mySanAntonio.com (blog)
Irish Examiner   
Newsmax   
NASASpaceflight.com   
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Times Gazette
   
Bombardier Beetle packs a Gatling Gun when threatened   
Times Gazette
Bombardier beetle is named as such because of its intriguing and effective way of defending itself from other animals which may pose as their predators. This insect ousts a superheated liquid called benzoquinone. The liquid is ejected forcefully, in a motion ...

Tiny beetle's explosive spray mechanism revealed by X-rays   Mumbai Mirror
How These 'Exploding Beetles' Don't Blow Themselves up   Nature World News
Funny To See How These 'Exploding Beetles' Don't Blow Themselves up   Dispatch Times
New Scientist   
Gizmodo   
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RT
   
Lab for genetic modification of human embryos just $2000 away – report   
RT
With the right expertise in molecular biology, one could start a basic laboratory to modify human embryos using a genome-editing computer technique all for a couple thousand dollars, according to a new report. Genetic modification has received heightened ...

New gene editing tools force renewed debate over therapeutic germline alteration   Biology News Net (press release) (registration)
Citing Ethical Issues, U.S. Will Not Fund Embryo Editing   Popular Science
Ronald Bailey Argues that Gene-Editing Human Embryos Is Ethical   Reason (blog)
The Guardian   
Nature.com   
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TechCrunch
   
Researchers Create The Ultimate Smartphone Ultra Zoom To See And Measure ...   
TechCrunch
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have created a smartphone ultra-zoom solution that allows scientists in the field to image and size DNA. The tool, which uses a little 3D-printed box that acts as a high-resolution microscope, can be ...

Smartphone attachment lets smartphones image DNA   SlashGear
3D-printed attachment turns any smartphone into a DNA-scanning microscope   Gizmag
A Phone With The Ultimate Macro Feature   Med Device Online (press release)
Pc-Tablet Media   
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