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2015-06-16 Namibia Science


Fencing Etosha to Prevent Poaching   
AllAfrica.com
IN a move to control rhino poaching, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism started constructing a proper boundary fence to protect animals in the Etosha National Park. The fencing is expected to cost an estimated N$700 000 per kilometre. Etosha ...


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Wall Street Journal
   
Papal Draft Blames Most Global Warming on Human Activity   
Wall Street Journal
ROME—Pope Francis said global warming is due mainly to human activity and is a major threat to life on the planet, and called the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels an “urgent” matter. The popes words appear in a draft copy of “Laudato Si'” (“Be praised”), ...

What to expect when you're expecting Pope Francis's encyclical on the ...   Washington Post
Pope Francis warns of destruction of world's ecosystem in leaked encyclical   The Guardian
Former Vatican envoy Józef Wesołowski faces child sex abuse trial   Financial Times
Telegraph.co.uk   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Elon Musk to build mile-long Hyperloop track to test high-speed transport system   
Telegraph.co.uk
Elon Musk has announced that he plans to build a one-mile track to test his Hyperloop concept, opening a competition for people to design transportation pods. The American technology billionaire's space travel company, SpaceX, will build a test track outside ...

SpaceX Announces Design Competition for Hyperloop   New York Times
Elon Musk launches competition for Hyperloop pods   Fortune
Elon Musk to students: Build me a pod so we can travel through tubes near the ...   Washington Post (blog)
Bloomberg   
Reuters   
Gizmodo   
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NDTV
   
International Energy Agency Warns of 4.3 Degrees Celsius Temperature Jump ...   
NDTV
London: The International Energy Agency today warned temperatures could jump by as much as 4.3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century and urged countries to improve their pledges on reducing emissions. In a report ahead of a climate change ...

Oversized PM to call for climate action   Daily Mail
Every country is now pledging to tackle CO2 emissions. It's still not enough.   Vox
Energy agency: Climate plans won't prevent temperature increase   The Hill
The Ecologist   
Digital Journal   
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CBC.ca
   
Philae lander phones home from comet for 2nd time   
CBC.ca
The Philae spacecraft has been in touch with Earth from a speeding comet for the second time since waking up a few days ago, mission control said Monday, and scientists hope to improve communications with the lander by shifting the trajectory of its mother ...

Philae lander is in pretty good shape for a spacecraft that just slept for 211 days   Mashable
Awakened Philae lander could be working on comet surface again next week   CNET
Philae is Boldly Going Where No Man Should Go - Let's Leave Space to the ...   NDTV
Telegraph.co.uk   
Belfast Telegraph   
Chicago Tribune   
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Discovery News
   
Study shows climate change's surprising toll on early dinosaurs   
Washington Post
For years, scientists have puzzled over an odd gap in the fossil record for early dinosaurs: Even as dinosaurs spread through the most of the world 200 million years ago, some yet-unknown force kept them from colonizing the tropics. Now researchers may ...

Dinosaur fossils have helped scientists predict the severity of climate change   Irish Examiner
Tropical Climate Was Too Wild for Biggest Dinosaurs   NBCNews.com
Why the first dinosaurs steered clear of the equator   CBS News
SlashGear   
Newswise (press release)   
SBS   
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Toronto Star
   
Nobel laureate denigrates women   
Varsity
This week, Nobel-prize winning biochemist Sir Richard Timothy Hunt has come under public scrutiny after making some derogatory comments about women in science — or, to use his word, “girls.” The comments were made during a lecture Hunt delivered at ...

Roast male chauvinist pigs   The Straits Times
Nobel Laureate Creates a Social Media Stir Attacking Female Researchers ...   Latinos Post
Dianne Williamson: 'Girl' talk not rocket science   Hockessin Community news

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Toronto Star
   
Polar bear eats dolphins in Norway's Arctic   
Toronto Star
Researchers in Norway have seen a polar bear preying on white-beaked dolphins, in what they say is a sign of how warmer temperatures are changing how species interact in the Arctic. The dolphins likely got trapped under the ice in a small fjord in Svalbard, ...

Global Ideas Polar bears feast on disoriented dolphins   Deutsche Welle
Polar bears now eat dolphins, thanks to global warming   WTSP 10 News
Polar Bears Are Now Eating Dolphins Thanks to Global Warming   Yahoo Travel
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide   
Huffington Post Canada   
National Post   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Green space outside helps in classroom   
The Times (subscription)
Giving over areas of schools to trees, flowers and grass could boost their pupils' memory and attention, a study suggests. Primary school children whose classrooms were near green spaces enjoyed a small but significant cognitive advantage over those who ...

'Green Space' at School May Help Kids Learn, Study Suggests   Philly.com
Study: Green space around schools may boost students' mental abilities   Dallas Morning News
Study: Green space around schools may boost mental abilities   STLtoday.com

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Belfast Telegraph
   
Scientists use graphene to create the world's smallest light bulb   
Belfast Telegraph
Scientists have created the world's smallest light bulb from a one atom-thick layer of graphene, the miracle material that promises to transform everything from smartphones and computers to cars, buildings and satellites.
Graphene 'light bulb' is world's thinnest   Pune Mirror
Graphene gets bright: World's thinnest lightbulb developed   Phys.Org

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