en-tz-hotdailynews: 2015-07-16 Tanzania Science

NASA New Horizons Pluto mission finds ice peaks, massive canyons
CBC.ca
Mankind's first close-up look at Pluto did not disappoint Wednesday, as NASA's new pictures showed ice mountains on Pluto about as high as the Rockies and chasms on its big moon Charon that appear six times deeper than the Grand Canyon. QUIZ | 10 ...

Pluto mountains   BBC News
New Horizon probe's Pluto images cast light on dwarf planet's surface   The Globe and Mail
Flyby a success, Pluto probe tells Earth   Times of India
The Register
Sydney Morning Herald
Irish Independent
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Air pollution kills 9500 in London every year: Study
Times of India
LONDON: Nearly 9,500 people are dying in London each year due to long-term exposure to air pollution, more than twice as many as previously thought. The premature deaths are due to two key pollutants, fine particulates known as PM2.5s and the toxic gas ...

London air pollution claims 9500 lives   Irish Examiner
Air pollution costs thousands of London lives   The Times (subscription)
Air pollution in London caused early deaths of nearly 9500 people in a single ...   The Independent
Financial Times
The Guardian
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This 50-million-year-old worm sperm is a scientific treasure
Engadget
Scientists in Antarctica have come across one of the rarest specimens on record: ancient, fossilized worm sperm. "Because sperm cells are so short-lived and fragile, they are vanishingly rare in the fossil record," explains Benjamin Bomfleur, one of ...
50-Million-Year-Old Sperm Found in Antarctica   Newsweek
Oldest sperm ever is discovered in Antarctica, by accident   Washington Post
Oldest Animal Sperm Lasts 50 Million Years in Antarctica   NBCNews.com
Chinatopix
BBC News
Science Recorder
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Scientists warn geo-engineering is not the answer to climate change
Business Green
Climate-engineering techniques such as recapturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reflecting solar radiation will not help tackle climate change in the short term, research finds. A new EU-wide analysis - published yesterday by a group of 14 ...

The Goverment's greenhouse gas emissions target misses the climate change ...   Stuff.co.nz
Climate change Changing winds mean longer flights   Nature.com
Climate change costing airlines millions of dollars in extra fuel and flying time   The Guardian
CNN
Ars Technica
Daily Mail
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Discovery of 'twin Jupiter' points to Solar System 2.0
NEWS.com.au
THERE'S something odd about our solar system. We've found some 470 stars with several planets circulating around them. It's only now that we've spotted one that looks a lot like our own. So far we have observed 1858 planets orbiting other suns. There ...
Eso telescope finds Jupiter's twin or 'solar system 2.0' orbiting a sun like ...   Daily Mail
Brazilian scientists discover Jupiter-like planet   GlobalPost
Astronomers discover 'Jupiter 2.0.' Could Earth 2.0 be next?   Christian Science Monitor
Tech Times
CNET
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How native Australian birds like the laughing kookaburra are in 'drastic' decline
Telegraph.co.uk
Some of Australia's best-known native birds – including the magpie and the laughing kookaburra – are in serious decline and at risk of becoming endangered in some parts of the country, according to a study of national sightings. The study, based on 427 ...
Kookaburra and willie wagtail disappearing from parts of Australia   ABC Online
Australia's laughing kookaburra among birds in decline: study   Bangkok Post
Australia's most iconic bird, the kookaburra, in strife in some areas   Courier Mail
Barrier Daily Truth
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This super healthy seaweed tastes exactly like bacon
Mashable
Researcher Chris Langdon and colleagues at Oregon State University have, after 15 years of development, patented a particular dulse (a form of seaweed) packed with protein, low in calories, and when fried is purported to taste exactly like bacon, Daily ...
Scientists in Oregon develop bacon-flavored seaweed   seattlepi.com

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Did MARS once have OCEANS? Curiosity discovers continental crust
The Register
NASA's nuclear-powered Curiosity rover has aimed its ChemCam laser at some unusually light-coloured rocks on Mars and discovered surprising similarities between them and the rocks of Earth's granitic continental crust. The evidence of a "continental ...

NASA's Curiosity rover shows Mars' Earth-like primitive continental crust   Financial Express

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Destruction of Earth's plant life may make civilisation unsustainable
Financial Express
Continuous destruction of Earth's plant life need to be halted if we want to avert civilization from becoming completely unsustainable, claims a new study. By: ANI | July 15, 2015 2:05 pm. G+. Continuous destruction of Earth's plant life need to be ...
Humans will go extinct if plant life not secured: Study   Times of India
Destruction of Earth's Plants May Place Humans at Risk   Science World Report
Watch out for yourself! Humans are over-speeding their outtake of Earth's ...   Nature World Report
Newsroom America
Press Trust of India
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What's a pentaquark? And why is this tiny particle a big deal?
Christian Science Monitor
The new discovery of a pentaquark by the Large Hadron Collider validates a 50-year notion about the nature of matter. By Tia Ghose, Livescience.com July 15, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. The Large Hadron Collider is the world's most powerful ...
The Large Hadron Collider just discovered Pentaquarks   The Independent
CERN finds a new class of particles   Livemint
New discovery: Find out what a 'pentaquark' is   ABS CBN News
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