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2014-10-26 South Africa Science


South Africans deploy owls to fight rat problem in townships  GMA News
JOHANNESBURG - A young barn owl looks bug-eyed in curiosity as a bird handler readies it for a new life - to be spent hunting the rats that plague South Africa's poor and mostly black urban areas. The Township Owl Project takes juvenile birds rescued from ...


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  JBG News   
NASA gets groovy with free sound library  Tech Times
NASA puts the "greatest hits" of space exploration sounds online. The collections include rocket sounds, mission communications and more. (Photo : NASA / SoundCloud). If you're a fan of the sounds of space exploration -- rocket launches, space mission ...

Are there sounds on Mars? NASA launches audio athenaeum   Register
NASA makes Library of Iconic Sounds Available on SoundCloud   News Tonight Africa
This is what space sounds like   The Independent
iAfrica.com   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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  News Tonight Africa   
'Irresponsible' for US to stop Nuclear Power, says Former EPA Chief  News Tonight Africa
Earlier, the Hill and Nuclear Matters hosted an event at Washington. At the event, Carol Browner, former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief, said that it would be irresponsible for the government of United States to take nuclear power beyond ...

Former EPA leader: 'Irresponsible' for US to halt nuclear power   The Hill

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  Wall Street Journal   
SpaceX Capsule Returns to Earth  Wall Street Journal
In this still image from a NASA video, SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spacecraft leaves the International Space Station to return to Earth on Saturday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. LOS ANGELES — A SpaceX capsule loaded with space station ...

SpaceX returns to Earth loaded with lab results   Times of India
SpaceX's Dragon splashes down with critical research on human spaceflight   CNN
SpaceX capsule splashes down in Pacific   SFGate
CBS News   
Design & Trend   
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  BBC News   
Skydive from edge of space beats world record  BBC News
Google executive Alan Eustace has broken the world altitude record for a parachute jump by leaping from 135,890 feet (41,419 metres). He exceeded the speed of sound, setting off a small sonic boom, and set several skydiving records in the process.
Google exec sets new record for highest fall to earth   Irish Independent
Skydive from edge of space sets new record   Times of India
Google executive Alan Eustace sets new stratosphere skydive world record   The Straits Times
Herald Scotland   
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  NEWS.com.au   
Rosetta space probe 'smells' Comet 67P  NEWS.com.au
WE'RE about to catch a comet. And it's going to be whiffy. Scientists have for the first time found out what a comet's tail smells like. Kitty-litter trays. Rotten eggs. That is the essence of eu de comet. In the kitty-litter ... Space probe Rosetta has beamed back ...

Swiss scientists determine comet's 'perfume'   Businessweek
What a comet smells like   Independent Online
Scent of a Comet is 'Suffocating': Rotten Eggs and Embalming Fluid   NBCNews.com
Deutsche Welle   
Irish Times   
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  Tech Times   
Largest sunspot spotted in last 24 years wows astronomers: Solar storms may ...  Tech Times
The largest sunspot recorded in 24 years is now happening on the surface of the Sun, and could potentially wipe out modern communications. (Photo : NASA/SDO). Sunspot AR 12192 is the largest such feature seen on the surface of our stellar companion in ...

Monster sunspot continues to blast X-class flares but no major Earth impact yet   Examiner.com
Strong Solar flares could lead to disruption in communication networks   Uncover Michigan
Sun's latest FIERY BURP causes hour-long RADIO BLACKOUT   Register
Discovery News   
Space.com   
IBNLive   
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