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Best-ever video of UFO captured in skies above Argentina
Business Standard
The best-ever video of a UFO has been recently captured in skies above Argentina, it has been reported. According to UFO Sightings Daily, local residents in Frias spotted the fireball and at first thought it was simply a meteor, the Daily Star reported. However ...

UFO expert analyzes recent Mid-South sightings   WMC Action News 5
What was that? UFO sightings in Hampton Roads   13newsnow.com

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Poll: Scientists overwhelmingly think GMOs are safe to eat. The public doesn't.
Vox
Scientists largely believe genetically modified foods are safe to eat. But a great many Americans do not. That's one takeaway from this new Pew poll, which surveyed both the public as well as scientists with the American Association for the Advancement of ...

Poll shows giant gap between what public, scientists think   Charlotte Observer
Wide gap exists between scientists, US public over science issues: survey   Xinhua
America Likes Science. It Does Not Like Scientists' Findings.   io9

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What a US satellite will tell Canadians about the ground beneath their feet
The Globe and Mail
Looking at dirt may not seem like the height of excitement, but the imminent launch of a U.S. satellite designed to do just that has scientists across Canada eagerly lining up for a glimpse of the data. Dubbed SMAP, the nearly $1-billion (U.S.) spacecraft will be ...

NASA Climate Research Satellite Launch Postponed Due to Fast Winds   Science Times
NASA Satellite Launch From Vandenberg AFB Friday Morning, May Be Visible ...   CBS Local
UM researchers developes science for NASA   NBC Montana
Lompoc Record
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Skull clue to exodus from Africa
BBC News
An ancient skull discovered in Israel could shed light on the migration of modern humans out of Africa some 60,000 years ago. This migration led to the colonisation of the entire planet by our species, as well as the extinction of other human groups such as the ...

Ancient skull sheds new light on story of human evolution   TODAYonline
Skull Fossil Offers New Clues on Human Journey From Africa   New York Times
Skull fragment sheds light on Neanderthal and human interbreeding   Telegraph.co.uk
Washington Post
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ISS lowers its orbit to make the commute from Earth to space shorter
Daily Mail
The entire International Space Station was spun 180 degrees yesterday and lowered slightly in its orbit so that visiting spacecraft can bring more cargo to the station. The remarkable manoeuvre saw a European spacecraft 'slow' the speed of the station.
Watch: Lightning seen from space   Telegraph.co.uk
Dramatic video shows lightning strikes from space   CNET
This is what lightning looks like from space   The Independent
Irish Times
Irish Independent
Tech Times
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Chicks place low numbers on the left
BBC News
Scientists in Italy have found that baby chickens associate low and high numbers with left and right, respectively - just like humans. In a series of experiments, 60 newborn chicks were shown patterns of shapes representing different numbers, before choosing ...

Chickens Agree: Left Means Less; Right Means More   New York Times
Newborn chicks count left to right just like HUMANS: Pattern suggests the trait is ...   Daily Mail
New-born chicks count in the same way as humans   Irish Examiner
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The Australian
Calcutta Telegraph
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Extreme dinosaur found with a long, dragon-like neck
Los Angeles Times
None of us like to stick our necks out, but this dinosaur had no choice. lRelated Sea turtle finds her way back to birth beach, but how? Science Now · Sea turtle finds her way back to birth beach, but how? See all related. 8. This week, an international team of ...

50-foot-long 'dragon' dinosaur species discovered in China   CNET
Freakishly long-necked 'dragon' dinosaur discovered in China   Washington Post
Extremely Long-Necked 'Dragon' Dinosaur Spotted In China   Forbes
Huffington Post
National Post
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Astronomers Find Solar System More Than Double Ours in Age
New York Times
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A newly discovered solar system — with five small rocky planets — makes ours look like a baby. An international team of astronomers announced Tuesday that this extrasolar system is 11.2 billion years old. With the age of the ...

Ancient Five-Planet System Found   Sky & Telescope
Five Earth-Like Planets Around One Ancient Star – Could Life be Found There?   ModVive
Will NASA's TESS spacecraft revolutionize exoplanet hunting?   SpaceFlight Insider
Cambridge News
Empire State Tribune
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Study: Cosmic forces can transform mini-Neptunes into Earth-like exoplanets
UPI.com
An artistic rendering depicts a mini-Neptune's transformation into an Earth-like "evaporated core." Photo by Rodrigo Luger/NASA. SEATTLE, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A great many astronomers are dedicated to the task of finding habitable exoplanets -- rocky planets ...

Some potentially habitable planets began as gaseous, Neptune-like worlds   Phys.Org
Could Violent Red Dwarfs Turn Mini-Neptunes into Exo-Earths?   Discovery News
Potentially Habitable Planets Could Start Out As Gassy 'Mini-Neptunes'   University Herald
Daily Mail
Sci-News.com
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Asteroid that buzzed Earth has a plus one
The Daily Star
A diagram depicting the passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (NASA). Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. Reuters. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: The mountain-sized asteroid that made a close ...

UFO hunters: Asteroid moon is no moon; it's an alien spaceship   Examiner.com
UFO fans spot tiny spacecraft orbiting asteroid as it passes Earth   Yahoo News UK
Asteroid flyby reveals space rock's origin and a tiny moon   CBC.ca
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