en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-02-24 South Africa Science

Catch The Wave: Witness The Tide Of The Century Heading For France's ...
Forbes
For a tourist, it's one of those rare natural wonders that can be seen maybe once in a lifetime. For worried officials, it's a serious cause for concern and warnings. Ahead of the anxiously expected “Tide of the Century” announced for March 21, towns along ...

France's spring tide season begins   iAfrica.com
Crowds drawn to French Atlantic coast by huge spring tides   Malay Mail Online
Huge spring tides draw crowds to French Atlantic coast   Peninsula On-line
FRANCE 24
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Mummified monk revealed inside Buddha statue
USA TODAY
A CT scan by a Dutch team of researchers showed the skeletal remains of a mummified meditating monk inside a seated Buddha statue about 1,000 years old. (Photo: Drents Museum). 32 CONNECT 51 TWEET 2 LINKEDIN 2 COMMENTEMAILMORE.
Buddha CAT scan reveals monk, ancient writings   NEWS.com.au
Mummy Found Hiding Inside Ancient Buddha Statue   Live Science
Mummified Monk Sits Inside Ancient Buddha Statue   Discovery News
CNET
CBC.ca
Washington Post
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Scientist cited by climate change deniers didn't reveal energy industry funding ...
NOLA.com
Wei-Hock Soon, also known as Willie Soon, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, left, refuses to answer questions about his funding from a Greenpeace official after a Heritage Foundation talk in September 2013. (Greenpeace). Print.
Prominent Climate Change Denier caught taking $1.2 Million from Energy ...   Examiner.com
Deniers' favourite scientist quietly took money from the fossil fuel industry   Business Spectator
Smithsonian asks legal watchdog to investigate climate skeptic's disclosure ...   Science AAAS
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Washington Post
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CNET

Lengthy Spacewalk Readies ISS for Private Crew Capsules
PC Magazine
The first step in reconfiguring the International Space Station (ISS) for commercial crew missions was completed successfully over the weekend, with NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts rigging cables during a nearly 7-hour spacewalk. The pair ...

Latest spacewalk 'selfie' taken against background of Earth, ISS   The Space Reporter
February 23, 2015 in Mission Reports: Photos from this weekend's spacewalk   Spaceflight Now
Astronaut's spacewalking snap joins line of splashy space selfies   CNET
NBCNews.com
New Zealand Herald
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Crater Creep? Siberian Black Holes Stir Fresh Concern
NBCNews.com
Months after they started investigating a huge black hole in Siberia, Russian researchers say they have spotted still more suspicious-looking craters and lakes — and are calling for an urgent investigation of the phenomenon. Satellite imagery shows that one ...

More Siberian methane blowholes found in permafrost   NEWS.com.au
Dozens of new craters suspected in northern Russia   The Siberian Times
Huge New Holes In Siberia Have Scientists Calling For Urgent Investigation Of ...   Huffington Post
Express.co.uk
The Inquisitr
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Mice Brain May Give Insight Into Diseases of Human Mind
New York Times
When injected with bits of human DNA, mice embryos grew brains that were 12 percent larger than those of embryos injected with the same genes from chimpanzees. Scientists at Duke University, writing in the journal Current Biology, say the experiment ...

Human DNA gives mice bigger brains   CNET
Scientists pinpoint a gene regulator that makes human brains bigger   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Can human DNA be used to make animals smarter?   National Monitor

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