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2015-02-28 South Africa Science


AsiaOne
   
New volcano island getting big in Japan   
The New Age Online
Famously crowded Japan is getting a bit more space as a newly-formed volcanic island just keeps on growing. Picture:Getty Images. Print. divider. Mail. divider. Bookmarkl and Share Share. divider. share. Rate this Article. Rate This Story close. |. Famously ...

Japan output, jobless up; prices down   Bangkok Post
Japanese volcanic island grows to 11 times its original size - and ain't stopping   RT

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Design & Trend
   
A Majority Of Americans Have "Moral Obligation" To Fight Climate Change   
Design & Trend
(Photo : Getty Images/Uriel Sinai) A majority of Americans believe that fighting climate change is a moral issue that obligates them and world leaders to reduce carbon emissions. A majority of Americans believe that fighting climate change is a moral issue that ...

Most Americans see combating climate change as a moral duty   Brisbane Times
Slowing global warming a moral duty to most Americans, survey finds   Al Jazeera America
POLL-Most Americans see combating climate change as a moral duty   Reuters Africa

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Daily Mail
   
Stars found forming 16000 light-years BELOW the Milky Way's disc   
Daily Mail
Astronomers have discovered stars forming in a remote region of the Milky Way not thought possible before. The stars were seen in a cloud of molecular gas 16,000 light-years below the flattened disc of our galaxy - further than any others ever seen.
Scientists shocked by far-out star clusters on fringes of Milky Way   Los Angeles Times
Astronomers find newborn stars at the edge of our galaxy   Astronomy Magazine
Stars found forming at Milky Way's outer edge   Al-Arabiya

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Third calf born to endangered killer whale population in US Pacific Northwest   
Reuters
A female killer whale and her newborn calf are seen February 26, 2015 in this handout photo provided by NOAA in Grays Harbor near Westport, Washington. Credit: Reuters/Candice Emmons/NOAA Fisheries/Handout via Reuters ...


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Firstpost
   
U.N. Climate Chief Quickly Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations   
TheBlaze.com
A United Nations climate chief who stepped down from his position this week after allegations of sexual harassment will not be allowed to leave India or enter his office under an interim bail order issued by an Indian court, the BBC reported. Rajendra Pachauri ...

Pachauri asked to quit PM panel   Times of India
UN climate head Pachauri resigns   Beacon Review
UN Climate Chief Resigns amid Sex Scandal   The Heartland Institute
Irish Times   
The Australian   
Firstpost   
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MiamiHerald.com
   
ISS spacewalk to continue despite water leak   
SMN Weekly
Two crew of the International Space Station have been cleared for a third spacewalk on Sunday after a water leak at the end of a previous EVA caused a flurry of concern for astronaut safety. Advertisement. The spacesuit, which had been worn by NASA ...

Spacewalk to go ahead despite helmet leak   Sydney Morning Herald
Spacewalk is a 'go' despite water found in helmet   WTMA

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Science Times
   
As Dawn Spacecraft Approaches, A Second Bright Light Emerges from Ceres   
Science Times
Originally discovered in 1801 by an astronomer in Sicily, Ceres has had quite an interesting history to date. Originally believed to be a shining star in the sky, when it was first observed to move, it was redesignated as a comet. "I have announced this star as a ...

Whaa? Now there's a second bright light on dwarf planet Ceres   CNET
Strange lights on dwarf planet Ceres have scientists perplexed   Mashable
Dawn Probe Spots a Bright Surprise on Ceres: Is It Ice?   NBCNews.com
Times LIVE   
wtkr.com   
The Conversation US   
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NDTV
   
Switzerland First to Submit Climate Plan for Paris UN Deal   
NDTV
File photo of Executive Secretary of United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres. (Agence France-Presse). submit to reddit; inShare; Add to Flipboard Magazine. Oslo: Switzerland became the first nation on Friday to ...

Switzerland's contribution to UN climate deal comes first   GlobalPost
Switzerland 1st country to submit pledge for UN climate pact   Washington Post
Switzerland first to submit climate plan for Paris UN treaty   Sydney Morning Herald
Economic Times   
The Guardian   
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SustainableBusiness.com
   
UK Leadership Closes Ranks on Climate Change   
SustainableBusiness.com
In what I would call a beautiful move, leaders of the UK's three main political parties came together in a moment of unity - to say they are all on the same page when it comes to climate change. David Cameron (Conservative), Ed Miliband (Labor) and Nick ...

Science documents firmer evidence on climate change. Will lawmakers act?   SFGate
Cold weather doesn't mean climate change isn't happening: Bob McDonald   CBC.ca
'Climate change and you'   Clarkston News
Watchdog.org   
Lexology (registration)   
Saskatoon StarPhoenix   
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Daily Mail
   
Single gene that made us more intelligent than chimps is identified for the first time   
Daily Mail
While we share 99 per cent of our genes with chimpanzees, our brains are still three times as big. Scientists believe that during evolution our genome must have changed in order to trigger such a massive brain growth. Now, for the first time, researchers in ...

Human intelligence sparked by a single tiny gene, new study suggests   Science Recorder
Gene unique to humanoid primates may have triggered brain size increases   SMN Weekly
Scientists Use Human 'Big Brain' Gene To Give Mice More Brain Cells   The Inquisitr
The Guardian   
NBCNews.com   
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