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2015-03-26 South Africa Science


ITWeb Africa
   
Africa: SKA African Partner Countries Meet in Pretoria   
AllAfrica.com
Ministers from African member countries of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) mega project met in Pretoria on Wednesday to discuss future cooperation in radio astronomy. The meeting was also an opportunity for South Africa's Science and Technology ...

Africa SKA Project secures ICT's buy-in   ITWeb Africa

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CDA News
   
Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Recorded This Year Is the Lowest   
CDA News
The 2015 Arctic sea ice maximum is the lowest measured since satellite records were first kept in 1979. The sea ice reached its annual maximum in February 25, 2015, 15 days earlier than the 1981 – 2010 average. CNN expressed that although much of the ...

Arctic Sea Ice is at its Lowest   WTAJ
Arctic Sea Ice reaches its lowest level   News Tonight Africa
How To Secure The American Arctic   Forbes
Yibada (English Edition)   
National Geographic   
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Pioneer News
   
Large Hadron Collider relaunch delayed due to short circuit   
Pioneer News
A short circuit detected in the wiring of one of the powerful electromagnets of the Large Hadron Collider could delay its much-awaited relaunch by days or even weeks. The LHC has been shut down for repairs and maintenance for past two years and has been ...

A Short Circuit Delays The Large Hadron Collider Restart   Frontline Desk
LHC restart: Short circuit slows preparations   BBC News
Electric fault delays relaunch of CERN collider   News24
The Independent   
Reuters   
The Guardian   
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Discovery News
   
NASA Aims to Pluck a Boulder Off an Asteroid   
Discovery News
NASA plans to launch a robotic spacecraft to pick up a boulder roughly 10 feet in diameter from the surface of an asteroid and nudge it into an orbit around the moon, officials said Wednesday. NEWS: Asteroid Encounters Next on NASA's Itinerary. The mission ...

Huge asteroid 2014-YB35 set to skim past Earth   The Independent
NASA opts to grab a boulder, not the whole asteroid   CBS News
NASA Announces More Details On Asteroid Redirect Mission   Eurasia Review
CTV News   
Engadget   
Reuters   
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Discovery News
   
Atlantic Circulation Weaker Than in Last 1000 Years   
Discovery News
A sweeping ocean conveyor system that ushers warm tropical waters into the North Atlantic appears to have partly recovered from a near-collapse around the time that the Beatles were breaking up, but the system remains weaker than it had been since ...

Global Warming Causing Slowdown Of Overturning Circulation: Study   The Inquisitr
Global warming is now slowing down the circulation of the oceans — with ...   Washington Post
Gulf Stream is slowing down faster than ever, scientists say   The Independent
Mashable   
Bloomberg   
Vox   
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News24
   
Earth Hour lights-out seeks to illuminate climate plight   
News24
Paris - Hundreds of landmarks from Paris' Eiffel Tower to the Seattle Space Needle will dim their lights on Saturday, as people around the world go briefly off-grid to mark Earth Hour with candlelight and barbecues. The 60-minute annual campaign organised ...

Beer and loathing on Planet Earth Hour   The Australian
For Earth Hour, Use Less of Everything   Huffington Post
Earth Hour to illuminate climate   Sky News Australia
CTV News   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Mars Opportunity Rover completes first extraterrestrial marathon   
Telegraph.co.uk
NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has become the first human-made vehicle to complete a marathon on another planet - a feat accomplished in a record time of no less than 11 years. Opportunity passed the 26-mile (42-kilometer) mark Tuesday after ...

Mars Opportunity rover has 'mind wipe' to restore faulty memory   NEWS.com.au
NASA Rover Completes 11-Year Mars Marathon   NDTV
Curiosity Finds Live-Supporting Nitrogen on Mars   Science Times
ABC Science Online   
Malay Mail Online   
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Daily Mail
   
Astronomers witness supermassive black hole eat its own galaxy's star-forming ...   
Brisbane Times
Artist's impression: red gas pours out of a galaxy with a supermassive black holes at its core. Photo: ESA/ATG medialab. The three little pigs were rightly outraged when the wolf blew down their houses, but that's nothing compared to the havoc some ...

Galaxy formation: When the wind blows   Nature.com
The blasts of black hole winds may cut off galactic star formation   Washington Post
Black holes cause BLASTS in the cores of galaxies   Daily Mail
Yahoo News UK   
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The Independent
   
Ili pika extinction fears: Meet the tiny Chinese mammal that's cuter and rarer than ...   
The Independent
Thirty years after it was first discovered by chance on a geographical field trip, one of the world's rarest and most adorable animals is now on the brink of extinction. The Ili pika is a distinct and incredibly cute variety of the mouse-like creature that likely inspired ...

World's cutest endangered animal photographed for first time in over 2 decades   Mother Nature Network
Ili pika seen: Ewok-looking creature so rare this is first photo in 20 years   Examiner.com
Meet the small mammal that is one of the world's most endangered species   Telegraph.co.uk
ABC News   
National Monitor   
Times Gazette   
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Mobiletor.com
   
Get ready for a total lunar eclipse on April 4   
Mobiletor.com
Intrepid sky watchers should mark April 4 on their calendar because on this day, the earth will come between the moon and the sun, giving rise to a celestial phenomenon called a total lunar eclipse. According to Superintendent of Ujjain Jiwaji Observatory, ...

Getting ready for a total lunar eclipse   McCook Daily Gazette
Lunar eclipse this weekend to be unusual and 'bloodless'   Brisbane Times
Lunar eclipse Easter weekend to be unusual and 'bloodless'   Sydney Morning Herald
Zee News   
The New Indian Express   
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