en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-05-21 South Africa Science

EU concerned about farming impact on its wildlife
Reuters Africa
BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) - Around half of wild birds have a secure status as EU programmes to protect endangered species have boosted numbers, but some of their habitats are cause for major concern largely because of intensive farming, an EU report ...

'The State of Nature in the EU' report published   Eurosite
Threat to Nature Conservation   Birmingham Post

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Oldest known stone tools found in Kenya
Brisbane Times
Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis with stone tools found in the West Turkana area of Kenya. New York: By taking a wrong turn in a dry riverbed in Kenya, scientists discovered a trove of stone tools far older than any ever found before. Nobody knows who ...

Stone tool discovery confirms theory of early humans   Toronto Star
Stone tools in use for 3.3m years   Irish Examiner
The World's Oldest Stone Tools Were Not Made By Humans   Gizmodo
BBC News
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The study on gay marriage that was too good to be true
Sydney Morning Herald
It was the study that some said could rewrite the political rule book. Forget focus groups, road-to-Damascus moments and negative campaign advertising. What if you could change people's minds on an issue such as gay marriage simply by ... talking to them?
Retraction Sought in Study on Views of Gay Marriage   New York Times
Researcher retracts landmark same-sex marriage study, claims co-author ...   CBC.ca
How a high-profile same-sex marriage study was found to be suspect   Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
NBCNews.com
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Texas hunter shoots rhino for US$ 350000, calls it conservation
ABC Online
A Texan hunter paid $350,000 for the right to kill an elderly black rhino in Nambia, with government officials saying the proceeds will go towards conserving the species. A US HUNTER who paid US$350,000 to kill a black rhinoceros in Namibia successfully ...

Hunter pays $350000 to shoot black rhino: 'I believe in survival of species'   The Guardian
Texas hunter Corey Knowlton shoots endangered rhinoceros in Namibia after ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Hunter: I killed rhino out of love   Times LIVE
CNN
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Japan aquariums to stop buying Taiji dolphins
BBC News
Japan's aquariums have voted to stop acquiring dolphins caught during the controversial annual hunt in the town of Taiji. It comes after the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Waza) suspended Japan's membership because of the "cruel" way the ...

Japan Aquariums to Stop Obtaining Dolphins from Taiji   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Japanese association to ban aquariums from obtaining dolphins captured via ...   AsiaOne
Japanese aquariums vote to stop buying Taiji dolphins   The Guardian
Boston Herald
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Giant pandas can't stomach bamboo, say researchers
Times of India
BEIJING: Despite two million years of munching almost exclusively on bamboo, the giant panda's gut has not adapted to eating the plant -putting the creatures in an "evolutionary dilemma", scientists said. The surprising study , reported by online US journal ...

Panda guts not suited to digesting bamboo   Nature.com
Bamboo-eating giant pandas not adept at digesting bamboo: study   ecns

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US military launches secret space plane X-37B
India Today
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. File photo: Reuters.The US Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane was launched on Wednesday for its fourth secret space mission. The reusable, unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle lifted off atop an Atlas V rocket at 11:05 am ...

Star Wars: the Air Force's new X-37B space plane shrouded in secrecy   State Column
US Military Space Plane Begins a Fourth (Mostly) Secret Mission   New York Times

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