en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-07-02 South Africa Science

Hawaii legalises traditional 'clean burial'
Independent Online
Honolulu - In Hawaii, the dead can now be put to rest following an ancient Hawaiian custom called “clean burial” in which only a person's bones are buried, under a new law signed by Governor David Ige on Tuesday. The law legalises the now-rare practice ...
Hawaii OKs traditional burials involving burned corpses   Chico Enterprise-Record
Hawai sacred mountain 'Maunt Kea' – battleground between scientists and ...   Empire State Tribune

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ESPN

'Name the battlefield!' - US robot builder challenges Japanese rival to a duel
TVNZ
A US robotics company has issued an online video challenge to a Japanese robotics company - a duel between giant robots in one year. Megabots Inc posted the challenge to YouTube along with footage of an immense robot being piloted by two people with ...

It's time: Team USA challenges Team Japan to giant robot duel   Mashable
Americans Build Giant Robot, Challenge Japan To A Duel   Popular Science
USA team challenges Japanese team to a giant-robot battle   ESPN
Tech Times
Popular Mechanics
Singularity Hub
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Scientists says 'top predator' humans causing catastrophic ecosystem shifts
Livemint
The biggest immediate losers will be large predators like tigers and lions while creatures domesticated by humans, including house cats, will thrive in the new world. Photo: AFP. Rome: Never before has a single species become the top predator on land ...
Study: 'Top predator' humans causing catastrophic ecosystem shifts   Daily Sabah
Extreme makeover: mankind's unprecedented transformation of Earth   environmentalresearchweb
Humans have reached total domination on Earth, becoming the top predator on ...   ABC Online

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Laudato Si's approach to science
Manila Standard Today
I was tempted to break this series and write on the United States Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage. But quickly I realized that this much-acclaimed and -criticized decision requires more reflection if I were to be thoughtful and faithful to ...
The Fallibility of Critique - a Response to Ivo Vegter   AllAfrica.com
Live wisely, think deeply, love generously   Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
The Pope's Moment of Grace   First Things
The Times (subscription)
Al-Arabiya
Toronto Sun
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Audi Lunar Quattro to Land on Moon In 2017
West Texas News
German car maker Audi has recently announced that in collaboration with Part-Time Scientists it is working to land a privately funded rover on the moon. Part-Time scientists are one of the 16 teams in the competition for the Google Lunar XPRIZE. The ...
Audi Lunar Quattro- the car that will land on Moon in 2017!   News Nation
Audi joins the space race   Livemint
Audi Funds Space Rover, Hopes To Land On Moon In 2017 (VIDEO)   Auto World News
Motorburn
Khaleej Times
MINA
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How saber-toothed cats grew their mouth swords
Vox
How much time does it take to grow a 7-inch-long mouth dagger? Our new video explains: An error occurred. Unable to execute Javascript. Like this video? Subscribe to Vox on YouTube. The saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis roamed America during the ...

Sabre-tooth tiger didn't grow its teeth until the age of three   Daily Mail
I'll bite: ancient saber-toothed cat's teeth grew prodigiously   eNCA
Saber-Toothed Cats Grew Dagger-Like Fangs Faster Than You Think   Tech Times
Laboratory Equipment
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SpaceX shows space station supply is, actually, as hard as rocket science
The Australian Financial Review
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft breaks apart shortly after liftoff at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sunday. John Raoux. by The Lex Column. Most businesses are more straightforward than rocket science. Resupplying the ...

SpaceX moves test of crew safety system to Florida   USA TODAY
Air Force says rocket accident won't bump SpaceX from competition   Reuters
Authorities Warn Public Of Dangerous Debris From Rocket Explosion Washing ...   Tech Times
Texas A&M The Battalion
Fortune
WCBD
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Trade in the post-2015 development agenda
UNCTAD
In July, the member states of the United Nations (UN) will present a new development agenda for the 2015-30 timeframe, the primary focus of which is to achieve development that is sustainable in the social, economic and environmental dimensions. Also ...
Better science needed to guide policy decisions for sustainable development ...   PreventionWeb (press release)
Development goals deserve priority   Arizona Daily Wildcat

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AsiaOne

18 holes in outer space: Comet's crater's revealed
AsiaOne
A handout photo provided by Nature on July 1, 2015 shows a close-up image of the most active pit, known as Seth 01, observed on the surface of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the Rosetta spacecraft. The European Space Agency's spacecraft ...

Gigantic Sinkholes Dot Surface of Rosetta's Comet   Discovery News
Giant sinkholes spotted on Rosetta's comet   Los Angeles Times
Rosetta finds giant sinkholes on comet 67P   The Space Reporter
The Guardian
Reuters
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The strange dynamic of Pluto's chaotic family
Irish Times
An astrodynamical miracle is happening in the sky above. Our ability to launch a space probe from the revolving Earth to reach a moving target billions of kilometres away 10 years later, with pinpoint accuracy, is astounding. The New Horizons mission ...

Pluto's Black Spots and Charon's Dark Pole Grow in New Horizons View   NBCNews.com
New Horizons gets "all clear" for July 14 Pluto flyby   CBS News
Nasa probe detects methane on Pluto surface   Times of India
Orlando Sentinel
The Verge
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