en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-09-18 South Africa Science

SA basks in H. Naledi find
Independent Online
Johannesburg - A dramatic fossil find has given South Africa reason to celebrate amid economic gloom, but some experts question its scientific significance. By contrast, the political significance is not in doubt. “We are delighted that discoveries ...
What Can We Learn From Homo naledi's Skull?   National Geographic
Don't auto play   New Zealand Herald

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Independent Online

Arctic sea ice 'less resilient' - Nasa
Independent Online
Cape Town - The amount of sea ice in the Arctic during the northern summer was the fourth lowest on record, says Nasa. An analysis of satellite data showed that the melting sea ice this year had reached its minimum extent of 4.41 million km² on ...
Arctic sea ice hits minimum, 4th lowest since 1979: data centre   Fx Report Daily
Arctic Sea Ice Fourth-Lowest Ever This Year   Bulletin Leader
Arctic sea ice minimum comes in at 4th lowest on record   Jewocity.com (press release) (blog)
Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News (blog)
Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines (blog)
The Inquisitr
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Mail & Guardian Online

Climate pledges not enough – UN
Mail & Guardian Online
The UN's top climate official has said pledges by countries to lower carbon emissions will not be enough to keep temperature increases below 2°C. African states have continually argued that temperature increases have to be capped at 1.5°C if the ...
Noble Prize laureate hails Taiwan's efforts to reduce carbon emissions   Focus Taiwan News Channel
Nation is very committed to cut carbon counts: Ma   China Post

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Astronomy Magazine

Funky light signal from colliding black holes explained
Astronomy Magazine
The researchers found that one of the black holes is gobbling up more matter than the other, and this process heats up matter that emits energetic light. By Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California | Published: Thursday, September 17, 2015 ...
'Funky Light Signal' From Colliding Black Holes Explained   NDTV
Black holes in distant galaxy set to collide with a blast 100m times larger ...   Daily Mail
Black holes locked in fierce tangle   iAfrica.com

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Upstream Online

Brufau: 'EU must act on climate change'
Upstream Online
Repsol chairman Antonio Brufau has called on European Union (EU) authorities to exert their influence to drive an agreement on curbing climate change. At the Spanish major's own “Energy for Europe – Looking Beyond 2020” debate held in the Brussels on ...

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The Guardian

Tuna and mackerel populations suffer catastrophic 74% decline, research shows
The Guardian
Yellowtail and albacore tuna are becoming increasingly rare, as well as bluefin. Photograph: Brian Skerry/WWF. Fiona Harvey. Tuesday 15 September 2015 19.01 EDT Last modified on Thursday 17 September 2015 12.09 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share ...

Oceans on brink of collapse, says WWF   Times LIVE

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'Scientific bonanza': New NASA images reveal Pluto's giant ice mountains, hazy ...
RT
The latest images from Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft show amazing new details about the dwarf planet's atmosphere, weather patterns and streams of frozen nitrogen. NASA is calling it “a scientific bonanza.” A stunning panoramic image of ...

NASA releases eerie new photos of Pluto at sunset   Sydney Morning Herald
Beautiful new photos of Pluto show terrain, atmosphere   CNET
Pluto at Dusk: Spectacular, and Spookily Earthlike   National Geographic
Pierce Pioneer
Orlando Sentinel
The Market Business
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Yahoo News

Studies on kissing, the word 'huh?' among Ig Nobel award winners
Yahoo News
BOSTON (Reuters) - Researchers who studied the consequences of intense kissing, the global use of the word "huh?" and how badly bee stings hurt on different parts of the body were among the winners of this year's Ig Nobel prizes for comical scientific ...

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