en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-11-04 South Africa Science

Farmers must adapt to weather - minister
iAfrica.com
Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says South African farmers must adapt to changing weather patterns brought about by climate change. The minister says extreme heat, uncharacteristic snowfall and cold fronts during the summer months have ...

'SA should brace for less rainfall in coming years'   Eyewitness News
S/Africa wants better climate deal at Paris COP21 - Official   StarAfrica.com
Minister Edna Molewa Publishes Draft Regulations Relating to Appropriate Fines ...   AllAfrica.com

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Scientists are having a huge fight over whether chimps have accents
BABW News
Scientists in the UK and the U.S. are fighting with each other over a controversial subject: do chimpanzees have accents? A study in the UK initially argued that chimps can adjust their grunts to communicate with new chimps, which they supposedly ...

A chimp with a Scottish accent? You cannae be serious, says new study   The Guardian
Scientific squabble: Do chimps pick up accents?   Science Recorder
Scientists dispute clever chimpanzee study   News24
TV Newsroom
Pioneer News
Nature World Report
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A new giant raptor found in western South Dakota
Dickinson Press
This drawing by Emily Willoughby of Lawrence, Kan., depicts how the giant dinosaur raptor measuring 17 feet might look like. Provided courtesy of the lead researcher, Robert DePalma. A new giant raptor found in western South Dakota. By Barry Amundson ...

Move over Velociraptor, there's a bigger, badder raptor in town!   Earth Touch
66-Million-Year-Old Giant Raptor Fossils Found in South Dakota   Live Science
Think the velociraptor is scary? Meet Dakoraptor, the biggest winged raptor in ...   Daily Mail
Laboratory Equipment
Newser
Futurity: Research News
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Stem cell researcher stripped of doctorate
eNCA
File: Haruko Obokata has been stripped of her doctoral degree for faking the results of her stem cells study. Photo: AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS. TOKYO – A Japanese university has revoked a doctoral degree awarded to a young researcher embroiled in a ...

Scientist stripped of doctorate over stem cell scandal   The Sun Daily
Japan University Retracts Doctorate Awarded To Controversial Stem Cell Scientist   RTT News
Shamed Japanese Researcher Has Doctoral Degree Revoked   R & D Magazine
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News24

Science was wrong on jellyfish motion
News24
Paris - For the longest time, science has assumed that in order to run, swim, or fly, animals and humans must exert pressure on the ground, water or air around them to project themselves forward. But a study of jellyfish and eels published on Tuesday ...
It sucks to swim like a jellyfish, study of animal's movement suggests   The Guardian
Could humans swim quicker by imitating eels and jellyfish?   Telegraph.co.uk
Jellyfish Use a Surprising Trick to Swim Through the Water   I4U News
Los Angeles Times
Science World Report
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NZ scientists saddle up for 350km Antarctic road trip
New Zealand Herald
Antarctica NZ field training instructor Tom Arnold tests out a crevasse-detecting radar that will be used by a research expedition to a remote site on Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf. Photo / Supplied. A bit of Kiwi ingenuity and an epic road trip will ...
No, NASA has not reversed itself on the dangerous melting of Antarctica   Mashable
Melting Antarctic ice close to triggering global catastrophe   Manila Bulletin
Study concludes Antarctica is gaining ice, rather than losing it   Ars Technica
Tech Times
Junior College
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World's New Tiniest Snail From Borneo
Science World Report
Pictured are many of the new snails described in the paper. (Photo : Reuben Clements, Rimba). Researchers have discovered the world's tiniest land snail in Malaysian Borneo, according to a recent report. The new snail's shell comes in at just 0.50-0.60 ...
Scientists Identify Smallest Snail Species Ever   Pioneer News
Malaysia is home to the world's tiniest snail   Nature World Report
Micro mollusk breaks record for world's tiniest snail   CBS News
Christian Science Monitor
Xinhua
Northern Californian
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