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2014-08-25 U.S. Science

  Tech Times   
Scientists unearth 7000-year-old copper awl, oldest metal object in Middle East  Tech Times
Researchers have discovered an important artifact, known as a copper awl, in the Middle East. Learn why it is regarded as an important discovery up to this day. (Photo : Yosef Garfinkel | PLOS ONE). A metal object, a copper awl that dates back to the early 5th ...

Researchers have found the oldest metal object in woman's grave:Middle East   iStreet Research
Oldest known metal object in Middle East found in woman's grave   Science Recorder
'Copper Awl' in Middle East: Scientists unveil oldest ever metal tool   WallStreet OTC
The Hindu   
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  BBC News   
Iceland volcano: Eruption under ice-cap sparks red alert  BBC News
Iceland has issued a red alert to aviation after indications of a possible eruption under the country's biggest glacier, the Vattnajokull. The Icelandic Met Office warned that a small eruption had taken place under the Dyngjujokull ice cap. Seismic activity is ...

Iceland Monitors Quakes After Retracting Volcano Eruption Alert   Businessweek
Iceland volcano: Bardarbunga remains quiet   CBC.ca
Iceland volcano raises aviation alert, may disrupt flights   The Age
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  Latin Post   
True-Color Images Just Released of Voyager's Flyby of Neptune Moon  Latin Post
Triton, Neptune's largest moon, as imaged by the Voyager 2 spacecraft on Aug. 25, 1989. (Photo : Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lunar & Planetary Institute). Share This Tweet This. On Aug. 25, it'll be 25 years since the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton, one ...

NASA's decades-old Voyager 2 mission is a preview of new mission to Pluto   CNN
Neptune: best color map of moon Triton, merit of Paul Schenk   Techsonia
NASA: Voyager 2 previews Pluto mission   ABC17News.com
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Delhi Daily News   
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  Tech Times   
Corals, fish know the smell of bad reefs  Tech Times
It appears that both young fish and corals can identify a healthy habitat from a damaged one, thanks to chemical cues from the reefs, according to a research conducted in Fiji. (Photo : YouTube | Georgia Institute of Technology ). The coral larvae, when in an ...

Fish Can Sniff Out Bad Coral Neighborhoods: The Smell Test for Reefs   Science World Report
Coral, fish prefer waters offering good reefs, says study   WallStreet OTC
Fish and coral can smell bad neighborhood: Scientist research   Financial Express
Dumb-Out   
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  Science 2.0   
No Saccharine: How Hummingbirds Evolved To Detect Sugar  Science 2.0
If you capture a hummingbird on high-speed video and slow it down, their wings thrum like helicopter blades as they hover near food. Their hearts beat 20 times a second and their tongues dart 17 times a second to slurp from a feeding station. It takes only ...

Hummingbirds evolved to love sweet stuff: Here's how   Tech Times
Hummingbird is the Only Bird that Gets Attracted to Sweet Flavors: Study   Uncover California
Scientists discover genetic code behind sweet tooth of hummingbirds   Maine News Online
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  Latin American Herald Tribune   
2 Europe navigation satellites in the wrong orbits  The Seattle Times
European space officials say they're investigating whether the inaccurate deployment of two satellites will complicate their efforts to develop a new Galileo satellite navigation system that would rival America's GPS network.
ESA Galileo Satellites Were Placed In The Wrong Orbit   Forbes
Russian Rocket Launched Into Wrong Orbit   The Inquisitr
European Navigation Satellites Get Lost In Orbit   TIME
Latin American Herald Tribune   
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AllMediaNY   
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Global warming's 'pause': Where did the heat go?  Christian Science Monitor
New research suggests that a climate cycle in the North Atlantic Ocean has absorbed the Earth's 'extra' heat, contributing to a perceived hiatus for global warming. By Becky Oskin, LiveScience Senior Writer August 22, 2014. close. Top: Global average ...


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  National Geographic   
GPS measures western US drought, finds Earth rising  Business Recorder
Scientists using GPS technology to study the extent of the western US drought said on August 21 the water shortage is causing parts of the Earth's crust to rise. Some 62 trillion gallons - equivalent to a six-inch (15-centimeter) layer of water - have been lost ...

The Drought Is So Bad California's Mountains Grew Half An Inch   LAist
Water loss of 240 gigatons causing western US ground to rise   Capital OTC
Drought, Water Loss So Severe that California Ground has Risen   Design & Trend
Tech Times   
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  SFGate   
Steven Nagel, Veteran NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut, Dies at 67  Huffington Post
NASA astronaut Steven Nagel is seen in the commander's seat aboard the space shuttle Atlantis during the STS-55 mission in April 1991. Nagel died at age 67 on Aug. 21, 2014. | NASA. Share · Tweet. Email. Comment. Share on Google+ · tumblr · stumble ...

Former NASA Astronaut Steven R. Nagel Dies after Fighting Cancer for Years   Maine News
Local Astronaut Had Died   KTRH
Steven R. Nagel | Former astronaut, 67   Philly.com
Techsonia   
Indiana Gazette   
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  Texarkana Gazette   
Dinosaur footprints on public display in Utah  Delhi Daily News
The authorities in Utah have opened the area of fossilized dinosaur tracks in the region for general public. The fossilized tracks were discovered by a Utah resident in 2009 and now it has became a sight of 200 fossilized tracks that were left by ten different ...

Utah Area of Fossilized Dinosaur Tracks to Open for General public   Upstart Magazine
Ancient Dinosaur Footprints Discovered In Utah   ValueWalk
Dinosaur Footprints Set for Public Display in Utah   ABC News

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