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2014-09-12 U.S. Science

  Christian Science Monitor   
Dinosaur was a terror in water: Think of a huge, flesh-eating 'crocoduck' (+video)  Christian Science Monitor
Paleontologists describe the fiercely clawed Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, the biggest top-of-the-food chain dinosaur yet, as 'half duck and half crocodile' and better suited to hunting in water than on land.
Spinosaurus fossil: 'Giant swimming dinosaur' unearthed   BBC News
Say Hello To Spinosaurus, A Huge Alien-Like Dinosaur That Actually Knew How ...   Huffington Post
First swimming dinosaur was 'half-duck, half-crocodile'   Fox News
The Hindu   
The Week Magazine   
New York Times   
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  TIME   
Sun burps MASSIVE solar storm: Expect a light show in the skies  Register
Video A "significant" solar storm emitted by the Sun on Wednesday will hit our planet in the coming hours – most likely causing auroras to appear over certain areas. As a result of an X1.6 solar flare intercepting Earth, a dazzling overhead light display could ...

Space storms to hit Friday, early Saturday   The Augusta Chronicle
Double solar storms headed to Earth raise disruption concerns   Reuters
Massive solar flare erupts towards Earth   CNET
The Guardian   
KRMG   
fox4kc.com   
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  ABC News   
At last! NASA's Mars rover Curiosity finally arrives at Mt. Sharp  Los Angeles Times
This mosaic image shows the planned route (in yellow)of the Curiosity rover from Pahrump Hills at the base of Mt. Sharp, through the Murray Formation and south to the hematite ridge further up the flank of Mt. Sharp. This mosaic image shows the planned ...

Mars Curiosity Rover Finally Begins Mission to Explore Mount Sharp   Dumb-Out
Mars rover Curiosity reaches key destination; 'new science ahead!'   CNN
After a Two-Year Trek, NASA's Mars Rover Reaches Its Mountain Lab   New York Times
CBS News   
Capital OTC   
Herald Zeitung   
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  Science Recorder   
Gibbon genome sheds new light on origin of human diseases  Science Recorder
The newly sequenced gibbon genome reveals an unusually high number of chromosomal breaks and rearrangements that may help scientists better understand the development of genetic diseases in humans.
What's So Special About Gibbon DNA?   PNC Voice
Sequenced gibbon genome gives insights into our chromosomal biology   Tech Times
Gibbon Genome: Scientists decipher Genetic Sequence to reveal secrets   Capital OTC
Maine News Online   
The Star Online   
Christian Science Monitor   
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  Reuters   
Astronaut, cosmonauts back on Earth after six months in space  Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla (Reuters) - Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returned to Earth on Wednesday, capping a nearly six-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Riding inside a Russian Soyuz capsule, former station commander ...

Astronaut who witnessed 9/11 from space recalls tragic day   Christian Science Monitor

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  Zee News   
NASA prepares Orion capsule for debut deep-space test flight  Zee News
Cape Canaveral: A NASA spacecraft designed to one day fly astronauts to Mars rolled out of its processing hangar at the US space agency`s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday to be prepared for a debut test flight in December. "This is a pretty ...

Orion moves to PHSF in preparation for first flight   SpaceFlight Insider
NASA's newest human spacecraft on the move   Hutchinson News

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  Tech Times   
Ancient squirrel-like discovery forces rethinking of mammal evolution  Tech Times
Tiny fossils unearthed in China pushes possible age of Earth's mammals back by millions of years. Small mouse- and squirrel-sized creatures were adapted for tree-top living, researchers say. (Photo : © Zhao Chuang). Tiny fossils of extinct mouse- and ...

New fossils may prove that mammals existed alongside dinosaurs   Catholic Online
Scientists discover 3 new mammals that lived alongside dinosaurs   Baltimore Sun
Chinese fossils show early origins of mammals   Xinhua

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  Daily Digest   
Rosetta gives us first map of target comet  Daily Digest
Things are heating up in Rosetta's historical mission to land on a moving comet. Yesterday, the world gawked and giggled as the ESA released a “selfie” taken by the Philae lander (with comet 67P/C-G photobombing in the background). Now, NASA's Jet ...

Why We Explore: A Comet Tale Told in Four Pictures   Discover Magazine (blog)
Rosetta Spacecraft Takes “Selfie” And Shot With Its Comet Friend   ValueWalk
European spacecraft snaps selfie with comet in background   Christian Science Monitor
Space.com   
BBC News   
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  Nature World News   
Ancient 'Toothy Pelican' Looks Like it Came Straight Out of the Movies  Nature World News
A newly discovered species of pterosaur has been named after the dragon-like creatures from the visually stunning 2009 movie Avatar, as it happens to sport s similar skull to the four-winged creatures of the sci-fi blockbuster. [Pictured: artist interpretation of ...


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  Reuters   
Wildlife activists say new US lynx protections fall short  Reuters
DENVER (Reuters) - The federal government will extend protections to all imperiled Canada lynx in the lower 48 U.S. states, but wildlife advocates said on Thursday it was ignoring important parts of the rare cats' range and they vowed to challenge the move ...

Lynx Protections Expanded, but New Habitat Denied   ABC News
Lynx Protection Expanded, But Not All Habitat Designated As Critical   Huffington Post

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