us-hotdailynews: 2014-12-11 U.S. Science

Rosetta science: Study suggests water on Earth did not come from comets
Los Angeles Times
After a 10-year journey through the solar system, an epic rendezvous with a speeding comet, and the drama of Philae's triple landing, the science phase of the Rosetta mission has officially begun. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Science, ...

Rosetta Data Support View That Asteroids Brought Water to Earth   Wall Street Journal
Comet Data Clears Up Debate on Earth's Water   New York Times
Comet's water different from Earth's   USA TODAY
The Register
BBC News
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Study Gauges Plastic Levels in Oceans
New York Times
It is no secret that the world's oceans are swimming with plastic debris — the first floating masses of trash were discovered in the 1990s. But researchers are starting to get a better sense of the size and scope of the problem. A study published Wednesday in ...

Study: 270000 tons of plastic floating in oceans   Huffington Post
Trash talk: 269000 tons of plastic litter choke world's oceans   Reuters
How much plastic have we dumped in the ocean?   Christian Science Monitor
Tech Times
NDTV
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Horned dinosaurs landed in America 110 million years ago, some rabbit-sized
Science Recorder
Discovery of tiny horned dinosaur no bigger than a rabbit suggests ceratopsians were in North America far earlier than previously thought. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all articles. Just $4.99/year. Subscribe ...

108 million year old Horned dinosaur discovered in Montana was Rabbit size ...   Inferse
108 Million-Year-Old Horned Dinosaur Discovered In Montana Is Oldest In North ...   International Business Times
The Fossil of a Horned Dinosaur Species Said to be the Oldest Species That ...   The Utah People's Post
OCRegister
Nature World News
NFL News and Rumors
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Lima marchers, experts want climate deal to respect rights
Reuters
LIMA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rights experts and civil society groups issued an open letter on Wednesday to ministers attending U.N. climate talks in Lima, urging governments to enshrine "human rights for all" in the new global climate deal due to be ...

Al Gore Recites Poetry At The UN Climate Conference   Daily Caller
A climate idea comes of age: Zero emissions   U-T San Diego
Lima climate talks set for record carbon footprint   Sydney Morning Herald
The Guardian
Chicago Tribune
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The Age of Asteroids
The New Yorker
A view of the asteroid Lutetia from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft. Credit Image from the European Space Agency. Brian May, the longtime guitarist of the rock band Queen, is also an astrophysicist. He started his career, in 1970, as a Ph.D.
Newly Found Massive Asteroid Not a Threat to Earth   Discovery News
Behemoth asteroid plays footsy with Earth   Times LIVE
A giant asteroid that crosses paths with Earth every three years has been ...   The Times (subscription)
Telegraph.co.uk
Washington Post
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SpaceX seeks to land rocket on floating ocean platform
Science Recorder
Always a company trying to be stay ahead of the times, SpaceX is going to try to land one of their rockets on a platform out in middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This event will take place during next week's launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ...

Can SpaceX land a rocket on a floating ocean platform? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
SpaceX Wants To Land A Rocket On A Floating Ocean Platform   ValueWalk
Space Travel. Ask Questions Now! Briefings for Fifth SpaceX Resupply Mission ...   Yareah Magazine
The Westside Story
Voice Chronicle
SpaceCoastDaily.com
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Greenpeace sorry for stunt at world famous Nazca lines
BBC News
Greenpeace has apologised for any "moral offence" it has caused, after a publicity stunt on the ancient Nazca lines in Peru. Activists from the organisation placed a banner next to a figure of a hummingbird, carved more than 1,500 years ago. They were ...

Peru Says Greenpeace Damaged Nazca Lines   Wall Street Journal
Greenpeace Apologizes for Nazca Lines Stunt   ABC News
Greenpeace sorry for Nazca stunt   Irish Independent
Daily Mail
Zee News
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Get outside and count some birds
Quad-Cities Online
The National Audubon Society's yearly December census of birds across America begins Sunday in the Quad-Cities and is open for volunteers. Called the Christmas Bird Count, the event was started in 1900 by Frank Chapman, an ornithologist at the ...

Citizen scientists prepare for annual holiday bird count   Lumina News
Christmas bird counts scheduled around Montana   Billings Gazette
Counting Christmas birds   Sierra Star
Tech Times
Discovery News
Richmond County Daily Journal
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