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2014-12-21 U.S. Science


Morning Vertical
   
Stunning colors found in Yellowstone's famed thermal springs   
Science Recorder
For decades now, Yellowstone national park has attracted visitors with their famous thermal pools, exhibiting intense colors of swirling rainbows and serene cynical yellows. The two most unforgettable are arguably the Grand Prismatic and Sapphire pools, ...

Simple Computer Model Explains The Mystery Of Yellow Stone Hot Spring Colors   Frontline Desk
Here's What Yellowstone's Thermal Springs Looked Like Before Humans Visited ...   The Weather Channel
Putting the color in Yellowstone's famed thermal springs   Los Angeles Times
Capital OTC   
Voice Chronicle   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Can NASA's Orion program reinvigorate human spaceflight? (+video)   
Christian Science Monitor
NASA's human spaceflight program has been struggling with the same problem since the Apollo program: It doesn't have enough money to do the really exciting stuff. Orion's mission to Mars is NASA's latest attempt to address the issue, but the numbers still ...

NASA releases video of Orion's fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere   SpaceFlight Insider
NASA releases video of Orion spacecraft re-entry from astronaut's perspective   UPI.com
NASA Announced 'astronaut's-eye view' of Orion Spacecraft   The Capital Wide
KABC-TV   
Engadget   
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CNN
   
Twist and shout: NASA prints 3-D wrench in space First 3-D printer in space   
CNN
(CNN) -- Bringing supplies to astronauts on the International Space Station can be a little screwy, leaving astronauts waiting for the next costly and risky resupply mission. This week, thanks to 3-D printing, astronaut and ISS commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore ...

NASA sends wrench to space via email   The Space Reporter
3D Printer Used to Create Tool on ISS   The Cubic Lane
Intl space station crew gets new spanner – in an email   Al-Arabiya
Pioneer News   
BBC News   
West Texas News   
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NBCNews.com
   
Ghostly new fish discovered at record-breaking depths   
Washington Post
It came from the deep. The very, very deep. Recorded during a recent exploration of the Mariana Trench (the deepest place on the planet), the strange-looking new species has set a record for fish depth. Jeff Drazen and Patty Fryer, the University of Hawaii ...

New Fish Discovered Lurking in Depths of Mariana Trench   Macro Insider
World's deepest fish discovered 5 miles under the ocean surface   Mother Nature Network
Sea Ghost! Scientists Spot Deepest Living Fish in Mariana Trench   NBCNews.com
ABC News   
Los Angeles Times   
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West Texas News
   
Birders spot snowy owl during annual Washington area Christmas Bird Count   
Washington Post
It was just before 7 a.m. Saturday, a crescent moon fading from sight, when bird enthusiast William Young grabbed his binoculars, camera and clipboard out of his hybrid Prius. Its Virginia tags read: “WARBLER”. Young was one of numerous bird enthusiasts ...

Christmas Bird Count a holiday treat for some   Kansas.com
Counting is for the birds in annual event   Merced Sun-Star
Climate changes, habitat loss cited as threats to 314 bird species   Tribune-Review
Hilton Head Island Packet   
Topeka Capital Journal   
WABI   
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Science Times
   
Warblers Flee, As Warnings from Mother Nature Reveal Coming Storms   
Science Times
In the study of ecology, it's long been known that animals have a sort of sixth sense above and beyond what humans can perceive. Perhaps through the aid of their keen senses of smell or their abnormally acute sense of hearing, animals such as dogs are ...

Feathered Forecasters? Tiny Birds Knew Killer Tornadoes Were Coming   NBCNews.com
Nature's own tornado detector saves migrating birds, study finds   Los Angeles Times
Birds May Have Sensed Severe Storms Days in Advance   National Geographic
BBC News   
Reuters   
UC Berkeley   
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The Utah People's Post
   
Report suggests forest-cutting can immediately harm climatic patterns   
Washington Post
RIO DE JANEIRO — The critical role that vast tropical forests such as Brazil's Amazon play in suppressing climate change is well known: They store huge quantities of carbon, acting as “carbon sinks.” But as a report out this week argues, scientists are making ...

Q&A: Heating Up the Climate Change Debate   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Tropical deforestation threatens global food production   Reuters
Deforestation in the Amazon will cause precipitation in Britain   The Independent
Phys.Org   
Pioneer News   
PerfScience   
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NBCNews.com
   
Year in Space: Rosetta Mission's Comet Landing Takes the Prize   
NBCNews.com
When you look back at the past year in space, one achievement stands out: the unprecedented touchdown of the Philae lander on a comet hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, at the climax of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. Don't just take ...

European comet lander may wake up from space slumber   Fox News
Latest data shows Philae may have been saved by a crater rim   Geek
Science dubs Rosetta breakthrough of year: Space sweeps 2014 science stories   Christian Science Monitor
Space.com   
ScienceCareers.org   
Record-Searchlight   
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Mashable
   
D.C. has passed sea level rise 'tipping point,' more cities to follow: study   
Mashable
Sveinn Storm, owner of Storm Bros. Ice Cream Factory, surveys flood water outside his store in Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 30, 2012, in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Image: Susan Walsh/Associated Press. 2_27_14_andrewheadshot. By Andrew Freedman ...

Major U.S. cities have passed the 'tipping point' for sea level rise, according to a ...   UPI.com
Study: Parts Of Md. Could Flood At Least 30 Times A Year   CBS Local
Most Of The Coastal US Will See Over 30 Days Of Flooding Due To Sea Level ...   Huffington Post
Uncover Michigan   
CBS News   
West Texas News   
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Newsweek
   
Tale of a Million Mummies Unravels   
Newsweek
Conservators inspect a sarcophagus that contained the mummy of Nekhet-iset-aru before its installation at the National Museum in Singapore. Vivek Prakash/Reuters. Filed Under: World, Egypt, Mummy. There is battle over mummies taking place in Egypt, ...

Archaeologists Discover Egyptian Cemetery That May Contain One Million ...   RYOT
Egypt official denies 'million-mummy' find   Al-Arabiya
Excavation Reveals Regular Citizens Who Really Ran Ancient Egypt   KAWC

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