us-hotdailynews: 2014-12-26 U.S. Science

Sun Dazzles In First-Ever NuSTAR High-Energy X-Ray Portrait
International Business Times
X-rays stream off the sun in this image showing observations from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, overlaid on a picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. This is the first picture of the sun taken by NuSTAR.
NASA took an image of giant solar flare   Frontline Desk
Dazzling! NuSTAR captures sun's portrait in solar X-rays   Los Angeles Times
Sun's sizzling X-rays photographed from space   BBC News
Christian Science Monitor
Engadget
Boise Weekly
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Tornadoes for Christmas: Severe holiday weather from space
Science Codex
Severe weather in the form of tornadoes is not something people expect on Christmas week but a storm system on Dec. 23rd brought tornadoes to Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana. NASA's RapidScat, which flies aboard the International Space Station, ...

NASA Captures the Holidays From Space in Mesmerizing Videos   Newsweek
NASA captured Christmas Eve from space   Capitalberg
NASA monitors Severe Holiday Weather from Space / latest news   Full-Time Whistle
Science World Report
MyFoxOrlando.com
Clarksville Online
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Drought, Heat and Ice: 2015 Could Be Tipping Point on Climate
NBCNews.com
With 2014 looking like it will go down as the warmest year globally on record, climate scientists now wonder whether 2015 will be the year nations finally take significant steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They'll have a chance at a climate summit in ...

World's future climate will depend on people in 2015, not governments   Al Jazeera America
Climate Change This Week: Bishops Bugle, Latin Solar Salsa, the Price of Heat ...   Huffington Post
Climate change would make life worse: Climate experts   New Hampshire Voice
Voice of America
InsideClimate News
Bloomberg BNA
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Evolution Of Humans From Hunter-Gatherers To Farmers Made Bones Weaker
Voice Chronicle
According to a new study, the evolution of modern human being from the hunter-gatherer to the farmer has made human bones lighter and brittle with the passage of time. Researchers now believe that our bones have become more breakable since our ...

The switch to farming made our skeletons more fragile (because we got lazier)   Washington Post
Shifting to Agriculture Made Human Bones Weak   News Every day
Study, Farming & Inactive Lifestyle Weakened Human Bones Over Centuries   Capitalberg
SMN Weekly
Maine News
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NASA partnering with four companies to develop a new commercial space ...
Capitalberg
NASA will collaborate with four U.S. based companies to develop a new commercial space program. NASA will collude with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), Final Frontier Design, United Launch Alliance and the ATK Space Systems. NASA named ...

NASA selects four aerospace firms for its commercial space flight collaboration ...   Full-Time Whistle
NASA approves first SpaceX milestone for Crew Dragon spacecraft   Gizmag
NASA Selects Commercial Space Partners for Collaborative Partnerships   SpaceFlight Insider
Space.com
Morning Vertical
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Cones & Rods Fossilized in Ancient Fish Eyes, What they Tell Us About the View ...
Science Times
For a long time, scientists have believed the human eye's ability to see in color developed hundreds of millions of years ago. The newest discovery of fossilized fish whose eyes have remained largely intact has provided the proof that this assertion is indeed a ...

Scientists make stunning discovery: a 300-million-year-old fish could see in color ...   Full-Time Whistle
In fossilized fish eye, rods and cones preserved for 300 million years   Los Angeles Times
Scientists make stunning discovery: a 300-million-year-old fish could see in color   National Monitor
Discovery News
Fox News
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CBC.ca

A 7 million light year distant “Dwarf Galaxy” discovered
Capitalberg
Scientists have found another dwarf galaxy using Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera. It is the second small galaxy found after KKR25 in 1999 by the same group of scientists. A team of American and Russian Scientists have discovered a new ...

Scientists Discover New 'Dwarf Galaxy' 7 Million Light Years Away   Macro Insider
Hubble Finds 'New' Dwarf Galaxy in Milky Way's Backyard   Discovery News
Orphan dwarf galaxy could shed light on history of galaxy formation   Christian Science Monitor
Tech Times
Voice Chronicle
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KPBS

Whitman professor among researchers who discover new deep sea fish species
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
Go to bit.ly/fishspecies to see a video of the world's deepest-ocean dwelling fish recently discovered in the Mariana Trench. Few people get to discover new species. Even fewer have the opportunity to explore the deepest reaches of the oceans. A Whitman ...

Unexpected Life Found In The Ocean's Deepest Trench   KCUR
Island of Guam: Thriving Life Found At The Bottom Of Mariana Trench   The Capital Wide

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