us-hotdailynews: 2015-05-29 U.S. Science

Gay-Marriage Study Author Admits to Lies, Science Journal Says
NBCNews.com
The journal Science has formally pulled a widely reported study on changing attitudes toward gay marriage, saying a lawyer for one of the co-authors, a UCLA grad student, had admitted it contained lies. Michael LaCour, the political science PhD student ...

Study on Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage Is Retracted by a Scientific Journal   New York Times
Journal retracts study on attitudes on same-sex marriage   The Seattle Times
Science mag retracts gay canvassing study without agreement of one author   Washington Times
PLoS Blogs (blog)
Huffington Post
The Guardian
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Early humans left Africa through Egypt, study says
Christian Science Monitor
225 human genome sequences from Ethiopians and Egyptians point to a Northern exit out of Africa as the most likely route by the ancestors of all Eurasians. Luca Pagani. View Caption. When a group of modern humans began their exodus out of Africa some ...

Modern Humans Trekked Out of Africa Via Egypt, DNA Study Suggests   NBCNews.com
Out of Africa: How early humans first got to Europe   CBS News
Modern humans spread out of Africa from Egypt new study finds   Daily Mail
Tech Times
Headlines & Global News
Nature World News
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Small Japanese Island Evacuated as Volcano Violently Erupts
NBCNews.com
Japanese authorities ordered all of the estimated 137 people on a small island to evacuate after a volcano erupted Friday morning in a towering plume of thick, black smoke almost six miles high and a shower of fiercely hot rock and toxic gases. Japan's main ...

Volcano erupts on southern Japanese island   Miami Herald
The moment Japan's Mount Shindake volcano erupts in spectacular fashion   The Guardian
UPDATE 2-Volcano erupts on Japanese island, evacuation ordered, airlines ...   Reuters
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Another private venture plans colony on Mars
The Space Reporter
An international venture composed of representatives from the US, Russia, Poland, the Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced a bold plan to start a human colony on Mars around 2029. Titled Mars Polar, the project seeks to colonize Mars' ...

Tiny CubeSats to watch NASA's next Mars mission   Christian Science Monitor
InSight NASA Probe Begins Testing For Mission To Mars   Tech Times
Biological activities may have caused the sudden methane spike in Mars   Empire State Tribune
Discovery News
The Denver Post
Times of India
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Coast is Clear! No Deadly Debris Seen in Pluto Flyby Path
Discovery News
NASA's New Horizons team have pored over observational data beamed back to Earth from the speeding spacecraft and concluded, at least for now, the coast is clear for a flyby of dwarf planet Pluto. NEWS: New Spacecraft Photos Hint at a Rich and Complex ...

Pluto Shows No Danger Signs Yet for Incoming NASA Probe   Space.com
New Horizons Returns New Photos From Pluto   Tech Times
Pluto Imagery Enriched As New Horizons Beams New Photos   PerfScience
Yahoo News UK
Empire State Tribune
Science Times
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Hubble spots a high speed collision in an extragalactic jet
Los Angeles Times
A high-speed, extragalactic jet of high velocity plasma has grown brighter over the last 20 years, and now scientists know why. Using data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers were able to show that over the last two decades one glowing ...

Hubble Sees Black Hole Spitting Out 'Light Saber' Jet   Tech Times
Hubble captures time lapse of shock collision from black hole   SlashGear
Hubble spots collision inside supermassive black hole jet   The Space Reporter
BBC News
ValueWalk
Universe Today
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Humans can't win against US killer robots - professor
New Zealand Herald
The robots are likely to be armed quadcopters or mini-tanks that can decided without human intervention who should live or die. Killer robots being developed by the US military "will leave humans utterly defenceless", an academic has warned.
US 'paving the way' to AI warfare   Sky News Australia
DARPA's Autonomous Killer Robots Will Leave Humans Defenseless   Sputnik International
Killer Robots Need Regulation, Expert Warns   Discovery News
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UC Berkeley
Belfast Telegraph
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Switzerland: Scientists Find the Secret to the Holes in Swiss Cheese: Hay Dust
New York Times
The mystery of Swiss cheese and its disappearing holes has been solved: The milk is too clean. A Swiss agricultural institute discovered that tiny specks of hay are responsible for the famous holes in traditional Swiss cheeses like Emmentaler and Appenzeller ...

FINALLY: Science Figured Out Where The Holes In Swiss Cheese Have All Gone   Huffington Post

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