us-hotdailynews: 2015-07-28 U.S. Science

CAL THOMAS: Kepler-452b: Farway planet that could sustain intelligent life
Washington Times
NASA has discovered the answer to all of our problems. It is another planet, a possible twin to Earth that could theoretically sustain life. This revelation could be bigger than Columbus “discovering” America, or Lewis and Clark finding the Northwest ...
NASA's Kepler Mission Identifies a Planet Similar to Eart   Echo Examiner
Earth-like Planet Astounds China and the Rest of the World   Yibada (English Edition)
Weather Talk: Earth's cousin an exciting discovery   INFORUM
CCTV-America
all 133 news articles »

Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking Among Hundreds to Urge Ban on Military Robots
New York Times
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, along with hundreds of artificial intelligence researchers and experts, are calling for a worldwide ban on so-called autonomous weapons, warning that they could set off a revolution in weaponry comparable to gunpowder ...

Got a question for Stephen Hawking? Now's your chance on Reddit's Ask Me Anything   Los Angeles Times
Why we must stop killer robots before they are built   Sydney Morning Herald
Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and over 1000 AI researchers co ...   Business Insider
Forbes
9news.com.au
CBS News
all 311 news articles »

TIME

US Flood Risk Could Be Worse Than We Thought
TIME
The way scientists have traditionally analyzed storm surge and heavy rainfall, the two main drivers of flooding in coastal communities, may underestimate flood risk in the United States, according to new research. In the past, disaster experts have ...
Expect major flood surges in coastal cities, study says   Science Recorder
Rain, Storm Surge Combine to Put US Coasts at Risk   Discovery News
Scientists Identify 'Triple Threat' Endangering US Coastal Cities   eNews Park Forest
The Guardian
The Verge
Bloomberg
all 20 news articles »

Here's What Caused Megafauna Like the Mammoths to Go Extinct
VICE News
Rapid temperature spikes of as much as 16 degrees Celsius may have been more to blame for the extinction of wooly mammoths, giant sloths, and other megafauna around 11,000 years ago than overhunting by humans, a new study in the journal Science ...

Climate change drove sloths, mammoths to extinction, say scientists (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Abrupt climate change, not humans, doomed the woolly mammoth   Examiner.com
Sloths, mammoth extinct due to rapid climate change, claim researchers   Business Standard
NEWS.com.au
all 179 news articles »

Wired

Really, Propellantless Space Drives Are Still Not a Thing
Wired
The last time we saw the so-called EM Drive, it was causing a kerfuffle over at NASAspaceflight.com, where a member of a tiny team called Eagleworks at NASA's Johnson Space Center had posted some information about a propellantless propulsion device.
NASA shows off the International Space Station in glorious 4K   Engadget
Watch an antacid tablet and water mix it up in weightlessness   Mashable
Worms to visit space station for muscle loss study   The Space Reporter
Space Daily
CNET
Financial Express
all 53 news articles »

New Horizons data shows Pluto's atmosphere, surface features
Ars Technica
Pluto sends a breathtaking farewell to New Horizons. Backlit by the sun, Pluto's atmosphere rings its silhouette like a luminous halo in this image taken by New Horizons. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is the gift that keeps on giving.
Amateur astronomers uncover Pluto's secrets   BBC News
Breathtaking Pluto images reveal icy dwarf planet's plains and mountians (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
NASA's Epic Pluto Flyby Almost Didn't Happen on Time   Space.com
CBC.ca
Vocal Republic
all 24 news articles »

Why are thousands of migratory salmon dying before they can spawn?
Christian Science Monitor
Barely half of all the sockeye salmon migrating up the Columbia River have survived to reach their spawning grounds this season, amid unseasonal heat. By Courtney Sherwood, Reuters July 27, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. In this June 27, 2012, file ...

Salmon fishing slow on Sacramento River   Sacramento Bee
Thousands of salmon die in hotter-than-usual Northwest rivers   Reuters UK
Climate Change: Salmon Dying Due to Warming Waters; 13 Species Now Endangered ...   Headlines & Global News
Longview Daily News
Ontario Argus Observer
all 123 news articles »

10 things to know before this week's blue moon
My Fox Boston
It's time to brush up on what it means when you say "once in a blue moon." A blue moon will occur this Friday, July 31, 2015. A “blue moon” is not actually blue. There are two definitions of a blue moon. It can either be described as the second full ...
Blue moon coming to July's night sky   The Space Reporter
July 31 to Give you a Sneak Peek into the 'Blue Moon'   Maine News Online
Jimmy Westlake: Friday's full moon — blue or not?   Steamboat Pilot & Today
OregonLive.com
Sentinel Republic
Rapid News Network
all 78 news articles »