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2015-08-02 U.S. Science


Immortal News
   
Scientists manufacture: Robotic bug can leap on water   
The Market Business
Washington – A team of researchers have developed an insect-sized robot who can launch itself from the surface of water successfully replicating biological movement in an artificial system. The scientists from Seoul National University, Harvard's Wyss ...

Breakthrough: Scientists create water-walking robotic insect   National Monitor
Robotic insect mimics quite natural phenomenon moves   MicroCap Observer
Harvard Team Develops Water-Walking Robotic Insect [Video]   Immortal News
Engadget   
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ABC News
   
YOUR PHOTOS: Once in a blue moon   
Inside NoVA
You know the saying "once in a blue moon?" While not actually blue, they are rare, occurring when there are two full moons in one month. Friday's full moon was the second in July and the first "blue" moon since 2012.
Ask Rufus: A Rabbit on a Blue Moon   The Commercial Dispatch
Blue Moon Offers Rare Treat for Stargazers   High Country Press
Rare Blue Moon Has New Yorkers Feeling Lucky   Junior College
Discovery News   
ABC News   
TIME   
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CNN
   
On closer look, researchers propose new species: African golden wolf   
CNN
(CNN) The golden jackals found in Africa, Europe the Middle East and Asia have long been considered the same species, thanks to their physical features and behavior. Apparently, looks can be deceiving. Extensive DNA analysis, backed up by previous ...

New dog species: A golden wolf, disguised as a jackal   Christian Science Monitor
Africa's Golden 'Jackals' Not Jackals At All, Scientists Say   Huffington Post
This golden jackal is a wolf   Livemint

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CBS Local
   
Empire State Building Projects Images Of Endangered Species Amid Outrage Over ...   
CBS Local
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Empire State Building will be illuminated with images of endangered species Saturday night. Large-scale images of endangered species will be projected onto the side of the iconic building as a way to raise awareness ...

Photos of endangered animals shine on Empire State Building   seattlepi.com
No restraining order on projections of endangered species on Empire State Building   Twitchy
Images of Endangered Animals Light up Empire State Building   NBC New York
Sentinel Republic   
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Discovery News
   
NASA Pings a Passing Space Peanut   
Discovery News
On July 25, 2015, the near-Earth asteroid 1999 JD6 made its closest pass of Earth in at least over a century, coming within 4.5 million miles of our planet (7.2 million kilometers, or about 19 times the distance between Earth and the moon) and ...
NASA reveals strange space peanut asteroid that passed Earth last weekend   Daily Mail
Earth flyby of 'space peanut' captured in new video   Phys.Org
Scientists study 'peanut-shaped' asteroid near Earth   Cornell Chronicle
Popular Mechanics   
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Fox News
   
Hitchhiking robot's cross-country trip in US ends prematurely in Philly   
Fox News
July 17, 2015: A car drives by HitchBOT, a hitchhiking robot in Marblehead, Mass. The Canadian researchers who created hitchBOT as a social experiment say someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair on ending its brief American tour. (AP).
Hitchiking robot 'killed' in Philadelphia   Telegraph.co.uk
Hitchhiking robot's cross-country trip in US ends in Philly   STLtoday.com
Hitchhiking robot meets end on streets of Philadelphia   Toronto Star
Mashable   
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NBCNews.com
   
Could Human Beings Ever Reach 'Earth 2.0'?   
NBCNews.com
Kepler-452b is the most Earth-like planet ever discovered, a place with just enough sunlight to possibly support the crops and house plants of life forms like ourselves. But don't pack your bags just yet. While the planet might seem like a tantalizing ...
NASA's finds super-Earth just 21 light years away   Christian Science Monitor
NASA Confirms Closest Super-Earth Ever   Wall Street Journal
NASA spots nearest rocky super-Earth at just 21 light-years away   CNET

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Engadget
   
Look like Deep-fried ice cream: Comets do not look like floating rocks   
The Market Business
Comets have always fascinated scientists. Centuries ago it was their glowing tails streaking across skies, and now it is the tantalizing possibility that they may have seeded life on Earth. To firm up these answers, it helps to understand the structure ...
Philae finds organic molecules on Comet 67P   Christian Science Monitor
Building Blocks of Life Found on Comet   Rapid News Network
Philae lander shows there's more to comets than soft dust   Vocal Republic
Echo Examiner   
Examiner.com   
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National Geographic
   
Perseid showers will peak in August   
Washington Post
Shout out for shooting stars! Should you desire relief from Washington's unrelenting midsummer heat, the heavens offer a shower — that is, the Perseid meteor shower — peaking in mid-August. Provided we get clear, cloudless night skies, the annual ...

Dazzling Night Sky Spectacle: Perseid and Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers Unfurls ...   Echo Examiner
Hot August nights produce meteor activity   Quad-Cities Online
Delta Aquarid And Perseid Meteor Showers To Delight Skygazers   Tech Times
Pentiction Western News   
Chambersburg Public Opinion   
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seattlepi.com
   
Save the Monarch campaigns grow across Iowa, nationally   
seattlepi.com
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Overwhelmed by global warming? See no solution to dirty water? Save the monarch butterfly. The iconic black-and-orange butterfly has become nature's celebrity and a rallying symbol of agreeable, grass-roots environmentalism ...

Campaigns to save monarch butterfly take flight across Iowa, around the nation   Greenfield Daily Reporter

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