us-hotdailynews: 2015-09-11 U.S. Science

Here's what we know about 'Homo naledi', the human species fossils discovered ...
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Maropeng, South Africa: The fossilised bones of 15 bodies from a previously unknown human species have been discovered in a cave in South Africa, it was announced Thursday, in what scientists hailed as a breakthrough in evolution research. About 1,500 ...

Meet Homo naledi, newly discovered species of human relative   Financial Express
'Mind Blown': Is Human Ancestor Discovery the Long-Sought Missing Link?   NBCNews.com
The Short List: Obama scores on Iran deal; meet Homo naledi; NYPD claims case ...   USA TODAY
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Picture: New Pluto images from New Horizons show mysterious complexity
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Washington: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned new close-up images of Pluto to the Earth that show an amazing range of features on the planet's surface and in its atmosphere. The incredible images reveal a bewildering variety of surface ...
New images of Pluto show it's a complicated place   Tampabay.com (blog)
No Surf, but Maybe Dunes in NASA's Latest Pluto Photos   Toledo Blade
NASA releases new 'head-scratcher' images of Pluto — Holy shit, basically   SFGate (blog)
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Southern Ocean sucks up 1.2bn tonnes of carbon in 2011 and buries it deep
The Guardian
The Southern Ocean's pattern of seawater circulation is the reason for its huge carbon intake. Photograph: Peter Barritt/Alamy. Oliver Milman · @olliemilman. Thursday 10 September 2015 22.05 EDT Last modified on Thursday 10 September 2015 22.06 EDT.
Climate change: Antarctic Ocean increases absorption of CO2   Bangkok Post
Southern Ocean soaks up more greenhouse gases, curbs warming, study finds   Sydney Morning Herald
Southern Ocean soaks up more greenhouse gases, limits warming   Reuters
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Nature World Report
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Study finds more sharks than ever swimming in waters along the East Coast
Fox News
More sharks than ever are swimming along the East Coast, federal researchers announced this week, amid a busy summer in which a record number of the fish have attacked North Carolina beachgoers. Scientists with the National Oceanographic ...

East Coast Shark Populations Are Highest in Decades   Newsweek
Ed Killer: Shark taggers have best cruise ever | Graphic   TCPalm
More Sharks Than Ever Swimming in Waters Along The East Coast, Findings Suggest   KRWG News22
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Nature World Report
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Would Elon Musk's plan to nuke Mars actually work?
MSNBC
It's not often you hear a prominent CEO talk about nuking Mars, so when SpaceX founder Elon Musk broached the idea on the “Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Wednesday night, people took notice.
Elon Musk suggests nuking Mars, is promptly accused of being a super villain   CBC.ca
Let's NUKE MARS to make it more like home says Elon Musk   The Register
Daily Briefing, Sept. 11   SFGate
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Next Galileo satellites launched
BBC News
Europe is continuing the roll-out of its Galileo satellite system. Two more navigation and timing spacecraft have been launched on a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana. Their successful placement in orbit will bring the number of satellites in the ...
Europe launches Galileo satnav orbiters   Zee News
Watch a Soyuz rocket launch two Galileo satellites into space   The Verge
Arianespace successfully launches two Galileo navigation satellites   SpaceFlight Insider
Spaceflight Now
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New NASA images of dwarf planet feature 'intriguing' bright spots
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September 11, 2015: New images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft feature “intriguing” bright spots on the dwarf planet, Ceres. fteAPGd. New images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft focus on mysterious bright, white spots in a crater on the dwarf planet, ...

NASA Releases New Image of Mysterious 'Bright Spots' on Ceres   PC Magazine
Mysterious bright spots on Ceres come into focus   Christian Science Monitor
NASA Probe Homes in on Ceres' Mysterious Bright Spots   Discovery News
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Oldest galaxies ever found in the universe sets record
Nature World Report
Astronomers from the University of California, Irvine and Baltimore's Space Telescope Science Institute stated that they have generated the most accurate statistical description till date of faint, early galaxies. These galaxies existed in the universe ...
Astronomers discover farthest and the oldest galaxy in the Universe   The Market Business
Astronomers discover the farthest and oldest galaxy in the Universe   NYC Today
Astronomers Locate 'Most Distant Galaxy' in The Universe   KRWG News22
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Artifacts found may be related to Russian shipwreck
Washington Times
SITKA, Alaska (AP) - Archaeological work near Sitka this summer has turned up new evidence that may relate to a Russian shipwreck more than 200 years ago. The Neva was a Russian-American Company frigate that wrecked somewhere near Cape ...

Public Release: 10-Sep-2015 Archaeologists piece together how crew survived ...   EurekAlert (press release)
1813 Alaska shipwreck: How they survived   Christian Science Monitor

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Science Imitates Science Fiction in SpaceX's Futuristic Dragon Capsule
NBCNews.com
SpaceX's Dragon capsule has proven itself over and over during cargo deliveries to the International Space Station, but the version of the craft made to carry humans has yet to do so — although if it works anywhere as well as it looks in these newly ...
SpaceX Space Dragon final design revealed for manned ISS mission   Daily Mail
SpaceX just released footage of its new manned spaceship and it looks weirdly cool   Quartz
SpaceX unveils Crew Dragon capsule for commercial flights   Orlando Sentinel
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