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2015-06-15 Australia Science


Los Angeles Times
   
Comet lander Philae wakes up: How it happened and what's next   
Los Angeles Times
Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet, surprised and delighted scientists this weekend by waking up and reestablishing contact with Earth, seven months after running out of power. It “spoke” for more than a minute, according to the European Space ...

Philae comet lander wakes from its hibernation   CTV News
Lost comet lander awakes, sends 'hello' from space   CNN
Philae Spacecraft Reawakens on a Speeding Comet With Data for Scientists   New York Times
The Australian (blog)   
Irish Independent   
The Globe and Mail   
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The Inquisitr
   
Bizarre clouds have some crying alien invasion   
San Jose Mercury News
Click here if viewing from a mobile device. Mysterious "UFO-shaped" clouds that formed after severe Texas storms last month had some concerned about an alien invasion. The large circular clouds appeared after a wave of big storms on May 25 in ...

Cloud or UFO? Texans are reporting 'lenticular clouds' as flying saucers   Syracuse.com
Texans Keep Reporting UFOs—Er, Clouds   Newser
UFO Sighting 2015: Tubular-Shaped Spacecraft Stuns Witness   International Business Times, India Edition
The Inquisitr   
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ABC Local
   
Tropical Cyclone Marcia had little impact on dolphin populations, researcher says   
ABC Local
A Queensland researcher says Tropical Cyclone Marcia had less impact on dolphin numbers along the Capricorn coast than the 2010 flood. Print page; Email this · Permalink. Share. Southern Cross University's Capricorn Cetaceans Project leader Daniele ...

Dolphin research continues on Capricorn and Curtis Coasts   ABC Online (blog)

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
New climate pledges only buy eight more months before climate tipping point   
Sydney Morning Herald
New global pledges to cut greenhouse gases have delayed by just eight months the moment when the world is expected to breach a threshold that keeps global warming at safer levels, the world's leading energy agency has found. In a new report the ...

The world is off course to prevent two degrees C of warming, says energy agency   Washington Post
Renewables on course to overtake coal by 2030   The Australian Financial Review
Weak climate plans mean world set to overshoot temperature goal - IEA   Reuters India
The Age   
Financial Times   
The Guardian   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Painted ladies may send UK aflutter   
Perth Now
MILLIONS of painted lady butterflies could be heading to Britain in a once-in-a-decade mass migration from southern Europe. UNUSUALLY high numbers of the orange and black butterflies have been reported in southern Europe at the critical time of year for ...

Fluttering back to Britain, millions of painted ladies: Distinctive orange and black ...   Daily Mail
Butterfly invasion! Painted Ladies set to descend on Britain in their millions   BreakingNews.ie

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South China Morning Post (subscription)
   
Giant crocodile kills smaller rival in front of awed tourists in Australia   
South China Morning Post (subscription)
A five-metre crocodile has put on a spectacular display for a passing tour boat, attacking and chomping on a smaller croc before plunging it into an unsurvivable “death roll”. British trainee guide Nikki Davies said one or two of the fearsome predators were ...

Sixteen-Foot Cannibal Crocodile Makes Meal Of Six-Foot Rival [Photos]   The Inquisitr
It's a croc-eat-croc world! See terrifying 16ft monster make short work of its ...   Mirror.co.uk
HUGE Kakadu National Park crocodile devours a 'small' 2m croc in new photos   Daily Mail
NEWS.com.au   
Irish Mirror   
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NEWS.com.au
   
World meat free day Monday   
NEWS.com.au
EVENTS are being held around the UK to mark the first World Meat Free Day. PEOPLE around the globe have been urged to give up meat on Monday as part of a campaign aimed at tackling climate change, promoting health and feeding the world more fairly.

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Slate Magazine
   
NASA Just Found Glass on Mars—the Same Place We Found Ancient Life on ...   
Slate Magazine
NASA's latest find on the red planet is the same place we found ancient life on Earth. By Jim Festante. tnc150611_marsglass_1280. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter identified glass embedded within impact craters on Mars. On Earth, similar impact glass ...

Space News: Martian glass – window into possible past life   Lake County News
Glass on Mars Could Reveal Ancient Alien Life   Yibada (English Edition)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detects impact glass   Gizmag
Vocal Republic   
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The Inquisitr
   
Here's What Happens When Cicadas Attack – Must See! [Video]   
The Inquisitr
Cicadas are normally peaceful creatures who don't normally attack. Except when cicadas attack reporters, as shown in a now-viral video of a reporter being attacked by the nasty six-legged insects. Poor Katya Leick, who was poised high in the air on what ...

Cicadas Attack : Kansas reporter's 'freakout' spurred by heckling cicadas   Canada News
TV journalist loses her cool as flying bugs swarm around her   Daily Star
KSNT Reporter Katya Leick Has On-air Meltdown Over Cicadas! Outrage! Video!   Student Operated Press

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The Australian
   
Carbon success sparks call for target to soar   
The Australian
Australia is on track to meet its 5 per cent carbon reduction target for 2020, defying international critics with a better performance against its benchmarks than many key nations. Slower than expected economic growth has helped make the agreed cut from ...

Climate change: the challenge for Australia   The Age
Can the divestment movement tame climate change?   BBC News
China reaffirms 2030 climate commitments   Business Standard
Reuters Africa   
Financial Express   
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