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2015-07-16 Australia Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
NASA New Horizons probe reveals icy mountains on Pluto as first photos return   
Sydney Morning Herald
Venetia Phair: the little girl who named Pluto. Naked pictures of Kim Kardashian may have broken the internet, but the first intimate image of Pluto will give them a run for their money. I would never have believed it. This means this is a very young ...
Pluto mountains   BBC News
NASA New Horizons Pluto mission finds ice peaks, massive canyons   CBC.ca
New detailed Pluto photographs reveal 'young' mountain range   Irish Independent
The Globe and Mail   
The Straits Times   
The Sun Daily   
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ABC Online
   
Kookaburra and willie wagtail disappearing from parts of Australia   
ABC Online
MARK COLVIN: Researchers are calling it a wake-up call. Some of Australia's most common birds are disappearing from parts of the country. The list even includes kookaburras and willie wagtails. The startling finding has come from the State of Australia ...
How native Australian birds like the laughing kookaburra are in 'drastic' decline   Telegraph.co.uk
Australia's most iconic bird, the kookaburra, in strife in some areas   Courier Mail
Decline in bird population   Barrier Daily Truth
Bangkok Post   
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Brisbane Times
   
Sick bees not so busy, study finds   
Cowra Community News
BEES battling a common gut parasite are less likely to create a hive of activity because their ability to pollinate is hampered, Queensland researchers have found. The finding is significant for humans, given about a quarter of food production is ...
Tagged bees causing a buzz in disease research   agprofessional.com
Bees: Tiny Transmitters Placed On The Backs Of Insects Help Reveal Secrets Of ...   Science World Report
Bees Rigged With RFID Trackers Show Consequences of Parasites on Bee ...   Clapway
ABC Online (blog)   
Brisbane Times   
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SBS
   
FactCheck: has Australia met its climate goals, while other nations make 'airy ...   
SBS
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says other countries set "airy-fairy promises" to reduce carbon emissions. Have other countries met the targets? Previous Next Show Grid. Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Previous Next Hide Grid. Image. 1/. Video. Audio ...
Signals from Dutch case   The Hindu
Australia hit its Kyoto target, but it was more a three-inch putt than a hole ...   The Conversation AU
Dutch climate change case no roadmap for Aus   Lawyers Weekly

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Echonetdaily
   
Threatened species need funding boost: WWF   
Echonetdaily
Some of Australia's best-loved bird species like the laughing kookaburra are declining in numbers in some regions. (AAP). Australia's threatened plants and animals are in more danger than ever before without a dramatic increase in government spending ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
How a precocious 11-year-old girl gave Pluto its name   
Washington Post
The morning of March 14, 1930, was a fairly ordinary one in the Oxford home of 11-year-old Venetia Burney. The schoolgirl was eating breakfast in the dining room while her grandfather, Falconer Madan, paged through that day's edition of the Times of ...

The little girl who named Pluto   Sydney Morning Herald
Hello to Pluto   Telegraph.co.uk
How Pluto Got Its Name   Smithsonian
New York Magazine   
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Perth Now
   
Cooyoo discovery is the catch of the year for paleontologists   
Perth Now
The discovery of a 100 million-year-old fossilised fish called the Cooyoo is being celebrated in paleontological circles as the catch of the year. The Cooyoo was an ancient Australian giant, measuring up to three metres in length, with a head like a ...
'Something fishy' turns up on Outback farm in Australia   Digital Journal

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Boston Globe
   
VIDEO: Sweet business takes a sting after Cyclone Marcia   
Fraser Coast Chronicle
ASK Danny Bates and he will tell you where the worst place to get stung by a bee is. He is no stranger to bee stings. He has kept bees since he was in Year 6, when his parents bribed him with a bee hive to get him to stop sucking his thumb. He now has ...
Beekeepers manage hive of activity   Boston Globe
FIRST: The guardians of liquid gold   Malta Independent Online
Bee colony collapse is our problem   The Daily Athenaeum

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Gizmag
   
5 facts about Americans' views on space exploration   
The FINANCIAL
The FINANCIAL -- If all went according to plan, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft swept past Pluto this morning just before 8 a.m. Eastern time, offering scientists and the public a glimpse at the previously unexplored edge of the solar universe. New ...
Media uses the New Horizons mission to Pluto to take shots at Ted Cruz   Examiner.com
Americans' complicated relationship with space travel   Washington Post (blog)
State of the Game #2: Deep Space Exploration   Gizmag

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Business Green
   
Scientists warn geo-engineering is not the answer to climate change   
Business Green
Climate-engineering techniques such as recapturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reflecting solar radiation will not help tackle climate change in the short term, research finds. A new EU-wide analysis - published yesterday by a group of 14 ...

The Goverment's greenhouse gas emissions target misses the climate change ...   Stuff.co.nz
Climate change Changing winds mean longer flights   Nature.com
Temperature swings caused by climate change may increase death rate   Ars Technica
The Guardian   
CNN   
NEWS.com.au   
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