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2015-05-05 Zimbabwe Science


The Globe and Mail
   
New findings on whale tongues may lead to insight on human nerve damage   
The Globe and Mail
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have discovered that the largest animals alive – whales – have nerves in their tongues that can double in length and then recoil like a bungee cord. The researchers were studying specimens at a ...

Huge rorqual whales have nerves like 'bungee cords,' UBC scientists learn   CBC.ca
Bungee-like nerve in whales allows them to open wide to feed   CTV News
Scientists discover secret of gaping whale mouths   Toronto Sun

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New York Times
   
Espresso? Now the International Space Station Is Fully Equipped   
New York Times
ROME — Samantha Cristoforetti had an espresso on Sunday that was out of this world, and she did it in the name of science. Ms. Cristoforetti is an astronaut, the seventh Italian and the first Italian woman to venture into orbit. She has been at the International ...

Real coffee hits space: Italian astronaut brews groundbreaking espresso on ISS   RT

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Women's Agenda
   
Meet the woman leading the charge on solving climate change   
Women's Agenda
A large Sydney audience will tonight hear from the woman leading the charge on solving one of the world's most pressing issues – climate change. Decorated diplomat, speaker, climate change expert and executive secretary of the United Nations Framework ...

UN says carbon plans 'deeply inadequate'   Sky News Australia
Pakistan pushes to put stalled climate policy into action   Daily Times
Abbott's climate delays come full circle   Brisbane Times

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CBC.ca
   
Fiords store lots of carbon, fighting climate change   
CBC.ca
Fiords from Alaska to Norway soak up potentially damaging carbon from the atmosphere, making the steep-sided inlets an overlooked natural ally in offsetting man-made climate change, a study showed on Monday. Fiords cover only 0.1 percent of the world's ...

Picturesque fjords also bury carbon - NZ researcher   New Zealand Herald
Study finds fjords help fight climate change   National Monitor
Good news for Norway: Study finds fjords natural allies against climate change   Malay Mail Online
Business Insider   
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The Space Reporter
   
Astronauts may risk brain damage on journeys to Mars   
The Space Reporter
Astronauts traveling to Mars could sustain brain damage from exposure to galactic cosmic rays that could impair their cognitive functions, according to a study by neuroscientist and radiation biologist Charles Limoli of the University of California at Irvine.
How the Trip to Mars Will Change Astronauts' Brains   Big Think (blog)
How Safe are the Astronauts in the ISS from the destructive effect of Galactic ...   Empire State Tribune
Future Mars explorers may suffer brain damage on the journey   The Weather Network
Space.com   
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THE BUSINESS TIMES
   
China says climate change threatens major projects   
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Climate change threatens some of China's most important infrastructure projects, China's top meteorologist warned in a state newspaper, adding the country's rate of warming was higher than the global average. Zheng Guoguang, head of ...

China's Three Gorges Dam Is Threatened by Climate Change, Says Government ...   VICE News
Climate change threatens China's important projects: official   ecns

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The Space Reporter
   
High school students find pulsar with widest known orbit   
The Space Reporter
A pair of high school student researchers located a pulsar with the widest orbit ever seen around another neutron star. The team discovered the previously unknown pulsar by analyzing data collected from the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd ...

Two High School Studes Uncover a Pulsar with the Broadest Orbit   Times Gazette
High School Scientists Discover A Pulsar In Widest Orbit Yet Seen   Tech Times
High school students discover rare pulsar couple   Times of India
The Register   
Sci-News.com   
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Scroll.in
   
Russian spacecraft falling to Earth poses no danger – we have survived bigger ...   
Scroll.in
What is the difference between a book of photos and a photobook? India is slowly finding out. Benita Fernando · Yesterday · 03:30 pm · 'No historical proof that Ram was real'. Scroll · May 03, 2015 · 04:30 pm · Government set to send millions of children back ...

Share this story   Herald Sun
Will Russia Dismantle the ISS?   Science Times
Russian-US Crew Lifts Off for 1 Year Mission in Space   MINA
Techie News   
Motley Fool   
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Scoop.co.nz
   
Lagos Climate Summit Seeks Creation of Green Fund   
The Guardian
LIKE in other countries, stakeholders, who met at the just concluded 7th Climate Change Summit, organised by the Lagos State government has called for a need to create a Green Fund Initiative for the state. This was part of the 24-point recommendations ...

Government called to lead by example and 'become greener'   MaltaToday
House debates Climate Action Bill in first sitting held at new Parliament building   Malta Independent Online
Greens hungry for climate change action   3News NZ
Scoop.co.nz (press release)   
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