Monday, April 3, 2017

In early universe, where was dark matter? and other top stories.

  • In early universe, where was dark matter?

    In early universe, where was dark matter?
    A surprising result – based on new observations of distant galaxies – suggests that dark matter was less influential in the early universe than it is today. 0. Tweet. 0. Share. 0. Share. 0. Pin. 0. Mail. 0. Share. Dark matter – shown in red – may have ...
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  • As the planet gets hotter, some mammals may get smaller

    As the planet gets hotter, some mammals may get smaller
    Fifty-six million years ago, about 10 million years after the dinosaurs went extinct, something strange happened to our planet.It got hot. Really hot.Hotter than it had ever been since the Earth formed a few billion years earlier.Carbon signatures in the geological record show that global temperature surged 5 to 8 degrees Celsius within 10,000 years.They also indicate that the planet’s temperature remained elevated for an additional 170,000 years before returning to normal.Scientists describe t..
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  • Mysterious humpback whale 'super-groups' baffle global scientists

    Mysterious humpback whale 'super-groups' baffle global scientists
    Humpback whales have long been known as the solitary giants of the animal kingdom, preferring alone time to social interaction. In an unexpected turn of events, the majestic creatures have begun congregating in "super-groups" of up to 200 animals off the coast of South Africa. Researchers are baffled by the behavior, as humpbacks typically flock together in groups no larger than 20.  "I've never seen anything like this," Ken Findlay told New Scientist. Findlay led a team of researchers from the..
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  • China's 'airpocalypse' a product of climate change, not just pollution, researchers say

    China's 'airpocalypse' a product of climate change, not just pollution, researchers say
    China’s notorious smog problem may have been worsened by climate change in the polar regions, according to a study published in the United States on Wednesday. According to the study published in the US journal Science Advances, the findings may provide some clues why China’s smog problem has failed to ease despite cuts in pollution-causing emissions. When analysing the impact of global warming on regional pollution, researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology found that the level of haza..
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  • TV broadcast satellite launched aboard Falcon 9 rocket

    TV broadcast satellite launched aboard Falcon 9 rocket
    The Falcon 9 rocket streaks downrange in this long exposure photo from atop the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into a starry moonlit sky Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, making a speedy trek across the Atlantic Ocean to place a commercial television broadcast satellite into orbit for EchoStar. The nearly 23-story rocket, powered by nine Merlin 1D engines, ignited and blasted off fr..
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  • Raja Ampat Update: Captain of British Cruise Ship That Plowed Indonesian Reef Could Face Criminal Charges

    Raja Ampat Update: Captain of British Cruise Ship That Plowed Indonesian Reef Could Face Criminal Charges
    Mar 16, 2017 05:41 AM EDT The ship captain of MS Caledonia Sky, the British cruise ship that crashed into Indonesia's pristine coral reef in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia, may be charged. Indonesian authorities said Wednesday that the captain could face charges and spend time in prison, despite the company, Noble Caledonia Charitable Trust, covering the environmental damage via insurance. "Insurance company may be willing to pay the environmental damage, but it does not absolve criminal s..
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  • NASA budget would cut Earth science and education

    NASA budget would cut Earth science and education
    An engineering model of NASA's next-generation manned spacecraft Orion, is pictured Monday, March 6, 2017, at Yuma International Airport in Yuma, Ariz. (Matt Harding/AP) President Trump’s first federal budget seems to make good on his campaign promises to shift NASA’s focus away from Earth and toward space. But it doesn’t reveal where he thinks the agency should be headed — to Mars, the moon or elsewhere. Overall, Trump would shrink funding for NASA slightly, to $19.1 billion from about $1..
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  • Hungry, hungry spiders eat more than 400 million tons of insects a year

    Hungry, hungry spiders eat more than 400 million tons of insects a year
    March 15, 2017 —In his 1958 book "The World of Spiders," British arachnologist William Bristowe made a jarring speculation: The weight of the insects killed each year by Britain's spiders exceeded the weight of Britain's total human population.One of that book's readers, Martin Nyffeler, went on to pursue a career in arachnology, and has just found that Mr. Bristowe may have been on to something. In a new study, he and other scientists have estimated that spiders kill 400 million to 800 million..
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  • A Sea Change for Climate Coverage

    A Sea Change for Climate Coverage
    Photo A photographer near Lizard Island, Australia, documenting dead coral on the Great Barrier Reef in May 2016. Credit The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey, via Associated Press When considered individually, the main journalistic components of today’s article on the troubling state of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are nothing new — a focus on the climate, an international dateline (“SYDNEY, Australia”), arresting visuals. Each is a mainstay of New York Times re..
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  • Ancient Skull Found In Portugal Cave May Shed Light On Ancestry Of Neanderthals

    Ancient Skull Found In Portugal Cave May Shed Light On Ancestry Of Neanderthals
    About 500,000 years ago, different members of the Homo genus spread throughout Europe and Asia, some of which evolved into the Neanderthals, the closest extinct relative of modern humans. From what particular hominin species the Neanderthals evolved from, however, has been the subject of debates. Now, a newly discovered skull found in the cave of Aroeira in Portugal offers clues that may help solve the mystery of the Neanderthal ancestry. 400,000-Year-Old Skull The skull represents the westernm..
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