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2015-02-01 India Science


New insights into mammalian evolution   
BioScholar News
Why is a dolphin not a cat? Despite having a common ancestor, different mammalian species have acquired their unique characteristics by repurposing functional elements through gene regulation, says a study. “What we have shown is that evolution ...


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Zee News
   
Heat waves becoming more prominent in urban areas: Study   
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: The world's urban areas have experienced significant increases in heat waves over the past 40 years, according to researchers from India and the US. Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Northeastern ...

Urban areas experiencing intense heat waves globally   Business Standard
'Sharp rise in heat waves in urban areas'   The Hindu
An urban climate double whammy: more heat, less wind   Washington Post
Los Angeles Times   
Daily Mail   
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Market Business News
   
World's ocean species up to 9 times likelier to become extinct than previously ...   
Web India
A new study has recently revealed that world's marine species are up to nine times likelier to become extinct than formerly thought. The alarming study by the University of Sheffield, has been said to be the most thorough analysis of marine conservation data ...

Marine life facing risk of extinction   Chandigarh Tribune
New research shows our seas are in trouble   University of Sheffield News

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Science Codex
   
New instrument can detect atmospheric mercury   
Science Codex
A new sensor can detect ambient levels of mercury in the atmosphere. This new highly sensitive, laser-based instrument provides scientists with a method to more accurately measure global human exposure to mercury. The measurement approach is called ...

New sensor spots minute quantities of atmospheric mercury   New Kerala
New Sensor Detects Ambient Levels of Mercury in Atmosphere   AZoSensors
Researchers develop new instrument to monitor atmospheric mercury   Phys.Org

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The Hindu
   
NASA launches Earth-observing satellite   
The Hindu
A Delta 2 rocket carrying Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite was launched early Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California's central coast. The satellite is on a three-year mission to track the amount of water locked in soil, which may ...

NASA launches satellite to observe soil moisture   BBC News
NASA launches Earth-observing satellite on third try   Los Angeles Times
News from across the nation, Jan. 31   SFGate
The Nation   
DAWN.com   
ABC Online   
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The Hindu
   
Speck of interstellar dust adds twist to Big Bang Theory   
The Hindu
Scientists will have to wait a while longer to find out what kicked off the Big Bang. Last spring, a team of astronomers who go by the name of BICEP announced they had detected ripples in space-time, or gravitational waves, reverberating from the first trillionth ...

Grav wave tsunami NOT caused by Big Bang – astro boffins   The Register
It's Official: That Much-Hyped Big Bang Discovery Was Literally All Dust   Gizmodo Australia
Scientists abandon highly publicized claim about cosmic find   Sacramento Bee
Tribune-Review   
Frontline Desk   
Los Angeles Times   
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Pioneer News
   
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Considers Building Mars Helicopter Rover for ...   
Pioneer News
With the Mars Curiosity rover mission under way, NASA is already looking at what they can do for the next mission. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is considering developing a Mars Helicopter because while it is an ambitious idea it could also be far more cost ...

JPL Scientists working to develop Drone that could help Mars rovers move faster   Uncover Michigan
NASA Has Plans To Fly A Helicopter On Mars   Businessinsider India
Mars Rover Curiosity Resumes Drilling, Sends Information After Software Update   Microfinance Monitor
The News Reports   
Northern Voices Online   
PanAsiaBiz   
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indiatvnews.com
   
Monkeys multiply as authorities quibble over plans   
Times of India
Agra: In the last four years, the monkey population in Agra has gone up three times. Since 2012, the project cost for making the city of the Taj free of monkeys has nearly doubled. Sources in the district forest office said nearly 25,000 monkeys now roam the city ...

Jackal research and translocation project launched   Economic Times
ASI, NGO collaborate to save Agra blackbucks   Business Standard

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Hindustan Times
   
Kalpana, the star that touched us   
Hindustan Times
Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, one of the seven crew members killed in the space shuttle 'Columbia' disaster in 2003, was the first Indian woman in space. Share. I remember it was 1975, I was new in school, and the preparations for the upcoming Parents' Day ...

CU-Boulder honors those who perished in shuttle disasters   Boulder Daily Camera
CU-Boulder Fallen Astronauts Remembered At Campus Ceremony   CBS Local
Fallen CU-Boulder astronauts to be remembered   KXRM
Daily Journal   
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Delhi Daily News
   
Latest Kepler discovery raises hope of finding alien life   
Delhi Daily News
The main aim of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope is to search the far reaches of space and this device has found a new solar system, 117 light years from home. The new discovered system reminds us of our own galaxy, home to five new planets, which orbit ...

Ancient star with five Earth-size planets discovered   BioScholar News
Super-Ancient Solar System Sparks New Thinking About Search For Alien Life   Huffington Post
Kepler's new discovery could be a sign that there is alien life somewhere   SMN Weekly
India Today   
Microfinance Monitor   
Science Recorder   
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