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2015-05-02 India Science


Microfinance Monitor
   
Volcanoes may have helped asteroid kill dinosaurs   
SFGate
A long-simmering debate over what killed the dinosaurs is heating up anew — with a team of UC Berkeley scientists suggesting that an asteroid that slammed into the Earth set off an eruption of thousands of volcanoes on the other side of the planet that ...

'Dinosaur-killing' asteroid may have triggered largest lava flows on Earth   Business Standard
Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?   UC Berkeley

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Daily News & Analysis
   
Citizen plays a big role in SGNP's first ever bird census   
Daily News & Analysis
Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) on Friday released its first-ever bird census. According to the data captured, areas on the periphery of the forest are seeing an increasing number of house crows, indian jungle crows and black kites due to improper waste ...

Bird survey finds 4 rare species in Sanjay Gandhi National Park   Hindustan Times
Park pride: 194 bird species found in just 15 km area of SGNP   Mumbai Mirror
Several species of birds 'completely missing': SGNP survey   The Indian Express
Times of India   
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Daily News & Analysis
   
Gravity data reveals Antarctic ice sheet is melting at faster rate   
Daily News & Analysis
A team of researchers has found that Antarctica's massive ice sheet lost twice the amount of ice in its western portion compared with what it accumulated in the east, suggesting that the southern continent's ice cap is melting ever faster. The Princeton ...

Antarctica's ice sheets are melting twice as faster, with over 92 billion tonnes per ...   Firstpost
Antarctic ice sheet melting faster than ever: study   Business Standard
Gravity data show that Antarctic ice sheet is melting increasingly faster   Princeton University

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Mongabay.com
   
7 conservationists win Whitley Awards   
Mongabay.com
Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jeffery), captive, Philippine Eagle Center, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines. Image credit Klaus Nigge. Seven conservationists have taken home Whitley Awards for their efforts to protect wildlife in developing countries.

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KVAL
   
Two-legged robot can take a walk in the grass   
Zee News
Washington: A two-legged robot that can keep its balance and walk in an outdoor field, full of lumps, bumps and uneven terrain, is three times more energy-efficient than any other human-sized bipedal robot, scientists say. Researchers at Oregon State ...

This robot can walk on grass just like us   Pune Mirror
Oregon State robot: 'It can walk, and will eventually run'   KVAL
Inspired by humans, a robot takes a walk in the grass   ECNmag.com

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TechCrunch
   
Researchers Create The Ultimate Smartphone Ultra Zoom To See And Measure ...   
TechCrunch
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have created a smartphone ultra-zoom solution that allows scientists in the field to image and size DNA. The tool, which uses a little 3D-printed box that acts as a high-resolution microscope, can be ...

Smartphone attachment lets smartphones image DNA   SlashGear
3D-printed attachment turns any smartphone into a DNA-scanning microscope   Gizmag
Smartphones with Ultra-zoom to serve as DNA scanning tool   Pc-Tablet Media
Med Device Online (press release)   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Study: Deep-Space Radiation Could Damage Astronauts' Brains   
Wall Street Journal
As NASA develops plans for a manned mission to Mars, scientists said Friday that cosmic rays during an interplanetary voyage could cause subtle brain damage, leaving astronauts confused, forgetful and slow to react to the unexpected. In a NASA-funded ...

A space odyssey: cosmic rays may damage the brains of astronauts   Sydney Morning Herald
Realistic Martian colony set up on Hawaiian volcano   NBCNews.com
Space Radiation On the Long Trip To Mars Could Make Astronauts Dumber   Gizmodo
Smithsonian   
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Times Gazette
   
Bombardier Beetle packs a Gatling Gun when threatened   
Times Gazette
Bombardier beetle is named as such because of its intriguing and effective way of defending itself from other animals which may pose as their predators. This insect ousts a superheated liquid called benzoquinone. The liquid is ejected forcefully, in a motion ...

Tiny beetle's explosive spray mechanism revealed by X-rays   Mumbai Mirror
How These 'Exploding Beetles' Don't Blow Themselves up   Nature World News
Funny To See How These 'Exploding Beetles' Don't Blow Themselves up   Dispatch Times
New Scientist   
Gizmodo   
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RT
   
Zombie howl: Newly discovered X-ray glow could be from matter-hungry stars   
RT
“Howls” of dead stars feeding on their stellar neighbors – that's one of the ways baffled scientists described a haze of high-energy X-rays at the core of our galaxy spotted by NASA's cutting-edge Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). NuSTAR is a ...

NASA may have captured 'howls' of dead stars as they feed on stellar companions   Gizmodo India
NASA space telescope sees possible X-ray 'screams' from zombie stars   Examiner.com
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) hears the possible ...   Clarksville Online
Nature World News   
Phys.Org   
Yahoo News   
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Nature World News
   
England to See Record-Breaking Warm Years   
Nature World News
With heatwaves in Europe expected to be 10 times as likely due to climate change, it should come as no surprise that England in particular will soon see record-breaking warm years. Share This Story ...

Global warming raises odds for record-breaking warm years in UK   Mashable
Man-made climate change to cause more English heat waves – scientists   RT
Climate change will make UK heat waves 13 time more likely   Blue & Green Tomorrow
Techie News   
BBC News   
Truthdig   
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