en-pk-hotdailynews: 2015-01-09 Pakistan Science

Thousands of Pacific Seabirds are Washing Ashore Dead, and No One Knows ...
Ring of Fire
Thousands of dead Cassin's auklets, a small seabird, have been washing ashore along the Pacific Coast from British Columbia, Canada to San Luis Obispo, California, and scientists have yet to figure out exactly why, The Statesman Journal reported.
1200 Dead Seabirds washed up ashore   PerfScience
Mass Deaths Of Seabirds Along Pacific Coast Baffle Biologists   Voice Chronicle
Scientists remain puzzled by mass of dead birds along West Coast   Full-Time Whistle

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NASA has made posters for three exoplanets found by Kepler
New York Daily News
NASA's new exoplanet posters will make your imagination run wild. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed three posters by the "Exoplanet Travel Bureau" that highlight what potential habitable exoplanets might look like. The three posters illustrate ...

Eight Alien Planets Possibly Flush with Life   National Monitor
Thousandth planet that could support life found thanks to the Kepler telescope   Capitalberg
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope finds more exoplanets in 'Goldilocks' zone   Science Recorder
The Utah People's Post
WAAY
National Post
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Can SpaceX make commercial rockets more affordable?
Channel 4 News (blog)
How easy is it to reverse park a rocket? That's the challenge engineers from private US space launch company SpaceX set themselves today (the launch was cancelled earlier this week due to a technical problem). It starts with a routine mission to resupply ...

SpaceX's latest attempt at landing a rocket on a barge at sea is re-scheduled for ...   The Verge
SpaceX to launch rocket, cargo ship tomorrow   Malay Mail Online
SpaceX Readies Rocket for Saturday Launch   Space Fellowship
FindItWestValley.com (satire) (press release) (registration)
E Canada Now
Business Recorder
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Techly

NASA Researchers Resolve Every Star in New Panoramic View of Andromeda
Science Times
While a new view of the the "Pillars of Creation" from the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) was revealed this last Monday, Jan. 5 for the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, researchers at NASA have revealed an even brighter sight from a bird's-eye ...

NASA honors Hubble's 25 years with high-def version of iconic image   Arizona State University
Pillars of Creativity   Huffington Post
The Big Picture: A sharper, more haunting Pillars of Creation   Engadget
Science Careers Blog (subscription)
Techly
RedOrbit
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Indian scientists at odds on ancient discovery claims
DAWN.com
NEW DELHI: A series of sensational claims, including that ancient Hindu sages were the pioneers of aviation and algebra, have triggered a furious debate in Indian academic circles amid warnings that nationalist breast-beating could undermine the country's ...

Indian Scientists Divided Over Mixing Mythology With Science   Newswire (press release)
In Science, Proof Is Eternal Clincher   Free press journal
India offers maths dunces ancient shortcut   gulfnews.com

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Stunning 3-D Models Reveal Bizarre Double Star Acting Up
National Geographic
The supermassive star pair Eta Carinae erupted in the 1840s and produced this double-lobed cloud of dust called the Homunculus Nebula. Photograph by NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team. Nadia Drake. for National Geographic. Published ...

NASA details mysteries of 'Stellar Monster' Eta Carinae in 3D model (+video)   Inferse
New 3D Model Of Eta Carinae Reveals The Behavior Of Its Stars   Voice Chronicle
NASA took the 3D image of the Struggling Stars   Consolidate Times
SMN Weekly
io9
Big News Network.com
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Marine midwife? Endangered orca in BC may have had help giving birth
CTV News
VANCOUVER -- Scientists were fairly certain that a matron killer whale from an endangered pod off British Columbia's coast had given birth to the newest calf -- then new evidence made them change that opinion. Ken Balcomb, from the Center for Whale ...

Apex daughter: Killer whale born to endangered pod off Vancouver is a girl ...   National Post
Newborn orca J50 is a girl, researchers confirm   CBC.ca

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America is colder than Mars. Some parts of it, anyway
The Guardian
The Curiosity Rover descends into the Gale Crater on Mars. Photograph: Stocktrek Images, Inc. /Alamy. Nicky Woolf in New York. Thursday 8 January 2015 17.53 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on LinkedIn · Share on ...

Do Mars rover photos show potential signs of ancient life?   Fox News
Are there fossils on Mars?   Christian Science Monitor
Scientist Sees Possible Signs Of Ancient Life On Mars In Rover Photos   Huffington Post
NEWS.com.au
Daily Mail
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CNET

Robotic research project at NASA could help in exploring extraterrestrial volcanoes
Full-Time Whistle
NASA has developed a robot capable of putting together a 3D map of a fissure, a crack that erupts magma. Fissures are the most common physical features from which magma erupts. Editor : Michael BROWN Category : SCIENCE08 January 2015 / Thursday ...

NASA's robots help out in volcano research   Techie News
NASA to drop new robot into volcano to study eruptions   RT
NASA VolcanoBot goes where no human dares to tread   CNET
Times of India
Clapway
The Independent
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Japanese Whalers Leave for Antarctic Mission–Without Harpoons
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Two whaling boats left Yamaguchi prefecture in western Japan to conduct nonlethal surveys of minke whales and other cetaceans in the Antarctic, Japan's Fisheries Agency said Thursday. The boats, the 724-ton Yushin Maru and the 747-ton Daini Yushin ...

Japan whaling ships set for Antarctic for counting expedition   Malay Mail Online
Japan whaling ships set out for Antarctic - to count, not hunt   Zee News
Japanese whalers return, without harpoons   The Daily Telegraph
Uncover California
The Japan Times
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