en-pk-hotdailynews: 2015-01-23 Pakistan Science

Doomsday clock moves to three minutes before midnight (poll)
cleveland.com
Kennette Benedict, executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, stands beside the old Doomsday Clock, which showed five minutes until midnight. Benedict announced during a news conference Thursday the new clock reads three minutes until ...

Three minutes to midnight: Climate and nuclear threats see Doomsday Clock ...   South China Morning Post (subscription)
The Doomsday Clock Moves 2 Minutes Closer To Midnight   NPR (blog)
Scientists Warn We're Ever-Closer To The Apocalypse   Huffington Post
USA TODAY
Toronto Star
The Australian (blog)
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Astronomers pick mysterious radio signals believed to be from an alien civilisation
The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
California, USA: A mysterious radio signal which could come from an alien civilisation has been detected by astronomers. Scientists have for the first time observed millisecond long, bright flashes of radio waves which emit the same amount of energy as the ...

Astronomers capture 'alien' radio signals   Sunday World
Astronomers Catch Alien Radio Signals In Real Time   Voice Chronicle

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Goosebumps And Gas: New Data From Rosetta Probe Describes Comet
NPR (blog)
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the hurtling hunk of dust and ice that's being tailed by an Earth-made space probe as it hurtles toward the sun,. We're learning more about the comet that a European Space Agency paired up with its Rosetta probe, ...

Rosetta's up-close views of comet: stunning, but puzzling   Christian Science Monitor
Surprising Findings Raise Questions About Comet's Origins   Voice of America
Rosetta Spacecraft Raises New Questions About Comet's Origin   NDTV
NBCNews.com
News24
The Australian
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Rare, crazy-looking shark caught by Australian fisherman
Christian Science Monitor
Of course, from the shark's perspective, it's probably we humans who are the crazy-looking ones. By Tanya Lewis, LiveScience January 22, 2015. close. The bizarre creature was pulled up from a depth of nearly a mile, off the southeastern coast of Australia.
A 'Living Fossil' Frilled Shark Found In Waters Of Victoria   International Business Times AU
Rare 'living fossil' — an eel-like shark with 300 razor-sharp teeth — caught off ...   National Post
Australian fishermen catch “horrific-looking” frilled shark   seattlepi.com (blog)
Huffington Post
The Express Tribune
National Geographic
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Tool making arose earlier among human ancestors
Los Angeles Times
Our ape-like ancestors may have stopped dragging their knuckles and started making tools a half million years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. Fossils radically alter ideas about the look of man's earliest ancestors. Thomas H. Maugh ...

Tool use in human ancestors may have developed earlier than originally thought   SMN Weekly
Get a Grip: Hints of Oldest Tool Use Found in Ancient Hand Bones   NBCNews.com
Humans have been handy for longer than previously thought, says study   Sydney Morning Herald
Tech Times
Geek Infinite
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CNN

Laser treated metal can bounce-off water
Geek Infinite
Researchers from University Rochester have made metal water resistant to an extent where the water droplets just bounce off like tiny basketballs. The newly designed metal will have multiple applications like storing water in countries facing water scarcity, ...

Rare waterproof metal where water droplets simply bounce off [VIDEO]   America Herald
Metal so slippery that water bounces   KCCI Des Moines
Scientists have developed a Metal so water-resistant that bounces water drops ...   Frontline Desk
Wall Street Hedge
The Weather Channel
CNN
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Andromeda Galaxy up close
WA today
NASA release the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy by the ESA Hubble Space Telescope showing over 100 million stars. 23/01/15. The ancient archaeological site of Pompeii is pictured in front of Mount Vesuvius in this April.
This is the most crystal-clear image of space ever taken   Quartz
Nasa creates a 'map' of the Universe and the Andromeda Galaxy by making a ...   Metro
Hubble Snaps 1.5 Billion-Pixel Close-Up of Andromeda Galaxy   NBCNews.com
ABC Online
Huffington Post
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Interstellar travel could be possible 'using wormhole at centre of galaxy'
Metro
Interstellar travel could be more than Hollywood fiction after scientists suggested a wormhole exists at the centre of our galaxy. Experts believe it would be possible to navigate through the giant doorway, which has the potential to take us to another galaxy or ...

Milky Way May Contain Interstellar Style Space-Time Tunnel   NDTV
Could a huge wormhole to another galaxy exist in the Milky Way?   Irish Examiner

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