en-pk-hotdailynews: 2015-08-25 Pakistan Science

Pakistani student clinches second position in Nasa contest
gulfnews.com
Karachi: A Pakistani 'O' Level student, Shah Mir Aizaz, has attained second position in the Ames Space Settlement Design Contest 2015 hosted by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). Shah Mir Aizaz stood second in the ...

Pakistani student clinches second place in NASA contest   DunyaNews Pakistan
Pakistani student, Shah Mir Aizaz, gets 2nd prize at NASA Ames Space ...   The News Teller

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Climate change ministry: Headless body grapples ahead of Paris climate conference
The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: At a time when governments around the world are preparing for an international meeting on climate change in Paris in December, the headless Climate Change Ministry finds itself on a tricky path after the minister's recent resignation. As ...
100 Days to Paris. (UN Climate Change Summit COP 21)   StarAfrica.com
Can UN climate change talks save the world from crisis?   The Next Digit
Fighting Climate Change - On the Road to Marrakesh 2016   AllAfrica.com
The Christian Century
Benchmark Reporter
JD Supra (press release)
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Carbon credits undercut climate change actions says report
BBC News
The vast majority of carbon credits generated by Russia and Ukraine did not represent cuts in emissions, according to a new study. The authors say that offsets created under a UN scheme "significantly undermined" efforts to tackle climate change. The ...
Bogus carbon offsets increased emissions   Politico
Kyoto protocol's carbon credit scheme 'increased emissions by 600m tonnes'   The Guardian
Carbon-credit scheme linked to increased greenhouse-gas production   Nature.com
Yahoo7 News
The Times
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Fairchild Partners With NASA to Cultivate Plants for Use in Outer Space
Miami New Times
The diet of astronauts usually calls to mind freeze-dried ice cream and beef stroganoff, but these days, nutrition is advancing even in space. Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) now have their own plant growth facility, dubbed Veggie ...
NASA funds Project that aims to recycle human waste into synthetic food   NYC Today
NASA wants to recycle human waste into food: NASA's recipe for food from urine   Examiner.com
NASA looking at ways to recycle astronauts' poop into food   IBNLive
Zee News
Nextgov
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Nasa Curiosity rover takes selfie on Mars
The Nation
Nasa's Curiosity rover used its inbuilt 'selfie stick' to capture this 360 degree image of itself sitting in the Marias Pass region of Mars. The robot has been in the area drilling into rock dubbed 'buckskin' to investigate the chemical make-up of the ...
Curiosity Rover Takes “Selfie” On Mars!   Carscoops (blog)
PICTURED: 'Crashed space craft resembling Star Wars destroyer found on Mars'   Express.co.uk
Image of the Day: See what Curiosity sees in latest, stunning Mars selfie   Blastr
Dispatch Times
TV Newsroom
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ZDNet

Intel and CSIRO create RFID bee backpacks with Edison
ZDNet
The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has partnered with tech giant Intel in an attempt to solve the widespread disappearance and death of honey bees worldwide by installing chips on the backs of the ...
Tiny sensors to monitor bees as international researchers unite to save ...   ABC Online
CSIRO tiny trackers help honeybees fight disease   Sydney Morning Herald
Australian scientists use electronic tags to look into mortality rate hike in ...   GlobalPost
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Computerworld Australia
The American Bazaar
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Greenland glacier loses chunk the size of Manhattan
CBS News
Satellite images show that the world's fastest moving glacier lost a piece of ice measuring nearly 5 square miles over two days. Scientists say it is one of the most significant calving events on record. Radar images of the Jakobshavn glacier in ...
Huge chunk of ice breaks off glacier in Greenland - so large it can be seen ...   Mirror.co.uk
Greenland glacier sheds chunk of ice that covers MANHATTAN   Daily Mail
This massive glacier calf can be seen from space   Christian Science Monitor
Metro
BBC News
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Concerns mount over whale deaths in Gulf of Alaska
Sydney Morning Herald
Kodiak: Researchers are scrambling to determine the reasons for the deaths of 30 whales in the Gulf of Alaska as unusually warm ocean temperatures continue to wreak havoc in the region. Since May this year, 14 fin whales, 11 humpback whales, one gray ...

Bears scavenge huge whale carcasses on Alaska coast   Telegraph.co.uk
What's killing whales off Alaska's shores? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Whale deaths in Gulf of Alaska spark concern   Toronto Star
The Hullabaloo Online
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Japan's spacecraft arrives early to ISS
Brisbane Times
RAW VISION: The Japanese cargo craft 'Kounotori', carrying food and spare parts to the International Space Station, arrives 20 minutes earlier then expected. 25/08/15. Ashley Madison site offers reward for hack info (Video Thumbnail). Up next... Ashley ...

Japan Sends Minibar to the Space Station   Discovery News
Japan delivers whiskey to space station_ for science   Boston Herald

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Planetary science: Carbon in the Moon
Nature.com
The Moon was once thought to be depleted in volatile elements. Analyses of the carbon contents of lunar volcanic glasses reveal that carbon monoxide degassing could have produced the fire-fountain eruptions from which these glasses were formed.
Carbon Monoxide 'Fire Fountains' Erupted on the Moon   Discovery News
Fire Fountains of the Ancient Moon Explained   Space.com
24 August 2015 in News: Research may solve Moon's volcanic fire-fountain mystery   Astronomy Now Online
EarthSky
Science World Report
Phys.Org
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