uk-hotdailynews: 2015-03-29 U.K. Science

Lights out as world observes Earth Hour
Daily Mail
The Empire State Building dimmed its lights and the Eiffel Tower went dark as iconic landmarks across the world observed Earth Hour, the global climate change awareness campaign. The usually glittering nighttime majesty of the Empire State Building was ...

Canadian participation in Earth Hour wanes   The Globe and Mail
Lights switched off to mark earth hour   The Nation
Earth Hour observed in Moscow   Business Standard
DAWN.com
Gulf Daily News
Voice of America
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The calm before the launch: Preparing for a year in space
Mashable
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly rocketed off to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday with Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka. But Kelly will be in orbit for much longer than a typical astronaut on an ISS mission would. Kelly will ...

Astronauts dock with ISS for one-year mission   DAWN.com
Pair Begin Record-Setting Year in Space After 'Beautiful Launch'   Voice of America
Russia, America talking about new space station   AL.com
Telegraph.co.uk
The Independent
BBC News
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Is dark matter a fluid? Mystery particles may not be particles at all
Daily Mail
Researchers have mapped dark matter in several colliding galaxy clusters more than a billion light-years away. And one outcome of the research is that dark matter might not actually be composed of particles, as previously thought. Instead, a number of ...

Dark matter 'ghosts' through galactic smash-ups   BBC News
The galaxy collisions that shed light on unseen parallel Universe   The Independent
Dark matter is apparently 'darker' than we thought   Washington Post
Astronomy Now Online
Ars Technica
The Northern Echo
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Quantum physics: 'Spooky action' demonstrated again proving Einstein wrong
International Business Times UK
Albert Einstein is known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, dubbed Albert Einstein dismissed the spooky action at a distance as it went against the relativity theory forbidding any speed faster than that of light.(Wikicommons). In yet another ...

Quantum experiment shows the measurement of a photon affects its location   Daily Mail
'Twisted light' gives quantum cryptography a boost   physicsworld.com
Physicists Prove Einstein Wrong With 'Spooky' Quantum Experiment   NBCNews.com

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Space Robot Kirobo Nets Two Guinness Globe Records
New York Recorder
Kirobo is a tiny robot standing just a small more than a foot. During its trip in space, it has proven that robots and humans can co-exist, if provided the possibility.(Photo : Guinness Planet Records) When Kirobo set out for space, he was basically meant... Space ...

Space Robot Kirobo Nets Two Guinness Planet Records   Chicago Daily News
Space Robot Kirobo Nets Two Guinness World Records   Tech Times
Robot astronaut Kirobo sets two Guinness World Records titles   Guinness World Records
Market Business News
Yahoo News UK
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Skywatch: See Jupiter and celebrate Hubble Telescope's 25th anniversary
Washington Post
The early spring heavens blossom with planetary opportunity, as Jupiter opens the night high in the southeastern sky at sunset. At -2.3 magnitude, find the giant planet near the constellation Cancer. This big, bright planet now passes south about 9:30 p.m., ...

Hubble's Greatest Hits: Stunning images of universe celebrate telescope's 25th ...   mirror.co.uk
Record stargazing columnist David Warrington looks back at the greatest images ...   Scottish Daily Record

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Diverse Human Body Size Emerged Earlier Than Previously Thought
Nature World News
Pictured: This is a cast of the 'Nariokotome Boy' (Homo ergaster) skeleton. (Photo : Jay Stock). Our genus comes in all different shapes and sizes, from short and fat to tall and skinny. And new research suggests that the diversity in human body size that we ...

Early humans live in Africa 2m yrs ago ranged in size just as people do today   Customs Today Newspaper
Early humans ranged in size   Times of Malta

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26 European cities have pledged to solve climate change by buying nicer stuff
CityMetric
Big cities have something of a mixed relationship with climate change. On one hand, higher density living is clearly better for the environment than lower density living: New Yorkers are less likely to drive to work in an SUV than the residents of, say, Houston.
London and Bristol pledge to slash CO2 emissions by 40 per cent by 2030   Business Green
London, 29 other European cities pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions   Techie News
Thirty Major European Cities Pledge to Take on Climate Change   VICE News
CleanTechnica
Business Standard
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Pandas not as lonely as earlier believed
Maine News Online
Pandas are found in few mountain ranges in south central China and have been rarely tracked due to strict regulations in China. Researchers have been trying to find out more about the true nature of pandas when they are out in the wild. In the new research, ...

New Study: Giant Pandas Are More Social & Flirtatious Than Imagined   American Live Wire
The Secret Lives Of Pandas - Revealed   Design & Trend
Pandas Not Lonesome Animals As Previously Believed   Latinos Health
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Immortal News
io9
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Canoe club rescues dolphins after they become stuck in shallow lake near Perth ...
The Independent
Two dolphins were dramatically rescued after they became stuck in a shallow lake in Western Australia. Wildlife officers and members of a local canoe club were enlisted to help to catch and then transport the dolphins back to deeper waters after they had ...

Dolphins saved in dramatic rescue after becoming stuck in Mandurah lake   ABC Online
Stranded dolphins rescued and released   Washington Post
Bottlenose dolphins in river rescue   CBBC Newsround
Herald Sun
inmycommunity
Chicago Tribune
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