uk-hotdailynews: 2015-06-22 U.K. Science

Science behind summer solstice
The Hindu
While jokes about the summer solstice including the one that said our planet would be only 5 km away from the Sun had been trending on the Internet, the northern hemisphere welcomed the first day of the summer on June 21. What is solstice? A solstice ...

Father's Day summer solstice: Dads get the longest day of the year (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
From Print Edition   The News International
Thousands mark summer solstice at Britain's Stonehenge   The Nation
Kansas City Star
Telegraph.co.uk
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Hotseat Panel Brings NASA Chief Down To Earth
Sky News
It is never easy dealing with a barrage of questions - even when you're a high-flier like former astronaut Charles Bolden. 08:35, UK, Saturday 20 June 2015. Play video "Mission To The Red Planet". Video: Mission To The Red Planet. Share on Twitter · Share ...

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden: Area 51 And Alien Life Exist   The Inquisitr
I Believe in Aliens, But We're Not Hiding Any: Nasa Chief Tells Children   The New Indian Express
Aliens are out there and Area 51 is real, head of Nasa says   Central Queensland news

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The hysteria over Sir Tim Hunt's 'joke' stops open debate
Telegraph.co.uk
Mary Beard would like to smack his bottom. Richard Dawkins thinks he's a victim of mob rule. And Brian Cox, along with eight Nobel prizewinners, thinks he's been hounded out of his job. So where do you stand on today's key scientific question: the downfall ...

Sexism in science and the modern witch-hunt   The Times (subscription)
Sir Tim Hunt says hundreds of female colleagues back him   Daily Mail
Fionola Meredith: The shaming of Nobel laureate Tim Hunt is no feminist triumph   Irish Times
The Guardian
New Zealand Herald
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Why would you do this? Men surf on the back of a rare shark (+video)
TVNZ
Footage of two men surfing on the back of a rare whale shark has sparked outrage. The video, thought to have been filmed in Venezuela, shows the men standing on to the flat-backed shark while holding a rope attached to a boat, the Mirror reports. The stunt ...

VIDEO: Pair slammed for 'surfing' whale shark   Whitsunday Times
Protest over video showing men 'surfing' on top of whale shark   International Business Times UK
Video: Pair caught surfing on whale shark   3News NZ
Telegraph.co.uk
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Jelly wrestling banned by former Archbishop of Canterbury for being sexist
Express.co.uk
A BID to bring jelly wrestling to a Cambridge University drinking society has been scuppered by Dr Rowan Williams. By Rob Virtue. PUBLISHED: 21:04, Sun, Jun 21, 2015 | UPDATED: 21:12, Sun, Jun 21, 2015. Jelly SWNS. Jelly wrestling was banned at the ...

Female jelly wrestling at notorious Cambridge University drinking society ...   Mirror.co.uk
Female jelly-wrestling competitions banned at Cambridge University   Gloucester Citizen
Cambridge college master Rowan Williams reported to be behind jelly wrestling ...   Cambridge News
Daily Mail
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Owls in ca-hoots with quiet science
Irish Independent
A new material that could make wind turbines and even aircraft quieter by mimicking the design of owls' wings that allows them to silently hunt their prey has been developed by scientists. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To.
Owls' silent swoop may be key to quieter wind farms and control air flow   Daily Mail
Quieter wind turbines one step closer after Cambridge University scientists ...   The Independent
Creating quieter turbines is a hoot for Cambridge University scientists   Cambridge News
Science Codex
Alaska Native News
Business Insider Australia
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A new mass extinction could be underway, researchers say
CNN
Sudan is not just any rhino. He's the last known male northern white rhino left in the world. As the only male, the fate of the subspecies rests on his ability to conceive with two females at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya. Sudan, 42, has ...

Experts Say We Are in the Sixth Massive Extinction Period   Pioneer News
Holocene Extinction: Does Sixth Mass Extinction Signal End Of Human Race?   Yibada (English Edition)
Holocene Extinction: Sixth Mass-Extinction Has Been Triggered   Immortal News
Headlines & Global News
Daily Democrat
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Mystery as thousands of crabs wash up on California beach
Telegraph.co.uk
Tiny tuna crabs have been beaching themselves on Southern California shores in unprecedented numbers. Marine Safety Lt. Michael Beuerlein told the Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot that he had never seen an occurrence like it in his 34 years with the city.
Southern California beaches are covered in dead tuna crabs   Kicker (registration) (blog)
Red tuna crabs invade Southern California shores   KYTX
Thousands of tiny red tuna crabs wash up on California beaches – video   The Guardian
NBCNews.com
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Big walking bats that lived 16 millions years ago
The Hindu
Walking bats in New Zealand have a new ancestor on their family tree, a previously unknown species that was three times bigger than its modern cousins, researchers said Wednesday. The study is based on fossils that may date to 16 million years ago, and ...

Bat fossil reveals supersize walking bat 16 million years ago   The News Hub
16-million-year-old monster bat walked on all fours   CBS News
Bats three times larger than today's average bat lived 16 million years ago   Techie News
Digital Journal
Live Science
(e) Science News (press release) (registration)
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