en-ug-hotdailynews: 2014-08-05 Uganda Science

Australian woman leads NASA's search for life on Mars  Stuff.co.nz
An "extraordinarily brilliant" Brisbane woman - named one of the world's top 10 scientific minds in 2006 - is now leading NASA's search for life on Mars. Dr Abigail Allwood, 41 is now a world-leading geologist and working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Aussie woman known as one of the world's top 10 scientific minds in 2006, is ...   Daily Mail
NASA scientist says Australian science cuts 'embarrassing'   The Age
NASA plans to send oxygen-making device to Mars   TweakTown
Hindu Business Line
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Elon Musk: Artificial Intelligence Could Be Worse Than Nukes  NBCNews.com
Billionaire Elon Musk is providing a summer reading list about one of his latest interests: heading off our extinction at the hands of future robot overlords. In a series of weekend tweets, the CEO of the SpaceX rocket company and the Tesla electric-car maker ...

Elon Musk: Artificial intelligence will be 'more dangerous than nukes'   RT
Elon Musk: Artificial intelligence may be "more dangerous than nukes"   CBS News
Elon Musk Raises Concerns Over Artificial Intelligence, Says It's 'Potentially ...   University Herald
h+ Magazine
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Daily Caller
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Nasa approves 'impossible' space engine design that seemingly defies laws of ...  Times of India
LONDON: In a quiet announcement that has sent shockwaves through the scientific world, Nasa has cautiously given its seal of approval to a new type of "impossible" engine that could revolutionize space travel. In a paper published by the agency's ...

NASA to Revolutionize Spacelift, Claims 'Impossible' Space Engine Could Work   Dumb-Out
NASA 'impossible' propulsion system breakthrough has Chinese roots   Northern Voices Online
New 'Impossible' Space Engine Might Work, According To NASA   Counsel & Heal
ValueWalk
Mother Nature Network
The News Ledge
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Japan to launch military space force in 2019: Fleet will protect Earth from cosmic ...  Daily Mail
Orbiting Earth at this very moment are thousands of chunks of space junk that pose a threat to satellites and spacecraft alike. To monitor this debris Japan is planning to launch a military space force by 2019 that will be tasked with protecting satellites.
Japanese Military's New Space Unit Will Defend 'Fourth Battlefield'   LiveScience.com
Japan to launch military space force by 2019: Report   Times of India
Japan Is Creating a Militarized Program To Deal With Space Junk   Gizmodo
RT (blog)
International Business Times
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How Dinosaurs Kept Shrinking for 50 Million Years  ABC News
It's long been known that today's birds are the progeny of earth-shaking dinosaurs. But a new study published in the journal Science details how the giants kept shrinking and shrinking for at least 50 million years. A detailed family tree published in the study ...

Shrinking dinosaurs evolved into birds   Welland Tribune
How do you make a bird? Shrink a dinosaur for 50 million years   TODAYonline
Dinosaurs 'shrank and became birds'   Times of Malta
Asian Scientist Magazine
Tech Times
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Time for Pakistan to wake up to climate change  The Express Tribune
Our natural resources are dying due to negligence by policy-makers, poor capacity of the state to deal with the issue. By Raja Taimur Hassan. Published: August 5, 2014. Tweet · Share this article Print this page Email. The writer is a public policy analyst and ...

Climate Change and the Meat on Your Plate   Huffington Post
Report: Climate Change Offers Business Opportunities   Environmental Leader
What's in it for Zimbabwe?   NewsDay
Discovery News
The American Culture (blog)
Responding to Climate Change
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