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2015-06-15 Uganda Science


EAC gets new biodiversity observatory   
East African Business Week
ARUSHA, Tanzania - The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has assumed the role of hosting the regional observatory institution to support more effective protected area management and biodiversity conservation in the region. “The observatory will ...


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Lake Victoria's floating island mystery explained   
NTV Uganda
The Environmental body's Executive Director Dr. Tom Okurut says the locals who settled on the land stand the risk of sinking due its weak foundation. The National Environment Management Authority has urged inhabitants of an Island that's been floating ...


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Los Angeles Times
   
Comet lander Philae wakes up: How it happened and what's next   
Los Angeles Times
Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet, surprised and delighted scientists this weekend by waking up and reestablishing contact with Earth, seven months after running out of power. It “spoke” for more than a minute, according to the European Space ...

Philae Spacecraft Reawakens on a Speeding Comet With Data for Scientists   New York Times
Philae comet lander wakes from its hibernation   CTV News
Lost comet lander awakes, sends 'hello' from space   CNN
The Globe and Mail   
Irish Independent   
New York Daily News   
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Toronto Sun
   
Climate change complex even for a Pope   
Toronto Sun
On Thursday Pope Francis -- named for the patron saint of animals and the natural world -- will deliver a papal encyclical on ethical issues and the environment. Climate change activists predict the Pope will condemn the immorality of man-made climate ...

Pope Francis ready to tackle climate change deniers   The Australian (blog)
Pope Francis makes a moral argument for climate action   Toronto Star
Vatican's announcement on tribunal to hold bishops to account on how they ...   Irish Times
Philly.com   
Inquirer.net   
New York Times   
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The Australian
   
Sexism row scientist Tim Hunt says he had been 'hung up to dry'   
The Australian
The Nobel prize-winning scientist who joked of the trouble that arose from letting women into laboratories claimed yesterday he had been “hung out to dry” by university leaders. Sir Tim Hunt and his wife accused University College London of forcing him to ...

Beleaguered British biologist 'hung out to dry'   Stuff.co.nz
Sexism row scientist Hunt: 'I was hung out to dry'   Scotsman
Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Says He Was Forced to Resign   New York Times
Telegraph.co.uk   
Montreal Gazette   
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Fox News
   
Spectacular images of Indonesian volcano's avalanche of hot ash (+ video)   
TVNZ
A volcano in western Indonesia unleashed a new powerful burst of hot ash high into the sky and far down the mountain's slopes during the weekend. Authorities have been closely monitoring the 2460m high Mount Sinabung on Sumatra, one of Indonesia's ...

Hundreds more flee homes as Sinabung eruptions escalate   Jakarta Post
Mitigation agency evacuates people due to activity of Mt Sinabung   ANTARA
Mount Sinabung in Karo   Economic Times
Daily Mail   
NBCNews.com   
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Irish Independent
   
Six scientists emerge from dome simulating life on Mars for first time in eight ...   
Irish Independent
Six scientists who were living under a dome on the slopes of a dormant volcano for eight months to simulate life on Mars have emerged from isolation. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The crew stepped outside the ...

Scientists come out of Mars-like isolation in Hawaii after 8 months   Hindustan Times
Scientists emerge after spending eight months in isolated volcano dome   9news.com.au
Six scientists emerge from Mars simulator on Hawaiian volcano after spending ...   Daily Mail
PBS NewsHour (blog)   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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