en-ug-hotdailynews: 2015-08-25 Uganda Science

Tiny trackers could help solve global bee death mystery
BBC News
An international group of scientists, beekeepers, farmers and technology companies is using cutting-edge technology to help find out why honey bee populations around the world are crashing. Miniscule sensors have been glued to the backs of 10,000 ...

Tiny sensors to monitor bees as international researchers unite to save ...   ABC Online
Intel and CSIRO create RFID bee backpacks with Edison   ZDNet
CSIRO tiny trackers help honeybees fight disease   Sydney Morning Herald
GlobalPost
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Computerworld Australia
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CBS News

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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Telegraph.co.uk

Bears scavenge huge whale carcasses on Alaska coast
Telegraph.co.uk
US marine biologists have launched an investigation into the mass die-off of 30 whales found washed ashore along Alaska's southern coast this summer, nearly three times the region's average for this time of year, a federal official has said. Since May ...
What's killing whales off Alaska's shores? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Whale deaths in Gulf of Alaska spark concern   Toronto Star
Noaa Investigation: Around 30 Dead Whales Washing Ashore In Alaska   The Hullabaloo Online
The Times
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Brisbane Times

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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Nature.com

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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The Nation

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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Sumatran rhinos are proclaimed extinct in the Malaysia
The Market Business
Sumatran rhinos are declared extinct in Malaysia. The survival of the these rhinos is depending on less than 100 individuals in the wild in Indonesia and nine rhinos in captivity, study suggests. The Sumatran rhinoceros, one of the rare large mammals ...

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