en-ie-hotdailynews: 2015-07-24 Ireland Science

Meet Earth 2.0: Nasa finds new planet just like ours
Irish Independent
A planet remarkably similar to Earth and potentially capable of sustaining life has been discovered in a "habitable zone" around a distant sun-like star. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The planet, which is ...
Is Kepler-452b an Earth twin? More like a bigger, older cousin   Los Angeles Times
Earth 2.0! NASA scientists discover our planet's closest twin   Firstpost
Kepler 452b: What to know about this newly-found, maybe Earth-like world   Mashable
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Snake fossil with four legs just wants a hug
CNET
The discovery of a fossil of a snake with four legs suggests that the modern-day reptiles evolved from digging, rather than swimming, ancestors. by Michelle Starr · @riding_red; 24 July 2015, 12:09 pm AEST. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. email.
Four-legged snake ancestor 'dug burrows'   BBC News
Fossil of a four-legged snake found in Brazil   The News International
Scientists Find 4-Legged Snake Fossil   Huffington Post
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Expert: Beware of contact with aliens
Irish Examiner
An Australian scientist who this week was given a $100 million boost to help search for extraterrestrial intelligence has warned of the dangers should aliens ever make contact with Earth. Professor Matthew Bailes said humans must 'think very carefully ...
Will aliens kill humans? Scientist Matthew Bailes seems to think so   The American Bazaar
Breakthrough Listen's Matthew Bailes: Responding to alien signals could be ...   International Business Times UK

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Bronze Age teenager unearthed near Stonehenge: 4000-year-old skeleton ...
Daily Mail
The 4,000-year-old skeleton of a Bronze Age teenager has been unearthed on the site of a prehistoric earthwork close to the site of Stonehenge. The discovery was made during excavations of Wilsford henge, an ancient circular earthworks in the Vale of ...

4000 year old Pewsey teenager discovered in Wiltshire dig   Western Daily Press
Bronze Age child's skeleton discovered at Pewsey Vale dig   BBC News

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BT.com

University Of Essex plans to build swimming pool to recreate 'outer space ...
BT.com
Ever wondered what an outer space swimming pool would look like? If you were, then good news – because plans are already in progress to make this dream happen. The University of Essex has begun initial discussions to build the research, training and ...

World's deepest 'space' pool planned for Essex university   BBC News
Plans for world's largest swimming pool, with depths of 164ft, to open in Essex   Metro
University of Essex plans to build 'outer space' swimming pool   Irish Independent
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Killer whale swims free after hours stranded on sharp rocks
CTV News
Researchers erupted in cheers Wednesday after a killer whale that spent an afternoon stranded on sharp rocks off B.C.'s north coast managed to swim free. Someone spotted the young orca crying out from the shore in Hartley Bay in the afternoon. The tide ...

Researcher moved by drama of killer whale rescue in BC   The Globe and Mail
Beached Orca Freed; Guardian Watchmen Explains Rescue   CJFW
UPDATED: Watch incredible video of an orca rescue near Hartley Bay   CHEK
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Birds and butterflies 'suffering severe decline' on farmland in UK
Irish Independent
Farmland birds and butterflies are suffering significant declines in numbers, a wide-ranging set of environmental measures has shown. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Butterflies including gatekeepers, large ...

Numbers of butterflies and birds fall dramatically due to lack of woodland ...   Mirror.co.uk
Farmland bird and butterfly declines show we are 'failing nature'   Yorkshire Post

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Russian, Japanese, US crew reach ISS
The Nation
MOSCOW - Astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States Thursday docked successfully with the International Space Station after a two-month delay, despite a minor hiccup. The Soyuz TMA 17M rocket - carrying cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, US ...

Expedition 44 arrives   The Guardian
NASA's robot R2 needs your help   CNNMoney
Watch Astronauts Dock With the International Space Station   TIME
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Did climate change kill the woolly mammoth?
CBS News
It was long thought that hunting by humans was the driving force behind the demise of mammoths, giant sloths and other massive mammals that roamed the Earth tens of thousand of years ago. But a new study published Thursday in Science concludes that ...

Mighty Mammoths Fell Prey to Rapidly Warming Earth   Live Science
Abrupt climate change may have doomed mammoths and other megafauna, scientists ...   Washington Post
Mammoths were killed by global warming   Scotsman
Tech Times
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Hunt for alien life comes with great responsibility – investor of Hawking ...
RT
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is set to be “a truly global initiative” as it will be independent from governments and open to public, Russian internet billionaire Yuri Milner, investing in the international project backed by Stephen ...
You can help discover aliens with your smartphone. Here's how.   Christian Science Monitor
Jewish tech billionaire gives $100M to Stephen Hawking's search for aliens   Jewish Journal
Stephen Hawking announces 'biggest ever' probe into alien life   Dispatch Times
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