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Hindus commend Pope's plea for environmental protection in 1st Encyclical

Key excerpts from the Pope's encyclical on the environmentABC Online >> view original

Hotseat Panel Brings NASA Chief Down To Earth

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 ... >> view original

Dispute over whale hunting

Japan says it plans to resume whale hunts in the Antarctic later this year, even though the International Whaling Commission says Tokyo hasn't proved that the mammals need to be killed for research. Japan says it plans to resume whale hunts in the Antarctic ... >> view original

Kangaroos left-handed, researchers say

If Skippy the bush kangaroo could have written, chances are the much-loved marsupial would have used the left paw to pick up a pen, researchers say. After monitoring the habits of a range of kangaroo species, a team of global scientists have determined the ... >> view original

Ancient teeth reveal evidence of 400000 year-old manmade pollution in Israel

A multi-national team of researchers has found the first known case of manmade pollution in a cave in Israel. The evidence was found in the hardened dental plaque of 400,000-year-old teeth, which had locked in respiratory irritants, including traces of ... >> view original

Life On Europa? Jupiter's Moon May Be The Best Place To Find Life In Our Solar ...

Is there life on Europa? The world may get an answer to that question now that NASA has announced that they will be going on a mission to Jupiter's moon to search for water and life. Robert Pappalardo, Europa mission project scientist, commented about this ... >> view original

Virtual reality below the prehistoric waves: David Attenborough's First Life

Review One way or another, Sir David Attenborough has been involved in the adoption of many key consumer technologies of recent decades, from the introduction of colour programming as BBC 2 controller, through landmark TV series such as Life on Earth, ... >> view original

How climate-change doubters lost a papal fight

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis was about to take a major step backing the science behind human-driven global warming, and Philippe de Larminat was determined to change his mind. A French doubter who authored a book arguing that solar activity — not ... >> view original

Watch camouflaged fish vanish in two seconds flat

June 20, 2015: A fish has managed to achieve near invisibility using the ancient art of animal camouflage in just two seconds. Ehsan Knopf. A fish has managed to achieve near invisibility using the ancient art of animal camouflage in just two seconds. >> view original

Google Earth Satellite Imagery Can Be Used Against You in a Court of Law

A federal appeals court held this week that Google Earth images and other similar content could be presented as evidence in a trial. Image credit: tanuha2001/Shutterstock.com. The panel of judges for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that “because a ... >> view original