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BBC News
Spitting fish 'adjust for distance' when shooting
BBC News
The jets of water that archer fish use to shoot down prey are "tuned" to arrive with maximum impact over a range of distances, according to a study. High-speed cameras were used to analyse fishes' spitting performance in detail. As they create each jet, theᅠ...



BBC News
Newly discovered dinosaur, Dreadnoughtus, takes title of largest terrestrial animal
Washington Post
Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new long-necked, long-tailed dinosaur that has taken the crown for largest terrestrial animal with a body mass that can be accurately determined. Measurements of bones from its hind leg and forelegᅠ...



Sydney Morning Herald
UN chief tries to kick-start sagging enthusiasm for climate deal
Reuters
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this month hopes to reinvigorate the years-long effort to forge a global climate deal, even as concerns grow over whether the final pact will be rigorous enough toᅠ..



New York Times
Argentine Dinosaur Was an Estimated 130000 Pounds, and Still Growing
New York Times
PHILADELPHIA ラ Eighty-five feet long, 30 feet tall, 130,000 pounds and still growing when it died, a newly described dinosaur is among the largest land animals that ever lived ラ so big its discoverers are calling it the Dreadnoughtus. Its skeleton, unearthedᅠ...



Fox News
NASA flying first zero-gravity 3D printer into space
CNET
Printers in space! Astronauts on the space station may not have to wait for the next resupply mission if they can print out needed parts right onboard. by Amanda Kooser ᄋ @akooser; 4 September 2014, 3:19 am AEST. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin



USA TODAY
Two women skirt attack in Mass. by great white shark
USA TODAY
Two kayakers just missed being attacked by a great white shark off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., according to various reports. What experts believe was a great white shark took a bite out of one of two kayaks that two women were riding as they took pictures ofᅠ..



Brisbane Times
New Deep-Sea Species Found Off Australian Coast May 'Reshape the Tree of Life'
Mashable
SYDNEY ラ Scientists say two new animal species discovered off the Australian coast in 1986 have the potential to "reshape the tree of life." A study in scientific journal PLOS ONE describes the mushroom-shaped organisms for the first time since theirᅠ...



ABC News
Stunning NASA Video Shows a Solar Eruption
ABC News
Newly-released video offers a stunning look at a solar eruption. The footage, released Wednesday, was recorded by NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory ヨ known as STEREO ヨ on Aug. 24. In the video, material can be seen being ejected from theᅠ...



New York Daily News
'Warning' issued as lava flows within a mile of homes on Hawaii's Big Island
New York Daily News
HONOLULU ラ Residents in a rural, isolated region of Hawaii's Big Island still reeling from a recent tropical storm turned their attention to a potential new disaster Thursday as scientists warned that a lava flow from a nearby volcano had moved to within a mileᅠ...



Houston Chronicle
Methane Emissions Strategy Due in Coming Weeks, EPA Administrator Says
Natural Gas Intelligence
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this fall will release a strategy to deal with methane emissions from natural gas and oil pipelines and wells that may include both regulatory approaches and recommended voluntary steps,according to EPAᅠ...

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