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20 million mph winds seen blowing from black hole – TG Daily

TG Daily20 million mph winds seen blowing from black holeTG DailyA black hole discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is generating winds blowing at 20 million miles per hour – about three percent of the speed of light. "This is like th…

Heartland Leaker Reveals Himself – Discovery News

The GuardianHeartland Leaker Reveals HimselfDiscovery NewsThe mystery of who acquired and leaked documents that detailed the Heartland Institute's funding, and its ongoing plans for sowing seeds of climate change denial, lasted just a week. On Mond…

New type of legless amphibian discovered in India – Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.ukNew type of legless amphibian discovered in IndiaTelegraph.co.ukA new species of legless amphibian has been discovered beneath the monsoon-soaked soils of remote northeast India. But this legless amphibian's time in obscurity has end…

300-million-year-old ‘Chinese Pompeii’ found buried under volcanic ash – Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor300-million-year-old 'Chinese Pompeii' found buried under volcanic ashChristian Science MonitorResearchers near Wuda, China, have uncovered a tropical forest that was preserved by ash from a volcanic eruption during the…

It’s Alive! There’s Magma on the Moon – Discovery News

The HinduIt's Alive! There's Magma on the MoonDiscovery NewsMoonquakes detected by seismic sensors installed during the Apollo missions support the notion of recent activity on the moon. Researchers had thought the moon had cooled off much too …

Distant ‘waterworld’ is confirmed – BBC News

BBC NewsDistant 'waterworld' is confirmedBBC NewsAstronomers have confirmed the existence of a new class of planet: a waterworld with a thick, steamy atmosphere. The exoplanet GJ 1214b is a so-called "Super Earth" – bigger than our pl…

John Glenn to mark 50 years since orbit of Earth – Fox News

Telegraph.co.ukJohn Glenn to mark 50 years since orbit of EarthFox NewsCOLUMBUS, Ohio – John Glenn plans to mark the 50th anniversary of his historic spaceflight with a series of events Monday at Ohio State University, including a celebratory dinner …

Russians resurrect 30000-year-old frozen flower – Fox News

CTV.caRussians resurrect 30000-year-old frozen flowerFox NewsThis undated photo provided by the Institute of Cell Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences show a Sylene stenophylla plant regenerated from tissue of fossil fruit. The plant has been …

Renato Dulbecco, 97, Dies; Won Prize for Cancer Study – New York Times

New York TimesRenato Dulbecco, 97, Dies; Won Prize for Cancer StudyNew York TimesDr. Renato Dulbecco, a virologist who shared a Nobel Prize in 1975 for his role in drawing a link between genetic mutations and cancer, died on Sunday at his home in the L…

Vision of cuttlefish offers surprises – UPI.com

PhysOrg.comVision of cuttlefish offers surprisesUPI.comBRISTOL, England, Feb. 20 (UPI) — Cuttlefish have the most acute polarization vision yet found in any animal, British researchers say, giving them a covert communications channel. Scientists at th…

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