en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-04-23 Singapore Science

Mystery critters bug Bukit Batok by the thousand
AsiaOne
Recently, countless black winged bugs have been swarming into three blocks of flats in Bukit Batok every evening only to drop dead, leaving huge, creepy piles for the residents to clear and sparking fears that their bite might be dangerous. The bugs belong to ...

Bukit Batok West residents bugged by beetles   Channel News Asia

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Chile volcano erupts for first time in decades
The Star Online
General view of Chilean Calbuco volcano from Puerto Montt, located at 1000 km southern Santiago de Chile, Chile, 22 April 2015. - EPA. SANTIAGO - Southern Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in nearly half a century, spewing a giant funnel ...

Chile declares emergency as Calbuco volcano erupts   The Times (subscription)
Calbuco volcano erupts in Chile, and nearby town evacuated   USA TODAY
Calbuco volcano erupts in Chile   The Seattle Times (registration)
Deutsche Welle
Irish Independent
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Earth Day: Top experts call for zero-carbon world by 2050
The Nation
A group of top international experts on Wednesday urged governments to stick to their promises to combat climate change and said the aim should be to create a “zero-carbon society” by 2050. To coincide with Earth Day, research institute The Earth League ...

Abbott Govt moves quickly to dismiss 30% target   Business Spectator
Making 2015 Earth Year   Arab News
Want to Win the Climate Fight? Engage Communities of Color   Huffington Post
Business Standard
Mashable
New Zealand Herald
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Most Chinese cities don't meet air standards: Report
TODAYonline
BEIJING — Air pollution data from the Chinese government shows that more than 90 per cent of 360 Chinese cities failed to meet national air quality standards in the first three months of this year, showed a report by Greenpeace East Asia. Interior provinces ...

Beijing's Air Becoming Slightly More Breathable   Huffington Post
Chinese cities less smoggy in March   Xinhua
Greenpeace: India lags behind on scale conducting air pollution quality checks   Financial Express
STLtoday.com
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Lyrid meteor shower peaks Wednesday and Thursday nights
seattlepi.com (blog)
This year, we may remember Earth Day for what happens in the middle of the night. On a day when millions around the world celebrate sustainable practices and Earth's natural beauty, the night will end with a meteor shower. Wednesday and Thursday nights ...

Lyrid Meteor Showers in Philadelphia Skies Tonight 4/22-23/15 ...   iradiophilly.com
Lyrid Meteor Shower   Northern Arizona Today
If Clouds Don't Cooperate, Learn How To Hear Tonight's Lyrid Meteor Shower   CBS Local
WEAU
Fox11online.com
Bustle
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Bees may become addicted to nicotine-like pesticides, study finds
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Bees may become addicted to nicotine-like pesticides in the same way humans get hooked on cigarettes, according to a new study, which was released as a landmark field trial provided further evidence that such neonicotinoids harm bee populations.
Pesticides give bees a buzz like smoking   Telegraph.co.uk
Common Insecticide Affects Bees Like Cigarettes Affect Humans, Studies Find   Huffington Post
Buzz Over Bee Health: New Pesticide Studies Rev Up Controversy   NPR (blog)
New York Times
CBS News
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To mark Earth Day, GET OUT OF nature
The Salinas Californian
Since before the first Earth Day in 1970, environmentalists have argued that solving problems required humans to get closer to nature. The “back to the land” movement urged people to leave crowded and polluted cities. Renewable energy from wood stoves ...

8 Badass Environmentalists You Should Know   Huffington Post
Today's Lady News: Earth Day Edition!   The Frisky
Five Ways Humans Made The Earth Way Better Since The First Earth Day   Daily Caller
Beef Magazine (blog)
AL.com
San Jose Mercury News
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Stash of 43 dinosaur eggs accidentally uncovered in China
Mashable
Road work in the southern Chinese city of Heyuan was interrupted on Sunday when construction workers noticed something unusual in the ground: a fat stash of dinosaur eggs — 43, to be exact. The discovery adds to an already impressive collection of ...

Dozens of dinosaur eggs found at construction site in China   Channel News Asia
Dozens of dinosaur eggs discovered by construction workers in Chinese city   CNN
Construction workers in China accidentally unearth dinosaur eggs   The Verge

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Stegosaurus plate shape may reveal gender
ABC Science Online
Sexual dimorphism The shape of the bony plates along the back of the long-extinct Stegosaurus may have differed if the dinosaur were male or female, researchers say. The Stegosaurus was a lumbering, plant-eating dinosaur with two rows of back plates.
How To Tell If A Stegosaurus Is A Boy Or Girl? The Answer's On Top, Not On The ...   Tech Times
Bristol university student finds evidence plate size determines Stegosaurus' sex   Malay Mail Online
Stegosaurus Had Sex-Based Shaped Spiky Plates; Males' Round Armor ...   Yibada (English Edition)
Reuters
Daily Mail
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More down to earth (with videos)
Lebanon Democrat
More than a month after returning to earth, Mt. Juliet native and NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore recently shared his experiences aboard the International Space Station after nearly six months in orbit. “You can't put it into words,” Wilmore said of his ...

The Reading Room: NASA Reminds Us That 'Home' Is Planet Earth; Boston ...   Realtor.com News
NASA distances itself from Hyundai ad campaign   Austrian Tribune
NASA Asks People to Submit Images of Favorite Spots on Earth   Latin American Herald Tribune
NBCNews.com
Gizmodo
AL.com
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