en-my-hotdailynews: 2015-05-21 Malaysia Science

Giant pandas can't stomach bamboo, say researchers
Times of India
BEIJING: Despite two million years of munching almost exclusively on bamboo, the giant panda's gut has not adapted to eating the plant -putting the creatures in an "evolutionary dilemma", scientists said. The surprising study , reported by online US journal ...

Panda guts not suited to digesting bamboo   Nature.com
Bamboo-eating giant pandas not adept at digesting bamboo: study   ecns

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Oldest known stone tools found in Kenya
Brisbane Times
Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis with stone tools found in the West Turkana area of Kenya. New York: By taking a wrong turn in a dry riverbed in Kenya, scientists discovered a trove of stone tools far older than any ever found before. Nobody knows who ...

Stone tool discovery confirms theory of early humans   Toronto Star
Discovery of ancient stone tools in Kenya dating back 3.3 million years ...   ABC Online
The World's Oldest Stone Tools Were Not Made By Humans   Gizmodo
BBC News
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Texas hunter shoots rhino for US$ 350000, calls it conservation
ABC Online
A Texan hunter paid $350,000 for the right to kill an elderly black rhino in Nambia, with government officials saying the proceeds will go towards conserving the species. A US HUNTER who paid US$350,000 to kill a black rhinoceros in Namibia successfully ...

Hunter pays $350000 to shoot black rhino: 'I believe in survival of species'   The Guardian
Texas hunter Corey Knowlton shoots endangered rhinoceros in Namibia after ...   Sydney Morning Herald
After the black rhino hunt, a village celebrates meat delivery   CNN

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The study on gay marriage that was too good to be true
Sydney Morning Herald
It was the study that some said could rewrite the political rule book. Forget focus groups, road-to-Damascus moments and negative campaign advertising. What if you could change people's minds on an issue such as gay marriage simply by ... talking to them?
Retraction Sought in Study on Views of Gay Marriage   New York Times
Researcher retracts landmark same-sex marriage study, claims co-author ...   CBC.ca
Study of views on gay marriage should be retracted, coauthor says   Los Angeles Times
NBCNews.com
Politico (blog)
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Japan aquariums to stop buying Taiji dolphins
BBC News
Japan's aquariums have voted to stop acquiring dolphins caught during the controversial annual hunt in the town of Taiji. It comes after the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Waza) suspended Japan's membership because of the "cruel" way the ...

Japan Aquariums to Stop Obtaining Dolphins from Taiji   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Japan aquariums say they'll stop getting Taiji-hunt dolphins   STLtoday.com
Japanese aquariums vote to stop buying Taiji dolphins   The Guardian

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Secretive US space plane back in orbit
Sky News Australia
The US Air Force has launched its robotic space plane into orbit for a fourth flight aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, in a mission aimed at testing a new engine to steer satellites. The rocket carrying the X-37B successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, ...

US military launches secret space plane X-37B   India Today
Star Wars: the Air Force's new X-37B space plane shrouded in secrecy   State Column
US Military Space Plane Begins a Fourth (Mostly) Secret Mission   New York Times

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Snakes' ancestors had hind legs with toes, ankles
Times of India
From the robust boa constrictor to the venomous rattlesnake, all of the more than 3,400 snake species that slither today may have descended from the same prehistoric forest prowler, whose body had two small hind legs with toes and ankles, researchers ...

Ancient snakes were nocturnal hunters with tiny legs   CBS News
Researchers come up with First Comprehensive Reconstruction of Ancestral ...   Uncover California
Snakes Used To Have Limbs And More Frightening But Started Evolving 128 ...   Reporter Advocate
Clapway
Newser
Live Science
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Reuters

EU concerned about farming impact on its wildlife
Reuters
BRUSSELS Around half of wild birds have a secure status as EU programs to protect endangered species have boosted numbers, but some of their habitats are cause for major concern largely because of intensive farming, an EU report found on Wednesday.
'The State of Nature in the EU' report published   Eurosite
Threat to Nature Conservation   Birmingham Post

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