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Could this crab have the most crushing claws?

Christian Science Monitor - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
You might not want to get caught in the claws of the hermit crab's big, scary cousin: the coconut crab. By Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Staff writer November 23, 2016.

The problem with Donald Trump's stance on global warming

CBS News - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
Is there reason to doubt climate change because some of the nation's hottest days happened in 1898, as President-elect Donald Trump told the New York Times in an interview Tuesday?

Trump Has Options for Undoing Obama's Climate Legacy

New York Times - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
President Obama's effort to reduce carbon emissions by coal-burning power plants could be undone when President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office in January.

How Cassini Will Begin Its Date With Death on Saturn

New York Times - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
The tan circle depicts the Cassini's ring-grazing orbits of Saturn, which begin on Wednesday. The blue circles represent earlier orbits of the planet.

World's first farmers weren't humans. They were Fijian ants.

Christian Science Monitor - ‎9 hours ago‎
Fijian ants have been farming plants for three million years, new research from the University of Munich suggests. The ants rely on these plants to provide them with shelter.

Carbon silicon bonds: A new model for alien life?

Christian Science Monitor - ‎4 hours ago‎
Scientists say that the directed evolution technique could open the door to interesting future discoveries. By Christina Beck, Staff November 26, 2016.

Loss Of Arctic Sea Ice Will Have Global Consequences

PlanetSave.com - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
Despite Donald Trump's puerile maundering about climate change being a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese, there is a climate emergency at the North Pole that could affect most of earth's inhabitants.

SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch science satellite

Florida Today - ‎4 hours ago‎
While SpaceX continues to investigate the cause of a Falcon 9 rocket's explosion on the launch pad during a Sept. 1 test, NASA last week awarded the company a $112 million contract to launch a science satellite from California in 2021.

Scientists go big with first aquatic species map for US West

Arizona Daily Sun - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
This April 17, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows Michael K. Schwartz in the process of filtering 5 liters of water to concentrate DNA on a filter to be analyzed at the National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, ...

End Of The World News: Stephen Hawking Sees An Asteroid Wiping Out Mankind By 3016; Humans DOOMED Like ...

News Every day - ‎16 minutes ago‎
(Photo : Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Theoretical physicist and "A Brief History of Time" author predicts a doomsday scenario for humans.

Consensus Rating Of Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD): At 1.81

Investor Newswire - ‎8 hours ago‎
Zacks poll results showed that Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) has consensus rating of 1.81 on 1-5 scale. Five score is for strong sell call.

28-Foot Decomposing Dead Sperm Whale Washes on San Jose Island

Nature World News - ‎11 hours ago‎
The carcass of a giant, 28-foot beached sperm whale was found on San Jose Island and will likely to stay there while marine experts figure out what to do with the dead animal.

Unchecked Arctic melting: How some communities are starting to adapt

Christian Science Monitor - ‎9 hours ago‎
A new report by the Arctic Council shows how unprecedented high temperatures and rapid ice melt in the Arctic may pass a tipping point and force adaptation.

Space Food: NASA Developing High Calorie Bars For Deep Space Missions

International Business Times - ‎19 hours ago‎
DeepSpaceFoodBar To help reduce the amount of supplies Orion will carry for its crew, scientists are developing a variety of food bars that astronauts can eat for breakfast during their spaceflight missions.

Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Spews Massive Column of Ash and Smoke

Yahoo News - ‎18 hours ago‎
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano emitted a dense column of ash and smoke on the morning of Friday, November 25, starling observers.

Chicxulub : a unique crater to elucidate planetary surfaces

Space Daily - ‎Nov 24, 2016‎
The fall of an asteroid in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) 66 million years ago is believed to have caused the extinction of dinosaurs.

Three certainties in life: Death, taxes and the speed of light – wait no, maybe not that last one

The Register - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
Einstein was incorrect about the speed of light being a fixed constant in our universe, a new theory suggests. A team of physicists are backing an idea that the speed of light is not constant and have made a prediction that can be tested.

Spaceship fires were all in a good cause

The Guardian - ‎Nov 24, 2016‎
The Orbital ATK Cygnus space freighter used in the Saffire-II experiment. Photograph: Nasa/AFP/Getty Images. Stuart Clark · @DrStuClark.

Sunset Beach moves to ban cabanas on the sand

News & Observer - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
Sunset Beach, the southern most beach in North Carolina, is a mecca for vacationers. Chuck Liddy cliddy@newsobserver.com. i. Sunset Beach, the southern most beach in North Carolina, is a mecca for vacationers.

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University Friends

Butler's 'Trumpism' course description draws backlash

Indianapolis Star - ‎9 hours ago‎
Butler University said it is reviewing its course description practices after it received backlash for a fall 2017 course offering that focused on the election of President Donald Trump.

Guidelines and Policy - Social Media at Your University

Inside Higher Ed (blog) - ‎9 hours ago‎
When you do an advanced Google search for social media policy and/or social media guidelines on either .edu or .ac.uk domains, a lot of results* appear.

Ex-UM health CEO named Oakland University president

The Detroit News - ‎15 hours ago‎
Rochester Hills - Oakland University has named Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz as its seventh president, choosing a pharmaceutical company executive and former University of Michigan hospital leader who is a physician, researcher, administrator and fundraiser.

Congresswomen in Black Sorority Decry Racist Acts at American University

NBC4 Washington - ‎9 hours ago‎
The international president of the historically black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha spoke with News4 about the recent racist displays at American University. Jackie Bensen reports the unversity's security has been called into question due to poor ...

University Presses

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
One of the lessons of NUMBERS AND THE MAKING OF US: Counting and the Course of Human Cultures (Harvard University, $27.95), a fascinating book by the anthropologist Caleb Everett, is that to exoticize the Pirahã (say, by likening them to Borges ...

Florida university to award degree to Trayvon Martin

CNN - ‎16 hours ago‎
The slain Florida teenager -- killed by George Zimmerman five years ago -- will be awarded a posthumous bachelor's degree in aeronautical science from Florida Memorial University. Martin's parents, Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will accept the ...

University of Akron bans all smoking including e-cigarettes

fox8.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
AKRON, Ohio-- Students at the University of Akron are being reminded that as of July 1, smoking of any kind will not be permitted on campus or at any off-campus university activity. The school will begin enforcing a ban that not only includes ...

Tuition hike proposed for some University of Montana students

The Missoulian - ‎7 hours ago‎
Tuition and fees for students at the University of Montana would jump 13 percent for resident freshmen and sophomores, but those costs at UM also would be equal to Montana State University, unlike the current setup. And, the total annual cost of ...

Baylor University Frat Suspended For “Mexican-Themed” Party

PEOPLE.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
The members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Baylor University faced repercussions for throwing a “Mexican-themed” party for Cinco de Mayo.

University of Iowa must pay $1.4 million to Jane Meyer

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines - ‎11 hours ago‎
Finding the University of Iowa discriminated against a former athletics administrator based on her gender and sexual orientation, a Polk County jury Thursday awarded Jane Meyer $1.43 million, according to her legal team.

University of Texas stabbing victim asked student to call his mom

New York Daily News - ‎13 hours ago‎
The victim of a stabbing spree at the University of Texas asked a student he didn't know to call his mom before he died Monday.

University of Arizona seniors behind viral red swimsuit giveaway

AZCentral.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The company's founders, University of Arizona seniors Alan Alchalel and Brady Silverwood, now seem to be scrambling to figure out how to make the deal happen.

A Public University Acquires A Big For-Profit, And Raises Big Questions

NPR - ‎22 hours ago‎
In a move that's being called "bold" and "out of the blue," Indiana's Purdue University is acquiring the for-profit Kaplan University. In announcing the deal last week, Purdue President Mitch Daniels said it was designed to open the university up to a ...

Carlow University students mourn freshman who died in fall from balcony

Tribune-Review - ‎8 hours ago‎
A somber mood permeated Carlow University's Oakland campus Thursday, a day after the death of freshman Dalton Bacco. On the sidewalk outside the student center, bouquets of yellow, pink and blue flowers propped up alongside a few candles served as ...

Noose Found Inside University of Maryland Fraternity House

U.S. News & World Report - ‎18 hours ago‎
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Authorities at the University of Maryland are investigating a noose discovered in a fraternity house.

Potemkin Universities

National Review - ‎May 3, 2017‎
The university faces crises almost everywhere of student debt, university finances, free expression, and the very quality and value of a university education. Take free speech. Without freedom of expression, there can be no university. But if the ...

Student comes up with 'ingenious' way to cheat in university exams

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎12 hours ago‎
It may sound like something used by one of Harry Potter's wayward classmates at Hogwarts, but “invisible ink” has now been revealed by the university ombudsman as the latest university exam scam. According to the latest annual report by the Office of ...

Student Arrested After Crawling Into a Duct to Steal an Exam

New York Times - ‎12 hours ago‎
The Multidisciplinary Science Building at the University of Kentucky, where officials said two students tried to steal an exam from an instructor's office.

Salaries of 245 senior university staff are leaked

Devon Live - ‎1 hour ago‎
"The Information Commissioner was satisfied with the steps taken by the university to address the unauthorised disclosure and took no further action.

Arizona House OKs university bonding, Senate up next

ABC15 Arizona - ‎4 hours ago‎
The focus immediately returned to the Senate, where deal-cutting to gain support from conservative Republicans for the $1 billion university bonding program is yet to be tested with a vote. But it was clear the Legislature was moving closer to passing