Scientists to probe ways of meeting tough global warming goal and other top stories.

• Scientists to probe ways of meeting tough global warming goal

  

  By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists on Thursday set the outlines of a report on how to restrict global warming to a limit agreed last year by world leaders - even though the temperature threshold is at risk of being breached already. The U.N.-led study, due to be published in 2018 as a guide for governments, will look into ways of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to cap the rise at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. It will examine..

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• Ancient Inhabitants of the Great City of Teotihuacan in Mexico Farmed Rabbits

  

  Humans living in the pre-Hispanic Mexican city of Teotihuacan may have bred rabbits and hares for food, fur and bone tools, according to a study published August 17, 2016 in the open-access journal  PLOS ONE  by Andrew Somerville from the University of California San Diego, US, and colleagues. Human-animal relationships often involve herbivore husbandry and have been key in the development of complex human societies across the globe. However, fewer large mammals suitable for husbandry were avai..

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• China, Japan, CERN: Who will host the next LHC?

  

  Harold Cunningham/Getty Whether the Large Hadron Collider will find phenomena outside the standard model of particle physics remains to be seen. It was a triumph for particle physics — and many were keen for a piece of the action. The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 using the world’s largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), prompted a pitch from Japanese scientists to host its successor. The machine would build on the LHC’s success by measuring the properties of ..

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• Marree Man restored as outback tourist attraction in far north SA

  

  Marree Man restored as outback tourist attraction in far north SA Updated August 20, 2016 11:54:28 Marree Man, a desert artwork which mysteriously appeared in the outback almost two decades ago, has returned to the far north of South Australia.Marree Hotel publican Phil Turner and other locals have worked for the past five days to plough the outline back into the desert sands."This is about restoring the myth and the mystery. We did everything we possibly could to ensur..

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