Arctic's pink snow pushing ice glaciers towards faster melting: Research and other top stories.

• Arctic's pink snow pushing ice glaciers towards faster melting: Research

  

  Scientists have come across pink snow in the Arctic in many regions, which looks like as if somebody has tipped a gallon of watermelon juice on snow. The pink color of snow has been caused by a natural occurrence due to presence of snow-dwelling algae. Scientists said that there isn’t anything pretty in pink ice because the Arctic's pink snow or ‘watermelon snow’ results into faster meltdown of ice glaciers. A study published in the journal Nature suggested that with growing global warming, in..

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• Hubble Images NGC 1854 Star Cluster In Stunning Photo

  

  The star cluster NGC 1854 has been imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in a new photograph. What science can be gleaned from this dazzling image?  ( ESA | Hubble and NASA ) The star cluster NGC 1854 has been photographed by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in a dramatic new photograph. The collection of hundreds of clusters of stars sits roughly 135,000 light-years away from our home planet. The constellation of Dorado (the Dolphin), visible from the southern h..

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• Sea turtle released after months of laser treatments

  

  It must have been disorienting for the patient — more than 200 people, almost as many cameras and phones snapping pictures, after a ride in a big plastic box inside a Jeep.This, after nearly six months in the hospital with anemia and following a series of laser surgeries to remove several large tumors.But finally, Cisco Kid, a juvenile green sea turtle, was done with the selfies and made-for-Facebook photos on June 20 and the turtle's vet, Brooke Burkhalter, carried it through the throng and in..

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• Monkeys turn selective about companions when they grow old

  

  When humans grow old, they become more selective about their friends. Many people prefer to stay isolated or with a limited group of friends during old age. Similar phenomenon has been noticed in case of monkeys, especially, Barbary macaques. A team of researchers noticed that Barbary macaques become less social as they age. Researchers from the German Primate Center wished to find out affect of age on behavior. They studied this relation in 100 Barbary macaques that were kept in an enclosure i..

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