Magnetic field was critical for life on Earth and other top stories.

• Magnetic field was critical for life on Earth

  

  WASHINGTON: The presence of a protective magnetic field was one of the necessary ingredients that helped life thrive on Earth, apart from our planet's rocky surface, liquid water and a blanketing atmosphere, a new study has found. The study of the young, Sun-like star Kappa Ceti shows that a magnetic field plays a key role in making a planet conducive to life. "To be habitable, a planet needs warmth, water, and it needs to be sheltered from a young, violent Sun," said Jose-Dias Do Nascimento..

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• Federal funds' shift from climate change advocacies provoke questions on Australia's science and research priorities

  

  World renowned physicists, climate scientists and international researchers denounced Australia’s science policies and funding cuts during the World Science Festival (WSF) in Brisbane, according to the SBS .  After a series of federal budget cuts in 2014, Australia’s federally financed science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), faces new financial hurdles when the government announced a shift from climate research to focus more on commercial enter..

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• Liberals and Conservatives Solve Problems Differently

  

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