SoT 150: Several Moonwiches

Published: June 9, 2014, 10:12 a.m.

Greenland is more vulnerable to melting than we thought, and the West Antarctic ice shelf is melting much faster and is now 'unstoppable'.

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The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is shrinking\xa0and changing shape.

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The top 10 new species of 2013\xa0have been announced. Some of them are cute.

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The first farm to supply insects for human consumption\xa0has opened, but faces regulatory, engineering and cultural hurdles.

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Jupiter's moon Ganymede has layers of ice and water\xa0beneath its surface. NASA calls it a 'moonwich' but nobody else does.

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An elaborate experiment shows that fruit flies need to stop and think\xa0before making decisions. Also, fruit flies have decisions to make.