[Science] Hawaii land board grants use permit for $1.3B Thirty Meter Telescope

Hawaii land board grants use permit for $1.3B Thirty Meter Telescope
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/hawaii-approves-plan-to-build-world-s-largest-telescope-atop-mauna-kea-1.1236636
The Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources has granted a conservation district use permit for the $1.3 billion Thirty Meter Telescope, which will be built atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island.

Florida battles slimy invasion by giant snails
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/14/florida_battles_giant_stuccoeating_snails.html
By Barbara Liston. ORLANDO, Florida | Sun Apr 14, 2013 1:50pm EDT. ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as ...

Sorry, But You Can't Name That Exoplanet
http://www.space.com/20650-exoplanet-view-from-its-moon-space-wallpaper.html
The International Astronomical Union issued a stern statement yesterday that organizations on the web claiming to crowdsource names for the rapidly growing number of newly-discovered exoplanets have no legitimacy.

Porpoise Found Dead On Jersey Shore Beach
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/04/14/porpoise-found-dead-on-jersey-shore-beach/
A newly born Yangtze finless porpoise swims with his mother at the Hydrobiology Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China.

Imposing central Mexican volcano spews ash skyward
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/347921
(CNN) -- Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano rumbled Saturday with explosions and expulsions of ash and gas, prompting authorities to bar people from getting close to a crater that is within sight of Mexico City and many of its 19 million residents.