[NEWS] Seven science and tech links: GW170814, birds and dinosaurs, asteroid belts, oceans, energy

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• GW170814, detected by VIRGO and LIGO, marks the collision of two black holes, 31 and 25 solar masses, 1.8 billion light-years away. Ars Technica reports.


• The American Museum of Natural History in New York has a new exhibition linking birds and dinosaurs. National Geographic notes.


• This new asteroid belt model suggesting it began empty, then filled from the inner and outer system, is interesting. Universe Today goes into more detail.


• New studies are suggesting that the oceans are starting to warm up. The Guardian reports.


• Offshore wind farms are apparently serving as platforms for flourishing marine ecologies, starting with mussels. Technology Review examines preliminary findings here.


• Hydroelectric development in the highlands of Georgia is disrupting already fragile human communities there. Open Democracy reports.


• Australian scientists may have found the genes causing the small wings of emus. Could they get bigger wings now? The Herald-Sun describes the finding and its import.