2014年12月22日 星期一

2014-12-23 Namibia Science


WWNO
   
The Khoisan Once Were Kings Of The Planet. What Happened?   
WWNO
In Namibia today, members of the ancient tribe of hunter-gatherers still forage. New genetic research reveals they were once the largest group of humans. Stephan C. Schuster Penn State University. The Bushmen know which plants and herbs are good to eat ...


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NBCNews.com
   
NuSTAR Probe Captures a Sizzling X-Ray View of the Sun   
NBCNews.com
NASA's NuSTAR probe is designed to take pictures of faraway X-ray phenomena, such as blasts from black holes, but the satellite turned its camera toward the sun to snap a picture that's dressed up in colors suited to the holidays. The readings from NuSTAR ...

NASA's NuSTAR Scans the Sun with X-ray Vision   Universe Today
Here comes the sun(spot) Nasa telescope captures berst ever picture of x-rays ...   Daily Mail
Stunning X-Ray Portrait Of The Sun Snapped By NASA's NuSTAR Space ...   Huffington Post
The Register   
Science Times   
UPI.com   
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Slate Magazine
   
NASA mulls plan to explore Venus with 'Cloud City'   
Christian Science Monitor
At 800 degrees Fahrenheit, Venus isn't a hospitable place to land, but some NASA scientists are proposing to study the atmosphere from habitable dirigibles. By Mark Trumbull, Staff writer December 22, 2014. close. The northern hemisphere of Venus is ...

NASA HAVOC mission aims Could City above Venus   Inferse
NASA Envisions Floating Settlements Above Venus   Big Think (blog)
NASA Wants To Build Bespin Style Cloud City On Venus   American Live Wire
Slate Magazine   
Uproxx   
allvoices   
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The Capital Wide
   
Christmas Bird County for Kids   
Petaluma Argus Courier
The sixth annual Petaluma Christmas Bird Count for Kids ages 8 to 15 takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 2. Children will work in teams with an experienced adult birder and will walk the trails in areas such as Shollenberger Park, Ellis Creek Water ...

Christmas bird count in national park   Dickinson Press
Birders count 28 species and 2141 birds during annual Audubon Christmas bird ...   Price County Daily
Annual bird count held at Grand Isle   Houma Courier
News-Herald.com   
CBC.ca   
seattlepi.com   
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Daily Mail
   
Is the key to spotting killer meteorites blowing in the solar wind? Researchers ...   
Daily Mail
Solar wind and other particles from the sun could give us an early warning of space rocks heading for Earth, researchers have found. They say changes in the solar wind, plasma and other types of particle could give away the location of rocks currently missed ...

Meteor radar? Solar wind could help predict impacts   Fox News
First Asteroid Impact Drills Organized by European Space Agency   Chinatopix
Astronaut: The Age of Asteroids? Boooooring…   TIME
Economic Times   
Zee News   
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The Nation
   
Shortest day observed across Asia   
The Nation
LAHORE - People across Pakistan and other countries in Asia witnessed shortest day of the year 2014, winter solstice, on Monday. December 22 was the shortest day with 10 hours and 01 minute of daylight and 13 hours and 59 minutes of night. On Monday ...

Winter solstice 2014: The shortest day of the year   CJDC
Winter solstice: shortest day but not the coolest   The Weather Network
Winter solstice: Why isn't the shortest day also the coldest?   Christian Science Monitor
PhysicsCentral.com (blog)   
Metro   
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Record-Searchlight
   
Federal judge upholds restrictions on Delta water shipments   
San Francisco Chronicle
A federal appeals court Monday overruled objections by Central Valley farmers, water districts and a federal judge and upheld the government's reduction of water shipments from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in order to protect salmon, steelhead trout ...

Court upholds cutback in California water drawdown to protect fish   Reuters
Court upholds ruling for salmon in delta   News10.net
California water districts lose challenge of decision setting aside more delta ...   Minneapolis Star Tribune
azcentral.com   
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Uncover California
   
December 22 - 28, 2014 Stargazer: Curiosity's Martian Odyssey   
Full-Time Whistle
We've got a trio of planets to try and spot through the evening this week, a well-known satellite cruises past, and we return to the Red Planet for an update on one of our missions there as HPR's Dave Lawrence speaks with Christopher Phillips from the Mauna ...

When it comes to Martians, we want to believe   Hamilton Spectator
NASA, planetary scientists find meteoritic evidence of Mars water reservoir   Astronomy Magazine
NASA detects organic matter on Mars, not life yet   Microfinance Monitor
Washington Times   
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The Space Reporter
   
This year's Winter Solstice coincided with a full moon   
The Space Reporter
It occurred at 6:03 PM EST, the point the Sun appeared directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, and the South Pole pointed directly toward the Sun. The solstice has been celebrated worldwide by many cultures for thousands of years because it marks the turning ...

Winter Solstice: The Science Behind It and the History of Celebration   Tech Times
Pakistan to witness Winter Solstice today   Business Recorder
Five things you might not have known about the Winter Solstice   The Straits Times
CBS Local   
NJ.com   
OregonLive.com   
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Times of India
   
Rich nations are penny-pinching: Prakash Javadekar   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: A week after conclusion of the Lima climate talks, India on Monday lamented that rich nations have failed to deliver adequately on the issue of finance and said the "goal of mobilizing 100 billion US dollars per year by 2020 is still a far cry".
India to be pro-active in enhancing energy efficiency: Govt   Zee News
Lima wasn't all hot air   Hindu Business Line
Peru Wrangling Produces Toothless Climate Agreement   The Heartland Institute
Sydney Morning Herald   
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