2015年1月26日 星期一

2015-01-27 Namibia Science


Full-Time Whistle
   
Mountain-sized asteroid that flew past earth had own moon   
Business Standard
NASA has released radar observations of the 325 meter-wide asteroid that flew safely past Earth, showing that the asteroid had its own moon. Asteroid 2004 BL86 was over 3 times the Earth-moon distance i.e. 1.2 million kilometers, Discovery News reported.
Keep your eyes on the sky for asteroid appearance   CTV News
Giant asteroid set to buzz Earth   The Nation
asteroid comes unusually close to Earth   Stuff.co.nz
Christian Science Monitor   
Forbes   
Discovery News   
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Latin American Herald Tribune
   
Ocean Warming Melting One of the Largest Glaciers of Antarctica   
Latin American Herald Tribune
SYDNEY – One of the largest glaciers on the planet, Totten, is melting due to ocean warming, a phenomenon that demonstrates the vulnerability of East Antarctica and its role in increasing the level of the oceans. The Totten glacier, 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) ...

Giant east Antarctic glacier melting with warmer oceans   The Age
East Antarctica's largest glacier melting - scientists   News24
Warm currents a risk to east Antarctica's massive ice sheet   The Australian (blog)
BDlive   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
What is comet dust made of? Rosetta finds out.   
Christian Science Monitor
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, currently in orbit around Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, is examining the dust being shed by the comet as it hurtles toward the sun. By Kulvinder Singh, Sen January 26, 2015. close. Rosetta's ...

Rosetta spacecraft deepens mystery of comet's origin   The Star Online
Is Rosetta's 67P Comet Breaking Apart?   Design & Trend
Rosetta watches closely as comet sheds its dust   Sen (subscription)
Astronomy Magazine   
The News   
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Daily Times
   
Climate change to cause twice as many severe floods in Australia   
The Australian
AUSTRALIA and its region will probably be hit by almost twice as many severe floods this century like the ones that devastated southeast Queensland four years ago, according to new research. An international team of scientists led by Wenju Cai, of the ...

CSIRO forecasting La Nina weather patterns to double   ABC Online
La Nina turning nasty says study   News24
Climate change to turn up heat   The Land Newspaper
Science Recorder   
Daily Times   
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Headlines & Global News
   
Global Warming Could Lead To A Doubling Of Dramatic La Niña Weather Events   
Headlines & Global News
This red area on this map shows the warming of waters due to El Nino in 2010. (Photo : Reuters). New research suggests global warming could double the risk of extreme La Niña events. Researchers predicted a two-fold increase in the frequency of this type ...

Extreme La Nina events set to increase   ABC Online
La Niña Events May Spike with Climate Change   Live Science
Global warming leads to wild La Niña weather, including events like this big East ...   Quartz
BBC News   
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CNBC
   
The new space race: SpaceX vs Boeing   
CNBC
SpaceX and Boeing plan to build space "taxis" that can American astronauts to the International Space Station by 2017, and both companies appeared together at a NASA press conference Monday to unveil updates in the space agency's commercial crew ...

Boeing, SpaceX to bring down cost of flying astronauts to ISS: NASA   Xinhua
Boeing, SpaceX will beat Russia on price for astronaut rides   Washington Times
21st century space race is on   San Antonio Express-News
SpaceFlight Insider   
MyFox Houston   
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Yahoo! Maktoob News
   
CORRECTED-Australia temperatures rising faster than rest of the world- official ...   
Reuters Africa
SYDNEY Jan 27 (Reuters) - Australia faced a rise in temperature of potentially more than 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, an increase that would outpace global warming worldwide, the country's national science agency ...

Australia temperatures rising faster than rest of the world - official report   Reuters India
CSIRO says hotter days, less rain for Aust   Sky News Australia
Australia's climate already changed: BOM-CSIRO   Herald Sun
SBS   
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Science Times
   
Bat-Like Bot May Soon Fly Its Way Into Space—The New Drone Frontier   
Science Times
The future of transformer-like technology is here, with a new bat-like robot that can crawl around on all fours, as well as fly away. The DALER, otherwise known as the Deployable Air-Land Exploration Robot, is officially here, and it shares a stunning ...

Watch: Vampire bat robot uses its wings for walking   Los Angeles Times
'Vampire bat' robot Daler adapts to different terrains by folding its wings   Daily Mail
Vampire bat-inspired robot can fly and walk   Business Standard
SlashGear   
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ValueWalk
   
NASA Wants To Use Drones To Help Scout Locations on Mars   
TechnoBuffalo
The terrain of Mars is treacherous, especially if you're a lonesome rover quietly scouring the Martian surface. It doesn't have to be this way. Although a rover like Curiosity is well-equipped to tackle rocky terrain, NASA wants to send a team of scout companion ...

NASA Designing a Copter Drone for Mars   PC Magazine
The Little (Mars) Rover that Could   ABC Online (blog)
NASA to use 'toy helicopter' for exploring Mars   Science Recorder
Science Times   
Design & Trend   
PopHerald Technology News   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Is pollution weakening polar bear penises?   
Sydney Morning Herald
Poor polar bears just can't catch a break. It's already been shown that the sex organs of these endangered species have been shrinking over time, and now it seems the bones inside their penises are growing weaker as well. In a study published in ...

Industrial contaminants are weakening the penises of polar bears   UPI.com
Polar bear penises are weaker thanks to pollution   Lightly Buzzed
Polar Bear Penis Bones Weakening Due to Pollution   Nature World News
Mirror.co.uk   
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