2014年9月10日 星期三

2014-09-11 Namibia Science

  defenceWeb   
Namibia deploys UAVs for anti-poaching operations  defenceWeb
A Falcon UAV. The Namibian government has deployed three Falcon Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in conservancies to support the anti-poaching operations by the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) as part of a new 'aggressive' strategy to combat an ...


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  NBCNews.com   
Extreme solar storm heading to Earth - scientists  TVNZ
An extreme solar flare is blasting its way to Earth and could mess up some power grids, satellites and radio transmissions, scientists say. It's been several years since Earth has had a solar storm of this size coming from sunspots smack in the middle of the sun, ...

'Strong solar storm heading to Earth'   The Hindu
Extreme solar flare barreling toward Earth could affect power grids, satellite and ...   New York Daily News
Prepare yourself – wild solar weather ahead   The Conversation AU
Inquirer.net   
io9   
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  NDTV   
Three Space Station Astronauts Return to Earth  NDTV
An American and two Russians landed early on Thursday in Kazakhstan after 5 and-a-half months aboard the International Space Station. They returned in a Russian Soyuz capsule that parachuted down through a clear sky. NASA said everything appeared ...

Astronaut, cosmonauts back on Earth after six months in space   Reuters UK
3 space station astronauts return to Earth   WEAR
CU-Boulder grad Steve Swanson lands safely on Earth after ISS stint   Boulder Daily Camera

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  SFGate   
Ozone layer on track to recovery: UN  The Hindu
The Earth's protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery in the next few decades, thanks to concerted international action against ozone depleting substances, said a UN report on Wednesday. The conclusion was made in the assessment published on ...

Report on 'thickening ozone layer' hailed   Herald Scotland
Earth's ozone layer shows signs of healing   Daily Digest
UN scientists say the ozone layer is recovering   Tampabay.com
LiveScience.com   
The Australian   
BBC News   
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  ABC News   
Climate Change Could Result In Cataclysmic Bird Extinction  Dumb-Out
A new report form the National Audobon Society, concludes that climate change is definitely threatening extinction for at least 314 native bird species from around the United States. It is a complicated claim to make and an even more complicated claim to ...

New warning about the impact of global warming on birds   Tech Times
Study: Climate change could cause Spokane's rare birds to go extinct   KREM.com (subscription)
Changing world mean doom looms for North American birds: DiManno   Toronto Star
Thehour.com   
KpopStarz   
Daily Democrat   
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  ChristianToday   
Digital map shows hundreds of new archeological finds around Stonehenge  ChristianToday
Archeologists have recently discovered hundreds of new features around the Stonehenge, including a huge timber building that predates the mysterious circular stone structure. The wooden building may have been used for ancient burial rites that included ...

Stonehenge survey reveals 17 new sites, details giant Durrington Walls henge ...   NEWS.com.au
Underneath Stonehenge, 'A Map Of What Was There In The Past'   NPR (blog)
Buried beneath Stonehenge, even more henges?   Christian Science Monitor
Examiner.com   
CBC.ca   
NBCNews.com   
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  AsiaOne   
China's Space Station to Be Established Around 2022  Space News
A top Chinese space official said Tuesday that the country still plans to establish its first space station in the early 2020s, although that timetable has changed somewhat from previous pronouncements. Yang Liwei, deputy chief of China's human spaceflight ...

China's Space Station is Still On Track   Space Daily
Chinese astronauts set to launch in 2016   CCTV-America
China's space station effort eyes international cooperation   AsiaOne
ecns   
Hong Kong Standard   
Daily Times   
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  CNN   
Painful truth: Franklin's folly fails to impress  Maple Ridge Times
It's always been hard for me to get excited about the Franklin Expedition as a part of Canadian history. So you'll excuse me if I greet the news of the discovery of one of Sir John Franklin's ships with more of yawn than with any excitement. It never struck me as ...

Ship located after 170 years   Irish Examiner
Why is the Franklin expedition such a Canadian story?   The Globe and Mail
The Arctic's British cannibals: Will this week's discovery of a wreck from a ...   Daily Mail
Baltimore Sun   
Examiner.com   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
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  Raw Story   
NASA snapshots give you a dazzling look at Iceland's erupting Bárðarbunga ...  Raw Story
NASA satellite images have captured images of a singularly big volcanic eruption in Iceland, Vox reported. Researchers estimate that the Bárðarbunga volcanic system's eruption is the country's biggest since the 19th century, with lava exploding from the ...

Tour company offers flights over erupting Iceland volcano   MSN NZ News
One Airline Will Totally Fly You Right Over Iceland's Erupting Volcano   Jaunted
Iceland's erupting volcano looks absolutely stunning from space   Vox
The Weather Channel   
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  Zee News   
Want Fries With That? Nuclear Waste-Eating Bacteria Discovered  OilPrice.com
Scientists at the University of Manchester may have found a novel way to dispose of nuclear waste: unleash bacteria that love to devour it. The bacteria don't seem to have a name yet, but the researchers group them with “extremophile” bacteria, which live in ...

Discovered Microbes Could Help Dispose of Nuclear Waste   Nature World News
Nuclear waste-eating bacteria discovered   Financial Express
Researchers find Micro-organisms that feed on radioactive waste   Uncover California

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