2015年2月23日 星期一

2015-02-24 Namibia Science


New Era
   
Public servants urged to pull their weight   
New Era
SWAKOPMUND – Public and civil servants should not only sit in offices nor should they attend workshops for the mere sake of attending them, but must gear their efforts towards service delivery, Deputy Prime Minister, Marco Hausiku, has said. The outgoing ...


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Daily Mail
   
Mummified monk revealed inside Buddha statue   
USA TODAY
A CT scan by a Dutch team of researchers showed the skeletal remains of a mummified meditating monk inside a seated Buddha statue about 1,000 years old. (Photo: Drents Museum). 32 CONNECT 51 TWEET 2 LINKEDIN 2 COMMENTEMAILMORE.
Buddha CAT scan reveals monk, ancient writings   NEWS.com.au
Mummified Chinese monk found inside ancient Buddha statue   Shanghaiist
Liuquan, Buddhist monk, found mummified in Chinese Buddha statue   Newsday
Live Science   
Metro   
NBCNews.com   
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NOLA.com
   
Scientist cited by climate change deniers didn't reveal energy industry funding ...   
NOLA.com
Wei-Hock Soon, also known as Willie Soon, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, left, refuses to answer questions about his funding from a Greenpeace official after a Heritage Foundation talk in September 2013. (Greenpeace). Print.
Prominent Climate Change Denier caught taking $1.2 Million from Energy ...   Examiner.com
Deniers' favourite scientist quietly took money from the fossil fuel industry   Business Spectator
Report: Southern Co. paid for climate skeptic's research   Utility Dive
WABE 90.1 FM   
Science AAAS   
Washington Times   
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The Space Reporter
   
Latest spacewalk 'selfie' taken against background of Earth, ISS   
The Space Reporter
Astronaut Butch Wilmore took a dramatic picture of himself during a spacewalk this weekend, featuring himself against a background of the blue and white Earth and part of the International Space Station (ISS). Fellow astronaut and spacewalker Terry Virts is ...

February 23, 2015 in Mission Reports: Photos from this weekend's spacewalk   Spaceflight Now
Lengthy Spacewalk Readies ISS for Private Crew Capsules   PC Magazine
Spectacular photo of New Zealand from space   New Zealand Herald
NBCNews.com   
RT   
The Planetary Society (blog)   
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Daily Mail
   
Crater Creep? Siberian Black Holes Spark Fresh Concern   
NBCNews.com
Months after they started investigating a huge black hole in Siberia, Russian researchers say they have spotted still more suspicious-looking craters and lakes — and are calling for an urgent investigation of the phenomenon. Satellite imagery shows that one ...

Four New, Equally Creepy Holes Open Up at 'The End of the Earth'   RYOT
More Siberian methane blowholes found in permafrost   NEWS.com.au
Huge New Holes In Siberia Have Scientists Calling For Urgent Investigation Of ...   Huffington Post
Express.co.uk   
The Inquisitr   
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New York Times
   
Mice Brain May Give Insight Into Diseases of Human Mind   
New York Times
When injected with bits of human DNA, mice embryos grew brains that were 12 percent larger than those of embryos injected with the same genes from chimpanzees. Scientists at Duke University, writing in the journal Current Biology, say the experiment ...

Human DNA gives mice bigger brains   CNET
Scientists pinpoint a gene regulator that makes human brains bigger   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Can human DNA be used to make animals smarter?   National Monitor

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Metro
   
Animals seem to get ranked according to human associations   
Economic Times
The commemoration of Dolly, the first cloned sheep, by a plaque last week should weigh in for her species on the contentious issue of the animal that the just-commenced Chinese year symbolises. In earlier instances, many have tried to ram home the ...

Dolly woz here: the world's most famous sheep gets a blue plaque   The Guardian
PLAQUE TO HONOUR DOLLY THE SHEEP   Herald Scotland
Dolly the Sheep gets own blue plaque to celebrate ten unsung heroes of science   Market Business News
BreakingNews.ie   
The Independent   
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The Westside Story
   
Hubble takes New Images of young star Beta Pictoris   
The Westside Story
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have been able to capture never-seen-before images of the solar system of the young, 20 million years old star Beta Pictoris. The images show a large planet embedded in the debris disk of the young star.
Hubble Shoots Back Stellar New Images Of Young Beta Pictoris Star and its ...   Pioneer News
Beta Pictoris Is Unfazed By Giant Planet Circling It   Design & Trend
Hubble captures most detailed view of Beta Pictoris' debri disk   Techie News
Nature World News   
Big News Network.com   
ValueWalk   
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RedOrbit
   
New neurons help adults adapt to environments   
RedOrbit
The development of new neurons in adults appears to help the hippocampus better prepare for a variety of environmental factors, and the process is influenced in different ways by positive and negative experiences, researchers from Princeton University have ...

New Neurons May Help Adults Adapt to the Environment   Laboratory Equipment
Newborn neurons in adult brain may help us adapt to environment   Jagran Post
Newborn neurons help us adapt to environment   New Kerala

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Neurology Advisor
   
Curious Preteens Have Greater Brain Connectivity in Decision-Making Regions   
Neurology Advisor
Researchers have found that the brains of curious preteens show greater connectivity between regions associated with decision making and "state of the body" compared to their less daring peers. The study is scheduled to be presented at the upcoming ...

Why some preteens are explorers and others are not revealed   Zee News
Curious Preteens May Have Different Brain Processes   Laboratory Equipment

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