2015年5月18日 星期一

2015-05-19 Namibia Science


CNET
   
Welcome to Australia, where even the rain is spiders   
CNET
A phenomenon known as spider ballooning has covered a regional Australian city in silky "Angel Hair" webbing. by Michelle Starr · @riding_red; 19 May 2015 2:53 am BST. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. email. comments. spidersilk.jpg Spider silk in ...

Is That UFO Exhaust Or Is It Raining Spiders In Australia?   Forbes
Pouring Down Arachnids: Australia's Nasty 'Spider Rain' Explained   NBCNews.com
'Raining spiders' in rural NSW town spook locals – and the world   9news.com.au
The Barrie Examiner   
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Mashable
   
Scientists find large Antarctic ice shelves closer to collapse than they thought   
Mashable
A large iceberg that has calved from a glacier in the Antarctic Peninsula, as seen by Operation IceBridge scientists in 2012. Image: NASA/Jefferson Beck. Headshot_2015_andrewfreedman_1. By Andrew Freedman 3 hours ago. In 2002, two-thirds of the ...

Antarctic ice shelf the size of London about to collapse   The Times (subscription)
Larsen B collapse will happen earlier and more catastrophic due to the ...   Empire State Tribune
Two ancient Antarctic ice shelves heading toward collapse, study shows   The Space Reporter
Telegraph.co.uk   
CNN International   
Care2.com   
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Channel News Asia
   
Scientists are growing anxious about genome-editing tools   
Washington Post
Every human genome contains the blueprints for building a person, a library of roughly 20,000 genes that encode everything from eye color to cancer risk. Imagine if those genetic instructions could be tweaked at will — with a snip here and a cut there, a gene ...

US science academies take on human-genome editing   Nature.com
US science leaders to tackle ethics of gene-editing technology   Yahoo News

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Khaleej Times
   
Emirati students showcase inventions in US   
Khaleej Times
More than 1,700 students got together at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) hosted in Pittsburgh, USA. Flying high ... Girl participants from the UAE at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, USA.
Vancouver teen scientist wins top prize for device that reduces spread of ...   CBC.ca
Brainiacs rule: Student scientists hit new heights at the Intel fair   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Vancouver students win 2 top prizes at Intel science fair   CTV News

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Yahoo News UK
   
'Advanced' ancient civilisation fell victim to comet 13000 years ago   
Daily Times
New evidence suggests that an advanced ancient race on Earth fell victim to a comet 13,000 years ago. Graham Hancock, the author of a controversial 1995 book titled 'Fingerprints of the Gods,' has found proof to support his claim, the Mirror reported.
Was An Ancient Civilisation In Antarctica Wiped Out By A Comet 13000 Years ...   Yahoo News UK
Comet which hit Antarctica 13000 years ago 'wiped out civilisation'   Metro
Did an 'advanced' ancient civilization fall victim to a comet 13000 years ago?   Daily News & Analysis
mirror.co.uk   
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PerfScience
   
NASA Challenges People to Come Up With Designs for Mars Habitat   
PerfScience
The space agency NASA has asked public to submit designs for a Mars habitat. NASA, along with the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, is holding a competition to design and build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space explorations like ...

NASA competition encourages innovation in 3D printing technologies   Gizmag
NASA's $2.25M Challenge: 3D-Print a Space Base   TechNewsWorld
NASA wants your help to design the deep space habitats we'll use in the future   Blastr
Gizmodo Australia   
3DPrint.com   
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CNET
   
How space tourism would have been sold 60 years ago   
CNET
For some reason, this year it has become a thing to imagine the distant future of space tourism as it might have been sold via vintage posters. by Eric Mack · @ericcmack; 19 May 2015, 4:30 am AEST. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. email. comments.
SpaceX teases Mars-bound future with retro travel posters   SlashGear
SpaceX's Retro Posters Will Make You Want To Die On Mars   Co.Design
Elon Musk's SpaceX designs travel adverts for Mars that are out of this world   Digital Spy UK
Gizmodo Australia   
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Huffington Post
   
Powerful #GirlsWithToys Campaign Proves Once And For All That Women Have ...   
Huffington Post
Here's yet another reminder that women totally kick ass in any field they want. Shrinivas Kulkarni, astronomy and planetary science professor at the California Institute of Technology, was featured in an interview with NPR on Saturday. While speaking on ...

Girls With Toys: A Powerful, Funny, Inspiring Response to Sexism in Science   Slate Magazine
#GirlsWithToys: NPR Interview Creates Outrage   Science 2.0
'Girls With Toys' Hashtag Challenges Idea That Science Is a Playground for Guys   TakePart
Metro   
The Verge   
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The Nation
   
Russia restarts spacecraft after failures   
The Nation
Russia on Monday managed on a second attempt to restart the engines of a Progress spacecraft attached to the International Space Station (ISS) and shift the station's orbit. The success of the manoeuvre is a much-needed scrap of good news for Russia's ...

Russia successful in second attempt to start Progress spacecraft   Daily Times
Russia restarts International Space Station spacecraft after embarrassing failures   The Straits Times
Russia Restarts Progress Spacecraft on ISS After Failed First Attempt   Science Times
NASASpaceflight.com   
The Moscow Times   
Yahoo News   
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Toronto Star
   
More Americans will feel high heat as global warming, population shifts combine ...   
Toronto Star
WASHINGTON—The combination of global warming and shifting population means that by mid-century, there will be a huge increase in the number of Americans sweating through days that are extremely hot, a new study says. People are migrating into areas ...

Study: Americans' exposure to heat extremes could rise six-fold by mid-century   Washington Post
Opinionator | What Can We Do About Climate Change?   New York Times (blog)
President Obama, Not Green Enough for the Hardcore...   National Review Online

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