2015年8月12日 星期三

2015-08-13 Namibia Science


ABC Online
   
Perseid meteor shower to be a star-studded event in the Northern Hemisphere ...   
ABC Online
While people in the Northern Hemisphere will enjoy the stunning sight of the Perseid meteor shower, those in the South of the Equator may not be so lucky. An almost moonless, dark sky will make this year's shower an especially star-studded event, ...

Perseids 2015: Biggest meteor shower of the year peaks tonight   CBC.ca
Perseid Meteor Shower: The Best Way To Watch   Sky News
VIDEO: Stargazers gear up for the 'best shooting star show in years'   Irish Examiner
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Irish Examiner
   
Don't freak out, but scientists think octopuses 'might be aliens' after DNA study   
Irish Examiner
Not to send you into a meltdown or anything but octopuses are basically 'aliens' – according to scientists. Don. Researchers have found a new map of the octopus genetic code that is so strange that it could be actually be an “alien”. The first whole ...
Genome of Octopus sequenced for the first time   Youth Independent News
Scientists sequence octopus genome: What could it tell us about cephalopods?   Dispatch Times
Octopuses 'are aliens', scientists decide after DNA study   Press Examiner
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Stuff.co.nz
   
MotherBot builds her own offspring   
Stuff.co.nz
A Cambridge University robot has learnt to make more effective offspring based on how well earlier generations performed. A "mother" robot which can build its own "children", test which ones do best then modify their design, has been developed by ...
Robot mother builds 'cube babies' then watches them take first steps   Telegraph.co.uk
Unnatural Selection: 'Mother Robot' Builds Evolving Baby Bots   NBCNews.com
Engineers develop robots capable of learning, evolving   Xinhua
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Los Angeles Times
   
Astronomers discover the smallest known supermassive black hole   
Los Angeles Times
Here's a cosmic contradiction: A tiny supermassive black hole. Astronomers using the Magellan II telescope in Chile and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the smallest supermassive black hole yet found at the center of a dwarf galaxy.
Astronomers find smallest supermassive black hole on record   The Space Reporter
Astronomers spot oxymoronic littlest big black hole   CBS News
U-M astronomers find universe's smallest-known black hole 340 million light ...   MLive.com
Toronto Star   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Octopus studies detail strange behavior and genetics   
Los Angeles Times
UC Berkeley marine biologist Roy Caldwell first saw the intriguing octopus in Panama, in 1977. It was pretty, and striped, and about the size of his little finger. He brought a few specimens back to his lab, and one of the females surprised him: Unlike ...
Octopus species that's weirdly social, romantic   Jakarta Post
Odd suckers: Octopus species that's weirdly social, romantic   The Denver Post
This octopus's garden filled with mystery, romance   Press Herald
Winston-Salem Journal   
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Times of India
   
NASA probe discovers new planet orbiting two stars   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: NASA's Kepler mission has discovered a new planet orbiting two stars and located within its host stars' "habitable zone", the area around the stars in which life could potentially exist. The planet, known as Kepler-453b, is the 10th such ...


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CNET
   
PHOTOS: Humpback Whale Spotted Off Cornwall   
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Marine Discovery were on a wildlife trip out of Penzance when the humped back appeared. The team says it is the first one that they have 'got a good look at' in ten years. Humpback whales are known for their song and are found near coastlines, feeding ...
Pictures capture humpback whale off Cornwall coast   Plymouth Herald
Drone Footage Captures Sighting of a Rare White Humpback Whale (VIDEO)   One Green Planet
Rare White Whale Spotted, But It Ain't The Famed Migaloo And That's The Good ...   The Inquisitr
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Daily News & Analysis
   
Stripes don't save zebras from predators: New Study   
Daily News & Analysis
New study reveals stripes do not help zebras evade predators as it makes the animals easier to catch. Zebra Getty Images. Contrary to popular opinion, stripes do not help zebras evade predators and in fact, the distinctive pattern may make the animals ...
Stripes don't save zebras from predators: study   Business Standard
Zebras' Stripes Won't Offer Protection From Predators Like Once Thought   Science World Report
Zebra stripes: No black and white answer to mystery   Horsetalk
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Engadget
   
'Cities at Night' uses ISS photos to map light pollution   
Engadget
The Cities at Night project organizers began compiling hundreds of thousands of nighttime photos of metropolises taken from the ISS in order to study light pollution last year. NASA even asked the public for help to sort through millions of images to ...
These Space Farmers of 1959 Were Way Ahead of Their Time   Gizmodo
ISS pictures are being used to map global light pollution   SlashGear
ISS Photos Help Scientists Measure Light Pollution on Earth   Focus News
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Scientists confirm the universe is ending. But not quite yet.   
Christian Science Monitor
New research finds the universe's light sources – across all wavelengths – will fade away in the future. By Sanya Mansoor, Staff August 11, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. This Oct. 31, 1998 photo shows the Comet Giacobini-Zinner, a fairly frequent ...
Scientists have pinpointed when the world will end   New York Post
Knockin' on heaven's door: Project shows universe experiencing a slow death   Firstpost
The End of the Universe: A (Slightly Premature) Lament   Wired
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