2015年8月14日 星期五

2015-08-15 Namibia Science


The Register
   
Boffins spot a SECOND JUPITER – the gas giant's baby sister   
The Register
Pic Pictures from the universe-scanning Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) show a young Jupiter-like world that formed just 20 million years ago. That's well after the dinosaurs became extinct on grand old Earth. Gemini spots the planet. 51 Eridani b ...
Astronomers discover baby Jupiter   The Nation
Young Jupiter-like planet found in solar system that looks like Earth's, Stony ...   Newsday
Astronomers spot young, 'Jupiter-like' planet   13WMAZ
Financial Express   
89.3 KPCC   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Don't like drones in your backyard? Neither do black bears, study finds   
Los Angeles Times
Just like many humans do, bears freak out when they spot a "UFO" – although they seem to be better at hiding their anxiety. Drones flying near American black bears in Minnesota caused the animals' heart rates to soar, even though few bears showed any ...

Drones Helpful in Catching Poachers, Conservation Efforts But Causes Panic on ...   Times Gazette
Are Drones are really bad for wildlife? Could Drones leave black bears ...   KRWG News22
Bears too get scared by UFO: study   Livemint
Youth Independent News   
Slate Magazine (blog)   
CBS Local   
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U.S. News & World Report
   
Aiming for Mars, NASA Tests Rocket Engine   
U.S. News & World Report
NASA tests its Space Launch System RS-25 rocket engine at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Thursday. By Max Miceli Aug. 14, 2015 | 2:36 p.m. EDT + More. NASA this week conducted a developmental test on a rocket engine made for traveling to ...

NASA Test 'Ferrari Of Rocket Engines' For Eventual Mission To Mars   Tech Times
NASA's engine for next-generation rocket test-fired   Economic Times
NASA tested RS-25 rocket engine at Stennis Space Center on Aug. 13   NOLA.com
Times of India   
CBS News   
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The Nation
   
Food shocks likely due to extreme weather   
The Nation
Extreme weather such as intense storms, droughts and heatwaves will cause more frequent and severe food shortages as the global climate and food supply systems change, British and American experts warned on Friday. The pressure on the world's food ...

Extreme weather poses risk of more food shortages, civil unrest   Daily Times
Risk of food shortages to rise with climate change   CBS News
Extreme weather poses risk of more food shortages, civil unrest - UK/US report   Reuters
BBC News   
Livemint   
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TIME
   
Air pollution kills over 4000 every day in China   
Times of India
BEIJING: Outdoor air pollution contributes to the deaths of an estimated 1.6 million people in China every year, or about 4,400 people a day, according to a newly released scientific paper. The paper maps the geographic sources of China's toxic air and ...

Here's How Many People Die Each Day in China Because of Its Filthy Air   VICE News
Air pollution contributes to 1.6mn deaths in China every year, study finds   China Economic Review

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Christian Science Monitor
   
Resource overdraft: Planet Earth crosses into ecological red   
Christian Science Monitor
Large quantities of seaweed lays ashore at the 'Playa Los Machos' beach, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Aug. 8, 2015. Ricardo Arduengo/AP. View Caption. About video ads. View Caption. 1 of 1. Planet Earth crossed into the ecological red Friday. Thursday marked ...

We've Used Up Our Annual Supply Of Earth's Resources -- And It's Only August   Gizmodo Australia
How Humans Used Up a Year of Natural Resources In Under 9 Months   TIME
Humans are using up nature's resources 'budget' faster than ever   SlashGear
Vocal Republic   
Archinect   
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Engadget
   
'Mommy robot' can build and test its own babies   
Engadget
A University of Cambridge team of researchers has created a "mother robot" capable of giving birth to -- or more correctly, building its own -- baby cube-bots. The team conducted five rounds of experiments, wherein it assembled 10 pint-sized machine ...
The end is nigh: Robots are learning how to build better clones of themselves   Quartz
Robots have learned how to mimic natural selection   Fortune

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Mesabi Daily News
   
Wishing on a special shower of 'stars'   
Mesabi Daily News
We can wish together on “tiny stars,” suggested Ryan, as we chatted about the most spectacular and steadfast celestial show of the year. What a great idea, I said to my friend. After all, wishes are worth wishing, whether or not they come true.
I Spent Two Glorious Nights Shooting The Perseid Meteor Shower   Gizmodo Australia
Perseids Meteor Shower: What to Expect and Where to Look   Dispatch Times
Saskatchewan sky gazers capture Perseid meteor photos   CBC.ca
Sentinel Republic   
TV Newsroom   
Junior College   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Volcano erupts in Ecuador for the first time in 140 years   
Telegraph.co.uk
A volcano in Ecuador that has not erupted in nearly 140 years belched a column of ash eight kilometres high on Friday, prompting officials to raise the alert level. In addition to the five-mile plume, several explosions erupted in the course of the day ...
One of the world's most dangerous volcanos erupts back into life   TVNZ
Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano sputters back to life   Christian Science Monitor
Live: Ecuador on Alert after Cotopaxi Volcano Erupts after Over 70 Years   International Business Times, India Edition
Dispatch Times   
WPTZ The Champlain Valley   
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Drop demand for finance from rich countries: Arvind Subramanian   
Business Standard
Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian has suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to radically alter India's climate-change policy and negotiation strategy before the new global climate-change agreement, ...


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