2014年11月3日 星期一

2014-11-04 Nigeria Science

  Reuters   
Branson still plans to take family on Virgin space trip  Herald Scotland
SIR Richard Branson has insisted he still intends to travel to space with his family on a Virgin Galactic spaceship despite the fatal crash during a test flight. SIR Richard Branson has insisted he still intends to travel to space with his family on a Virgin Galactic ...

Virgin crash prompts US transport board to probe aviation group   The Globe and Mail
Lever under scrutiny in Virgin spaceship disaster   Channel News Asia
Pilot actions examined in US crash of Virgin Galactic spacecraft   Reuters
CBS Local   
Thegardenisland.com   
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  The Nation   
Robot baby penguin infiltrates Antarctic colony  Los Angeles Times
For decades, humans have built rovers to visit places we can't easily reach, including the moon and Mars. Now scientists have built a rover to explore another challenging target: colonies of adorable penguins. A team led by scientists from the University of ...

Penguin-bot is a happy feat for science   The Star Online
Rover dressed as a penguin aids conservation   BBC News
Robotic baby penguin helps researchers get closer to shy adults   The Independent
Christian Science Monitor   
ABC News   
Sky News   
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  Noosa News   
Australia PM defends coal after UN warning on climate  The Star Online
Coal is stockpiled at the coal port of Newcastle in Australia's New South Wales state. - AFP. SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday defended using coal to generate energy as "the foundation of our prosperity", after the United Nations ...

Australia is 'holding back' global climate change fight   eco-business.com
WE SAY: Abbott coal focus a major gamble   The Sunshine Coast Daily
Coal is the future, insists Tony Abbott as UN calls for action on climate change   The Guardian
The Monthly (subscription)   
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  The Nation   
European birds have declined by nearly half a billion since 1980  Science Recorder
European birds are disappearing fast, according to a new study published in the journal Ecology Letters, with the overall bird population declining by 20 percent since 1980. Where there were once 2.1 billion birds in the continent, there are now 1.6 billion, ...

European Birds Are Disappearing: Populations Down 20 Percent Since 1980   Newsweek
Europe's bird population falls by 421 million in 30 years, Exeter study finds   Exeter Express and Echo
European Birds Species on the Decline   Nature World News
Mic   
Salon   
Washington Post (blog)   
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  NEWS.com.au   
'Fallstreak' rainbow cloud hovers over Wonthaggi, Victoria  NEWS.com.au
PHOTOS of a bizarre rainbow cloud hovering over Victoria have caused a sensation on social media last night. The images appear to show a giant, colourful wormhole in the sky over Wonthaggi. But experts have revealed there's a scientific explanation.
Bizarre cloud creates a social storm   Stuff.co.nz
Twitter Inc Abuzz With Wonthaggi's Rapture Cloud Pics, Speculation   ValueWalk
Fallstreak Cloud Witnessed Over Wonthaggi, Melbourne   News Tonight Africa
Sydney Morning Herald   
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  New York Daily News   
SEE IT: Scientists say Baltimore facility infested with more than 107 million spiders  New York Daily News
This world wide web is second only to the Internet. A wastewater treatment plant routinely operates despite a massive spider infestation that was so bad the managers once asked a group of entomologists for help. A 2010 paper in American Entomologist ...

Afraid of spiders? Then don't visit this waste treatment plant which is home to ...   Irish Mirror
Four Acre Spiderweb Discovered In Baltimore Wastewater Plant   The Inquisitr
4-ACRE spider web found in Baltimore teeming with 107 MILLION arachnids   Daily Mail

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  Financial Post   
Peter Foster: Dedicated to promoting synthetic climate alarmism  Financial Post
The latest synthesis report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the “capstone” of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report — contains no surprises. However, it is intriguing for how it deals with the absence of warming in the past fifteen ...

Robinson: Long-term investments bring no short-term gain   Salt Lake Tribune
Sounding the alarm on climate change: IPCC eliminates the doubts on human ...   Irish Times
#dnaEdit: Living in denial   Daily News & Analysis
Stuff.co.nz   
NBCNews.com   
Slate Magazine (blog)   
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  Science 2.0   
Why We Don't Need A Backup Of Earth On Mars, The Moon, Or Anywhere In ...  Science 2.0
Elon Musk says he wants to create a backup in space, and Stephen Hawking also says that humans have to move into space to survive. For some reason, hardly anyone seems to question this. I can see many good reasons to have space settlements, and ...

MIT astronomer says NASA's focus on 'capturing asteroids in baggies' is misguided   ExtremeTech
NASA focusing on Technologies for In-Situ Resource Utilization   PerfScience
Ebola Outbreak May Hold Lessons for Handling Samples from Mars   Yahoo News
RedOrbit   
WTOC   
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  New York Times   
In Traveling to the Stars, Risk and Cost  New York Times
An unmanned Orbital Sciences rocket exploded after liftoff in Virginia last Tuesday. Credit Joel Kowsky/NASA, via Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share This Page.
Antares rocket failure originated near its engines   Gigaom
Another View: Stunning rocket failure raises deeper space policy doubt   Kane County Chronicle
Space, the Final Frontier Between the Public and Private Sectors   The National Interest Online (blog)
GroundReport   
Sci-Tech Today   
USA TODAY   
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  International Business Times   
Vampire Bambi? Rare Fanged Deer Confirmed in Afghanistan After 60 Years  NBCNews.com
Cue the vampire jokes: A deer with fang-like canine teeth has been spotted in northeastern Afghanistan, more than 60 years after the species was last confirmed to live there. The Kashmir musk deer, Moschus cupreus, was observed by scientists in 1948 but ...

Vampire-fanged deer spotted for first time in over six decades   TheCelebrityCafe.com
Deer with 'Vampire Fangs' Spotted for 1st Time in Decades   Live Science
Fanged deer spotted in Afghanistan for the first time in 66 years   The Weather Network
OCRegister   
HeraldNet   
Daily Mail   
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