2015年2月25日 星期三

2015-02-26 Nigeria Science


The Guardian Nigeria
   
'Dark matter caused mass extinctions, geologic upheavals'   
The Guardian Nigeria
WAS dark matter responsible for mass extinctions, geologic upheavals, which killed of the dinosaurs? Has football-shaped collections of stars called elliptical galaxies provided new insights into the connection between a galaxy and its black hole? Has the ...

Is dark matter behind mass extinction?   NEWS.com.au
Role of dark matter behind mass extinction   Customs Today Newspaper
How Dark Matter Could Cause Mass Extinctions   The Epoch Times
Gizmag   
Ars Technica   
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Mashable
   
Google AI teaches itself to destroy human opponents at 'Space Invaders'   
Mashable
Computers already have bested human champions in Jeopardy! and chess, but artificial intelligence now has mastered an entirely new level: Space Invaders. Google scientists have cooked up software that can do better than humans on dozens of Atari video ...

Teaching computers how to play Atari better than humans   PBS
Man loses out to machine at classic video games   The Times (subscription)
Artificial intelligence can learn Atari games from scratch, say scientists   Christian Science Monitor
TechCrunch   
Gizmodo   
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Daily News & Analysis
   
Astronomers find giant black hole in early universe   
Daily News & Analysis
A black hole 12 billion times as massive as the sun has been found in a glowing quasar that existed when the universe was just a fraction of its current age, scientists said on Wednesday. The discovery challenges currently held theories that black holes and ...

Found: a black hole 12bn times the size of the sun   The Guardian
Astronomers Discover Mysterious Black Hole As Massive As 12 Billion Suns   Gizmodo
Researchers Discover Black Hole 12 Billion Times Larger Than Sun   CBS Local
The Space Reporter   
Xinhua   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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The Nation
   
Biologists lift lid on eyelash mystery   
The Nation
Why do humans and other mammals have eyelashes? Experts have been batting rival theories around for years. Eyelashes are dust catchers, snaring things that would otherwise drift into the eye, went one idea. Or they were sensors, acting like a cat's ...

Eyelashes Decoded: The Ideal Lash Length is Just One-Third the Width of the Eye   News Every day
Eyelashes Protect Eyes, Keep them Moist   Maine News
What's the Best Length for Eyelashes, Based on Science?   NBCNews.com
Los Angeles Times   
Daily Science Journal   
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9news.com.au
   
Here's what a sunset from Mars looks like   
9news.com.au
NASA's video 'I'm Dreaming of a Blue Sunset' shows the time-lapse images that were captured in 2012 by the agency's Mars Opportunity rover. The stunning display is created by the scattering of dust particles in the atmosphere. (NASA). The remarkable ...

Oh the engineering! Curiosity selfie allows for close inspection of rover   seattlepi.com (blog)
Mars rover Curiosity snaps cosmic selfie   Christian Science Monitor
Green Bay even colder than Mars during cold snap   Fox11online.com
Mashable   
CNET   
Discovery News   
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The Nation
   
US astronauts step out on spacewalk   
The Nation
Two American astronauts stepped out on the second of three spacewalks to prepare the International Space Station for the arrival of commercial capsules ferrying astronauts in the coming years. Commander Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and flight engineer Terry ...

Water leaks into astronaut's helmet   Chicago Tribune
Spacewalking astronaut safe after water leaks into helmet   Jacksonville Daily Progress
US astronauts complete second spacewalk, water reported in helmet   Xinhua
SMN Weekly   
abc7news.com   
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CTV News
   
Contained caffeine: Science explains why a latte is less likely to spill than a coffee   
CTV News
Ever notice how your latte or foamy beer never seems to spill and slosh all over the place, even if you're jostling your cup about in a café or bar? Researchers at Princeton University did, and decided to find out if there was a scientific explanation. Turns out ...

Latte Less Prone to Spillage than Regular Coffee   Voice Chronicle
Revealed: Why foamy beer doesn't spill over   Business Standard
Always spilling your morning coffee? Order a LATTE instead: The more foam a ...   Daily Mail
Los Angeles Times   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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Phys.Org
   
'Unprecedented' Sea Level Rise   
malaysiandigest.com
Sea levels across the Northeast coast of the United States rose nearly 3.9 inches between 2009 and 2010, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Arizona and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The waters near ...

Mysterious US east coast flooding caused by 'unprecedented' surge in sea level   Sydney Morning Herald
Mysterious Northeast Floods Caused by Weird Winds   Discovery News
US sea levels rose by a record 5 inches in 2 years   The Week Magazine
Tech Times   
Newsmax.com   
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NDTV
   
Tons of Sahara Desert dust crosses the Atlantic to fertilize the Amazon rainforest   
Mashable
New data from a NASA satellite reveals just how much the world's largest rainforest relies on the world's largest desert. Every year, nearly 28 million tons of dust is swept from the Sahara Desert across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in South America, where it ...

28 Million Tonnes of Saharan Dust Replenish Amazonian Soils   International Business Times AU
Studys shows Amazon rainforest fertilized by massive amounts of Saharan dust   The Westside Story
How Sahara Dust Sustains the Amazon Rainforest, in 3-D   Climate Central
Headlines & Global News   
VICE News   
Tech Times   
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Firstpost
   
Activists, lawyers write to TERI, demand Pachauri's resignation over molestation ...   
Firstpost
New Delhi: Demanding RK Pachauri's resignation from TERI, lawyers and civil society activists on Wednesday questioned why he has not been suspended and raised suspicion that some material evidence were "being deleted" from the institute's computers ...

More trouble for TERI chief Pachauri as women's activists demand his suspension   Daily Mail
RK Pachauri may be booked under IT Act too   Daily News & Analysis
The Morning Wrap: Pachauri Accuser Felt 'Boken'; Sweeper Turns Surgeon   Huffington Post India
The Hindu   
Economic Times   
The Asian Age   
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