2014年10月24日 星期五

2014-10-25 South Africa Science

  The Japan Times   
'Twisted rope' of charged particles may provide clue to dangerous solar storms  The Japan Times
PARIS – A “twisted rope” of magnetically charged energy precedes solar storms that have the potential to damage satellites and electricity grids, French scientists said on Wednesday. A cord of magnetic flux emerges on the sun's surface and grows and is ...

'Twisted rope' clue to dangerous solar storms   Phys.Org
Huge Magnetic 'Ropes' Drive Powerful Sun Explosions   Space.com

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  Channel News Asia   
BREAKING: Mars colony discovered on Hawaiian volcano  Washington Post
On a desolate looking section of a Hawaiian volcano, 8,000 feet above sea level, a crew of six people closed the door to a white vinyl dome in which they will be isolated for eight months. These are not Ebola preppers — this crew is part of a NASA-funded ...

NASA Seeks Ultra-lightweight Materials to Help Enable Journey to Mars   Yumanewsnow
Mars simulation underway in Hawaii   iAfrica.com

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  New York Times   
Google exec makes record-breaking, 26-mile parachute jump  SFGate
ROSWELL, N.M. — A prominent computer scientist at Google parachuted from a balloon near the top of the stratosphere on Friday, falling faster than the speed of sound and breaking the world altitude record set just two years ago. The jump was made by ...

Google exec breaks sound barrier in supersonic freefall from near-space   CTV News
Google's Alan Eustace makes record skydive from edge of space   Financial Express
Alan Eustace Jumps From Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner's World ...   New York Times
Irish Independent   
Deutsche Welle   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Scientists discover highest Ice Age settlements yet  Christian Science Monitor
Some 12,000 years ago, humans were living high up in the Peruvian Andes, say scientists, suggesting that ancient South Americans adapted very quickly to high-altitude living. By Tia Ghose, LiveScience October 24, 2014. close. Archaeologists excavate a ...

Shelter and tools from Ice Age discovered in Peru   Peru this Week
Highest Ice Age human settlements found in the Peruvian Andes   Los Angeles Times
Oldest high-altitude human settlement discovered in Andes   Fox News
Fox News Latino   
Times of India   
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
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  Chinatopix   
Massive Sunspots Shooting X-Class Solar Flares Toward Earth Could Disrupt ...  Chinatopix
A huge sunspot launching solar flares is currently directed and heading to Earth, with the potential to disrupt technology at any moment. The sunspot is the largest that has been shot toward the Earth in the last 24 years. Judging by its size, it has the potential ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Spots Largest Sunspot in a Decade   Cleveland Leader
Biggest sunspot in years blasts off another X-class solar flare   Examiner.com
A Huge Sunspot Launching Solar Flares Is Pointed At Earth Right Now   Forbes
UPI.com   
CBC.ca   
CBS Local   
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  Discovery News   
Scientists say Rosetta's comet stinks -- literally  Los Angeles Times
It turns out that the comet the Rosetta mission has been chasing for the last decade is a stinker. Literally. Researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland say that if you could take a whiff of the cloud of gas surrounding the icy nucleus of comet ...

Sorry Rosetta, Your Comet Stinks   Discovery News
This is what a comet smells like (and it's not good)   CBS News
Scent of a Comet is 'Suffocating': Rotten Eggs and Embalming Fluid   NBCNews.com
ABC Online   
Irish Times   
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  Independent Online   
Ancient inhabitants weren't so lonely after all  Independent Online
iol scitech oct 24 easter island SUPPLIED The Rapa Nui people created a unique culture best known for the 900 monumental head-and-torso stone statues known as moai erected around Easter Island. Washington - They lived on a remote dot of land in the ...

Easter Islanders Native Americans: Genetic study shows new history contact lines   Examiner.com
Did Ancient Easter Islanders Have Friends From Afar? Yes, Researchers ...   Capitalberg
Easter Islanders also made voyages to the New World   DigitalJournal.com
National Monitor   
Sci-News.com   
Christian Science Monitor   
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  Houston Chronicle   
Astronaut's photographs from space station help put things in perspective  Houston Chronicle
The Richat Structure in Mauritania, also known as the Eye of the Sahara, is a landmark for astronauts. "This bull's-eye orients you, instantly," Chris Hadfield writes in his new book, "You Are Here." By Maggie Galehouse. October 24, 2014 | Updated: October ...

Astronaut Chris Hadfield launches space photo book   CBC.ca
Two UFOs Captured on Video near ISS   E Canada Now
Check out Astronaut Chris Hadfield's beautiful photos from space   Tech Times
Examiner.com   
Vancouver Sun   
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  News24   
Japan warns of increased volcano activity  News24
A brief guide to the Japan's Fesitivals, which include the history, geography, culture and the Loud... Now R309.00 buy now. Tokyo - Japan warned on Friday that a volcano in southern Japan located roughly 64km from a nuclear plant was showing signs of ...

Japan Could Be Wiped Out by Massive Volcano in the Next 100 Years, Says Study   Cubasi.cu
Volcano near Sendai nuclear plant is shaking and may erupt: Japan weather ...   The Japan Times
Study: Enormous volcanic eruption could destroy Japan within 100yrs   InSerbia News
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  BBC News   
Chimps filmed raiding farms to find food  BBC News
Camera traps have caught wild chimpanzees in the act as they carried out night-time raids on farmland. The footage, captured by researchers from the Museum of Natural History in Paris and the Uganda Wildlife Authority, shows the chimps adapting to human ...

Chimps raid farm, stop to have sex under cover of darkness   Science Now
Chimpanzees Caught Raiding for Food on Tape; What It Says About Their ...   University Herald
Chimps filmed raiding farms for food during night   The Westside Story
Capital Wired   
Tech Times   
Viral Global News   
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