2014年11月9日 星期日

2014-11-10 South Africa Science

  Headlines & Global News   
Tortoise's Unique Breathing Apparatus: Origins Revealed For The First Time  Headlines & Global News
A Computed Tomography rendering of a snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) showing the skeleton (white), lungs (blue), and abdominal muscles (red and pink). (Photo : Emma R. Schachner). Researchers gained a better understanding of the evolutionary ...

Origin of the unique ventilatory apparatus of turtles   HeritageDaily

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  Gizmodo Australia   
Spacesuit? Helmet? Life insurance? End of loophole for space tourists looms  BizNews
The insurance industry is all about risk, and space flight represents a material change in risk. The industry is gearing up to cover space tourists, just as they cover satellite launches. It makes sense that insurers would want to charge a higher premium for space ...

5 Space Travel Accidents That Shaped The Modern Era   Gizmodo Australia
Why space tourist loophole in life insurance may end   ABS CBN News

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  Tech Times   
Robotic microscallops can swim through the bloodstream, eyeball fluid to deliver ...  Tech Times
Just a little bigger than a strand of hair, microscallops have the potential to deliver medicine to hard-to-reach areas in the body, improving effectiveness in treatments. (Photo : Tian Qui | MPI for Intelligent Systems). Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems ...

These microscopic robots can swim through your eyeball fluids   Mirror.co.uk
Tiny robotic scallops can swim through blood and eyeball fluid to fix you up   Engadget
Micro Robots to 'Swim' Through Human Body   eWeek
News Tonight Africa   
Mumbai Mirror   
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  NDTV   
Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash Up On Rio Olympic Shore  The Inquisitr
Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro has been known for a whole host of things, including sailing and the beautiful view one can experience of the Sugar Loaf Mountain. But recently, the Bay in Rio has been known best for its polluted waters. In October 2009, it ...

Dead Fish in Rio Olympic Bay Baffle Scientists   NDTV
Scientists baffled by fish in Olympic bay   Sydney Morning Herald

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  Independent Online   
How will the universe end?  Independent Online
New York - Cosmologist Alex Vilenkin gave a lecture at the Hayden Planetarium in New York earlier this year called “The Universe and Beyond.” After the talk, my friends and I had the same reaction: “That was awesome! I didn't understand a thing.” And that ...


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  The Inquisitr   
Fossil of ancient shark found by Maryland homeowner  Daily Times
A Maryland man building a home addition unearthed a 15-million-year-old fossil of a snaggletooth shark, the first of its kind ever found, the Calvert Marine Museum said on Friday. Donald Gibson found the skeletal remains, which included more than 50 ...

Maryland Family Discovers 15-Million-Year-Old Shark Skeleton In Backyard   The Inquisitr
Md. family uncovers 15-million-year-old shark skeleton during backyard dig   Washington Post
First ever snaggletooth fossil discovered in Maryland   WTOP
Southern Maryland News Net   
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  Irish Examiner   
Comet landing holds key to origins of life on Earth  Irish Examiner
Apart from his family, scientist Matt Taylor is obsessed with two things: Tattoos and comets. The Philae lander at work on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as scientists attempt to make history this week by landing a robotic probe on the surface of a comet ...

European spacecraft Rosetta set to drop lander on comet   Sydney Morning Herald
Has the Space Race Been Pushed Back Another Decade?   Money Morning Australia
History-making probe mission targets comet   Herald Scotland
ABC Science Online   
EarthSky   
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  Reuters   
International crew leaves space station, heads back to Earth  Reuters
(Reuters) - Three International Space Station crewmen strapped themselves inside a Russian Soyuz capsule on Sunday and flew away from the orbital outpost on a return trip to Earth, wrapping up a 5 1/2- month-long expedition. The capsule, which departed ...

Three space station fliers wrap up 165-day stay in orbit   CBS News
November 9, 2014 in Mission Reports: Station trio set for return to Earth   Spaceflight Now
ISS astronauts begin return to earth on Soyuz spacecraft   Orlando Sentinel
The Republican - masslive.com   
CBS Local   
Wall Street Journal (India)   
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  SavingAdvice.com   
The Higgs Boson “God” Particle May Still Be Undiscovered  SavingAdvice.com
The Higgs Boson particle – also known as the “God” particle – was discovered two years ago. Or was it? The European Organization for Nuclear Research or CERN reported to have discovered the Higgs Boson particle on July 4, 2012. The ATLAS and CMS ...

Higgs Boson Particle might not have been discovered yet   Capitalberg
Higgs Boson Particle may not have been discovered yet   The Hoops News
Higgs Boson May Not Have Been Discovered After All; Was It A 'Techni-Higgs ...   Headlines & Global News
RT   
Chinatopix   
Tech Times   
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  Chinatopix   
Comet Alters Mars' Atmosphere; Causes Meteor Shower  Chinatopix
(Photo : NASA/JPL) Artist's concept of Comet Siding Spring approaching Mars, shown with NASA's orbiters preparing to make science observations of this unique encounter. share on facebook. share on twitter. Mars experienced a meteor shower last month ...

Mars Meteor Shower Has More Than 1000 Shooting Stars An Hour   Beta Wired
Comet passing by Mars surface creates a huge Dust Storm, Orbiters kept at far ...   Capital Wired
Opportunity, Curiosity, but No View of Mars Sky Show   New York Times
IBNLive   
Spaceflight Now   
NDTV   
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