2014年11月28日 星期五

2014-11-29 South Africa Science


E&T magazine
   
Africa aims for Moon to inspire next generations   
E&T magazine
One South African non-profit initiative has launched a crowd-funding campaign with the ambitious goal to raise money to send the first African spacecraft to the Moon to inspire next generations to rise from poverty through education and science. The venture ...

Why we should mine the Moon   The Conversation UK
Africa eyes its own mission to the moon   htxt.africa
Plans for Africa-led mission to the moon   Mail & Guardian Online

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The Register
   
Japan pauses asteroid BOMBING raid – still no word from Bruce Willis?   
The Register
Japan's space agency JAXA has called off the launch of its Hayabusa2 asteroid-mining mission. The plan is to send a probe to a far-flung space rock, blast a hole in it, grab some material, and return it to Earth. However, bad weather on our home world this ...

Japanese Asteroid Probe to Fish for Ingredients of Life   Discovery News
Japanese probe's study of asteroid matter could help explain Earth's evolution   The Space Reporter
Japan postpones launch of the probe that will take samples of asteroid   cbsport
Beta Wired   
SpaceFlight Insider   
Shanghai Daily (subscription)   
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Yahoo News
   
Cape Verde volcano threatens to destroy villages, as government meets with ...   
NEWS.GNOM.ES
Molten rock from a thundering volcano threatens to engulf several villages in Cape Verde – days after its initial eruption. The active volcano, Pico do Fogo, is the archipelago's highest peak on its most prominent island: Fogo, which means fire. It burst open on ...

Lava from Cape Verde volcano threatens to engulf town   Daily Mail

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Phys.Org
   
New report highlights 'significant and increasing' risks from extreme weather   
Phys.Org
University of Exeter researchers have played a crucial role in creating a comprehensive new report indicating that the global risk from extreme weather is set to intensify. The critical report, published by the Royal Society, indicates that exposure of human ...

Extreme Weather Risky for Human Societies: Report   Uncover California
Indians can expect 10 times more heatwaves by turn of century   The Hindu
Report: climate change to impact severity and frequency of extreme weather   Blue & Green Tomorrow
Daily Times   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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Daily Mail
   
Travel chaos as volcano erupts   
Herald Scotland
A VOLCANO in southern Japan is blasting out chunks of magma in the first such eruption in 22 years, causing flight cancellations and prompting warnings to stay away from its crater. A VOLCANO in southern Japan is blasting out chunks of magma in the first ...

Volcano in Japan disrupts flights   Stuff.co.nz
Mount Aso, One of World's Largest Volcanoes, Erupts in Japan   Newsweek
Mount Aso Volcano Eruption Disrupts Flights in Japan   Wall Street Journal
The Japan Times   
The Independent   
CBC.ca   
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NDTV
   
Use of Facebook and Twitter in social science research distorts studies   
Science Recorder
Many thousands of research papers are written each year based on data mined from social media sites. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all articles. Just $4.99/year. Subscribe. Two scientists writing in the Nov. 27 issue ...

Social Media May Not Be a Great Tool to Study Human Behavior   Youth Health Magzine
Study says social-media analyses are off target   Computerworld
Human behavior metrics sourced from social media unreliable   Beta Wired
Headlines & Global News   
The Utah People's Post   
NBCNews.com   
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Beta Wired
   
NASA celebrates 50th anniversary of Mariner mission to Mars   
Beta Wired
Mariner 4 – NASA's first mission to Mars – launched 50 years ago today, and the US space agency has celebrated the major milestone. Advertisement. Launched on November 28 1964, Mariner 4 took eight months to reach the Red Planet, snapping several ...

NASA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of First Mars Mission   Tech Times
NASA's first mission to Mars turns 30, sent 90000 messages to the Red Planet   News Every day
Earth Will Beam About 90.000 Messages to Mars   The Utah People's Post
CBS News   
Uncover California   
News24   
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The Guardian
   
Comet Probe Philae May Recharge by Next Summer   
Tech Times
Scientists hold out hope probe's batteries may recharge as comet gets closer to the sun. Successful reboot could allow science mission to resume. (Photo : ESA). Philae, the probe that landed on a comet but stopped doing science when its batteries went dead ...

Probe that botched comet landing could be running by spring   New York Post
Philae to Get Activated Next Summer, Say Scientists   PerfScience
Philae may have collided with comet crater's rim, reports suggest   Science Recorder
Metro   
Voice Chronicle   
Daily Mail   
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Uncover California
   
Scientists find Impenetrable Radiation Barrier in Space   
Uncover California
A newly published report in Journal Nature has revealed that Earth may be protected by a never-before-seen force field, similar to the Van Allen Belts. Van Allen Radiation belts are two zones encircling the earth in which there are relatively large numbers of ...

Earth electron shield: Force field around planet Earth, 'glass wall' in space   Examiner.com
Video: NASA's Van Allen probes find an impenetrable barrier in space around ...   Belfast Telegraph
Star Trek-Like Invisible Shield is Saving Earth from Destruction: Here's How   Tech Times
The Denver Post   
Maine News Online   
Space Daily   
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Ancient Origins
   
Researchers unearth new clues about ancient 'computer'   
Fox News
Researchers have unearthed new clues to an ancient Greek astronomical puzzle that has fascinated archaeologists for over a century. The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient machine dubbed “the world's first computer,” was recovered from a treasure-laden ...

World's oldest computer is more ancient that first thought: Antikythera ...   Daily Mail
Archimedes Invention? Antikythera Mechanism 100 Years Older than Previously ...   International Business Times UK
The Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism Is More Ancient Than We Thought   io9
The West Australian   
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