2014年12月19日 星期五

2014-12-20 South Africa Science


Spaceflight Now
   
December 19, 2014 in News: Russian-built spy satellite rockets out of ...   
Spaceflight Now
A Strela rocket soars from an underground missile silo Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. View more launch photos below the story. Credit: Roscosmos. A Strela rocket carrying a Russian-built radar surveillance satellite built for an disclosed ...

Was Defence Intelligence's Secret R1.4 Billion Russian Kondor-E 'Spy Satellite ...   AllAfrica.com
Russia launches spy satellite for South Africa   Sen (subscription)
Russian Strela rocket launches Kondor-E   NASASpaceflight.com
Sputnik International   
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TechCentral
   
And now for 4D printing   
TechCentral
Now that 3D printing has captured our imagination, just think what adding time to the equation could do. By Dan Raviv. Added by The Conversation on 19 December 2014. Saved under International, News, Top ...

Explainer: What is 4-D printing?   Phys.Org
4D printing introduces the dimension of transformation over time   Archinect

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Headlines & Global News
   
Report suggests forest-cutting can immediately harm climatic patterns   
Washington Post
RIO DE JANEIRO — The critical role that vast tropical forests such as Brazil's Amazon play in suppressing climate change is well known: They store huge quantities of carbon, acting as “carbon sinks.” But as a report out this week argues, scientists are making ...

Deforestation Could Alter Rainfall Patterns, Boost Global Warming   Headlines & Global News
Tropical Deforestation Could Affect Climate Changes on Both Regional and ...   The Utah People's Post
Forest-cutting can have an immediate effect on climate, Nature report finds   Sydney Morning Herald
The Independent   
Reuters   
International Business Times UK   
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Prague Post
   
The Russians aren't coming   
Prague Post
“As regards package tours for the period between January and March 2015, the sale of new tours has virtually stopped. Tours booked and paid for earlier are not being cancelled by a large number of clients, according to tour operators,” AČK secretary Michal ...

Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Dec 19   Daily Mail

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Business Green
   
Study: Climate change could cut global food production 18 per cent by 2050   
Business Green
Rising temperatures could see world food production drop by almost a fifth by the middle of this century, scientists have warned. Significant investments in infrastructure and irrigation could temper the predicted 18 per cent loss in global agricultural production, ...

Climate change could cut 18 percent of world food production by 2050   PBS NewsHour
Climate change could cut world food output 18 percent by 2050   Reuters

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The Independent
   
Video shows snailfish swimming deeper than any other creature, at 8000m ...   
The Independent
The modest-sounding snailfish has broken all previous records by swimming deeper than any other creature. Scientists filmed the snail fish navigating the Pacific Ocean at staggering depths of 8,145m (26,700ft). During a 30-dady expedition around the ...

New record: Ethereal deep-sea fish lives 5 miles underwater [Video]   Los Angeles Times
Deepest fish found 5 miles down in Pacific trench   USA TODAY
Newly Discovered Snailfish Found Near The Deepest Possible Location   Techaeris
9news.com.au   
KVUE   
Design & Trend   
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The Register
   
Kepler's still got it! Space telescope spots SUPER-EARTH 180 light years away   
The Register
Don't panic, US Navy has only deployed a ROBOT SHARK (but where are the lasers?) Woz moves to Oz · Scrooges rejoice! Beancounters find formula for perfect Xmas party · 30,000 people buy a box of BOVINE EXCREMENT · Boggling bum babe Kim fails ...

NASA's Kepler telescope identifies new 'Super Earth'   CNET
Kepler Spacecraft Finds New 'Super-Earth' 180 Light-Years Away   New York Times
Kepler spacecraft finds a second life - and an important new exoplanet   Chicago Tribune
Space.com   
Christian Science Monitor   
Ars Technica   
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CNET
   
ISS astronaut needs a wrench, NASA successfully 'emails' him one   
CNET
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station needed a socket wrench, so NASA engineers emailed him designs for 3D-printing one. What a world we're living in. by Anthony Domanico · @ajdomanico; 19 December 2014 9:46 pm GMT. comments. 0.
NASA emails ratchet to space station   Computerworld
Nasa emails spanner to space station   BBC News
NASA just 'emailed' a wrench to space for the first time   Washington Post
The Guardian   
The Age   
CNN   
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Huffington Post
   
New Stonehenge Discovery Hailed As 'Most Important In 60 Years'   
Huffington Post
Archaeologists studying Stonehenge and its environs say they've unearthed the remnants of an untouched, ancient encampment that dates back 6,000 years--a find that could rewrite British prehistory. “This is the most important discovery at Stonehenge in ...

6000-year-old encampment found at Stonehenge   Mashable
Stonehenge dig finds 6000-year-old encampment   Full-Time Whistle
Stonehenge discovery could rewrite British pre-history   Telegraph.co.uk
The Guardian   
Buckingham Advertiser   
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The Independent
   
Birds sensed devastating US tornado and fled one day ahead   
The Independent
Birds nesting on the path of an incoming tornado, which devastated parts of the US, “evacuated” their home one day before, scientists say. Geolocators attached to the birds showed that they fled the Appalachian Mountains and flew 700km (400 miles) south to ...

Warblers Hear Tornadoes Coming from a Mile, No, 250 Miles Away   Design & Trend
Birds 'heard tornadoes coming' and fled one day ahead   BBC News
Birds clear out of breeding ground as severe weather approaches   Ars Technica
UC Berkeley   
Daily Times   
Los Angeles Times   
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