2015年1月5日 星期一

2015-01-06 South Africa Science


The Guardian
   
Africans urged to back continent's first moon mission   
The Guardian
Mandla Maseko, who is set to become the first black African in space after winning a competition, welcomed Africa2Moon as 'a great initiative'. Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images. David Smith, Africa correspondent, and Stuart Clark. Monday 5 ...

Plans for Africa-led mission to the moon   TechCentral
African moon mission seeks cash for first phase   SciDev.Net

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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
   
Deadline for $30m Google Lunar XPRIZE extended to end of 2016   
ITWeb
XPRIZE, the global leader in incentivised prize competition, today announced that the deadline for the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZEhas been officially extended until 31 December 2016. As part of this revised timeline, at least one team must provide ...

Pittsburgh's Astrobotic shooting for the moon   The Courier-Express

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Christianity Daily
   
NASA Study Proves How Tropical Forests Work Against Climate Change   
Christianity Daily
A new scientific study conducted by researchers from NASA revealed how forests in tropic areas actually work toward limiting the effects of climate change, Science Daily reported. According to the researchers, forests in different parts of the world have already ...

NASA Says Tropical Rainforests May Hold a Key To the Climate Change Issue   Science Times
Tropical forests take in more CO2 from the atmosphere than believed, NASA   News Tonight Africa
Tropical forests may be giving climate extra help   eco-business.com
Full-Time Whistle   
West Texas News   
eNews Park Forest   
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Uncover Michigan
   
NASA Prepares Inflatable Heat Shield for Spacecrafts going to Mars   
Uncover Michigan
NASA is preparing an inflatable heat shield for the spacecrafts that will be sent for a mission to Mars. The agency believes that one day the heat shield might assist humans to settle on the Red Planet. The heat shield is being designed at NASA's Langley ...

NASA working on inflatable spacecraft technology   Delhi Daily News
NASA working on inflatable shield to permit human entry on Mars   India Today
Nasa explores inflatable spacecraft technolog   The New Age Online
The Seattle Times   
Scientific Computing   
Pioneer News   
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News24
   
Spring Tide rip current claims 25-year-old man after he ignores warnings   
News24
Cape Town - Billy King, a 25-year-old man from Jacksonville near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape has drowned after being swept away by a rip current near the Beach View Holiday Resort in PE on Sunday, 4 January. Warrant Officer Alwin Labans, ...


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Livestock Keepers Ready for Climate Change   
AllAfrica.com
Tina Timan, Councillor, Special Seats (CCM) from Ngorongoro District, contributes to the debate during Climate Change Adaptation Workshop in Longido. (File photo). THE vagaries of climate change which seem not to recognize geographical boundaries ...


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BBC News
   
SpaceX to attempt rocket landing at sea   
BBC News
California's SpaceX company will try to soft-land part of its Falcon rocket when it launches a cargo mission to the space station on Tuesday. All segments of a rocket are usually discarded after use and are destroyed as they fall back to Earth. SpaceX, however ...

SpaceX set for space station flight, booster landing attempt   CBS News
Coming Soon From SpaceX's Elon Musk: How to Move to Mars   NBCNews.com
SpaceX launch: Company to try land rocket on ocean platform on return trip   CTV News
Sky News Australia   
Fortune   
ABC News   
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The Space Reporter
   
Rosetta probe fails to locate Philae lander on 67P   
The Space Reporter
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta probe orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko failed to locate the Philae lander on the comet's surface when it photographed the region where mission team members believe the lander to be.
Comet probe 'may revive in March'   Sky News Australia
Missing Philae may wake up in March   Inferse
Philae comet lander eludes discovery (12145)   Full-Time Whistle
Rappler   
BBC News   
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Science Codex
   
This whale lives for 200 years, and its genes will hopefully tell us why   
ScienceAlert
Scientists have mapped the full genome of the bowhead whale, which lives for more than 200 years, and have found some unique features. FIONA MACDONALD 6 JAN 2015. Facebook Icon Twitter Icon Email Icon. READ MORE. The bowhead whale ...

Bowhead whale genetic blueprint could hold 'secret for living longer'   ABC Online
Secret of ageing well? Check out the bowhead whale   Malay Mail Online
Does 200-year-old whale hold secret to fountain of youth?   Science Recorder
SMN Weekly   
Voice of America   
Consolidate Times   
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Capitalberg
   
Disco Clam has a strange sparkling defense mechanism   
Capitalberg
Researchers found that disco clam has a flashy defence mechanism a spectacular light show to scare away potential threats. This small 3 inched long clam has tiny silica spheres which shines can reflect. The clam has a unique ability to use this strategy both ...

Disco Clam: A clam with a sparkling defense mechanism   Full-Time Whistle
'Disco clams' use their groovy flashing lights to fight off predators   Washington Post
Stayin' alive: Disco clam has a flashy defense strategy   Fox News
Phys.Org   
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