2015年1月26日 星期一

2015-01-27 South Africa Science


Science 2.0
   
South African scientists make astronomy breakthrough   
South Africa.info
Wits scientists have found three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way. The scientists are part of a multinational team of astronomers working on the High Energy Stereoscopic System ...

Energy detected beyond Milky Way   IT-Online

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Latin American Herald Tribune
   
Ocean Warming Melting One of the Largest Glaciers of Antarctica   
Latin American Herald Tribune
SYDNEY – One of the largest glaciers on the planet, Totten, is melting due to ocean warming, a phenomenon that demonstrates the vulnerability of East Antarctica and its role in increasing the level of the oceans. The Totten glacier, 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) ...

Giant east Antarctic glacier melting with warmer oceans   Sydney Morning Herald
East Antarctica's largest glacier melting - scientists   News24
Warm ocean melting East Antarctica's largest glacier   BDlive

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Daily Times
   
Climate change to cause twice as many severe floods in Australia   
The Australian
AUSTRALIA and its region will probably be hit by almost twice as many severe floods this century like the ones that devastated southeast Queensland four years ago, according to new research. An international team of scientists led by Wenju Cai, of the ...

CSIRO forecasting La Nina weather patterns to double   ABC Online
La Nina turning nasty says study   News24
Climate Change Will Cause More Extreme La Ninas, Research Shows   Businessweek
The Land Newspaper   
Reuters   
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Inhabitat
   
X-ray method helps decipher ancient scrolls   
KSL.com
NAPLES (CNN) — In A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Almost 2,000 years later, researchers may be on the brink of reading some of the charred scrolls damaged in the eruption. The scrolls, which were ...

New technology may make Vesuvius blackened scrolls readable again   Times LIVE
First-of-its-kind Software Enables Major Breakthrough in Reading Ancient Scrolls   Scientific Computing
Science brings 2000yo charred scrolls back to life   The Star Online
Hyperallergic   
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Reuters India
   
Australia temperatures rising faster than rest of the world - official report   
Reuters India
Steam and other emissions are seen coming from funnels at an oil refinery in Melbourne July 7, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Mick Tsikas/Files. Related Topics. World » · PICTURE GALLERY · U.S. President Barack Obama (C) , flanked by first lady Michelle Obama, ...

CORRECTED-Australia temperatures rising faster than rest of the world- official ...   Reuters Africa
Australia getting hotter, faster than climate change rate worldwide: CSIRO   SBS
CSIRO says hotter days, less rain for Aust   Sky News Australia
The Daily Telegraph   
Shanghai Daily (subscription)   
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The Nation
   
Giant asteroid set to buzz Earth   
The Nation
An asteroid measuring about a third of a mile (half a kilometer) in diameter was set to make a relatively close, but harmless pass by Earth Monday night, NASA said. The asteroid will pass about 745,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Earth, roughly three ...

Keep your eyes on the sky for asteroid appearance   CTV News
Mountain-sized asteroid that flew past earth had own moon   Business Standard
asteroid comes unusually close to Earth   Stuff.co.nz
Discovery News   
Forbes   
Full-Time Whistle   
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The Register
   
NASA greenlights SpaceX and Boeing to carry crew to ISS in 2017   
The Register
'Linus Torvalds is UNFIT for the WORKPLACE!' And you've given the world what, exactly? Nope. That's not our FAKE BOMB say Oz spooks and cops · Drinking to forget? OK. But first, eat a curry... QUICK! Wizard of Oz OFFICIALLY 'most significant movie' ...

21st century space race is on   San Antonio Express-News
NASA and partners confirm: Astronauts to take part in commercial launches in ...   SpaceFlight Insider
The new space race: SpaceX vs Boeing   CNBC
Washington Times   
Xinhua   
MyFox Houston   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
What is comet dust made of? Rosetta finds out.   
Christian Science Monitor
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, currently in orbit around Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, is examining the dust being shed by the comet as it hurtles toward the sun. By Kulvinder Singh, Sen January 26, 2015. close. Rosetta's ...

Rosetta spacecraft deepens mystery of comet's origin   The Star Online
Rosetta watches closely as comet sheds its dust   Sen (subscription)
Rosetta watches comet shed its dusty coat   Astronomy Magazine
The News   
Design & Trend   
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ABC Online
   
Extreme La Nina events set to increase   
ABC Online
Wild girl Extreme La Niña events that affect weather conditions on both sides of the Pacific will almost double in frequency as the climate warms, a new study shows. This increase is likely to drive a corresponding increase in devastating weather conditions ...

Global Warming Could Lead To A Doubling Of Dramatic La Niña Weather Events   Headlines & Global News
More weather tantrums predicted for 'La Niña' says study   Full-Time Whistle
Study: Global warming 'doubles risk' of extreme weather   BBC News
Live Science   
National Geographic   
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Slate Magazine
   
Watch: Vampire bat robot uses its wings for walking   
Los Angeles Times
This robot is so talented it's scary. Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have built a robot inspired by the vampire bat that can walk and fly using its foldable wings. lRelated The rise of jaws? Tiny fossil sheds light on fishy origins.
Bat-Like Bot May Soon Fly Its Way Into Space—The New Drone Frontier   Science Times
DALER vampire-inspired robot walks, flies   Full-Time Whistle
BOT AN ABOMINATION: Mechanical DRONE VAMPIRE spreads wings   The Register
Geek Infinite   
Daily Mail   
Business Standard   
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