2015年1月27日 星期二

2015-01-28 South Africa Science


Science 2.0
   
Scientists Make Astronomy Breakthrough   
AllAfrica.com
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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SFGate
   
Monarch butterfly population makes a modest rebound   
SFGate
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Mexico: Monarch Levels Rebound   New York Times
Monarch butterfly count rises as conservationists warn of extinction   Reuters Africa
Monarch numbers higher than 2014 but still low   Duluth News Tribune
Businessweek   
Science AAAS   
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Mashable
   
Asteroid that zoomed past Earth has own moon   
Mashable
An asteroid that flew unusually close to Earth has its own tiny moon, NASA says. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Newsletter-headshot. By Patrick Kulp 29 minutes ago. An asteroid that traveled unusually close to the Earth Monday was orbited by a smaller asteroid ...

Fun with Flaming Death   Wired
NASA discovers small moon circling asteroid that "grazed" Earth   Fox News Latino
Huge asteroid stuns NASA as it flies by   NEWS.com.au
Reuters   
Los Angeles Times   
CTV News   
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Washington Post
   
The News Matrix: Wednesday 28 January 2015   
The Independent
Scientists discover five new planets. Five Earth-sized planets have been discovered in an ancient solar system. Its parent star, named Kepler-444, is 117 light years from Earth and 11.2 billion years old. The five planets, ranging in size between Mercury and ...

Astronomers find oldest known star with Earth-like planets   DAWN.com
Astronomers find ancient solar system with 5 Earth-size planets   National Monitor
Astronomers Discover Ancient Solar System with Five Earth-Sized Planets   Tech Times
Voice of America   
Geek Snack   
Ars Technica   
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ABC News
   
Scientists Solve Puzzle on How to Un-Boil a Hard-Boiled Egg — and There's a ...   
TheBlaze.com
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have figured out how to un-boil a hard-boiled egg — and they say it has important ramifications. “Yes, we have invented a way to unboil a hen egg,” Gregory Weiss, UCI professor of chemistry and molecular ...

Breakthrough in cancer research? Scientists quickly un-boil an egg   RT
Why Scientists Learning How To Unboil An Egg Is Bad News For Cancer   Healthcare Global
UCI researchers discover a way to unboil eggs   National Monitor
ValueWalk   
KWCH   
CNET   
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Irish Independent
   
Ground control to younger Major Tim   
Irish Independent
British astronaut Major Tim Peake has said he could come back from his landmark space mission younger than when he left. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The first Briton to be selected by the European Space ...

ISS 3D Printer Finishes First Round of Objects   Tech Times
Watch: Lightning seen from space   Telegraph.co.uk
This is what lightning on Earth looks like from space   Irish Examiner

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The Nation
   
Distant exoplanet hosts giant rings   
The Nation
Astronomers say they have discovered a planet with a gigantic ring system that is 200 times larger than that around Saturn. It is the first such structure detected around a planet beyond our Solar System. The researchers say there are probably more than 30 ...

Planet with rings 200 times bigger than Saturn found   Times of India
Gigantic ring system 200 times larger than Saturn discovered (PHOTOS)   RT
A planetary ring system 200 times the size of Saturn's   CNET
Washington Post   
Discovery News   
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CBS News
   
Oldest snake fossils show they thrived in the age of dinosaurs   
CBS News
Researchers have unearthed the fossil remains of four snakes that are 70 million years older than the oldest snake previously discovered. The finds rewrite what scientists know about the creatures, showing that they were slithering alongside pterodactyls and ...

Snakes Are 70 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought   Design & Trend
New fossils show that snakes are millions of years older than previously thought   National Monitor
Ancient Snake Fossils Date Back Snake Evolution   Tech Times
Full-Time Whistle   
Victoria News   
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Mashable
   
A giant polar bear took the tube in London today   
Mashable
LONDON — The city may not be experiencing the same icy conditions as the United States' Northeast region this week, but it had its own Arctic visitor on Tuesday. A huge polar bear made its way through the city as part of a PR stunt for new Sky Atlantic TV ...

8-foot 'polar bear' roams streets of London... to promote TV series (PHOTOS ...   RT
Why was there a polar bear on the Tube today?   The Independent
Unleashed 'Polar Bear' Delights Residents   ABC News
Scotsman   
Adweek   
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Tech Times
   
Milestone Prizes Announced for Google LUNAR Xprize   
Tech Times
The Google Lunar Xprize has awarded $5.25 million in prizes to companies working to land a private spacecraft on the Moon, and beam pictures back to Earth. (Photo : Astrobotic). Google Lunar Xprize has awarded $5.25 million in awards to five teams ...

Google Lunar XPrize teams win $5.25 million in preliminary contests   Sen (subscription)
Google Lunar XPRIZE gives out Milestone awards, but no Moon landing yet   Ars Technica
Google hands out $6 million in 'milestone awards' to Lunar XPrize teams   UPI.com
Mashable   
New York Times   
Gizmag   
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