2015年1月30日 星期五

2015-01-31 South Africa Science


Los Angeles Times
   
Baby chicks think small numbers belong on the left, just like us   
Los Angeles Times
A new study found that chicks associate the left side with smaller numbers and the right side with higher numbers. To see how this relates to you, let's begin with our own, short experiment. Imagine the numbers 1-10 in a horizontal line. If you are like most of us ...

Study Suggests Baby Chicks Can Count ... From Left to Right!   NBCNews.com
Think That Chicks Are Just Plain Cute? Well It Turns Out That They Have a ...   Science Times
Chicks count numbers like humans: from left to right   ZME Science
Full-Time Whistle   
New York Times   
BBC News   
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New York Times
   
Speck of Interstellar Dust Obscures Glimpse of Big Bang   
New York Times
Scientists will have to wait a while longer to find out what kicked off the Big Bang. Last spring, a team of astronomers who go by the name of Bicep announced that they had detected ripples in space-time, or gravitational waves, reverberating from the first ...

Dazzling 'discovery' of gravitational waves from the Big Bang goes poof with new ...   Washington Post
Scientists recant claim about universe   U-T San Diego
Scientists overturn widely-publicized Big Bang claim   The Globe and Mail
SFGate   
Christian Science Monitor   
Science Now   
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io9
   
"Dragon" Dinosaur Was 50 Feet Long, Had Most Epic Neck Ever   
io9
Before you get too excited on the heels of today's Game of Thrones news items, we're not talking actual fire-breathing monsters here. However, it's possible this newly discovered dinosaur species could have inspired the dragons that populate Chinese ...

Paleontologists discover long-necked 'dragon' dinosaur discovered in China   Maine News
Is it a Dragon Or A Dinosaur?   Pioneer News
New species of long-necked 'dragon' dinosaur discovered in China   Full-Time Whistle
The Weather Network   
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AsiaOne
   
Yes, it's hot in the city and getting hotter   
New Zealand Herald
From 1973 to 2012, the number of heatwaves per urban area rose by 0.3 of an event. Photo / Thinkstock. Urban heatwaves have become more frequent over the past 40 years, scientists report. A weather database of cities across the world reveals "significant" ...

Heat Waves Rising in Urban Areas   Nature World News
An urban climate double whammy: more heat, less wind   Washington Post
Heat Waves Becoming More Prominent In Urban Areas   Newsroom America
Economic Times   
Los Angeles Times   
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Chicago Sun-Times
   
Elsewhere in Science, 30 January 2015   
ScienceCareers.org
Every week, we're pointing our readers toward articles in Science-family publications that are relevant to careers in science and other technical fields. Many of the articles appearing in Science Translational Medicine, Science Signaling, and Science require ...

Americans' increasing distrust of science — and not just on climate change   Washington Post (blog)
Poll: American public respects science but disagrees with scientists views   National Monitor
Study, There's A Huge Gap Between What Researchers Say And Americans ...   Frontline Desk
National Center for Science Education   
Science Times   
Headlines & Global News   
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Arizona Daily Star
   
Warming speeds uplift of Iceland's crust: UA study   
Arizona Daily Star
The Earth's crust is rising faster in central Iceland each year, due to the accelerated retreat of melting glaciers from global warming, says a new study led by University of Arizona researchers. The study's significance is that for the first time, researchers have ...

A rising tide lifts Iceland — literally   PRI
​As glaciers melt, Iceland gets taller   CBS News
Iceland Is Rising Out Of The Water   Gizmodo Australia
Tucson News Now   
Tech Times   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
Massive cometary globule dubbed 'God's hand' pictured by the Very Large ...   
Full-Time Whistle
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has captured an image of CG4, a cometary globule that lies some 1,300 light years from Earth and whose origins remain unknown. Sen—A so-called cometary globule known as God's Hand ...

Mouth of the Beast: spectacular nebular caught in detail for first time by Very ...   The Independent
Mysterious nebula revealed in new image: 'Mouth of the Beast'   CNET
Mysterious 'God's hand' space globule imaged by Very Large Telescope   Christian Science Monitor
SlashGear   
The Inquisitr   
Discovery News   
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Popular Mechanics
   
JPL seeking $30 million from NASA for Mars drone   
The Whittier Daily News
A proposed helicopter could triple the distances that Mars rovers can drive in a Martian day and help pinpoint interesting targets for study. Image Courtesy: NASA-JPL. LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE >> The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is seeking $30 million from ...

Curiosity Mars rover back in the groove   BBC News
This is the Drone Helicopter NASA Scientists Want to Send to Mars   Popular Mechanics
Helicopter drone on Mars planned for 2020 mission   Tech Gen Mag
The Inquisitr   
KTVQ Billings News   
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Space.com
   
NASA's Next Space Race: SpaceX vs. Boeing   
Space.com
Two American spaceflight companies are quietly competing in a space race for the new era. SpaceX and Boeing are vying to become the first private firms to fly astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA sometime in 2017. NASA chose both ...

Safety panel accuses NASA of a 'lack of transparency' in critical space program   Washington Post (blog)
Lack of NASA information poses risks, safety panel says   Standard-Examiner
Boeing's CST-100 part of NASA's intertwined forward path   NASASpaceflight.com
Spaceflight Now   
SBS   
Science Recorder   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Mysterious megamouth shark washes ashore in the Philippines   
Washington Post
Megamouth sharks troll the deep sea for the smallest bits of food, plankton and krill, trapping them in the massive caves that are their jaws. They mysterious and extraordinarily rare -- and almost never seen by humans. But on Wednesday, a 15-foot adult male ...

Rare Megamouth Shark Washes Up in Philippines   NBCNews.com
A rare 15-foot megamouth shark washed up on a Philippines beach   Mashable
A rare megamouth shark just washed up in the Philippines   Quartz
The Independent   
myfox8.com   
Uproxx   
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