2015年2月6日 星期五

2015-02-07 South Africa Science


Tech Times
   
​Watch how DARPA plans to launch satellites on planes   
CBS News
Need a satellite in space tomorrow? DARPA wants to be the one you call. The agency released a video Thursday demonstrating how its ALASA program could strap a satellite to the belly of a jet fighter and send it into low Earth orbit within 24 hours of a ...

DARPA shows satellite launch from belly of jet fighter   Science Recorder
Can jet planes launch small satellites into orbit on the cheap?   UPI.com
US Army concept video reveals bold plan for low cost launches   Daily Mail
Defense Update   
Fox News   
iAfrica.com   
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CBS News
   
When did dogs become man's best friend?   
CBS News
Man's best friend may have been domesticated about 15,000 years ago, evolving from wolves around the time that humans were establishing their first settlements, new evidence suggests. Using sophisticated 3D imaging to analyze several fossil skulls, ...

Oldest Dog Turns Out to Be a Wolf   Discovery News
Dogs Were NOT a Caveman's Best Friend   Nature World News
Science Dates Old Dogs With New Tricks   NDTV
ohmidog!   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
End of common cold could be in sight   
Telegraph.co.uk
A scientific breakthrough could herald an end to the common cold, after researchers found a way to “jam” the genetic code and stop the virus replicating. Experts said the discovery could allow scientists to design molecules which could “stop the virus in its ...

Scientists just cracked the viral equivalent of the Enigma code   Washington Post
The end of the common cold?   NEWS.com.au
Cure for common cold a step closer   Independent Online
The Independent   
Times LIVE   
Times of India   
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New York Times
   
Bubonic Plague in the Subway System? Don't Worry About It   
New York Times
No human being has caught it in New York City for at least a century, but still, there it was, researchers said, in places touched by hundreds, maybe thousands, of people every day. After swabbing more than 400 subway stations for all kinds of microorganisms, ...

Researchers Find Bubonic Plague Fragments on New York Subway   NDTV
Student scientists find partially drug-resistant germs, scraps of anthrax DNA—all ...   World Science
Scientists Swabbed New York City's Subways, And You Won't Believe What ...   Huffington Post
Tech Times   
Morning Ticker   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
How to get a Dutch chimp to speak with a Scottish accent   
Christian Science Monitor
After zookeepers at Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo introduced chimpanzees raised in Netherlands to those raised in Scotland, the Dutch chimps began grunting in a new accent. By Tanya Lewis, LiveScience February 6, 2015. close. Louis, one of the Edinburgh ...

Chimps Learn Local Grunts to Adapt to a New Environment - (full-timew)   Full-Time Whistle
Chimpanzee in Scottish zoo start 'speaking' in local accent   Express.co.uk
Listen to Dutch chimpanzees speaking in Scottish accent: 'first evidence' of ...   The Independent
Telegraph.co.uk   
BBC News   
The Verge   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
First stars are 150 million years younger than thought, Planck telescope finds (+ ...   
Christian Science Monitor
The cosmos's first stars appear to have formed 150 million years later than previous measurements indicated, according a new analysis of data from the European Space Agency's Planck observatory.
Will Gravitational Waves Ever Be Found?   Discovery News
Planck telescope puts new datestamp on first stars   BBC News
First stars appeared 100m years later than thought, research finds   The Guardian
New Scientist   
CNET   
NBCNews.com   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
NASA probe snaps amazing image of Ceres   
Christian Science Monitor
NASA's Dawn space probe has taken the sharpest-yet image of Ceres, a dwarf planet in our solar system's asteroid belt. By Mike Wall, SPACE.com February 6, 2015. close. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of the dwarf planet Ceres on Feb. 4, 2015 at ...

Dawn spacecraft captures new, higher-res images of Ceres   SMN Weekly
As Dawn probe gets closer, Ceres' bright spots still unexplained   Science Recorder
NASA Probe Gives Close-Up Look At Dwarf Planet Ceres, But What Are Those ...   Huffington Post
Science Times   
Full-Time Whistle   
Live 5 News   
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Fox News
   
Virginia Tech robot may help Navy fight fires   
WDBJ7
It began several years ago and we are just now learning about it. And it involves robots and fires. wdbj7 New River Valley reporter Orlando Salinas is live tonight to tell us more. This story's about a 5 minute video made last year on the u.s. Navy ship- the uss ...

Navy Unveils Firefighting Robot   CBS Local
Office of Naval Research unveils firefighting robot   WXYZ
This giant, human-like Navy robot uses sensors to fight fires at sea (Video)   PCWorld
Engadget   
Mashable   
Defense One   
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The Register
   
ALIENS are surely AMONG US: Average star has TWO potentially Earth-like worlds   
The Register
Boffins in Australia have applied a hundreds-of-years-old astronomical rule to data from the Kepler planet-hunting space telescope. They've come to the conclusion that the average star in our galaxy has not one but two Earth-size planets in its "goldilocks" ...

The Milky Way Could Host Over 200 Planets That Can Support Life   WallStreet OTC
The Average Star in Our Galaxy Has Not One, Existance of Billions of Earth-Like ...   Full-Time Whistle
Starlight Starbright: How Many Planets Will I Find Tonight   Huffington Post
ABC Online   
Sci-News.com   
The Australian   
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SMN Weekly
   
Termite mounds can hold spreading deserts at bay   
SMN Weekly
While finding termites in your home is often frustrating and upsetting, it turns out these tiny little cellulose eaters play a major part in halting the spread of deserts. Scientists from Princeton University say that the towering mounds that termites build as homes act ...

Can Termite Mounds Prevent Desertification In Drought-Stricken Environments?   Design & Trend
Can Termites Keep the Desert at Bay?   Nature World News
Mounds of soil made by termites found to hold back encroachment of the desert ...   The Independent
The New Age Online   
Christian Science Monitor   
Princeton University   
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