2015年2月11日 星期三

2015-02-12 South Africa Science


The Nation
   
Moon momentos found in Armstrong's closet   
The Nation
A treasure trove of prized momentos from the first moon landing has been found in Neil Armstrong's closet by his wife when she was doing a clearout. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died in August 2012 and his wife Carol found the objects from ...

The meaning of Neil Armstrong's 'bunch of trash'   The Globe and Mail
Neil Armstrong kept all these in his closet   CNN International
Giant find for space museum   Independent Online
News Tonight Africa   
NDTV   
Indiatimes.com   
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spyghana.com
   
Zimbos Dominate DSTV Eutelsat Star Awards   
AllAfrica.com
ZIMBABWEANS emerged top when the winners of the 2014 DStv Eutelsat Star Awards, the unique pan-African competition that sparks interest in science and space technology in young African students were announced in Lusaka this week. The fourth edition ...

Zimbabwe and Uganda Take Top Spots in the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards   Satellite Today
Gayaza High student wins continental award   New Vision

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Mail & Guardian Online
   
IBM Expands Global Research Network Into South Africa   
AllAfrica.com
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to expand IBM Research - Africa with a new laboratory in Johannesburg beginning April 2015. It will focus on advancing Big Data, cloud and mobile technologies to support South Africa's national priorities, drive skills ...

Tech boost for SA - Wits University is home to new IBM Research Lab   Mail & Guardian Online

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UN deal to combat global warming complicated as length of draft text balloons   
GlobalPost
GENEVA (Reuters) - Almost 200 nations complicated a drive for a U.N. deal to combat climate change in 2015 on Wednesday by more than doubling the length of a draft negotiating text to about 100 pages of radically varying solutions. Government delegates ...


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Los Angeles Times
   
Elon Musk's SpaceX scratches rocket landing due to weather conditions   
Washington Post
Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched a research satellite into space Wednesday but called off a dramatic attempt to land the first stage of an unmanned rocket on a platform floating in the Atlantic Ocean because of extreme weather that caused massive ...

New Lookout for Solar Storms Lifts Off on SpaceX Rocket   New York Times
DSCOVR 'space weather' mission launches   BBC News
SpaceX launches Al Gore's favorite satellite to save us from the sun   Mashable
Irish Independent   
The Independent   
VentureBeat   
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The Japan Times
   
Physics of food shows secrets of popcorn   
The Japan Times
PARIS – To most people, it may be just a fun food to munch on while watching a movie. But to a couple of French investigators, popcorn is a biomechanical enigma waiting to be explained. In an unusual study published on Wednesday, engineers Emmanuel ...

French Engineers Reveal The Secret Behind The 'Pop' Sound Made By Popcorn   Daily Science Journal
Study reveals the science behind popcorn 'pops'   Telegraph.co.uk
The physics of popcorn: Watch the explosion in slow motion   Los Angeles Times
Washington Post   
BBC News   
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Channel News Asia
   
Crews try to rescue fishing boat stuck in Antarctic ice   
Washington Post
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Crews from the U.S. and New Zealand were trying Thursday to rescue a damaged fishing boat with 27 people aboard that remains stuck in ice near Antarctica. The U.S. Coast Guard said the Australian boat Antarctic Chieftain ...

US Coast Guard rushes to aid of Australian fishing vessel near the Antarctic   The Daily Telegraph
Aussie fishing boat trapped in ice   NEWS.com.au
Fishing vessel stranded in Antarctic ice since Tuesday   Toronto Sun
Stuff.co.nz   
Sin Chew Jit Poh   
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The Conversation UK
   
Carbon stored deep in Antarctic waters ended the last ice age   
The Conversation UK
It's well known that carbon in the atmosphere is causing global warming. What is less well known, outside of scientific circles at least, is the role oceans have to play in this. Our seas contain 60 times…
Did vast CO2 reservoirs locked in the oceans end the last ice age?   Irish Examiner
Did deep sea currents end the ice age? Carbon dioxide released from ocean ...   Daily Mail
CO2 from Ocean Helped End Last Ice Age   Laboratory Equipment
Live Science   
Daily Echo   
Phys.Org   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Taking after Darwin, scientists discover beak gene for famous finches   
Christian Science Monitor
A team of researchers from Sweden and the US have sequenced the genomes for all fifteen species of Darwin's finches. Now they may have located the gene that determines the shape of their beaks.
Genomes reveal Darwin finches' messy family tree   BBC News
Scientists Pinpoint Genes In Darwin's Finches That Give Them Their Beaks   Tech Times
Genetic study shows Darwin's finches have surprisingly diverse family tree   Science Recorder
Full-Time Whistle   
SMN Weekly   
Yahoo News UK   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Europe launches space plane, brings it back to earth   
DAWN.com
PARIS: Europe's prototype space plane splashed down in the Pacific on schedule on Wednesday after a 100-minute flight to test key re-entry technologies, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. “The mission has come to an end according to plan... it ...

Europe Successfully Tests Spaceplane   The Chosun Ilbo
Europe Successfully Tests Reusable Spaceplane   Sky News
European Space Agency's spaceplane completes autonomous reentry capability ...   Xinhua
BBC News   
The Independent   
Washington Post   
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