2015年2月17日 星期二

2015-02-18 South Africa Science


iAfrica.com
   
Five South Africans shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars. Here's why they want to go   
TheSouthAfrican
100 candidates have made it through to the third round of the astronaut selection process for the Mars One space programme. Five South Africans form part of the 100 candidates hoping to be part of the final 24 chosen to colonise mars. More than 200 500 ...

Meet the South Africans who hope to go to Mars   South Africa.info
These 5 South Africans have been shortlisted to go colonise Mars in 2024   Memeburn
Five S Africans in Mars One top 100   iAfrica.com
teleSUR English   
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The Space Reporter
   
Low mass star came mighty close to our solar system 70000 years ago   
The Space Reporter
A low mass red dwarf star passed through the outer Oort Cloud 70,000 years ago in the closest approach made by any star to our solar system, a team of researchers from the US, Europe, Chile, and South Africa discovered. Known as Scholtz's star and ...

Astronomers identify the closest known flyby of a star to our solar system   National Monitor
Close Encounters of a Scholz Kind   Space Daily
Recently Discovered Star Had A Close Encounter With Our Solar System   Tech Times
Headlines & Global News   
Gadget   
R & D Magazine   
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Malay Mail Online
   
Cape Verdeans worry over climate change   
Malay Mail Online
Members of a family displaced by recent floods carrying belongings after crossing the flooded Ruo river in Malawi's southern Nsanje District on January18, 2015. _ AFP picCAPE VERDE, Feb 18 — On a typical February day in west Africa, Cape Verdeans are ...

Scientists sound storm warning on African climate change   BDlive

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Climate change: Trees to the rescue   
News24
“Stop worrying about climate change already! Some clever engineer or science boffin will come up with a technological solution to the problem well before we burn the planet to a crisp.” That's what some of my friends say when I mention global warming and ...


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9NEWS.com
   
NASA's newest view of Pluto   
9NEWS.com
Wednesday marks the 85th anniversary of Pluto's discovery and the New Horizons mission is getting closer by the day. Loading… Post to Facebook. NASA's newest view of Pluto Wednesday marks the 85th anniversary of Pluto's discovery and the New ...

Watch a full day on Pluto-Charon   iAfrica.com
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft observes moon Charon orbiting Pluto   Clarksville Online
The View from New Horizons: A Full Day on Pluto-Charon   Space Daily
Customs Today Newspaper   
SMN Weekly   
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BDlive
   
SpaceX hopes to land rockets at Cape   
Orlando Sentinel
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Hoping to make liftoffs less expensive, SpaceX wants to land its rockets not on a barge at sea but at a new pad on Cape Canaveral. lRelated Check out our amazing panoramic views of the space shuttle · Home · Check out our ...

SpaceX To Upgrade Drone Ship For Next Falcon Landing Attempt   Aviation Week
Lucrative awards await rock-star engineers in the latest space race   BDlive
February 17, 2015 in News: SpaceX leases property for landing pads at Cape ...   Spaceflight Now
Edmonton Journal   
The Space Review   
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CBS Local
   
Black Supermoon: What (Not) To Look For Wednesday Night   
CBS Local
(CBS SF) — A supermoon is ready to take center stage in the night sky this Wednesday, but with an added twist: it'll be a new moon. During this time, the moon is at the closest to the Earth than at any other time making it appear 14 percent bigger and 30 ...

A Black Moon. How It Differs From Last Year's Supermoons   The News Ledge
Ghost super moon on February 18th will not be visible   Digital Journal
Moon travel just 20 years away   Independent Online
Huffington Post   
Air & Space Magazine   
Alabama's13.com   
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Livemint
   
On the Climate Change Negotiations Road to Paris - the Geneva Stop.   
AllAfrica.com
The road to Paris in November/December, 2015 for climate change negotiations is bumpy with many uncertainties regarding the final outcome in Paris. We (world climate change negotiators) are currently "camped" in Geneva, Switzerland to negotiate on ...

Parties in climate change negotiations reach key agreement   Ghana Business News
Paris Talks to Target Shipping Emissions   MarineLink
Geneva Climate Talks End With 2015 Draft Accord (VIDEO)   CleanTechnica
TODAYonline   
Business Spectator   
Wisconsin Gazette   
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IBNLive
   
Coimbatore girl Shraddha Prasad shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars   
IBNLive
Coimbatore: A 19-year old Kerala girl is one of the three Indians in the short-listed 100 applicants for the one-way trip to Mars in 2024. The engineering student is brimming with confidence of making it to the red planet. "I feel proud and happy for being ...

Mars One picks first 100 morons to suffocate, er, settle on Red Planet   The Register
Ontario woman shortlisted for one-way Mars trip calls it 'greatest adventure of all ...   CTV News
Space cadet wants to have first Martian baby   Times LIVE
USA TODAY   
The Times (subscription)   
U-T San Diego   
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BBC News
   
Limpet teeth set new strength record   
BBC News
Engineers in the UK have found that limpets' teeth consist of the strongest biological material ever tested. Limpets use a tongue bristling with tiny teeth to scrape food from rocks and also to carve out scars, which they nestle in when the tide goes out. The teeth ...

The strongest biological material known to man? Limpet teeth   The Independent
Does Humble Limpet Hold Key To Future F1 Cars?   Sky News
World's strongest natural material found   New Zealand Herald
Irish Times   
Reuters   
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