2015年2月25日 星期三

2015-02-26 South Africa Science


The Guardian
   
Russia outlines plans to build national space station after ISS ends in 2024   
The Guardian
Russia has pledged its support for the International Space Station until 2024 while many other nations involved are yet to commit beyond 2020. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images. Ian Sample, science editor. @iansample. Wednesday 25 February 2015 19.33 ...

Russia To Leave US Space Partnership, Go Its Own Way   Daily Caller
Russia promises manned flight to the Moon   Telegraph.co.uk
Russia extends space station role   BBC News
NDTV   
Spaceflight Now   
Washington Post   
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Times LIVE
   
Embalmed monk inside Buddha   
Times LIVE
Some 200 years later his mummified body was placed inside the statue of Buddha. File photo. Image by: Taylor Weidman / Getty Images. Scientific tests have revealed that an ancient Buddhist statue contains the perfectly preserved remains of a 1000-year-old ...

Buddha Statue Comes Complete With Full Human Skeleton Inside   Viral Global News
1000-year-old mummified monk is found inside statue   gulfnews.com
Scan shows a mummy inside this Buddha statue   I Know Today
KXAN.com   
PerfScience   
13WMAZ   
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KALW
   
An Owl Is Attacking And Injuring Residents Of A Netherlands Town   
KALW
The European eagle owl, like this one from the Mulhouse Zoo in eastern France, is one of the largest owl species, with a wingspan of about six feet. Sebastien Bozon AFP/Getty Images. While Paris worries about mystery drones, a Dutch town is confronting an ...

“Horror owl” sends more victims to hospital; Bank hands out anti-owl umbrellas   NL Times
Ooowl, that hurt! Rogue bird sows terror in Dutch city   Gulf Times

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
How Stephen Hawking has survived so long with ALS   
Sydney Morning Herald
On April 20, 2009, a moment arrived that doctors had foretold for decades. Stephen Hawking, a scientist who overcame debilitating disease to become the world's most renowned living physicist, was on the cusp of death. The University of Cambridge released ...

Stephen Hawking: Human Aggression Could End Civilization; Space ...   The Christian Times
Stephen Hawking's ALS appears to have 'almost burnt out', says neurologist   Science Recorder
How has Stephen Hawking lived with ALS for 52 years?   KENS 5 TV
Uncover California   
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VentureBeat
   
Google built a machine that's better at games than you are   
VentureBeat
Google is busy ensuring that our eventual demise at the hands of robots that are super-good at Breakout is inevitable. Look out, Pac-Man record holder Billy Mitchell. The machines are coming for. Above: Look out, Pac-Man record holder Billy Mitchell.
Teaching computers how to play Atari better than humans   PBS
Google network learns to play Space Invaders in breakthrough for artificial ...   Telegraph.co.uk
HAL wins: Computer program bests humans at 'Space Invaders'   Washington Post
BBC News   
NBCNews.com   
The Independent   
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Daily News & Analysis
   
Astronomers find giant black hole in early universe   
Daily News & Analysis
A black hole 12 billion times as massive as the sun has been found in a glowing quasar that existed when the universe was just a fraction of its current age, scientists said on Wednesday. The discovery challenges currently held theories that black holes and ...

Found: a black hole 12bn times the size of the sun   The Guardian
Astronomers stunned to find ancient black hole 12 billion times bigger than the sun   The Space Reporter
Astronomers find a shockingly ancient black hole the size of 12 billion suns   The Age
CBS Local   
Xinhua   
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Fox News
   
Scientists reveal the real reason you have eyelashes   
Los Angeles Times
The mysterious function of eyelashes has been revealed at last -- thanks to science. After measuring the dimensions of nearly two dozen mammal eyes, performing a series of wind tunnel experiments and engaging in some complex fluid dynamic modeling, ...

What's the Best Length for Eyelashes, Based on Science?   NBCNews.com
Biologists lift lid on eyelash mystery   The Nation
Eyelashes Decoded: The Ideal Lash Length is Just One-Third the Width of the Eye   News Every day
Maine News   
STGIST   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Mars rover Curiosity snaps cosmic selfie   
Christian Science Monitor
NASA's six-wheeled robot missed the Oscars, but made up for it with a Martian selfie. By Mike Wall, Space.com February 25, 2015. close. This selfie taken by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the vehicle at the "Mojave" drilling site in the foothills of Mount ...

Green Bay even colder than Mars during cold snap   Fox11online.com
Here's what a sunset from Mars looks like   9news.com.au
New Curiosity rover selfie makes Mars the star of the snapshot   CNET
Mashable   
Hindustan Times   
iAfrica.com   
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BBC News
   
Astronauts carry out spacewalk to prepare ISS for upgrade   
BBC News
Two astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) have been working on upgrading the ISS. Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts performed the second of three spacewalks in which they are preparing the station for the arrival of commercial space capsules in ...

US astronauts step out on spacewalk   The Nation
US astronauts complete second spacewalk, water reported in helmet   Xinhua
Spacewalking astronaut safe after water leaks into helmet   The Courier-Express
SMN Weekly   
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CTV News
   
Contained caffeine: Science explains why a latte is less likely to spill than a coffee   
CTV News
Ever notice how your latte or foamy beer never seems to spill and slosh all over the place, even if you're jostling your cup about in a café or bar? Researchers at Princeton University did, and decided to find out if there was a scientific explanation. Turns out ...

Latte Less Prone to Spillage than Regular Coffee   Voice Chronicle
Latte perfect coffee for commuters as froth stops it sloshing out of cup, study finds   Telegraph.co.uk
Revealed: Why foamy beer doesn't spill over   IBNLive
Los Angeles Times   
ANINEWS   
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