2015年3月17日 星期二

2015-03-18 South Africa Science


Business Insider Australia
   
There are 228450 known species in the ocean -- and as many as 2 million more ...   
Business Insider Australia
OSLO (Reuters) – Scientists identified almost 1,500 new creatures in the world's oceans last year, including a humpbacked dolphin and a giant jellyfish, and reckon that most species of marine life are yet to be found. The experts publishing their findings ...

About 200 000 'new' species are not!   Independent Online
New Zealand's Niwa discovered 141 new marine species in 3 years   News Tonight Africa
1451 marine creatures were added to WoRMS in previous year   Customs Today Newspaper
Stuff.co.nz   
EarthSky   
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OregonLive.com
   
Human genome may be laced with more than 100 genes that are not human ...   
OregonLive.com
Research published March 13, 2015, in Genome Biology suggests that the human genome may carry more than 100 genes from nonhuman organisms. (AndreaLaurel/Flickr/CC by 2.0). Print Email · Susannah L. Bodman | sbodman@oregonian.com ...

Over 100 of your genes are not human: research   Times LIVE
Humans are all a bit genetically modified   The Australian Financial Review
Critics of GM Crops will be Surprised to Know that Even Humans are Genetically ...   NewsPoint Africa
The Standard Daily   
Uncover California   
Jagran Post   
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The Guardian
   
Solar eclipse 2015: share your photos and stories   
The Guardian
The rare solar eclipse will completely blot out the morning sun on the Faroe Isles, 200 miles (321km) north of Scotland, and in Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean – the only two land masses to experience a total eclipse this time. In Britain ...

Norwegian islands reach capacity as visitors stream in for solar eclipse   News24

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Nearly 150 Trafficked Animals Flown to Amazon Freedom   
NDTV
Bogota: A Colombian Air Force plane whose cargo hold looked more like the hull of Noah's Ark delivered nearly 150 trafficked animals back to the Amazon on Tuesday following months of rehabilitation. The 149 animals, 83 reptiles, 53 birds and 13 mammals, ...


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Mid-Day
   
A list of firsts in the history of space exploration   
Mid-Day
Today on March 18 in 1965, Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes to perform extra vehicular activity (EVA). Leonov thus became the first person to walk in space. A still from the 1965 Russian documentary 'Moon' ...

Visions of space on the 50th anniversary of the first spacewalk   BBC News
The problems of spacesuits 50 years after the first spacewalk   E&T magazine
Awe and Fear: Russian Cosmonaut Recalls Mankind's First Spacewalk   Naharnet

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Mashable
   
Dazzling and widespread Aurora displays may take place tonight   
Mashable
Thanks to a rare, severe geomagnetic storm, the Northern Lights may be visible on Tuesday night in areas far to the south of its typical home in the Arctic. The northern tier of the U.S., from Washington State to Michigan, as well as parts of Europe and Asia saw ...

Solar storm delivers spectacular aurora displays and pictures   The Guardian
Northern lights expected to awe skygazers in Ottawa, around world   Ottawa Citizen
Stars align to create possibility for you to see Aurora Borealis   The Denver Post
Yibada (English Edition)   
MassLive.com   
lehighvalleylive.com   
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Irish Independent
   
Mars One mission is doomed, says Irish finalist   
Irish Independent
An unprecedented mission to send the first humans to live on Mars could be doomed to fail, an Irish finalist has claimed. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Astrophysicist at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Joseph ...

​Mars One not going anywhere, says one finalist   RT
One-way ticket to Mars contest is a scam and will never happen, suggests finalist   The Space Reporter
Mars One trip finalist casts doubt on organisation, says ambitious plan could ...   9news.com.au
Irish Examiner   
InterAksyon   
Techly   
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NBCNews.com
   
Weird Water Flow May Endanger East Antarctica's Totten Glacier   
NBCNews.com
The flow of warm water from the ocean's depths via two previously unnoticed "pathways" appears to be behind the extreme thinning of East Antarctica's Totten Glacier, researchers say. The discovery, reported in Nature Geoscience, heightens concern about ...

Warm Ocean Currents Contribute to Melting Glaciers   Wall Street Journal
The melting of Antarctica was already really bad. It just got worse.   Washington Post
Warm water channel found under one of Antarctica's largest glaciers   Telegraph.co.uk
Newsweek   
University of Texas at Austin News   
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BBC News
   
Hat-trick for star-gazers as Northern Lights lights up the skies over Scotland   
Herald Scotland
A HAT-TRICK of major astronomical events is sweeping across Scotland this week, with the Northern Lights the latest attraction for stargazers. A HAT-TRICK of major astronomical events is sweeping across Scotland this week, with the Northern Lights the ...

Thousands to travel to Scotland to see eclipse   Scotsman
Bright-eyed residents urged to turn around as town prepares for eclipse   Rochdale Online
Burnham-On-Sea set to enjoy solar eclipse on Friday morning   Burnham-On-Sea
BBC News   
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Independent   
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Daily Mail
   
Buzz Aldrin makes statement about the future of space exploration in front of ...   
Daily Mail
The 85-year-old former NASA astronaut, who touched down on the moon in 1969 with Neil Armstrong, posted a picture on Twitter of himself in front of England's Stonehenge, wearing a T-shirt reading, 'Get your a** to Mars'. 'While at @EH_Stonehenge ...

Buzz Aldrin tweets an epic photo for the ages   BGR
Buzz Aldrin sends message to Mars from Stonehenge   BBC News
Buzz Aldrin to NASA: 'Get Your Ass to Mars'   Chron.com
E! Online   
Huffington Post   
TIME   
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