2015年5月27日 星期三

2015-05-28 South Africa Science


Sky & Telescope
   
Most Luminous Galaxy   
Sky & Telescope
Researchers using NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the most luminous galaxy to date. Dubbed WISE J224607.57-052635.0, this Extremely Luminous Infrared Galaxy (ELIRG) shines brighter in the infrared than 300 trillion ...

Brightest Galaxy Yet Shines With Light of 300 Trillion Suns   National Geographic
NASA discovers Most Luminous Galaxy in Universe   PerfScience
NASA Satellite Finds Brightest Galaxy of the Universe   Prensa Latina
Gizmag   
TweakTown   
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Vatican Radio
   
Holy See: authentic communication a human achievement   
Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) The Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Msgr. Paul Tighe, addressed the World Summit on the Information Society during their 2015 session for High-Level Policy Statements in Geneva on May 27th, 2015.
RMC Scoops Global Award for Fostering Ethical Journalism   AllAfrica.com

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Mashable
   
Approved to launch Air Force satellites, Elon Musk's SpaceX ends a monopoly   
Mashable
Elon Musk's spaceflight company SpaceX can now compete to launch national security missions for the Air Force, and that's a sea change in the world of commercial space. The authorization of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for these missions effectively opens up ...

SpaceX cleared for US military launches   New Zealand Herald
SpaceX can Launch Spy Satellites; Government Ensures Children Don't ...   Nature World Report
Air Force certifies SpaceX to compete for military launches   Daily Democrat
Defense Industry Daily   
Air Force Link   
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Discovery News
   
NASA selects celestial Nasa toolkit ready to look for life on Jupiter's moon   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Nasa, on Tuesday, said it has chosen a trove of instruments to send to Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa, as it moves ahead press forward with its search for evidence if the orb could support life. The nine gadgets - from cameras to radars to ...

Nasa selects celestial tool box for Jupiter moon   Times LIVE
Can Europa Support Life? NASA Picks Tools to Study Jupiter's Mystery Moon   NBCNews.com

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BBC News
   
Evidence of 430000-year-old human violence found   
BBC News
Human remains from a cave in northern Spain show evidence of a lethal attack 430,000 years ago, a study has shown. Researchers examined one skull from a site called the Pit of Bones, which contains the remains of at least 28 people. They concluded that ...

Spanish cave Sima de los Huesos reveals first known murder victim   The Australian (blog)
World's first murder victim? Skull is evidence of 430000-year-old crime   Los Angeles Times
Could this be the world's first known murder?   CBS News
NBCNews.com   
The Independent   
Smithsonian   
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NEWS.com.au
   
'Lucy' may not be our mum after all   
NEWS.com.au
IN 1974, anthropologists in Ethiopia found the astonishing fossilised remains of a human-like creature who last walked the planet some 3.2 million years ago. Was “Lucy,” as the hominid was called, the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens? Was she “The Mother ...

'New species' of ancient human found   BBC News
World Watch: News Digest   Wall Street Journal
Adding Branches to the Human Family Tree   New York Times
Washington Post   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Scientists discovered 139 new species in the Greater Mekong in 2014: WWF report   
Sydney Morning Herald
Before eating its prey alive, the ampulex dementor wasp paralyses its prey not by locking up its muscles but by stealing its free will. A single sting of the wasp's venom, injected into the belly of a cockroach, blocks the receptors of the neurotransmitter involved ...

Terrifying 'dementor' wasp species named for evil spirits from Harry Potter   Treehugger
'Dementor' wasp among new Mekong finds   The Nation
Bizarre and beautiful: 139 new species discovered in Myanmar and the Greater ...   Myanmar Times

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Hindustan Times
   
'Over 70% of glaciers in Everest region could be lost by 2100'   
Hindustan Times
Glaciers in the Everest region could shrink at least 70 percent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century as a result of climate change, say scientists in Nepal, the Netherlands and France, who studied weather patterns on the roof of the world and ...

Scientists warn Everest glaciers at risk of disappearing   The Nation
Mount Everest Could Look Very Different By The End Of The Century   ThinkProgress

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Live Science
   
Self-healing robots take step towards disaster relief   
ABS CBN News
PARIS, France - Scientists on Wednesday said they had created a small robot that can recover from damage, in a step towards machines that mimic the remarkable adaptive powers of humans and animals. The feat could one day lead to first-responder robots ...

Scientists create self-healing robots with 'Borg-like' ability to adapt to damage   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Amazing new robots self-repair in minutes   State Column
Scientists Develop Robots That Adapt to Damage, Keep Working   Voice of America
Gazette Herald   
Live Science   
Phys.Org   
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Daily Mail
   
Nasa's next mission to Mars is GO: Radical lander could finally find out what lies ...   
Daily Mail
Rovers on Mars have drilled, hammered and dug into the surface of the red planet – but so far, none have been able to get very far. That's may all change in September 2016, when Nasa's newest mission to the red planet, InSight, arrives on the alien world in ...

NASA Begins Testing Mars Lander for Next Mission to Red Planet: NASA   Focus News
Mars missions help nations build scientific capabilities   Emirates 24/7
Sky is no longer the limit for the UAE   gulfnews.com
Space.com   
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