2014年8月14日 星期四

2014-08-15 U.S. Science

  Science Recorder   
Researchers create self-organizing robot swarm  Science Recorder
Researchers from the University of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created the largest robot swarm in history. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all articles. Just $4.99/year. Subscribe ...

Swarm of 1000 Kilobots cooperates like an ant colony   CNET
Harvard Scientists Devise Robot Swarm That Can Work Together   Wall Street Journal
Harvard “kilobot” robots assemble into shape   The Hoops News
Telegraph.co.uk   
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  Forbes   
Scientists think they have dust specks from outside our solar system  Los Angeles Times
Call them the seven wonders of interstellar space: Tiny specks of dust captured by a NASA spacecraft may be the first material from outside the solar system ever caught and brought to Earth. Researchers studying the contents of a capsule returned to Earth in ...

Star dust taken from comet tail excites scientists   Contra Costa Times
Scientists report first analysis of 'precious' space particles   SFGate
Specks of star dust likely first from beyond solar system   Reuters
Newsmax.com   
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  Science Recorder   
Glacial melting is mainly due to human activity, new study shows  Science Recorder
Human activities are the primary cause of glacial melting around the world, according to a groundbreaking study. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all articles. Just $4.99/year. Subscribe. Human activity is unequivocally ...

Human Activity Really Is Melting Glaciers, Study Says   NBCNews.com
10 Things to Know for Friday   Monterey County Herald
Humans May Be Causing Two-Thirds Of Glacial Ice Melt   Headlines & Global News
Statesman Journal   
USA TODAY   
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  National Geographic   
Found: An ancient flying lizard with a massive, sail-shaped crest  Los Angeles Times
Meet the Caiuajara dobruskii: one of the craziest extinct flying lizards you'll ever see. The newly discovered animal is a member of the order Pterosauria, a clade of flying lizards that lived during the time of the dinosaurs. Scientists are still not entirely sure what ...

Newly Discovered Pterosaur Is Unlike Any We've Ever Seen   The Escapist
Pterosaur Flying Species with Butterfly-like head found in Brazil   WallStreet OTC
New Pterosaur Species Found In Brazil   Techsonia
CNET   
The Hoops News   
Uncover California   
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  Fox News   
The Amazon's Biggest Prehistoric Fish Is Delicious and Dying  Munchies_ Food by VICE
The arapaima looks less like a fish than a prehistoric torpedo. It's the largest freshwater fish in South America, where it can grow to over eight feet long and weigh more than 400 pounds. Because it often inhabits oxygen-depleted rivers, it breathes atmospheric ...

Giant Arapaima fish facing extinction threat in Amazon   Tech Times
Amazon's Arapaima fish having unique breathing ability about to extinct   WallStreet OTC
The Amazon's Largest Fish is Being Fished into Extinction   Chinatopix
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  Reuters UK   
Tibetan Plateau Warmer, More Humid  CRIENGLISH.com
A rating system for baby formula producers in China has been proposed in a draft regulation designed to improve food safety management. Every milk powder company will have its own rating file that will record problems, unqualified product information, ...

Tibet's glaciers at their warmest in 2 000 years   News24
Tibet's glaciers at their warmest in 2000 years: Report   Times of India

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  Science Recorder   
Vampire plant actually feeds on other plants  Science Recorder
The popular vampire craze has jumped from books and the big screen straight into the world of biology. The snake-like parasitic plant Cuscuta pentagona seduces and binds its leafy victims in a coiled grip, puncturing the stems and draining the life-giving ...

Vampire Plant Sucks Victim's Genes While Feeding   LiveScience.com
Speaking in (Green) Tongues: Scientist Discovers New Plant Language   Newsweek
New Plant Language Discovered   Discovery News

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  National Post   
Family luck turns up second mammoth tusk  Las Vegas Review-Journal
In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, and provided by Andrew Harrelson, is Andrew Harrelson posing with a 12-foot fossilized tusk that he found in a bend of the Fish River near the village of White Mountain, about 63 miles east of Nome, Alaska.
Mother and Son Find Mammoth Tusks 22 Years Apart in Same Place   The Mary Sue
Mom, son find wooly mammoth tusks 22 years apart   Washington Post

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  The Space Reporter   
Rosetta probe finds Comet 67P is warmer than expected  The Space Reporter
Before entering into orbit around Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August 6, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta probe took its target's temperature, revealing it to be warmer than scientists thought. Between July 21 and 31, Rosetta traveled ...

Here's The First 3D Picture of Rosetta's Comet!   io9

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  USA TODAY   
Stanford Professor Swaps Novels for Numbers to Win Award  Businessweek
Left to right, Artur Avila, Manjul Bhargava, Martin Hairer, and Maryam Mirzakhani are awarded with the 2014 Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul on Aug. 13, 2014. Mirzakhani is the first female winner since the prizes known ...

Iranian president tweets uncovered head of first woman to win Fields medal   The Guardian
Maryam Mirzakhani of Stanford is the first woman to win mathematics' Fields ...   Los Angeles Times
Meet the First Woman to Win Math's Most Prestigious Prize   Wired
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