2014年8月29日 星期五

2014-08-30 U.S. Science

  NBCNews.com   
All Clear: Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano Eruption Over, Air Travel OK'd  NBCNews.com
Iceland said a small volcanic eruption in the Bardarbunga volcano system that started in the early hours of Friday had stopped and that it had lifted all airspace restrictions. Earlier in the day, the Icelandic Meteorological Office reduced its ash warning level for ...

Iceland's volcano ash alert lifted   BBC News
Lava erupts from Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Iceland reduced its aviation warning level to orange yesterday after concluding ...   Irish Independent
Chron.com   
Businessweek   
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  International Business Times UK   
New research reveals how wild rabbits were genetically transformed into tame ...  Science Codex
MISSOULA – Until recently, little has been known about what genetic changes transform wild animals into domesticated ones. An international team of scientists, one of whom is a University of Montana assistant professor, has made a breakthrough by ...

How Wild Rabbits Genetically Became Tame Ones   Science 2.0
How Wild Rabbits Were Domesticated: Genes Reveal Small Changes   Science World Report
New research sheds light on rabbit domestication   Business Standard
Daijiworld.com   
Phys.Org   
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  Toronto Star   
Ancient DNA shows Inuit were not the first to settle the Arctic  DigitalJournal.com
The first people to enter into North America's Arctic were a very shy people who didn't intermix with their neighbors. More importantly, anthropologists now say that DNA studies show that Inuit and Native Americans are genetically separate from them.
How the Dorset People disappeared from Earth   Maine News
First Arctic Pale-Eskimos Left Behind No Descendants, goes Extinct   Capital OTC
DNA study shows mysterious Paleo-Eskimos survived 4000 years until swift ...   Science Recorder
The Westside Story   
Viral Global News   
Newser   
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  Tech Times   
Crash! Boom! Bang! NASA Spitzer telescope spies asteroid smashup around ...  Tech Times
Alien worlds may be forming around a star called NGC 2547-ID8 and astronomers may have just seen evidence of the collision between two massive asteroids. (Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech). The Spitzer Space Telescope has seen the eruption of vast ...

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Captures a Suspected Asteroid Collision   Capital OTC
NASA's Spitzer scopes out huge asteroid smashup. And just misses it.   Los Angeles Times
NASA Spitzer Telescope Spots Collision Between Two Asteroids   Design & Trend
American Live Wire   
ValueWalk   
CBC.ca   
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  ABC News   
Papua New Guinea's Tavurvur Volcano Erupts  ABC News
Papua New Guinea's Tavurvur volcano spewed smoke and ash into the air today, with residents in the South Pacific nation evacuated and flights disrupted. Communities near the volcano were evacuated, while residents of the town of Rabaul were advised to ...

Volcano Erupts in Papua New Guinea   Discovery News
Pictures: Volcanoes Erupting Around the World This Week   National Geographic
Volcano Erupts in Papua New Guinea, Diverts Flights   NBCNews.com
The Australian   
New Zealand Herald   
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  National Geographic   
Dead stars 'can re-ignite' and explode  BBC News
Astronomers have shown that dead stars known as white dwarfs can re-ignite and explode as supernovas. The discovery appears to solve a mystery surrounding the nature of a particular category of stellar explosions known as Type Ia supernovas. Theorists ...

We are Swimming in a Superhot Supernova Soup   Discovery News
Phenomena:   National Geographic
Astrophysicists report radioactive cobalt in supernova explosion   Science Codex
Science 2.0   
Tech Times   
Nature World News   
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  The Inquisitr   
Yellowstone Volcano Eruption: Ash From The Supervolcano Would Be Thick, But ...  The Inquisitr
If the Yellowstone volcano eruption were to happen, scientists say the ash distribution from the Yellowstone supervolcano would be several feet thick in some areas, but not quite the doomsday scenario envisioned by some reports. In a related report by The ...

Computer model shows probable damage of another Yellowstone Eruption   Chinatopix
If Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupts, Ash May Reach NYC   Discovery News
Researchers predict ash fall if Yellowstone supervolcano erupted   Billings Gazette
The Epoch Times   
Helena Independent Record   
RedOrbit   
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  Toronto Star   
Monday marks 100 years since last passenger pigeon died  Toronto Star
She was a star in her day. Scarlet eyes and peach-coloured breast. Head held high. Toward the end of her life, people lined up to see her — a glimpse for the ages. But 100 years ago this Monday, Martha died alone, as if she'd been waiting for the room to ...

Passenger pigeons, which once filled the nation's skies, died out a century ago   Science Recorder
Saving Our Birds   New York Times
13 Memories of Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon   Audubon Magazine
iStreet Research   
The Guardian   
Houston Chronicle   
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  BetaNews   
IBM: Watson, go help those nice scientists with their research  BetaNews
IBM's Watson supercomputer is set to tackle scientific research head-on after being re-programmed to analyze big data in the cloud. Currently, the testing of scientific hypotheses and theories often takes days or months of arduous work, but with Watson's ...

VIdeo Friday: Watson Discovery Advisor Launch   h+ Magazine
IBM touts Watson supercomputer to speed up scientific breakthroughs   Fox News
IBM Watson cooks up some new dishes   PCWorld
Geekzone   
EE Times   
Washington Post   
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  The Space Reporter   
Early galaxy 'Sparky' was a star factory  The Space Reporter
In the hotter, more violent environment of the early Universe, extremely massive galaxies formed. Observing the formation of these giant galaxies has been problematic due to shrouds of dust around their cores, which block visible light. Now, a new study led ...

'Sparky' and its new stars give clues to how massive galaxies evolve   Christian Science Monitor
Astronomers spot the birth of 'Sparky,' a massive star factory   Washington Post
'Sparky' The Galaxy Observed In Star-Forming Frenzy   Headlines & Global News
Fox News Latino   
Space Daily   
French Tribune   
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