2014年9月24日 星期三

2014-09-25 U.S. Science

  Firstpost   
Mangalyaan success: Why Western criticism of India's Mars mission is blatant ...  Firstpost
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in November 2013, when the Mangalyaan was launched from Earth. It has been republished in light of the success of the India Mars mission. Balaji Viswanathan. India has now successfully launched its ...

Why Mars? To find the elusive methane and secrets of life   Times of India
India wins Asia's race to Mars on just a $93.7m budget   AsiaOne
Indian expatriates in Oman bask in glory of Mars mission success   Times of Oman
Zee News   
Christian Science Monitor   
NDTV   
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  Tech Times   
Bicep team Big Bang signal may just be dust, Planck suggests  Tech Times
A finding of gravitational waves from the early universe reported in March 2014 may have been wrong, according to new information from the Planck observatory. The scientists making the initial report didn't take stardust into account. (Photo : Nature).
From cosmic inflation to galactic dust: The scientific method at work   Science Recorder
Has cosmic inflation theory been deflated?   Christian Science Monitor
Epic big bang discovery might just be space dust   Fox News
Astronomy Magazine   
Huffington Post   
Ars Technica   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
This is why keeping a chimpanzee as a pet is a terrible idea  Science Recorder
Chimpanzees' experiences during the first four years of life can shape behavioral and welfare outcomes well into adulthood. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all articles. Just $4.99/year. Subscribe. According to the ...

Chimpanzees become Socially Handicapped when kept as Pets: Study   Maine News Online
Chimpanzees are meant to live in the wild, not in our home   Capital OTC
Thinking of getting a chimpanzee? Read this first. (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Daily Digest   
Delhi Daily News   
The Westside Story   
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  Capital Wired   
Antarctic Fish's Antifreeze Protein: Ice won't grow, but it also won't melt  Capital Wired
Regrettably, every animal residing in the Antarctic Ocean faces a distinctive challenge of surviving in the below zero temperature. According to the researchers, there are numerous species of Antarctic Notothenioid fish, who manage to survive in below zero ...

Antarctic Fish Live With Ice In Their Veins Year-Round   Discover Magazine (blog)
Antarctic Fish Have Antifreeze Blood and Ice Crystals in Their Bodies   E Canada Now
Antifreeze protein found in Antarctic fish   Delhi Daily News
FIS   
Tech Times   
RedOrbit   
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  Washington Post   
Experts Say Butterfly-Shaped Blob Was Made of ... Butterflies?  NBCNews.com
A mysterious butterfly-shaped cloud spotted over St. Louis last week was built from actual butterflies, the National Weather Service said. In a rare coincidence, a giant swarm of migrating monarch butterflies resembled a butterfly on radar for a short time Friday ...

Mystery solved? Suspicious radar echoes were probably migrating Monarch ...   Washington Post (blog)
Butterfly swarm seen winging its way on weather radar   USA TODAY
Migrating monarchs paint butterfly portrait for radar watchers (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Discovery News   
ABC News   
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  New York Times   
EPA touts new plan to continue Great Lakes cleanup  Science Recorder
The new plans, which are expected to extend through 2019, are a continuation of an existing initiative started in 2010. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all articles. Just $4.99/year. Subscribe. The EPA has unveiled the ...

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative action plan announced   WKOW
EPA Unveils Second Phase of Plan to Reverse Great Lakes Damage   New York Times
EPA unveils new Great Lakes cleanup plan   Evanston Now
Oneonta Daily Star   
Latin Post   
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  National Geographic   
Scientists hit new milestone in search for water on planets outside our solar system  Washington Post
Seven hundred and twenty-nine trillion miles away, a planet four times bigger than our own has water in its atmosphere. Of course, the planet is a super hot bundle of gas surrounding a tiny rocky core, so it's not as if that water would support life as we know it.
Water vapor detected in clear skies on Neptune-sized exoplanet   Los Angeles Times
Water discovered on smaller-than-ever distant exoplanet   RT
Eureka! Astronomers say they#8217;ve discovered clear skies and water vapor...   The Hornet
ScienceAlert   
89.3 KPCC   
DAWN.com   
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  Fox News   
US and China announce plans to curb greenhouse gases  Los Angeles Times
At a summit Tuesday to kick off the drafting of an international climate change accord, President Obama spoke bluntly of American responsibility for global warming and pledged that ambitious steps would be unveiled over the next year to cut greenhouse gas ...

India, China serious about climate change, says UN official   IBNLive
Climate change? China rebuts Obama   Fox News
UN: All hands needed on deck to tackle climate change   The Star Online
Sydney Morning Herald   
Forbes   
National Geographic   
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  Treehugger   
Can we take deforestation off the grocery store shelves?  Treehugger
One of the major announcements made at yesterday's UN Climate Summit was the New York Declaration of Forests, a public-private partnership with the ambitious goals of ending deforestation by 2030 and restoring 150 million hectares of degraded forests ...

UN Climate Change Summit Yields Major Announcements on Deforestation   VICE News
UN pledges to halt the loss of forests by 2030   Daily Digest
New York Declaration on Forests Pledges to Halt Natural Forest Loss by 2030   IISD Reporting Services
AllAfrica.com   
Jagran Josh   
GhanaWeb   
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  Product Design & Development   
NASA Challenges Public to Design a Piece of a Mars Probe  NBCNews.com
NASA has challenged the public to design part of a spacecraft that could land future spacefliers on the surface of Mars. The NASA Mars Balance Mass Challenge runs through Nov. 21. The agency will announce the winning design in January 2015, and the ...

NASA Maven successfully enters Mars orbit: What's next?   Tech Times
Our reporter on the Maven Mars Mission: The Martian atmosphere is being studied   Westseattleherald.com
Newser experiences moment satellite MAVEN enters Mars orbit while on tour of ...   New York Daily News
The Denver Post   
Latin Post   
Uncover California   
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