2014年10月2日 星期四

2014-10-03 U.S. Science

  New York Times   
What drives the monarch butterfly's 2000-mile sojourn? (+video)  Christian Science Monitor
A genetic analysis of 101 North American monarchs has upended existing theories about the evolution of the iconic orange-and-black butterflies. By Noelle Swan, Staff writer October 2, 2014. About video ads. It's a story nearly every grade-schooler knows: ...

One gene is crucial to monarchs' migration   Washington Post
Experts expect rebound in monarch butterflies   SFGate
Nature notes: monarch butterflies   The Times (subscription)

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  Daily Mail   
Global Seafloor Survey Reveals Volcanic Wonderland  NBCNews.com
A new topographic map of Earth's mysterious ocean floor reveals thousands of towering volcanoes, hidden gashes where supercontinents ripped apart and other never-before-seen features once veiled by miles of water and thick sediment. The topography of ...

Global seafloor map reveals stunning details of Earth's depths   Reuters
New Global Seafloor Map Shows Hidden Seamounts   WallStreet OTC
Uncharted ocean mountains, trenches and ridges revealed by satellite map   The Guardian
KPBS   
ABC Science Online   
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  Huffington Post   
Tackling Climate Change, Together: Five Observations from UN Climate Week ...  Huffington Post
As a communications professional with 20 years of experience in global sustainability strategy and engagement, I found the recent climate convening in New York City both inspirational and encouraging. For the first time, we saw cohesion and camaraderie ...

Brown, Bay Area Activists in NYC for UN Climate Summit   KQED
Climate Change Responsible for 2013 Weather Extremes   Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
A rare debate on the “settled science” of climate change   CommDigiNews
Tribune-Review   
Climate Central   
Johns Hopkins News-Letter   
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  BBC News   
Sharks can be 'social or solitary'  BBC News
The most feared predators in the sea have individual personalities that affect how readily they socialise, according to a study by UK scientists. Individual sharks, studied in groups of ten, showed consistent social habits - either forming groups with other sharks ...

Scientists Discover Some Sharks Are Loners   Dumb-Out
Sharks might have distinct personalities   Washington Post
Sharks Can Now Take Buzzfeed Personality Tests   Daily Caller
Headlines & Global News   
Discovery News   
Tech Times   
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  Capital OTC   
Dream Chaser Space Plane Gets a New Lease of Life in the Form of Paul Allen  Capital OTC
Privately owned Sierra Nevada Corp which lost its bid to obtain extra NASA funding could get a new lease of life courtesy, Paul Allen and his space dreams. NASA has awarded contracts which amounts to $6.8 billion for space taxi development and flights to ...

Dream Chaser drama: Sierra Nevada partners with Stratolaunch, challenges ...   Tech Times
Sierra Nevada Announces Partnership With Stratolaunch   ValueWalk
Dream Chaser Space Plane to Launch From the Stratosphere   Discovery News
Flying Magazine   
E&T magazine   
Flightglobal   
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  Cleveland Leader   
Debate Over Pluto's Status as a Dwarf Planet Reignited  Cleveland Leader
Pluto was taught to be our solar system's 9th planet until the International Astronomical Union voted to reduce it to merely a "dwarf planet". Now, the debate over whether Pluto should be a planet is being reignited, raising the possibility that it could be ...

Harvard says Pluto is a planet, opening up the space debate again   WTVD-TV
Pluto might just become a planet again   Examiner.com
Should Pluto regain planet status? A Harvard science historian thinks so   Salon
CBC.ca   
NEWS.com.au   
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  Scientific American   
Lunar Lava Left 'Strikingly Geometric' Shapes on Moon's Surface  Scientific American
The full moon as seen from the Earth, with the Ocean of Storms (Procellarum) border structures superimposed in red. Credit: Kopernik Observatory/NASA/Colorado School of Mines/MIT/JPL/Goddard Space Flight Center. A massive feature on the moon formed ...

Man on the moon formed by volcanic activity, not asteroid impacts   Examiner.com
'Man on the Moon' Didn't Get There Way We Thought   Newser
Scientists discover origins of moon's largest basin (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Tech Times   
ABC News   
Dumb-Out   
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  ABC News   
Drone Captures Epic Footage of Iceland Volcano Eruption  PC Magazine
Drone company DJI captured the Bardarbunga Volcano eruption, and the footage is nothing short of amazing. 0shares. DJI-Filmed Exploding Volcano · VIEW ALL PHOTOS IN GALLERY. If you want to capture close-up video of a volcano erupting, you better ...

Martyred GoPro Shares Some Amazing Volcano Footage   Nature World News
Incredible Drone Aerial Footage Of Iceland Volcano   Fstoppers
Drone Captures Incredible Footage of Volcano Eruption   ABC News
Tech Times   
The Weather Channel   
Beta Wired   
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  Headlines & Global News   
Grapevine: Gov't regs force California winery to close  Fox News
The National Nuclear Security Administration is holding off on disassembling some nuclear components because of asteroids. The Wall Street Journal reports the admission is tucked away deep inside a Government Accountability Office report listing one ...

US on nukes: we're keeping them to blow up asteroids   SlashGear
U.S. Government Needs Nukes To Protect From Asteroid   Headlines & Global News
America is holding on to nukes for defending the planet against asteroids   Daily Mail
The Post-Standard - syracuse.com   
Tech Times   
The Charlottesville Newsplex   
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  Press-Enterprise   
Yellow-billed cuckoo to be listed as threatened  Press-Enterprise
A large bird known to nest in wetlands along the Santa Ana and Colorado rivers will be protected under the Endangered Species Act, federal wildlife officials announced Thursday. The western population of yellow-billed cuckoo will be listed as threatened ...

23 species in CNMI and Guam at risk   Radio New Zealand
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Granted Endangered Species Act Protection After 16 Year ...   Headlines & Global News
Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Listed As Threatened Species   KVNF Public Radio
KSRO   
eNews Park Forest   
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