2014年10月24日 星期五

2014-10-25 U.S. Science

  The Hindu   
Google exec makes record-breaking, 26-mile parachute jump  SFGate
ROSWELL, N.M. — A prominent computer scientist at Google parachuted from a balloon near the top of the stratosphere on Friday, falling faster than the speed of sound and breaking the world altitude record set just two years ago. The jump was made by ...

Google VP Alan Eustace Leaps From Stratosphere, Beats Felix Baumgartner's ...   Huffington Post
Google Exec Alan Eustace Skydives From 20 Miles In Space   American Live Wire
Google exec breaks sound barrier in supersonic freefall from near-space   CTV News
New York Times   
Arizona Daily Star   
Irish Independent   
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  Capitalberg   
Did Ancient Easter Islanders Have Friends From Afar? Yes, Researchers ...  Capitalberg
Recently, the researchers revealed that the ancient inhabitants of Easter Island met and interbred with Native Americans long before Westerners arrived. Easter Island is located in the middle of the Pacific, 2300 miles (3700 km) west of South America and ...

Easter Islanders Native Americans: Genetic study shows new history contact lines   Examiner.com
Did ancient Easter Islanders have friends from afar? Yes, say scientists.   Christian Science Monitor
Genetic Study Suggests Ancient Voyages Between Easter Island And The ...   RedOrbit
DigitalJournal.com   
University Herald   
Nature World News   
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  Tech Times   
Extinction of largest shark paved way for whales' growth  Tech Times
Megalodon, a giant shark, went extinct millions of years ago, possibly assisting in the evolution of large whales. Why do people think the animals are still alive today? (Photo : Calvert Marine Museum). Megalodon sharks went extinct 2.6 million years ago, ...

The Giant Megalodon: Extinct for 2.6 Million Years   Dumb-Out
Why did a 60-foot long shark go extinct? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Megalodon Shark Extinction May Have Triggered Gigantism In Modern Whales   International Business Times
Inferse   
The Westside Story   
Capital Wired   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Scientists discover highest Ice Age settlements yet  Christian Science Monitor
Some 12,000 years ago, humans were living high up in the Peruvian Andes, say scientists, suggesting that ancient South Americans adapted very quickly to high-altitude living. By Tia Ghose, LiveScience October 24, 2014. close. Archaeologists excavate a ...

Highest Ice Age human settlements found in the Peruvian Andes   Los Angeles Times
Shelter and tools from Ice Age discovered in Peru   Peru this Week
Oldest high-altitude human settlement discovered in Andes   Fox News
Fox News Latino   
The Seattle Times   
Times of India   
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  Chinatopix   
Massive Sunspots Shooting X-Class Solar Flares Toward Earth Could Disrupt ...  Chinatopix
A huge sunspot launching solar flares is currently directed and heading to Earth, with the potential to disrupt technology at any moment. The sunspot is the largest that has been shot toward the Earth in the last 24 years. Judging by its size, it has the potential ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Spots Largest Sunspot in a Decade   Cleveland Leader
Biggest sunspot in years blasts off another X-class solar flare   Examiner.com
X-Class Solar Flare, 4th Major Eruption On The Sun This Week Detected   CBS Local
Forbes   
WND.com   
Design & Trend   
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  Discovery News   
Sorry Rosetta, Your Comet Stinks  Discovery News
When asked to think up a bad smell, your mind will likely drift toward the putrid stench of rotten eggs. That tell-tail smell is caused by hydrogen sulfide and is produced by bacteria feasting on rotting organic matter. Meet Rosetta's Beautiful Lumpy Comet: ...

Scientists say Rosetta's comet stinks -- literally   Los Angeles Times
This is what a comet smells like (and it's not good)   CBS News
European Scientists Conclude That Distant Comet Smells Terrible   NPR (blog)

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  BBC News   
Chimps filmed raiding farms to find food  BBC News
Camera traps have caught wild chimpanzees in the act as they carried out night-time raids on farmland. The footage, captured by researchers from the Museum of Natural History in Paris and the Uganda Wildlife Authority, shows the chimps adapting to human ...

Chimps raid farm, stop to have sex under cover of darkness   Science Now
Chimpanzees Caught Raiding for Food on Tape; What It Says About Their ...   University Herald
Chimps filmed raiding farms for food during night   The Westside Story
Capital Wired   
Tech Times   
Viral Global News   
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  The Nation   
Antarctic explorer's century-old notebook revealed  The Nation
WELLINGTON - A photographic notebook from Robert Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition has been found after a century trapped in the ice of the frozen continent, New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust said. It belonged to scientist George Murray Levick and ...

Antarctic Thaw Reveals Explorer's 100-Year-Old Journal   Newser
Century-Old Notebook from Legendary Antarctic Expedition Found   Live Science
The stories you need to know today   NEWS.com.au
GlobalPost   
Huffington Post   
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  Auto World News   
New microscope produces stunning, technicolor movies of cells in action  CBS News
These striking images give a never-before-seen view of the inner workings of cells. They were created using a revolutionary new microscope developed over ten years by Eric Betzig, a physicist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and one of the winners ...

Light microscopy technique images molecules in 3D quickly, with minimal ...   BioOptics World
New Microscope Tech Shows Cells Like Never Before [Video]   Science Times
Nobel prize winner tops his own idea with newer, better microscope   South China Morning Post (subscription)
UPI.com   
Huffington Post   
Tech Times   
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  seattlepi.com   
Hubble catches a comet buzzing Mars  seattlepi.com
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided spectacular views of distant stars and galaxies over the years. But it can also turn its gaze closer to home. NASA released a great example this week: a composite image of comet Siding Spring making a ...

Hubble captures stunning image of a comet's brush past Mars   Los Angeles Times
Photo op: Hubble captures Comet Siding Spring as it buzzes Mars   Christian Science Monitor
Close encounters: Comet Siding Spring seen next to Mars   Astronomy Magazine
SpaceFlight Insider   
Mother Nature Network   
Kansas City infoZine   
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