2014年11月18日 星期二

2014-11-19 U.S. Science

  Uncover Michigan   
This Terrifying Simulation Shows A Year In The Life Of Earth's CO2  io9
NASA scientists have produced an ultra-high resolution computer model showing the ebbs and flows of carbon dioxide over the course of an entire year. It's both stunning and undeniably frightening. This is the first hi-res simulation to show in such fine detail ...

Stunning NASA Visualization Reveals Secret Swirlings of Carbon Dioxide   National Geographic
NASA Computer Model Shows CO2 Movement Around Planet in Beautiful ...   Tech Times
NASA Shows Stark Year in the Life of CO2   Discovery News
Mashable   
CBS News   
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  BBC News   
Russia tests 'satellite catcher'  BBC News
Russia may be testing a satellite capable of chasing down other orbiting spacecraft, observers say. Such technology could be used for a wide variety of uses, including to repair malfunctioning spacecraft, but also to destroy or disable them. The Kosmos 2499 ...

U.S. fearful that Russia may have set up a satellite killer in space   Frontline Desk
US worries Russia put a 'satellite killer' in space   Fox News
Russian Space Object 2014-28E Sparks Worries About 'Satellite Killer'   NBCNews.com
Beta Wired   
Tech Times   
Bloomberg   
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  Toronto Star   
Finding the culprit virus in starfish deaths, researchers look for environmental ...  PBS NewsHour
Scientists have identified the virus that's caused a massive die-off of starfish along the Pacific Coast. Now researchers must figure out what environmental factors are making the animals more susceptible to the pathogen. Special correspondent Katie ...

Study Finds Virus Likely Killing Sea Stars   NBC 7 San Diego
Starfish mystery mass murderer finally unmasked   The Star Online
Virus fingered for massive Pacific starfish die-off   Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Whitman Pioneer (blog)   
Reuters   
Los Angeles Times   
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  GPS World magazine   
Dark-Matter Detectives: the Clocks Aboard GPS Satellites  GPS World magazine
darkmatter “Networks of correlated atomic clocks, some of them already in existence, such as the Global Positioning System, can be used as a powerful tool to search for topological defect dark matter, thus providing another important fundamental physics ...

Dark matter detector by way of GPS satellites   Beta Wired
Can GPS Detect Dark Matter?   Dumb-Out
Time glitches give away presence of dark matter   Daily Digest
Science Recorder   
Frontline Desk   
University Herald   
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  BBC News   
Lunar Mission One Aims to Send Crowdfunded Probe to Drill on Moon  NBCNews.com
Move over, Mars: A British-led venture called Lunar Mission One has begun a crowdfunding effort to send a robotic lander to the moon with a monster drill. The first step of the plan is to raise $950,000 (£600,000) through a Kickstarter campaign. That money ...

UK 'to lead moon landing' funded by public contributions   BBC News
Return to the Moon: Lunar Mission One will crowd-source it's way to space   Sen (subscription)
For $90, you can bury stuff on the moon   CNNMoney
Irish Examiner   
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  ABC Online   
Japan plans new Antarctic whale hunt  ABC Online
Japan has unveiled plans to resume whale hunting in the Southern Ocean, but has said it will slash the quota of its scientific whaling program. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled earlier this year that Japan's decades-old whale hunt should stop, ...

Japan Cuts Antarctic Whale Quota   Discovery News
Japan to expand its Antarctic whaling area   Stuff.co.nz
Japan Plans New Whale Hunt With Reduced Quotas, Despite Court Ruling   Huffington Post
TIME   
Charlotte Observer   
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  Tech Times   
Possibility of Water in Mars' History Grows with Volcanic-Heating Theory  Tech Times
The martian surface may have once been flowing with liquid water, under an atmosphere contaminated by volcanoes on Mars. (Photo : Ittiz). Volcanoes may have once been active on Mars, possibly warming the planet enough for liquid water to exist on the ...

Water on Mars could be Attributed to volcanic eruptions   Uncover California
This Could Finally Explain How Mars Got Its Liquid Water   io9
Volcanoes May Have Warmed Mars Enough to Harbor Water   Nature World News
ValueWalk   
R & D Magazine   
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  Scottish Daily Record   
Sexual predators: seals caught raping penguins before eating them  Science Recorder
The sexual harassment and rape of penguins by seals may be learned behavior, scientists say. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all articles. Just $4.99/year. Subscribe. On a remote island in the sub-Antarctic, male fur ...

Don't play with your food: seals found raping penguins before eating them   Beta Wired
Why Do Seals Keep Trying To Have Sex With Penguins?   malaysiandigest.com
Scientists baffled by seal sex with penguins   Sky News Australia
The Times (subscription)   
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  CBC.ca   
What did Philae learn in its first 57 hours on the comet? (+video)  Christian Science Monitor
For 57 hours in mid November, a squat lander with spindly legs made history as the first spacecraft to visit the nucleus of a comet – sending a wealth of information on the object to solar-system scientists back on Earth.
Comet landing: Organic molecules detected by Philae   BBC News
Camera clues could lead to finding comet lander Philae   Irish Independent
No, it's not a big deal that Philae found 'organic molecules' on a comet   Washington Post
RT   
The Star Online   
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  The Space Reporter   
Here's to the future: Astronauts test 3D printer in zero gravity  The Space Reporter
On Tuesday, November 18, astronaut Barry Wilmore unpacked and installed the printer, which had arrived on SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship on September 22. The printer was installed in the ISS's Microgravity Science Glovebox nearly two months after its ...

Russia plans to create its own orbital station   PerfScience
3-D printing in space: NASA's orbiting 'machine shop' is one step closer   AL.com
Expedition 41′s Barry Wilmore installs 3D printer in International Space Station   SpaceFlight Insider
eFinance Hub   
Tech Times   
Mother Nature Network   
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