2014年12月22日 星期一

2014-12-23 U.S. Science


Science Times
   
Yellowstone's Thermal Springs - Pollution and Their Unique Coloration   
Science Times
It may not be easy to turn back the hands of time to see the effect humans have, but thanks to some creative mathematical modelling geologists have been able to make an accurate picture of one particular case. Published this week in the journal Applied ...

Yellowstone Thermal Pools Colored by Pollution   Discovery News
YellowStone Thermal Springs get their amazing colors due to pollution   New Hampshire Voice
These Beautiful Thermal Springs Could Have Been A Deep Blue   The Escapist
Capitalberg   
Washington Post   
Tech Times   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Video: Falling to Earth aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft   
Los Angeles Times
A NASA video lets you virtually peer out the window of the Orion spacecraft as it plummets to Earth at speeds up to 20,000 mph. lRelated What a comeback: Revived Kepler spacecraft finds its first new planet · Science Now · What a comeback: Revived Kepler ...

Mission to Mars is a one-way trip   myfoxny.com
NASA video shows Orion's hot, speedy descent at 4000 degrees Celsius   Science Recorder
NASA Orion Space Capsule Back in Florida After Test Flight   Scientific American
The Space Review   
News Every day   
PerezHilton.com   
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Slate Magazine
   
NASA mulls plan to explore Venus with 'Cloud City'   
Christian Science Monitor
At 800 degrees Fahrenheit, Venus isn't a hospitable place to land, but some NASA scientists are proposing to study the atmosphere from habitable dirigibles. By Mark Trumbull, Staff writer December 22, 2014. close. The northern hemisphere of Venus is ...

NASA Wants To Build Bespin Style Cloud City On Venus   American Live Wire
NASA HAVOC mission aims Could City above Venus   Inferse
Coal-Powered Electric Cars Out-Pollute Fossil Fuels   Big Think (blog)
Slate Magazine   
Uproxx   
The Week Magazine   
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Wall Street Journal
   
NASA Is Lost in Space   
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. space program needs a clear purpose. Spending billions on the International Space Station isn't it. Astronaut James H. Newman waves from the International Space Station, Dec. 5. ENLARGE. Astronaut James H. Newman waves from the ...

Joy to the World! Space Station Crew Offers Christmas Greetings to Earth   NBCNews.com
December 22, 2014 in Mission Reports: Ratchet wrench 'emailed' to space station   Spaceflight Now
Instead of waiting for wrench, astronaut on ISS prints one   The Globe and Mail
abc7news.com   
News Every day   
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CBS Local
   
Stanford Students Invent Gecko Gloves The Give Humans The Power To Scale ...   
CBS Local
Engineering graduate student Elliot Hawkes scales the glass exterior of Packard Electrical Engineering Building using gecko-inspired controllable adhesives. Credit: Eric Eason. Related Tags: Gecko, Gecko Gloves, Invention, NASA, Palo Alto, Patent, Scale ...

Stanford students design paddles to climb glass   Washington Post

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Tech Times
   
Watch This Trippy Timelapse Video Of What Earth Looks Like From Space   
Tech Times
I would imagine that one of the main draws of launching into space would be to see some awe-inspiring sites that most people will never experience in their lifetime. Heck, that's why I would go into space. Luckily, as technology gets more and more advanced, ...

New Timelapse shows what earth looks like from the International Space Station   BioScholar News
New timelapse shows six months of views from space in six minutes   Washington Post

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Full-Time Whistle
   
NASA Spies Christmas Lights from Space (Video)   
Full-Time Whistle
NASA has recently unveiled video footage that shows Christmas lights from space, as captured by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) weather satellite. The satellite's data shows the ever-shifting changes in the patterns of lights that ...

Week in Geek: Holiday lights change the view from space   MSNBC
NASA Can See Your Holiday Lights From Space   WOUB
Holiday lights brighten cities in outer space images   KSL.com

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The Capital Wide
   
Annual bird count held at Grand Isle   
Houma Courier
Groups of birders gathered in Grand Isle last week to spot and record the various avian species calling the island home for the winter. Around 15 observers scoured the island Dec. 18 to participate in the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird ...

Christmas Bird County for Kids   Petaluma Argus Courier
Pileated Woodpeckers spotted during count   Price County Daily
Birders hit woods and fields for annual bird count   seattlepi.com
The Valley Gazette   
CBC.ca   
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Mashable
   
Worst 'coral bleaching' in nearly 20 years may be underway, scientists warn   
Mashable
Colorful reef fish - Pennantfish, Pyramid and Milletseed butterflyfish - school in great numbers at Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. Image: James Watt/Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. 2_27_14_andrewheadshot. By Andrew ...

The connection between trade winds, coral and global warming   ModVive
Corals Hint At Global Warming Spike―What Climate Change Is Doing Now   Science Times
Scientists predict worst coral bleaching in 20 years   UPI.com
Macro Insider   
Pioneer News   
Jobs & Hire   
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USA TODAY
   
Why last night wasn't Earth's longest   
USA TODAY
(NEWSER) – The winter solstice officially occurred at 6:04pm EST yesterday, marking the first day of winter and the longest night of the year. But all "longest nights" aren't created equal, and the longest night in Earth's history likely happened in 1912.
This year's Winter Solstice coincided with a full moon   The Space Reporter
What the Winter Solstice Means - The Onset of Winter and The Darker Days Ahead   Science Times
So, Today's the Winter Solstice. What Does That Mean, Exactly?   Slate Magazine (blog)
The Nation   
Christian Science Monitor   
BBC News   
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