2014年12月24日 星期三

2014-12-25 U.S. Science


Los Angeles Times
   
Dazzling! NuSTAR captures sun's portrait in solar X-rays   
Los Angeles Times
It's time to see the sun in a whole new light – X-ray light. NASA's NuSTAR space telescope has taken a stunning portrait of our home star in high-energy X-rays. The related research, presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco this ...

VIDEO: NASA Captures Spectacular Solar Flare Light Display   Science Times
NASA's NuSTAR takes dramatic X-Ray pictures of the Sun   Capitalberg
Amazing X-ray picture of the sun   CBS News
The Register   
Engadget   
Chron.com   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
This surreal timelapse shows what earth looks like from the International Space ...   
Vox
During his six-month stay on the International Space Station, German astronaut Alexander Gerst took more than 12,500 photos — of the Milky Way, the aurora borealis, the illumination produced by cities at night, and all other sorts of beautiful sights that we ...

Watch this space: Timelapse shows six months in space in six minutes   Sydney Morning Herald

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Capitalberg
   
Four companies have been picked by NASA for its Commercial Space Flight ...   
Capitalberg
NASA has stated the names of four commercial aerospace firms that it has selected in order to help it develop new space capabilities. The agency's Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities is in line with these firms to participate in NASA's several ...

NASA Picks Four Companies for Commercial Space Flight Collaboration   Tech Times
NASA Selects Commercial Space Partners for Collaborative Partnerships   SpaceFlight Insider
NASA SSA Gives Further Momentum to ViviSat's In-Orbit Servicing Ambitions   Satellite Today
Pioneer News   
Space.com   
Phys.Org   
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Inferse
   
Acanthodes bridgei fish with mineralized rods and cones had colour vision   
Inferse
Summary: Scientists have discovered a 300 M yr-old fossilized fish with mineralized rods and cones which indicates presence of colour vision. inShare0. Acanthodes bridgei fish with mineralized rods and cones had colour vision. By Alexander | On December ...

Ancient Eye Contains 300 Million-Year-Old Rods and Cones   Tech Times
Rods and Cones prevalent in Ancient Fish eye over 300 million years old   Capitalberg
Fishes Too, Have Rods and Cone Cells in their Eye - (full-timewhistle)   Full-Time Whistle
Fox News   
Discovery News   
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Uncover California
   
Why You Need to Exercise Much More Than Your Ancestors Did   
Healthline
Our ancestors, who had to hunt and gather their food before the invention of agriculture, were more physically active than we are. Their bones were much stronger, too. Written by Nina Lincoff | Published on December 24, 2014. A A A ...

The switch to farming made our skeletons more fragile (because we got lazier)   Washington Post
Our Weaker Bones a Recent Evolutionary Development, Say Researchers   Popular Archaeology
Reduced physical activity leads to weaker bones: Study   Uncover California
The Westside Story   
Bioscience Technology   
Chinatopix   
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Pioneer News
   
A dwarf galaxy spotted by Hubble   
Pioneer News
We have a new cosmic neighbor- a dwarf galaxy called KKs3. It was spotted recently by NASA's Hubble telescope. KKs3 does not have features like the spiral arms found in our galaxy. It is 700 million light-years away, in the southern sky, near the ...

Hubble spots Milky Way's new dwarf neighbour 'KKs3'   America Herald
New Rare Dwarf Galaxies Discovered By Hubble Space Telescope   Capitalberg
Hubble spots Dwarf Galaxy neighboring Milky Way   The Hoops News
American Live Wire   
ValueWalk   
The News Ledge   
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Daily Times
   
A New and Cheaper Way To Get to Mars?   
Sci-Tech Today
Scientists say a new method, called ballistic capture, for transporting robotic rovers, satellites and astronaut-carrying spacecraft to Mars could save space agencies time and money. Currently, the favored method for getting a spacecraft into orbit around Mars is ...

Have mathematicians found a cheap & easy way to get to Mars?   Daily Times
Scientists Propose Cheaper Trips to Mars   PC Magazine
A New Way to Reach Mars Safely, Anytime and on the Cheap   Scientific American
West Texas News   
Uncover California   
Chinatopix   
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Science Times
   
Lava Flow Stalls 700 Yards away from Shopping Center   
Science Times
Stalled, cooled lava in Pohoa (Photo : (AP Photo/Tim Wright)) Visitors view a section of cooled lava from lava flow as it approaches a shopping center in Pahoa, Hawaii, on Dec. 19. Officials at the Hawaii County Civil Defense expected to see the lava reach the ...

Hawaii Lava Stops Short of Big Island Shopping Center   Tech Times
Lava flow spares Hawaiian shopping center just before Christmas   Washington Post
Hawaii County Civil Defense to monitor lava over holidays   KITV Honolulu
Honolulu Star-Advertiser   
Huffington Post   
New York Times   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
Climate Change This Week: Bishops Bugle, Latin Solar Salsa, the Price of Heat ...   
Full-Time Whistle
A strongly-worded report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a vaguely worded "weak intentions" of nations encapsulate the state of the global climate and state of [in]action to mitigate disastrous effects. Click for video (play) >>.
World's future climate will depend on people in 2015, not governments   Al Jazeera America
Feature: Next year crucial for fight against climate change, but hurdles remain   Shanghai Daily (subscription)
World Wakes Up to Climate Change, Takes Action in 2014   Voice of America
InsideClimate News   
Kansas City infoZine   
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Scientific American
   
Coral Clues Hint at Looming Global Warming Spike   
Scientific American
Newly published findings indicate that all it would take to trigger what could be an historically unparalleled period of rising global temperatures would be a shift in the winds. Credit: NOAA/Wikimedia Commons. Chemical clues in skeletons produced by coral ...

Worst 'coral bleaching' in nearly 20 years may be underway, scientists warn   Mashable
What Manganese and the Trade Winds Tell Researchers about the Coral ...   Science Times
Global warming blamed for 'worst ever' Marshall Islands coral bleaching   Telegraph.co.uk
Nature World News   
Ars Technica   
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