2014年12月31日 星期三

2015-01-01 U.S. Science


Forbes
   
Are Monarch Butterflies Endangered? Population Down Ninety Percent   
Forbes
Once a ubiquitous symbol of the arrival of spring across North America and elsewhere, the monarch butterfly may be moving towards official listing as an endangered species. On Monday, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it is ...

Decline In Monarch Butterfly Numbers Prompts Activists To Demand Federal ...   Capital OTC
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are reviewing a proposal to include Monarch ...   Geek Infinite
Monarch Butterflies May Soon Be an Endangered Species because Population ...   Boxing Dispatch
io9   
Washington Post   
CBS News   
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Capitalberg
   
Indonesian Frog One of a Kind - And Not Because of Its Fangs   
Voice of America
WASHINGTON—. Its fangs are not what makes the newly identified Indonesian frog species Limnonectes larvaepartus unique on Earth. The way it makes babies does. This little amphibian from the rainforests of Indonesia's island of Sulawesi is the only one of ...

Newly discovered species is only known frog to give birth to live young   Science Recorder
Fanged Frogs: An Amphibian with a Mammalian ability of giving birth to tadpoles   Frontline Desk
First frog that gives birth to tadpoles   New Vision
SMN Weekly   
Boxing Dispatch   
Design & Trend   
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TIME
   
Study: Even birds slur their speech when drunk   
WDAM-TV
(CNN) - A new study reveals that drunken birds act just like their human counterparts. Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University gave juice spiked with alcohol to zebra finches. They found that once the birds got buzzed, they started to slur their ...

Drunk Birds 'Slur' Just Like People   Boxing Dispatch
Drunk Zebra Finches Slur Their Songs   Slate Magazine (blog)
Study: Drunk birds slur their songs   kwwl.com
Huffington Post   
Science Times   
Washington Post   
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Wired
   
Beyond Apollo Welcomes Comet Lovejoy   
Wired
NASA's Rosetta that never was: the cancelled CRAF spacecraft releases a lander at Comet 22P/Kopff. NASA. Toward the end of 2013, Comet ISON was all over the space & astronomy news. Then, alas, the poor snowball disintegrated into a spray of dust as it ...

A naked-eye comet, visible in the New Year's Eve sky   Los Angeles Times
Ring in the New Year with comet Lovejoy   SMN Weekly
Lovejoy: The New Year's Comet   Ricochet.com
ABC News   
National Geographic   
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NBCNews.com
   
Belize's 'Blue Hole' Reveals Clues to Maya's Climate Collapse   
NBCNews.com
SAN FRANCISCO — The ancient Maya civilization collapsed due to a century-long drought, new research suggests. Minerals taken from Belize's famous underwater cave, known as the Blue Hole, as well as lagoons nearby, show that an extreme drought ...


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Los Angeles Times
   
NASA team hacks Opportunity to treat Mars rover's amnesia   
Los Angeles Times
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has been working well into its golden years – after nearly 11 years roaming the Red Planet, it has survived more than 40 times past its warranty. But now, this trusty veteran explorer is experiencing some worrisome memory loss.
Opportunity Rover facing memory issues: NASA   Maine News Online
NASA's venerable Opportunity Mars rover to get new lease on life   SMN Weekly
NASA plans to fix Mars Rover Opportunity's Amnesia via Hacking   Capitalberg
io9   
Christian Science Monitor   
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Capitalberg
   
Dawn spacecraft starts final approach to Ceres   
SMN Weekly
The Dawn spacecraft, launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has begun its final approach to Ceres, a dwarf planet in our solar system's asteroid belt. The largest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres is roughly the size of Texas. Dawn is ...

Get ready! NASA spacecraft soon to rendezvous with dwarf planet Ceres   Los Angeles Times
NASA Readies Dawn Probe for Ceres Approach   PC Magazine
NASA's Dawn Probe Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres   NBCNews.com
Spaceflight Now   
Pioneer News   
Voice Chronicle   
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Frontline Desk
   
Venus's surface once comprised of oceans of CO2   
Frontline Desk
Researchers have found that the surface of Venus once had oceans unlike Earth as they were filled with liquid carbon dioxide rather than water. A study led by Dima Bolmatov of the Cornell University has suggested that the surface of the planet might have ...

Venus might have supported oceans of carbon dioxide in the past: Study   Uncover Michigan
Venus once covered in CO2 oceans   Inferse
Scientists claim Venus Put Up Liquid CO2 Oceans In The Past   Boxing Dispatch
Capitalberg   
Discovery News   
Scientific American   
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Nature World News
   
The Year in Review: Space   
Nature World News
If you have been following the headlines, then you very well know that this was a brilliant year for space exploration. There were hardships and tragedies along the way, but it certainly must be acknowledged that humanity has come very far, and is closer than ...

'Interstellar' Star Jessica Chastain Hails NASA Space Exploration (Video)   Space.com
What next for the future tech of 2014?   CNET
Boeing passes second key test for NASA space taxi flights in 2017   Fox News
SpaceFlight Insider   
WWNO   
Clarksville Online   
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The Durango Herald
   
Elk herd falls through ice near Pagosa Springs   
San Francisco Chronicle
DENVER (AP) — Wildlife officials say about 20 elk died when they fell through the ice on a reservoir near Pagosa Springs in southwestern Colorado. Matt Robbins, a spokesman for Colorado Parks & Wildlife, tells The Denver Post (http://dpo.st/1xhJQnc ) the ...

21 elk drown near Pagosa Springs   The Durango Herald
Elk herd killed after thin ice cracks   9NEWS.com
Elk herd dies after plunging through ice near Pagosa Springs   The Denver Post

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