2015年1月15日 星期四

2015-01-16 U.S. Science


New York Times
   
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says   
New York Times
A team of scientists, in a groundbreaking analysis of data from hundreds of sources, has concluded that humans are on the verge of causing unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them. “We may be sitting on a precipice of a major ...

Ocean Wildlife May End Soon: Study   SMN Weekly
Ocean wildlife may collapse soon, study warns   World Science
Scientists: There's Still Time to Save Ocean Life From Extinction   Yahoo News
Discovery News   
Alaska Dispatch News   
Phys.Org   
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Science 2.0
   
Humanity has exceeded 4 of 9 'planetary boundaries'   
Science Codex
An international team of researchers says climate change, the loss of biosphere integrity, land-system change, and altered biogeochemical cycles like phosphorus and nitrogen runoff have all passed beyond levels that put humanity in a "safe operating space.
Humanity has exceeded 4 of 9 'planetary boundaries,' according to researchers   University of Wisconsin-Madison
Humanity has exceeded 4 out of 9 "planetary boundaries", study warns   Click Green

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CBS News
   
Thrill-seeking geese? Birds ride Himalayas like a roller coaster   
Los Angeles Times
If you think riding a roller coaster is scary, how about flying one through the Himalayas? Scientists who tracked bar-headed geese across their mountainous seasonal migration have discovered that the birds won't take a straight path to their destination, but ...

Geese ride airborne "roller coaster" in migration across Himalayas   CBS News
Studies depict that the Geese follow a Roller Coaster Flight Pattern in order to ...   Frontline Desk
Geese Follow 'Roller-Coaster' Flight Pattern to Save Energy: Study   Tech Times
Full-Time Whistle   
Christian Science Monitor   
NPR   
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National Monitor
   
Sea Level Rise Accelerating Faster Than Thought   
Discovery News
The acceleration of the rate of sea level rise over the past couple decades is even higher than scientists had thought, according to a new study that uses a novel method to estimate the global rise of the oceans. The reason? The rate of rise across the 20th ...

Unprecedented rising sea levels alarms scientists   Frontline Desk
New study finds that sea level rise might be accelerating faster than thought   Examiner.com
Is sea-level rise accelerating even more than we thought?   Vox
Geek Infinite   
Washington Post   
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R & D Magazine
   
Princeton researchers create laser the size of a grain of rice   
SMN Weekly
A research team from Princeton University have succeeded in creating a laser the size of a single grain of rice powered by artificial atoms known as quantum dots. The tiny little laser, which uses single electrons that tunnel through these quantum dots as a ...

Rice-sized laser bodes well for quantum computing   R & D Magazine
Rice-sized laser, powered one electron at a time, bodes well for quantum ...   Nanotechnology News (press release)

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Reuters
   
Singer Sarah Brightman preparing for space station visit   
Reuters
British singer Sarah Brightman performs at the 5th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California November 28, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Gus Ruelas. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - British singer Sarah Brightman is expected to blast ...

Astronaut set to spend one year in space   CNN
Sniffles Delay Singer Sarah Brightman's Space Training   NBCNews.com
Ammonia Leak On Space Station A False Alarm   Design & Trend

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Pioneer News
   
Mars Curiosity Rover Makes Drilling Mistake and then Surprise Discovery   
Pioneer News
Apparently, the Mars Curiosity rover does not know how to play nice with the rocks on Mars. “The rock target Mojave that we drilled into yesterday is part of a larger expanse of fractured soft bedrock at the Pahrump Hills site. We've seen similar fractured ...

Curiosity's Shattered Mars Rock Could be Science Goldmine   Discovery News
'We will SNORT UP CRYSTAL DUST and then do a MAJOR software update'   The Register
Curiosity Tests 'Mojave' Rock for Drilling   Tech Times
The Space Reporter   
Space.com   
American Live Wire   
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CBS Local
   
NASA Spacecraft Begins 1st Ever Approach To Pluto   
CBS Local
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Man is about to reach closer to Pluto than ever before as the NASA New Horizons spacecraft begins the first of several approach phases toward the dwarf planet at the edge of our solar system. When the mission was in the ...

NASA Begins Countdown to Pluto Flyby   Newsweek
NASA Probe Preparing to Photograph Pluto   Northern Arizona Today
NASA's New Horizons probe begins 6-month flyby over Pluto   Xinhua
io9   
Yahoo News UK   
NBCNews.com   
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The Week Magazine
   
Study: Zebras' stripes keep them cool   
The Week Magazine
Why do zebras have stripes? Depending on the scientist you ask, the answer may be related to camouflage, mating, or even fly repellent. A new study in Royal Society Open Science poses a different explanation entirely: The stripes help zebras stay cool in ...

How Zebra Stripes and Rising Sea Levels Have More In Common Than You ...   Science Times
Zebras' Stripes Help The Animals To Cool In Hot Temperatures   Voice Chronicle
Study Finds Why Zebras Have Stripes Isn't So Black and White   ABC News
Huffington Post   
myCentralOregon.com   
USA TODAY   
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National Post
   
REFILE-Climate change, extinctions signal Earth in danger zone - study   
Reuters
Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Bernard Verlhac, known as Tignous. Pics · Starlings in the sky · Cuba's retro rides · Al Qaeda in Yemen · Anti-Islam protests in Germany · Makar Sankranti festival in India · » Click here for more ...

Human activity has pushed Earth beyond four of nine 'planetary boundaries ...   Stuff.co.nz
Human activity helping push state of the 'Earth System' into unknown 'danger ...   National Post
Dot Earth | Can Humanity's 'Great Acceleration' Be Managed and, If So, How?   New York Times (blog)
Santa Fe New Mexican.com   
InterAksyon   
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