2015年2月25日 星期三

2015-02-26 U.S. Science


CBS News
   
Gigantic Black Hole Discovered From the Dawn of Time   
National Geographic
Astronomers find a cosmic monster that pushes theories of the early universe to the limit. Picture of an artist's illustration of a quasar with a supermassive black hole. A giant black hole weighing as much as 12 billion suns was found inside a quasar, a bright ...

Researchers Discover Black Hole 12 Billion Times Larger Than Sun   CBS Local
Astronomers stunned to find ancient black hole 12 billion times bigger than the sun   The Space Reporter
Astronomers find ancient black hole the size of 12 billion suns   Sydney Morning Herald
Space.com   
EarthSky   
I Know Today   
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Politico
   
Lawmakers Seek Information on Funding for Climate Change Critics   
New York Times
Democratic lawmakers in Washington are demanding information about funding for scientists who publicly dispute widely held views on the causes and risks of climate change. Prominent members of the United States House of Representatives and the ...

Terence Corcoran: The last climate science witch hunt   Financial Post
A Shameful Climate Witch Hunt   Politico
Democratic Congressman Draws Backlash Over Climate Funding Probe   National Journal
Daily Caller   
Breitbart News   
Power Line (blog)   
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PBS
   
Teaching computers how to play Atari better than humans   
PBS
Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on how an artificial intelligence business owned by Google has created software that can teaching itself to play classic Atari games better than a human. RELATED. RELATED. The deep Q-network (DQN) ...

Is playing 'Space Invaders' a milestone in artificial intelligence?   Los Angeles Times
Artificial intelligence can learn Atari games from scratch, say scientists (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Google built a machine that's better at games than you are   VentureBeat
TechCrunch   
NBCNews.com   
The New Yorker   
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Mashable
   
Strange lights on dwarf planet Ceres have scientists perplexed   
Mashable
A dwarf planet is shining two bright lights at a NASA spacecraft right now, and our smartest scientists are unsure what they are. As bizarre as that sentence sounds, that's the situation with Ceres — the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and ...

Ceres: Bright spot on dwarf planet is a twofer, NASA spacecraft finds   Los Angeles Times
Ceres' bright spot has a dimmer companion   SpaceFlight Insider
'Bright spots' on the dwarf planet, Ceres, puzzle NASA scientists   KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
Space.com   
SMN Weekly   
seattlepi.com   
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BBC News
   
Astronauts carry out spacewalk to prepare ISS for upgrade   
BBC News
Two astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) have been working on upgrading the ISS. Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts performed the second of three spacewalks in which they are preparing the station for the arrival of commercial space capsules in ...

UPDATE 1-NASA investigating helmet water leak after spacewalk   Reuters
US astronauts step out on spacewalk   The Nation
US astronaut suffers water leak in helmet during ISS spacewalk   SMN Weekly
The Courier-Express   
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Fox News
   
What's the Best Length for Eyelashes, Based on Science?   
NBCNews.com
Cosmeticians probably won't agree, but scientists say eyelashes have an optimal length: a third of the width of the eye. This ratio helps keep the eyes wet, according to a study that attempts to answer the question: What are eyelashes for anyway? "They've ...

Scientists reveal the real reason you have eyelashes   Los Angeles Times
Eyelashes Decoded: The Ideal Lash Length is Just One-Third the Width of the Eye   News Every day
Eyelashes Protect Eyes, Keep them Moist   Maine News
CTV News   
STGIST   
Daily Science Journal   
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Washington Post
   
Mysterious East Coast flooding was caused by 'unprecedented' surge in sea level   
Washington Post
Several years ago, in 2009 and 2010, a string of unexplained floods and unusually high tides struck the East Coast. There was no easy explanation. No hurricane. No winter storm. But the waters kept spilling across the shoreline, from North Carolina's Cape ...

US sea levels rose by a record 5 inches in 2 years   The Week Magazine
US sea level north of New York City 'jumped by 128mm'   BBC News
Mysterious Northeast Floods Caused by Weird Winds   Discovery News
Mashable   
Tech Times   
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Discovery News
   
Bends in Plumbing Cause Geysers to Erupt   
Discovery News
Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park erupts every 35 to 120 minutes. But it's only been in recent years that scientists have figured out what actually causes the landmark — and the other 1,000 or so active geysers of the world — to spew water and steam ...

Why do geysers erupt like clockwork?   RedOrbit
Geysers erupt because they're all bendy inside   Washington Post
Geysers have loops in their plumbing: Periodic eruptions tied to underground ...   Phys.Org

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Headlines & Global News
   
Greenhouse gas effect from CO2 measured directly for the first time   
Science Recorder
Global warming is more than just a theory–it is a fact, say scientists in a new breakthrough study. Those who deny that global warming is linked to the burning of fossil fuels should take notice. For the first time, scientists have made direct observations of the ...

Report: CO2 is Heating Earth's Surface   Daily Beast
Climate Change: Scientists Directly Observe Greenhouse Effect For First Time ...   Headlines & Global News
First Direct Observation of CO2 Effect at Earth's Surface   Laboratory Equipment
Science News   
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   
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Peoria Public Radio
   
An Owl Is Attacking And Injuring Residents Of A Netherlands Town   
Peoria Public Radio
The European eagle owl, like this one from the Mulhouse Zoo in eastern France, is one of the largest owl species, with a wingspan of about 6 feet. Sebastien Bozon AFP/Getty Images. While Paris worries about mystery drones, a Dutch town is confronting an ...


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