2015年3月11日 星期三

2015-03-12 U.S. Science


BBC News
   
Anthropocene: New dates proposed for the 'Age of Man'   
BBC News
The Anthropocene - a new geological time period that marks the "Age of man" - began in 1610, a study suggests. Scientists believe that the arrival of Europeans in the Americas had an unprecedented impact on the planet, marking the dawn of this new epoch.
Are we in a human epoch and if so, when did it begin?   National Monitor
New study pegs the beginning of the Anthropocene in 1610   SMN Weekly
When Did the Human Epoch Begin?   The New Yorker
Scientific American   
Los Angeles Times   
The Guardian   
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CBS News
   
Is the Galaxy Bigger Than We Thought?   
Science Times
The Milky Way Galaxy is huge with our small solar system acting as just a grain of sand of the giant beach that is the galaxy. NASA previously estimated that the galaxy spans approximately 100,000 light years across. With each light year representing about 6 ...

Does my star look big in this? Milky Way 50 per cent fatter than expected   The Register
Milky Way Galaxy Could Be 50% Bigger Than Formerly Suspected   Geek Infinite
Milky Way increases 50000 light years in width overnight   SMN Weekly
Yibada (English Edition)   
CBS News   
Clapway   
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Washington Post
   
Neanderthals may have developed jewelry long before the arrival of Homo ...   
National Monitor
A new study suggests that creativity and abstract thought may be much older than modern humans. According to new research, Neanderthals in what is now Croatia may have been making jewelry long before the arrival of modern man. There was a time, not ...

Neanderthals: the world's first jewelers?   SMN Weekly
Neanderthals Made World's First Jewelry Out Of Eagle Talons? (VIDEO)   Headlines & Global News
Neanderthals Wore Eagle Talons As Jewelry 130000 Years Ago   Live Science
Washington Post   
ABC Science Online   
Daily Mail   
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BBC News
   
Chameleon colours 'switched by crystals'   
BBC News
Swiss researchers have discovered how chameleons accomplish their vivid colour changes: they rearrange the crystals inside specialised skin cells. It was previously suggested that the reptiles' famous ability came from gathering or dispersing coloured ...

​Chameleons' color-changing secret revealed   CBS News
Chameleon's colour magic revealed   Telegraph.co.uk
Chameleons Change Color By 'Tuning' Tiny Crystals In Their Skin, Scientists Say   Huffington Post
NBCNews.com   
Christian Science Monitor   
USA TODAY   
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Florida Today
   
2 Russians, 1 American return from 6 months on space station   
Washington Post
MOSCOW — Russian mission control says a Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American has landed in Kazakhstan after the trio spent nearly six months aboard the International Space Station. The capsule landed Thursday in heavy fog ...

2+Russians%2C+1+American+return+from+6+months+on+space+station   Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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The Space Reporter
   
NASA to launch magnetic field probes   
Science Recorder
The mission will consist of four identical observatories, each equipped with 100 sensors and orbiting in a pyramid formation, through orbits between 44,000 miles to 95,000 miles away from our Earth, a point that's halfway to the moon. On our sun, magnetic ...

NASA's magnetic field probes ready for launch   Florida Today
NASA readies to launch magnetic field satellites as sun fires off first flare of 2015   SMN Weekly
NASA to launch pyramid of spacecrafts into Earth's magnetosphere   The Space Reporter
Colorado Public Radio   
Yibada (English Edition)   
CBS Local   
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MiamiHerald.com
   
Gov. Rick Scott's ban on climate change term extended to other state agencies   
MiamiHerald.com
No one told Bart Bibler not to use the terms “climate change” and “global warming” during his six months on the job at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Then, on March 4, he walked into a Florida Coastal Managers Forum, a teleconference ...

As Gov. Scott Denies Ban, 'Climate Change' Order Reported at Other Agencies   Florida Times-Union
Don't ask, don't tell about climate change in Florida?   Observer-Reporter
Fact-checking Rick Scott on the environment and sea-level rise   PolitiFact
Discovery News   
Morning Ledger   
WGBH NEWS   
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Yibada (English Edition)
   
Gamma Rays From Newly Discovered Dwarf Galaxies Possible Signs Of Dark ...   
Yibada (English Edition)
A group of astronomers at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy discovered Reticulum 2, the information was announced Tuesday, the Sci-News reported. "In the search for dark matter, gamma rays from a dwarf galaxy have long been ...

Unexpected gamma-ray emission from dwarf galaxy may point to new ...   Astronomy Magazine
Will the Search for Dark Matter End With This Galaxy?   The Epoch Times
This Dwarf Galaxy's Gamma Rays Might Signal Dark Matter   The News Ledge
Digital Journal   
ValueWalk   
The Standard Daily   
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Channel News Asia
   
Woman Cosmonaut Elena Serova (and Two Guys) Return From Orbit   
NBCNews.com
The first Russian woman to live aboard the International Space Station returned to Earth on Thursday, alongside a NASA astronaut and a Russian crewmate. Cosmonaut Elena Serova was the last to emerge from the Soyuz capsule after its touchdown amid ...

Soyuz TMA-14M returns trio to Earth after 167 days on space station   collectSPACE.com
Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan – #NASA   Cherry Creek News
Welcome home! Astronauts return to Earth on Soyuz spaceship   Malay Mail Online
Reuters   
WTVY, Dothan   
Sky News Australia   
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R & D Magazine
   
Thin film clears path to solar fuels   
R & D Magazine
Image: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Marcomm Caltech scientists, inspired by a chemical process found in leaves, have developed an electrically conductive film that could help pave the way for devices capable of harnessing sunlight to split water into hydrogen ...

Special Membrane Developed By Scientists Bridges Gap In Artificial ...   Yibada (English Edition)
Artificial Photosynthesis Closer to Boosting Renewables   Climate Central

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