2015年4月30日 星期四

2015-05-01 U.S. Science


Wall Street Journal
   
NASA's Messenger Spacecraft Ends Mission With Crash Into Mercury   
Wall Street Journal
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing Thursday. NASA's Messenger plunged from orbit as planned and slammed into the sun's closest planet at about 8,750 miles an hour, creating a ...

Messenger's final image before crashing into the surface of Mercury   CNET
The Messenger of fate: NASA spacecraft smashes into planet Mercury   USA TODAY
NASA's Messenger spacecraft crashes into Mercury   Fox News
Reuters   
Sacramento Bee   
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Gawker
   
Study: Climate Change Threatens One in Six Species With Extinction   
Gawker
A new study has found that, if climate change continues apace, one in six species on the planet could soon face extinction. Arrest Climate-Change Deniers Arrest Climate-Change Deniers Arrest Climate-Change Deniers. Man-made climate change happens.
What would happen if we lost one-sixth of Earth's species? We may just find out.   Vox
How many species will climate change push to extinction? Study offers clue.   Christian Science Monitor
Global warming could extinguish one-sixth of living species, new study warns   Science Recorder
Discovery News   
Salon   
Voice of America   
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NBCNews.com
   
Bombardier beetle's toxic squirt attack oddly inspires new engine technology   
National Monitor
Researchers use x-ray imaging to better understand the toxic spray bombardier beetles use to ward off threats. While the superheated chemical spray released by bombardier beetles only brings minor discomfort to humans, the defense mechanism's ability to ...

How This Beetle Shoots a Jet of Superheated Liquid Out of Its Butt   Gizmodo
Bombardier Beetles Shoot Hot, Explosive Chemical Spray As Defense ...   Yibada (English Edition)
X-Rays Reveal Secrets of Bombardier Beetle's Machine-Gun Bum   NBCNews.com
Christian Science Monitor   
Science News (blog)   
UPI.com   
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NBCNews.com
   
3-D View Reveals How the Iconic 'Pillars of Creation' Will Fall   
NBCNews.com
This color view was created from observations of the Pillars of Creation made with the MUSE instrument on European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. ESO. advertisement. New images provide the first complete 3-D view of the iconic Pillars of ...

Here's what the Pillars of Creation look like in three dimensions   CNET
The Pillars of Creation Will Disappear in a Cosmic Blink   Gizmodo
The Pillars Of Creation Visualized In 3-D   Science 2.0
Tech Times   
Daily Science Journal   
CBS News   
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Tech Times
   
Bat Wings Have Tiny Hairs That Hold The Secret To Their Remarkable Flying ...   
Tech Times
Why are bats such agile fliers? The answer lies in tiny hairs on their wings, according to a new finding. (Photo : Angell Williams | Flickr). Bats use tiny hairs on their wings to guide their elaborate flights, according to a new study. The highly-agile fliers are ...

Tiny hairs are crucial to bat's ability to fly   Science Recorder
Can bats teach aircraft designers a thing or two?   Toronto Star
Bat Wings Harbor Special Sensory Cells   Live Science
Sci-News.com   
Washington Post   
The Hub at Johns Hopkins   
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Times of India
   
A bird or a bat? Pigeon-sized dinosaur unearthed in China   
Times of India
BEIJING: A bizarre pigeon-sized dinosaur with bat-like wings made of skin rather than feathers has been identified in China, shedding new light on the evolution of flight. The dinosaur, named Yi qi, has the shortest name ever given to a dino which means ...

This dinosaur with bat wings is being called nature's 'failed experiment'   The Week Magazine
Little dinosaur had strange wings, fossil suggests   San Jose Mercury News
'Bizarre' bat-winged dinosaur discovered in China   CNN
Live Science   
Reuters   
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ABC News
   
Ancient Volcano in Chile Erupts for the 3rd Time in 2 Weeks   
ABC News
Families are evacuated and flights are diverted as plumes of ash fill the air two and half miles high. 1:31 | 04/30/15. Share. Title. Description. Share From. Share With. Facebook. Tweet. </> Embed. Email. <br/><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/video">More ABC ...

Chile's Calbuco volcano erupts for third time   BBC News
Chile's Calbuco volcano sends new blasts   Newsday
Chile`s Calbuco volcano erupts for third time   Zee News
Gizmodo   
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San Francisco Chronicle
   
Lava lake on Hawaii's volcano overflows in spectacular show   
San Francisco Chronicle
In this April 26, 2015 photo provided by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, sparks rise from Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island. The public is getting their first look at the lake of lava on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano that has been rising ...

Lava lake on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano starts to overflow its rim, drawing large ...   Fox News

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Toronto Star
   
"Catastrophic end" for out-of-control space cargo ship   
CBS News
A Russian Progress cargo ship bound for the International Space Station spun out of control Tuesday. Engineers were unable to direct the wayward ship and soon gave up any hope that it would be able to dock to deliver the 3 tons of equipment and supplies ...

Out-of-control Russian ISS cargo vessel will plummet back to Earth   Engadget
How Fast, Big and Costly is the International Space Station?   NBCNews.com

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AL.com
   
Republicans take aim at Obama's 2016 NASA spending plan for climate change ...   
AL.com
This NASA graphic shows the Space Launch System lifting off a launchpad. The big new rocket got strong support from a House committee on Thursday. (NASA graphic) (bn). Print Email · Lee Roop | lroop@al.com By Lee Roop | lroop@al.com The Huntsville ...

NASA's Charles Bolden Statement on House Budget Bill   Slate Magazine (blog)
Massive cuts proposed to NASA earth science budget draw protest   Washington Post (blog)
NASA, more serious and dedicated to find alien life in deep space   Times Gazette
American Live Wire   
Space Daily   
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