2015年5月5日 星期二

2015-05-06 U.S. Science


Los Angeles Times
   
New record! Astronomers nail down distance to the earliest galaxy yet   
Los Angeles Times
A team of astronomers peering deep into the heavens has discovered the earliest, most distant galaxy yet, spotted a record-breaking 670 million years from the big bang. The findings, described in Astrophysical Journal Letters, reveal a surprisingly active, ...

Astronomers Measure Distance to Farthest Galaxy Yet   New York Times
Astronomers find most distant galaxy ever   CBS News
Astronomers unveil the farthest galaxy   Phys.Org
Newser   
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TIME
   
Oldest Known Ancestor of Modern Birds Is Discovered   
TIME
Scientists said in a paper published Tuesday that a newly discovered species is the oldest known relative of living birds. The Archaeornithura meemannae lived roughly 130.7 million years ago in northeastern China, about 6 million years before the previously ...

Oldest Known Ancestor of Modern Birds Discovered in China   Yibada (English Edition)
Scientists find the oldest relative of modern birds   Chicago Daily Herald
Fossils With Feathers Push Evolution Of Birds Earlier Into The Past   Tech Times
Washington Post   
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NBCNews.com
   
So What Causes a Meteor Shower?   
NBCNews.com
If you do catch sight of the meteor shower, keep in mind that you'll likely be seeing the incandescent streaks produced by material that originated from the nucleus of Halley's Comet. When these tiny bits of comet collide with Earth, friction with our atmosphere ...

Meteor shower visible in parts of Michigan   MLive.com
Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks tonight: Watch it live, right here   Los Angeles Times
Halley's Comet: How to watch meteor shower created by rare spectacle this week   Syracuse.com
TIME   
Christian Post   
Space.com   
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BBC News
   
Big whales have stretchy nerves to help them gulp   
BBC News
Scientists have stumbled upon one of the secrets behind the big gulps of the world's biggest whales: the nerves in their jaws are stretchy. Rorquals, a family that includes blue and humpback whales, feed by engulfing huge volumes of water and food, ...


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Los Angeles Times
   
A super-hot super-Earth spotted 40 light-years away   
Los Angeles Times
Sientists have found an extreme planet where the atmospheric temperature appears to swing wildly from 1,800 to 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit over the course of a two-year period. lRelated Pluto images reveal intriguing bright spot near pole · Space · Pluto ...

Extremely hot, volcanic super-Earth found 40 light-years away   The Space Reporter
Astronomers attempt to understand molten rock surface of 'diamond planet'   National Monitor
Hell on (super) Earth: Massive volcanoes spotted causing weird weather on a ...   Daily Mail
Science Recorder   
RT   
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National Post
   
Where does all the water go? Watch Oregon's mysterious Lost Lake disappear ...   
National Post
Deep in Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest, there is a mysterious lake that is famous for disappearing. Every winter, the appropriately named Lost Lake fills up with water from melting snow, and every spring it vanishes down two cavernous holes, leaving ...

Water Mystery: Why an Oregon Lake Disappears Each Year   ABC News
Lost Lake In Oregon Really Disappears Each Winter - But Why?   Tech Times
Oregon lake mysteriously drains down hole   Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Alaska Dispatch News
   
'Last Ice' claims lives of researchers   
Alaska Dispatch News
This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow journalists about reporting climate change. Instead, I am shocked and saddened to be writing of the apparent loss of one of the people whose work featured prominently ...

Dutch Polar Explorers Likely Drown in Arctic   Discovery News
Husky Found But Missing Dutch Arctic Explorers May Have Drowned   Tech Times
missing Dutch explorers are presumed drowned   The Silver Ink
Chinatopix   
BBC News   
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RT
   
Revamped Large Hadron Collider smashes first photons after 2-yr break   
RT
The world's largest particle smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHR), has finally smashed photons together after a two year repair and maintenance program, the European physics lab CERN said. Low energy collisions took place on Tuesday, at an energy ...

World's largest particle smasher Hadron Collider resumes collisions after upgrade   The Straits Times
Large Hadron Collider resumes collisions after upgrade   Zee News
Large Hadron Collider Smashes First Particles After Upgrade   Tech Times
The Guardian   
Symmetry magazine   
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American Live Wire
   
Dolphins Are Picky When It Comes To Choosing Friends   
American Live Wire
Intensive photo-ID surveys conducted along the IRL, which were carried out over a six- and-a-half year period, the researchers were able to learn about the association patterns as well as movement behavior and habitat preferences of some 200 individual ...

What is This High School? Dolphins Also Have Social Cliques   Sputnik International
Dolphins have complex social relationships just like people, new study shows   Science Recorder
Like Humans, Dolphins Form Social Networks; are Choosy about Friends   Yibada (English Edition)
WPTV.com   
UPI.com   
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Daily Mail
   
Images reveal sound waves of a storm to show what thunder looks like   
Daily Mail
Experts say the move could have major implications for understand how storms work - and improve forecasting. To create the images, researchers created artificial lighting. Scroll down for video. SwRI scientists compared long-exposure optical photographs of ...

Southwest Research Institute researchers present first 'images' of thunder   KSAT San Antonio
Images expose thunder in exquisite detail   Nature.com

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