2015年5月20日 星期三

2015-05-21 U.S. Science


The Hindu
   
Oldest known stone tools found in Kenya   
Brisbane Times
Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis with stone tools found in the West Turkana area of Kenya. New York: By taking a wrong turn in a dry riverbed in Kenya, scientists discovered a trove of stone tools far older than any ever found before. Nobody knows who ...

World's Oldest Tools - From 3.3 Million Years Ago - Discovered in Africa   USA TODAY
Stone tool discovery confirms theory of early humans   Toronto Star
The World's Oldest Stone Tools Were Not Made By Humans   Gizmodo
New York Times   
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New York Times
   
For an Octopus, Seeing the Light Doesn't Require Eyes   
New York Times
Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish — a group of mollusks known as cephalopods — are the ocean's champions of camouflage. Octopuses can mimic the color and texture of a rock or a piece of coral. Squid can give their skin a glittering sheen to match the water ...

The octopus can see with its skin   The Guardian
Octopuses, and Maybe Squid, Can Sense Light With Their Skin   National Geographic
Octopus Can See With Its Skin   Discovery News

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NDTV
   
Washington State Finds First Dinosaur Fossil, T Rex Relative Bone   
NDTV
Scientists digging among coastal rocks in Washington state have found the partial left femur of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur. (Representational Image, Thinkstock). Seattle: Scientists digging among coastal rocks in Washington state have found the ...

First dinosaur bone found in state, 80 million years later   The Seattle Times

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ABC Online
   
Texas hunter shoots rhino for US$ 350000, calls it conservation   
ABC Online
A Texan hunter paid $350,000 for the right to kill an elderly black rhino in Nambia, with government officials saying the proceeds will go towards conserving the species. A US HUNTER who paid US$350,000 to kill a black rhinoceros in Namibia successfully ...

Hunter pays $350000 to shoot black rhino: 'I believe in survival of species'   The Guardian
Texas hunter Corey Knowlton shoots endangered rhinoceros in Namibia after ...   Sydney Morning Herald
After the black rhino hunt, a village celebrates meat delivery   CNN

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Times of India
   
Snakes' ancestors had hind legs with toes, ankles   
Times of India
From the robust boa constrictor to the venomous rattlesnake, all of the more than 3,400 snake species that slither today may have descended from the same prehistoric forest prowler, whose body had two small hind legs with toes and ankles, researchers ...

Ancient snakes were nocturnal hunters with tiny legs   CBS News
Snakes evolved as nocturnal predators with ankles and toes 128 million years ago   National Monitor
Researchers come up with First Comprehensive Reconstruction of Ancestral ...   Uncover California
Reporter Advocate   
Live Science   
Delaware First Media   
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Sky News Australia
   
Secretive US space plane back in orbit   
Sky News Australia
The US Air Force has launched its robotic space plane into orbit for a fourth flight aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, in a mission aimed at testing a new engine to steer satellites. The rocket carrying the X-37B successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, ...

US military launches secret space plane X-37B   India Today
Star Wars: the Air Force's new X-37B space plane shrouded in secrecy   State Column
US Military Space Plane Begins a Fourth (Mostly) Secret Mission   New York Times

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Wall Street Journal
   
Japan aquariums say they'll stop getting Taiji-hunt dolphins   
Washington Post
TOKYO — Japan's aquariums have promised to stop acquiring dolphins captured in a bloody hunt that was depicted in the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove” and caused global outrage. The move by the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums ...

Japan Aquariums to Stop Obtaining Dolphins from Taiji   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Japan aquariums to stop buying Taiji dolphins   BBC News
Japanese association to ban aquariums from obtaining dolphins captured via ...   AsiaOne
The Guardian   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
The study on gay marriage that was too good to be true   
Sydney Morning Herald
It was the study that some said could rewrite the political rule book. Forget focus groups, road-to-Damascus moments and negative campaign advertising. What if you could change people's minds on an issue such as gay marriage simply by ... talking to them?
Retraction Sought in Study on Views of Gay Marriage   New York Times
Study of views on gay marriage should be retracted, coauthor says   Los Angeles Times
How a high-profile same-sex marriage study was found to be suspect   Washington Post
CBC.ca   
NBCNews.com   
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Times of India
   
Giant pandas can't stomach bamboo, say researchers   
Times of India
BEIJING: Despite two million years of munching almost exclusively on bamboo, the giant panda's gut has not adapted to eating the plant -putting the creatures in an "evolutionary dilemma", scientists said. The surprising study , reported by online US journal ...

Panda guts not suited to digesting bamboo   Nature.com
Bamboo-eating giant pandas not adept at digesting bamboo: study   ecns

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USA TODAY
   
NASA: Spending bill would prolong dependence on Russia   
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — A key House panel voted Wednesday not to fully fund NASA's request for replacing the space shuttle, likely prolonging U.S. reliance on Russian rockets to get to the International Space Station. The House Appropriations Committee ...

Nasa plans to land on Europa in 2022   The Nation
House Bill Offers Same Funding But Different Priorities for NASA   Satellite PR News (press release)
House Republicans want NASA to focus on studying other planets, not Earth   Vox
National Journal   
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