2015年5月21日 星期四

2015-05-22 U.S. Science


BBC News
   
Ocean's hidden world of plankton revealed in 'enormous database'   
BBC News
The hidden world of the ocean's tiniest organisms has been revealed in a series of papers published in the journal Science. An international team has been studying samples of plankton collected during a three-year global expedition. They have so far found ...

Scientists want you to know plankton is not just whale food   Daily Mail
Global ocean census uncovers trove of unknown life   CBS News
World of diversity discovered in tiny ocean creatures   Yahoo News
The Verge   
Science Magazine (subscription)   
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TODAYonline
   
'Top 10' new species includes cartwheeling spider, 'chicken from hell'   
TODAYonline
Life reconstruction of the new oviraptorosaurian dinosaur species, Anzu wyliei in its 66 million-year-old environment in western North America as seen in an undated handout illustration by Mr Mark A Klinger, Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Top 10 new species of 2015 (pictures)   CNET
“Top 10” new species includes Spiders, slugs, and “chicken from hell” out of ...   Benchmark Reporter
'Chicken from hell' part of 2014's top new species   Times of India
Newser   
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TODAYonline
   
Bowwow wow! Dog domestication much older than previously known   
TODAYonline
The lower jawbone of the Taimyr Wolf that lived approximately 27,000 to 40,000 years ago is seen in an undated handout picture courtesy of geneticist Love Dalen of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Photo: Reuters. mail · print. View all 0 comments ...

Dogs with us for 40000 years   Herald
Long tail: dogs may have lived with humans for 30000 years   The Guardian
Dogs were domesticated at least 27000 years ago, ancient wolf bone suggests   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Live Science   
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Los Angeles Times
   
3400 years after her death, scientists track a girl's travels   
Los Angeles Times
In 1921, archaeologists exploring an ancient burial mound near Egtved, a village in Denmark, unearthed the grave of a girl estimated to have been 16 to 18 years old when she died. Scientists unearth earliest-known stone tools, 3.3 million years old.
Bronze Age Teenager Was Well-Traveled, Held High Status, Her Preserved ...   Tech Times
Remains of Bronze-Age Cultic Priestess Hold Surprise   Discovery News
Danish Bronze Age girl was jet-setter of her time, new study suggests   Science Recorder
Live Science   
The Local Denmark   
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BBC News
   
Antarctic Peninsula in 'dramatic' ice loss   
BBC News
Satellites have seen a sudden dramatic change in the behaviour of glaciers on the Antarctica Peninsula, according to a Bristol University-led study. The ice streams were broadly stable up until 2009, since when they have been losing on the order of 56 billion ...

Antarctic glaciers thinning so fast, it's like a switch was flipped   Christian Science Monitor
Antarctic glaciers once thought stable now thawing fast - study   Reuters
Some Antarctic glaciers reached a tipping point in 2009   ABC Online
Smithsonian   
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ABC News
   
Dawn captures close ups of Ceres' bright spots   
The Space Reporter
NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured its closest yet images of Ceres' bright spots on May 16 from a position 4,500 miles (7,200 km) above the small world's surface. With a resolution of 2,250 feet (700 meters) per pixel, the images confirm that what initially ...

Ceres' Two Bright Spots: A collection of several bright spots together   Empire State Tribune
NASA images give close look at bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres   Stuff.co.nz
Science Journal: Space probe takes closer pics of mystery bright spots on Ceres   Florida Times-Union (blog)
ABC News   
NBCNews.com   
NEWS.com.au   
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Irish Examiner
   
World's largest particle collider busts record   
DAWN.com
GENEVA: The world's largest particle smasher broke the record for energy levels late on Wednesday in a test run after a two-year upgrade, CERN announced on Thursday. “Last night, protons collided in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the record-breaking ...

LHC smashes energy record with test collisions   BBC News
Geneva particle smasher sets energy level record   The Local.ch

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Reuters
   
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule leaves space station   
Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla A Space Exploration Technologies Dragon cargo capsule sailed away from the International Space Station on Thursday and headed for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The capsule arrived at the station on April 17 with more than ...

SpaceX signs off on another successful mission with Pacific splashdown   The Register
SpaceX Launches Dragon Spacecraft   NBCNews.com
International Space Station: NASA TV to Air U.S. Cargo Ship Departure from ...   Headlines & Global News

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THE BUSINESS TIMES
   
Big Energy clashes with John Kerry on how to fix climate change   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Europe's biggest energy companies clashed with US Secretary of State John Kerry over who should move first on climate change, coarsening the debate on how to rein in air pollution that's warming the planet. PHOTO: AFP. Comments. Share. May 22 ...

Pakistan welcomes French president call on climate pact   The Nation
What's missing from our climate pledges? Low-carbon R&D   The Conversation AU
UPDATE 2-Top EU companies urge drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions   Reuters

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Business Wire
   
Pollinator task force releases national strategy   
Delta Farm Press
“We are skeptical of how sound science can be 'sped up' for this evaluation and look forward to a reasoned dialogue with EPA on that point," says Jay Vroom, president and CEO of CropLife America. "We're also keen to see how the new report addresses the ...

The government's Plan Bee   Washington Post
Bayer backs pollinator plan   Fruitnet

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