2015年6月3日 星期三

2015-06-04 U.S. Science


Times of India
   
Chimps are capable of cooking: Research   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Chimpanzees have the cognitive abilities required for cooking, which were believed to be limited to humans, and the primates even choose to hoard raw vegetables if they know they will have the chance to 'cook' them later on, according to a ...

'Top Chef Ape Edition'? Chimps may have mental capacity to cook   CNET
Chimps have mental skills to cook, says study   The Hindu
Chimps are smart enough to cook — if they overcome the urge just to wolf ...   Montreal Gazette
CBS Local   
The Nation   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Weird wobbling moons observed in the Pluto system   
Los Angeles Times
Astronmer say the Pluto system is more bizarre and complicated than anyone expected. Observations made with the Hubble Space Telescope suggest the dwarf planet's four smallest moons -- Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx -- wobble in their orbits and tumble ...

Astronomers Describe the Chaotic Dance of Pluto's Moons   New York Times
Watch the drunken wobble of Pluto's smaller moons   CNET
Astronomers Describe the Chaotic Dance and Planetlike System of Pluto's Moons   NDTV
News24   
Reuters   
NEWS.com.au   
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Discovery News
   
Scientists finally have an explanation for why huge lakes atop Greenland are ...   
Washington Post
Back in the summer of 2006, scientists studying the vast and in some places mile-thick Greenland ice sheet observed something that can only be called breathtaking. Due to meltwater, lakes form atop the ice sheet in the summer – scientists call them ...

Mystery of Greenland's 'Disappearing Lakes' Solved   Discovery News
Sudden draining of glacial lakes explained   Phys.Org
Mystery Of Disappearing Lakes In Greenland Solved   Tech Times
Business Insider   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Large Hadron Collider is cranking up again: prepare to have your mind blown   
Sydney Morning Herald
Strap yourselves in. The last time boffins smashed particles together at the Large Hadron Collider, they discovered evidence for the long-theorised but never-before-seen Higgs boson. Now, scientists are nearly doubling the amount of energy that will smash ...

Large Hadron Collider all fired up again   Irish Examiner
Large Hadron Collider resumes experiments at new peak power   The Space Reporter
World's Biggest Particle Collider Upgraded, Smashes Energy Records   PerfScience
From Quarks to Quasars   
The Nation   
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West Texas News
   
Study Links Mysterious Moon Swirls to Comet Collisions   
West Texas News
Researchers at Brown University have unraveled the mystery behind the twisty bright regions visible on the moon's surface. They attribute the moon swirls to comet collisions. Peter Schultz and Megan Bruck-Syal, in their present paper published in the journal ...

Study Links Mysterious, Bright Moon Swirls To Icy Comet Impacts   STGIST
Researchers Have A Possible Answer For Mysterious Moon Swirls - Comets   The News Ledge
Moon's Mysterious Swirly Features Likely Caused By Comet Collisions   Headlines & Global News
State Column   
NYC Today   
Sci-News.com   
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News24
   
Small bird fills big fossil gap   
News24
This photo shows that a new species of tyrannosaur, Y huali, it had feathers on its tail. (Zang Hailong, Beijing Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, AP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your ...

Prehistoric Bird Sported Feather 'Arrows' On Its Butt (VIDEO, PHOTOS)   Headlines & Global News
Ancient Bird Fossil Discovered In Brazil Sheds Light On Feather Evolution   Immortal News
Dinosaur era bird with arrow tail feathers discovered in Brazil   National Monitor
RedOrbit   
NBCNews.com   
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Yibada (English Edition)
   
Invisible Nano Spirals On Cash, Cards Could Provide Identity Theft Protection ...   
Yibada (English Edition)
Nano-sized swirls of gold that are invisible to the naked eye could be the next tool to provide identity theft protection. The nano spirals printed on cash currency or ID cards would be nearly impossible to counterfeit. Researchers at Vanderbilt University ...

Nano-Sized Spirals Of Gold Could Protect Against Identity Theft   Tech Times
Nano-Spirals Smaller Than The Wavelength Of Visible Light Could Wipe Out ...   Headlines & Global News
Invisible gold nano-spirals to combat identity theft   RedOrbit
UPI.com   
Controlled Environments Magazine   
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BBC News
   
Disaster droids face off in the Darpa Robotics Challenge   
BBC News
Final preparations are being made by 24 robotics teams about to compete for $3.5m (£2.3m) worth of prizes in a Pentagon-backed competition. Their machines are being challenged to carry out a series of disaster-related tasks in the shortest time possible.
How to watch the DARPA Robotics Challenge finals online for free   Engadget
Robotics Challenge Finals coming to Fairplex in Pomona   Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Meet Hubo, the robot competing for a $2m prize   BBC News
Business Insider   
Robotics Tomorrow (press release)   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
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NBCNews.com
   
'Suit Up': NASA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of First US Spacewalk   
NBCNews.com
NASA is celebrating the first U.S. spacewalk 50 years ago with a new documentary on the history of humans working in their own human-sized space havens. Astronaut Ed White became the first American to step into space on June 3, 1965, during NASA's ...

Celebrating 50 years of NASA's spacewalks   ABC Online
Relive 50 Years Of Humans Walking in Space   Gizmodo
dated June 4, 1965   The Hindu
ABC News   
Orlando Sentinel   
Tucson News Now   
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AL.com
   
US House gives funding boost to SLS rocket   
AL.com
The Space Launch System, NASA's deep-space rocket under development at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, got a funding boost Wednesday from the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, announced the increase of ...

House approves $18.5 billion for NASA   13WMAZ
A Baby Hangs Between Life and Death in Space   National Geographic
Boise State students go behind scenes at NASA labs   The Idaho Statesman
UPMatters.com   
The Verge   
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