2015年6月27日 星期六

2015-06-28 U.S. Science


USA TODAY
   
Weather 90% 'go' for Sunday SpaceX launch   
USA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Rivals to launch the first astronauts from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station in the post-shuttle era, Boeing and SpaceX hope to help each other with Sunday's 10:21 a.m. ET launch of an unmanned resupply mission.
How to Fly Rockets Back to Earth   Discovery News
SpaceX's Dragon poised for launch from Florida with worms, lettuce, parking ...   ABC Online
NASA, Kennedy Space Centre, SpaceX, SpaceX CRS-7, Elon Musk, Dragon ...   Vancouver Sun (blog)
The Denver Post   
International Business Times   
Florida Today   
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Metro
   
Rats dream about the places they want to go, apparently   
Metro
Considering that they're known for crawling through the sprawling subterranean networks of the world, it should come as no surprise that rats actually dream about the places they want to go. That's according to researchers from University College London ...

Dreaming Rats Plan Their Future While Asleep   International Business Times
Dream like a rat! Research shows that rats accomplish a better future in dreams   The Next Digit
Dream like a rat! They reach their desired goals in their dreams – UCL research ...   Benchmark Reporter
ReliaWire   
Tech Times   
BABW News   
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Fox News
   
DARPA aiming to send genetically Engineered Organisms to Mars   
NY City News
A team of engineers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on an interesting project to send genetically engineered organisms Mars. The project aims to make the red planet more hospitable for humans. According to reports ...

NASA and DARPA have big plans for Mars mission   News Quench
Mars pyramid: NASA photo sparks theories of ancient aliens but NASA says 'rock'   Examiner.com
NASA and DARPA to terraform Mars by sending genetically engineered organisms   The Next Digit
BABW News   
Pioneer News   
Maine News Online   
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Immortal News
   
UCL Won't Reinstate Sir Timothy Hunt Following 'Sexist' Remarks   
Immortal News
Sir Timothy Hunt's resignation has been accepted and according to Professor Michael Arthur, president and provost of University College London, the former professor will not be reinstated following his alleged “sexist” remarks. The 72-year-old Nobel ...

UCL – Sir Tim Hunt Forced To Resign And Wont Be Reinstated After Sexist ...   Empire State Tribune
UCL says Tim Hunt will not be back after 'sexist' comments   BBC News
University College London won't take back Sir Tim Hunt   Daily Mail
The Times (subscription)   
Science Recorder   
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Orlando Sentinel
   
New Horizons ready for Pluto flyby into new frontier   
Orlando Sentinel
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is getting closer with its rendez-vous with the dwarf planet in the outer parts of our solar system, and NASA released images on Thursday that give a more defined face to Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is getting ...

Pluto and Moon Charon Share Same Atmosphere but Different in Color : News   Rapid News Network
Get Ready for New Horizon's Flyby of Pluto   The Bell Jar
Pluto and Charon: Not as Similar as We Thought   Weekly Observer
National Geographic   
NBC 10 Philadelphia   
Financial Express   
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The Silver Ink
   
Scientists Discover Morpheme Gene In Poppies   
The Silver Ink
The researchers discovered that the morpheme gene which is called STORR can only be found in certain species of poppies, namely those who produce morphinans. Researchers from the University of York in collaboration with the GlaxoSmithKline Australia ...

Science inches closer to 'home-brewed' opiates; some call for controls   Brisbane Times
Science Magic: How to turn Sugar into Morphine; Scientists Reveal!   Empire State Tribune
Morphine Gene Discovery Could Lead To New Tools For Creating Painkillers ...   Headlines & Global News
UPI.com   
Science Recorder   
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Times Gazette
   
Southern California Teenager Unfurled New Firefly Species   
Times Gazette
California Riverside student Joshua Oliva discovered a new species of firefly while doing a random night of bug collection. As of today, there are some 2,000 species of fireflies around the world and the chance of finding a new one is very slim, in addition to ...

New Firefly Species Discovered   NYC Today
New firefly found in SoCal -- Wait, we have fireflies?   Los Angeles Times
Student Discovers New Species Of Firefly   LA Canyon News
NY City News   
Techie News   
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Ars Technica
   
How breaking a glacier makes the Earth quake   
Ars Technica
One of the GPS devices waits to be wiggled by the birth of a big iceberg. In the 1960s, the network of seismometers around the world expanded rapidly. It wasn't because seismology became a fad—it was because seismometers could detect underground ...

Icy earthquakes can help scientists track shrinking glaciers   Christian Science Monitor
Scientists Learn Exactly What Happens During Glacial Earthquakes   Tech Times
Glacial earthquakes help researchers track massive ice loss   Herald and News
Clapway   
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SpaceFlight Insider
   
'Forever Remembered' Memorial opens at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex   
SpaceFlight Insider
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex unveiled a new exhibit honoring the crews that lost their lives on the final flights of Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia. The "Forever Remembered" memorial was unveiled on Saturday, June 27, 2015.
Kennedy Space Center exhibit honors Challenger, Columbia   Atlanta Journal Constitution
'Forever Remembered' Exhibit Honoring Challenger and Columbia Opens at ...   Space Ref (press release)
'Forever Remembered' opens at Kennedy Space Center Vistors Center   WKMG Orlando
CBS News   
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Daily Times
   
Do you know how the turtle got its shell?   
Daily Times
Long, long ago, in a time so far in the past it preceded the dinosaurs and the continents, lived a tiny creature named "grandfather turtle". It had many of the qualities of the turtles we know and love today: a boxy body, plodding legs, a long neck topped by a ...

Scientists Discover a “Grandfather of All Turtles”   Pioneer News
Newly Discovered Pappochelys Fossil Explains Evolution of Turtle's Shell   Pulse Headlines
240 Million-Year-Old Turtle Fossil Unearthed, Evolution of Turtle Shell Established   NY City News
West Texas News   
Rapid News Network   
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