2015年6月28日 星期日

2015-06-29 U.S. Science


MarketWatch
   
US space assumptions explode along with cargo   
Financial Times
It was a puff of smoke 139 seconds into the Falcon 9 rocket's voyage towards the International Space Station that indicated something had gone wrong. Moments later, with the rocket operated by SpaceX nearly 45km above the Atlantic Ocean, smoke began ...

Rocket Headed to International Space Station Explodes on Take-Off   ABC News
String of cargo disasters puts pressure on space industry   Economic Times
SpaceX rocket explodes after lift-off on resupply mission   Computerworld
New York Times   
The Globe and Mail   
SFGate   
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Times of India
   
Why time will stop for a second on June 30   
Times of India
How is time measured? Our perception of time is based on the earth's revolution around the sun and its rotation around its own axis. One complete cycle around the sun is a year, while a complete rotation on its axis constitutes a day. Based on these ...

Why The Day Will Increase By One Second on 6/30/15   From Quarks to Quasars
June 30 calls for leap second adjustment   National Monitor
Leap seconds: Why our clocks are being set ever-so-slightly back   CBC.ca
American Live Wire   
Rapid News Network   
MSNBC   
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Empire State Tribune
   
Rodents Dream Of The Journey To Their Next Meal   
Newsy
Researchers at the University College London used food to figure out what rodents dream about. June 28, 2015 by Leah Becerra. Researchers at the University College London have discovered what rodents dream about. And it turns out Disney Pixar wasn't ...

It turns out rats have dreams about the places they'd like to go   Examiner.com
Study on Rats show importance of hippocampus in imagining the future   Inferse
Rodents dream of the route to get access to food   Times Gazette
Yibada (English Edition)   
Design & Trend   
Times Gazette   
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Daily Californian
   
Study identifies 6th mass extinction event, lists human activity as primary cause   
Daily Californian
The Steller's sea cow went extinct only 27 years after being discovered in the North Pacific in 1741. It acts as an example of modern species extinction caused by human-related activities. By Ariel Hayat | Senior Staff. Last Updated 4 mins Ago ...

Robert McNeil on ... extinction   Herald Scotland
World in 'biomass crisis,' new report finds   CBC.ca
Humans Will Cause the Sixth Mass Extinction, says Research   The Westside Story
The Epoch Times   
Daily Beast   
Vocal Republic   
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Yibada (English Edition)
   
College Student Discovers New Firefly Species in Southern California   
Yibada (English Edition)
The firefly UC Riverside undergraduate Joshua Oliva found is about half a centimeter long and black in color with an orange halo-like pattern on the shield covering its head. (Photo : J. OLIVA/UC RIVERSIDE). After hiking near the Topanga Canyon in Los ...

California College Student Discovers New Species of Firefly   Newsweek
UC Riverside Student Identifies New Firefly Species   Pioneer News
Californian Boy Spots A 'Distinct' Firefly!   Empire State Tribune
Los Angeles Times   
Vocal Republic   
Times Gazette   
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Discovery News
   
Stargazing in July: Space probe set to reveal Pluto's secrets   
The Independent
“Save Pluto!” cried the T-shirts. The slogan “stop planetary discrimination” screamed out on bumper stickers all over the States. “Honk if Pluto is still a planet!”, they urged. Pluto has long been every child's favourite planet. Discovered in 1930 by the American ...

You Have a Date with Pluto on July 14, Don't Miss it!   Weekly Observer
Much variety on Pluto's Close Approach Hemisphere, and a Charon dark pole   Space Daily
New Horizons on Final Approach to Pluto   Clapway
Stuff.co.nz   
Empire State Tribune   
Space.com   
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The College Fix
   
Questions arise about accuser who helped bring down Nobel scientist   
The College Fix
She was appalled by Hunt's supposedly “sexist” comments at a conference in Seoul, South Korea, which “utterly ruined” the meal to which they were treated. But it appears that there is an account of Dr. Hunt's remarks that differs quite a bit from hers.
University College London says NO to sexist Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt   The Hoops News
Guests 'clapped at scientist's joke about women in labs'   The Times (subscription)
UCL Won't Reinstate Sir Timothy Hunt Following 'Sexist' Remarks   Rapid News Network
The Bell Jar   
Times Gazette   
Morning Ticker   
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The Standard Daily
   
Climate change has an impact on people's life   
Voice Chronicle
Climate change is an environmental problem; we can even refer it as a nature problem that is caused by pollution, fossil fuels and other human activities, which have a direct or indirect impact on humans. But climate change is now actually declared a medical ...

Climate change is now considered a medical emergency that poses health risk ...   The Next Digit
Climate change impact peoples' health, study finds   The Hoops News
Severity of climate claims thousands of lives as a result of increasing global ...   Benchmark Reporter
Philly.com   
Center for Research on Globalization   
The Express Tribune   
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Empire State Tribune
   
Monarch butterflies decline to dangerously low levels   
vtdigger.org
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Monarch butterflies are in decline nationwide, and may be approaching dangerously low levels. Monarchs have declined nearly 80% in the 21 years researchers have been monitoring their wintering populations, from a high of up to one ...

Dwindling Royalty: Monarch butterflies on the decline!   Empire State Tribune
Vermont might help in conserving the fading Monarch Butterflies   The Hoops News
Vermont can help to conserve declining monarch butterfly   seattlepi.com

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Alaska Dispatch News
   
Icy earthquakes can help scientists track shrinking glaciers   
Alaska Dispatch News
In the past 20 years, Greenland's mysterious glacial earthquakes have become seven times more common. Now, scientists finally understand why they occur. After in-depth monitoring of Greenland's Helheim Glacier, researchers discovered that falling ice ...

Glacial Earthquakes Help Researchers Track Massive Ice Loss even as the ...   Dispatch Times
Glacial Quakes Help Scientists Follow Melting Ice   Weekly Observer
Iceberg calving and glacial earthquakes happening at higher rate, study finds   Inferse
The New Indian Express   
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