2015年8月18日 星期二

2015-08-19 U.S. Science


CBS Local
   
Discovery Of 130 Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Earth's First Flowering ...   
CBS Local
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The most ancient known flowering plant on earth wasn't very pretty by today's standards. A team of scientists analyzed fossilized specimens discovered a century ago in Spanish lakes, and determined they were likely the oldest ...

Paleobotanists identify what could be the mythical 'first flower'   The Times
Fossil reveals world's first flowering plant   Science Recorder
World's first flower revealed   Daily Times
Christian Science Monitor   
Times Gazette   
Headlines & Global News   
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NBCNews.com
   
Climate Change in America Turned Forests Into Plains, Dogs Into Wolves   
NBCNews.com
It turns out old dogs — prehistoric ones, even — can learn new tricks. It just takes a few million years. A new study of American dog fossils shows that climate change and resulting habitat shifts drove native dogs, originally an ambush predator, to ...
Dogs have evolved to be more like cats   Irish Examiner
New discovery shows that dogs used to look more like cats   Dispatch Times
Study shows cat-like dogs evolved due to climate change   AmeriPublications
Science a Gogo   
Science World Report   
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Tech Times
   
Sunlight And Urban Grime Conspire To Release Dangerous Air Pollutants: Study   
Tech Times
Grimy, sooty city buildings and sunlight combine to create a previously-unrecognized source of air pollution, researchers find. Nitrogen oxides and nitric acid thought 'locked' into grime can be 'breathed out' when buildings are hit by sunlight, they say.
Sun Causes City Buildings to Release Air Pollution   Discovery News
City buildings could be aggravating urban air pollution   The Fifth Estate
How sunlight on dirty buildings creates dirty air   Christian Science Monitor
Press Examiner   
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National Post
   
Five things about Canada's 'space elevator' (and what you might pass while ...   
National Post
Thoth Technology has filed a patent for a 20-kilometre-tall platform from which spacecraft could be launched. Here are five things to know about the Pembroke, Ont. company's tower, dubbed 'ThothX': 1: By building the elevator to only 20 kilometres, the ...
Proposed space elevator would tower 12 miles high   cleveland.com
The Unlikely Quest to Build a Tower Tall Enough to Take Astronauts to Space   Gizmodo
Space Elevator Could Be Rocket Alternative for Astronauts   ABC News
TechCrunch   
The Straits Times   
CBC.ca   
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Morning Ticker
   
DNA to be used as a hard drive to store data for 2000 years   
Morning Ticker
Scientists have found a way to store data within DNA's structure that could last 2,000 years. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter · Share on Reddit · Follow on Feedly. Scientists have discovered a way to use DNA's double helix structure as a filing ...
DNA 'Hard Drive' Could Store Information For 2000 Years   Headlines & Global News
DNA the next big thing in data storage?   Times of India
Breakthrough data storage innovation: One DNA molecule can store tons of data ...   BGR
Eagle Reporters   
Independent Online   
Clapway   
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Design & Trend
   
Digest This: NASA Is Looking To Turn Poop Into Food   
Design & Trend
(Photo : Clemson University) NASA was successful in their study of growing vegetables in space that started in May 2014. Then news emerged that NASA was also trying to turn human waste into reusable fuel in space. Now the space agency has taken things ...

Astronauts Capture Rare Photograph of a Red Sprite   Lifeboat Foundation (blog)
Space Veggies Look Pretty Darn Tasty   Press Examiner
Incredible shot of a rare 'red sprite' taken by astronauts in the ...   Mirror.co.uk
Sentinel Republic   
Rapid News Network   
Vocal Republic   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Islamic leaders join Pope in urging fossil fuel phase out   
The Australian
Islamic leaders from 20 countries today launched a Climate Change Declaration urging governments to deliver a strong, new international climate agreement in Paris this December. According to the declaration this needs to signal the “end of the road for ...

Islamic Experts Urge More Muslim Action On Climate Change   NDTV
Islamic scholars call on faithful to help fight climate change   Al Jazeera America
Muslim Scholars Call for Climate Action   Voice of America
The Nation   
BBC News   
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CNET
   
Aurora seen from the space station is a magic veil over Earth   
CNET
Astronaut Scott Kelly captures a stirring image of a glowing aurora that makes the planet look like a fantasy wonderland seen from afar. Sci-Tech. 19 August 20156:06 am AEST. Amanda Kooser mugshot. by Amanda Kooser · @akooser. facebook. twitter.
Amazing aurora imaged from space station   The Space Reporter
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Captures Stunning Video Of Northern Lights As Seen ...   Huffington Post UK
Aurora Borealis Space Footage Shared By Orbiting Astronaut Scott Kelly   Immortal News
Softpedia News   
BABW News   
Morning Ticker   
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Modern Readers
   
Cassini Spacecraft Makes Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione   
Modern Readers
Cassini Spacecraft Makes Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its final flyby of Saturn's moon Dione Monday, in an effort to find actual proof that there is still geological activity in the icy, pockmarked satellite. Images from ...
See a Newly-Released Image of Saturn's Moon Dione   TIME
Cassini Makes Final Flyby of the Saturn's Fourth Largest Moon Dione   Press Examiner
Cassini sidles up to Saturn's backward orbit Dione moon   Christian Science Monitor
Ledger Gazette   
Northern Californian   
News Ledge   
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India Today
   
What Facebook is to social media, The Drinkable Book is to...   
India Today
Each page of The Drinkable Book is embedded with silver and copper nano-particles, which kill the bacteria that cause deadly waterborne diseases. IndiaToday.in New Delhi, August 18, 2015 | UPDATED 16:54 IST ...


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