2015年9月14日 星期一

2015-09-15 U.S. Science


Los Angeles Times
   
Sierra Nevada snowpack is much worse than thought: a 500-year low   
Los Angeles Times
When California Gov. Jerry Brown stood in a snowless Sierra Nevada meadow on April 1 and ordered unprecedented drought restrictions, it was the first time in 75 years that the area had lacked any sign of spring snow. Now researchers say this year's ...

Snowpack In Sierra Nevada At 500-Year Low   Huffington Post
California Drought Making The State The Driest It's Been In 500 Years   Tech Times
Sierra Nevada Snowpack Reached Five-Century Low This Year   Newsweek
Santa Fe New Mexican   
The Week Magazine   
SFGate   
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Discovery News
   
Global Warming to Pick Up in 2015, 2016: Experts   
Discovery News
Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as El Nino, Britain's top climate and weather body said in a report Monday. "It looks very likely that ...
Next two years may be world's hottest   The Nation
Researchers say 2015, 2016 to become hottest years on record   Firstpost
August smashes global heat record as giant El Nino builds   Sydney Morning Herald
Reuters   
TIME   
MyTechBits   
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Engadget
   
NASA snaps photos of the ISS making its way across the sun   
Engadget
The image above isn't of an alien world with strange markings: it's our own sun, and those tiny marks show the International Space Station's transit across its surface as seen from Earth. NASA chief photographer Bill Ingalls captured several photos of ...

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USA TODAY
   
NASA uses twins to study perils of Mars trip   
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Every few weeks, retired astronaut Mark Kelly powers up a laptop inside his Arizona home and gives himself a battery of memory and judgment tests. Some 200 miles above Earth, identical twin Scott takes the same tests on a computer at ...

NASA uses the twins to study perils of Mars trip   The Market Business
Kelly, Kornienko halfway through yearlong ISS flight   CBS News
Mars mission success needs government support, astronauts say   Knoxville News Sentinel
Phys.Org   
Tribune-Review   
Ars Technica   
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The Space Reporter
   
NASA's 4K channel will launch November 1st   
The Space Reporter
NASA's new UHD TV channel will have four times the definition of full HD television. Image Credit: NASA TV/Mark Hailey. 4. SHARES. ShareTweetSubscribe. GoogleLinkedinRedditWhatsappDeliciousDiggTumblrStumbleuponBufferMail. Sign up to receive ...

Explore the Universe in Ultra High-Def as NASA TV Goes 4K   PC Magazine
You'll soon be able to watch astronauts in ultra-HD on NASA's new TV channel   Quartz
Space In 4K: Explore The Final Frontier In UHD With New NASA TV Channel   Forbes
Digital Trends   
Space Ref (press release)   
Fortune   
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Space.com
   
Partial Solar Eclipse 2015: See Photos from Space, Skywatchers   
Space.com
When the moon blocked the sun in a partial solar eclipse on Sunday (Sept. 13) a European satellite managed to catch the celestial event on camera not once but three different times. Meanwhile, back on Earth, viewers in South Africa saw it just once ...
Satellites in space catch amazing photos of weekend solar eclipse   Mashable
Blood Moon September 2015: Is It a Sign of the End Times?   Gospel Herald
Eclipse, Reddish Super Moon Above Portland, Oregon, the Coast   Oregon Coast Beach Connection
Sky & Telescope   
CNET   
OregonLive.com   
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News Every day
   
Archaeologists unearth the stone tools was crafted at least 10000 years back   
The Market Business
Archaeologists, who were originally assigned on a salmon-restoration mission, were able to unearth stone tools near Seattle that are said to be about 10,000 years old. Through these discoveries in the Bear Creek site located in Redmond, Washington ...
10000 year old prehistoric tools found near excavation site in Redmond   Catholic Online
Seattle area dig reveals trove of 10000 year old stone tools   SlashGear
10000-Year-Old Stone Tools Reveal Ancient Activity Hub Near Seattle   Indian Country Today Media Network
UPI.com   
Times Gazette   
The Hoops News   
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Discover Magazine
   
New study asks why birds fall in love   
Washington Post
Humans are constantly trying to figure out what love is all about — and not just for their own emotional wellbeing. The question of why monogamy exists (and whether it should be humanity's default) is ongoing. In one new study, researchers focused on ...
Birds reveal the evolutionary importance of love   Phys.Org
Online dating for birds: Zebra finches prefer behavioral compatability to looks   Science /AAAS
Birds Fall in Love Too, Speed Dating Experiment Shows   Discovery News
Medical Daily   
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Gizmag
   
DARPA demonstrates robotic landing gear for helicopters   
Gizmag
Helicopters are versatile machines capable of all manner of maneuvers in the air, but when it comes to takeoffs and landings they are very fussy creatures, preferring flat, level pads, which are scarce in combat and rescue missions. DARPA recently ...


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TechCrunch
   
SpaceX Has Nearly A Full Uber Funding In Contracts   
TechCrunch
Sending things to space isn't cheap, which is exactly why Elon Musk got into the business with SpaceX. In a press release today about some newly signed contracts for use of its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, the company updated just how ...

SpaceX gets more work   Waco Tribune-Herald
SpaceX adds new mission contracts   Monitor
SpaceX signs two more rocket customers   Orlando Sentinel
Florida Today   
SYS-CON Media (press release)   
Dallas Morning News   
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