2015年9月21日 星期一

2015-09-22 U.S. Science


Fortune
   
Meet the computer that could pass high school geometry   
Fortune
A system called GeoS correctly answered 49% of SAT geometry questions, on par with average human test-takers. Some top Silicon Valley executives and a members of the public at-large fear that super-intelligent computers will someday use their smarts to ...

New Computer Program Solves Geometry Questions Like a High School Student   I4U News
AI System Performed Test With Average Human Results   Ubergizmo
AI system solves SAT geometry questions as well as average human test taker   Phys.Org

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Discovery News
   
Killer Radiation: How to Protect Martian Astronauts   
Discovery News
In “The Martian”, Mark Watney deals with a lot of dangerous situations — food and communications being a couple of them. But what if his camp got hit by a solar storm? How could he protect himself in that situation? Solar eruptions can cause damage to ...

How soon will we get to Mars?   Christian Science Monitor
Fact and fiction of Martian dust storms   EarthSky
NASA describes massive dust storms on Mars   The Space Reporter
ABC News   
People Magazine   
New York Times   
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Huffington Post
   
'Open Tree Of Life' Shows How 2.3 Million Earthlings Are Related, From ...   
Huffington Post
"This is the first real attempt to connect the dots and put it all together," one researcher said. Headshot of Matt Ferner. Matt Ferner National Reporter, The Huffington Post. Posted: 09/21/2015 09:19 PM EDT. Researchers from multiple institutions have ...
Online 'Open Tree of Life' Traces Origins of 2.3 Million Species   NBCNews.com
"Tree of Life" connects every living organism on Earth   CBS News
First comprehensive tree of life shows how related you are to millions of species   Science Now
Christian Science Monitor   
Salt Lake Tribune   
Indian Country Today Media Network   
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Steelers Lounge
   
Captive Female Snake in Missouri Performs 2nd 'Virgin Birth' in As Many Years   
The Market Business
The yellow-bellied watersnake at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center in Missouri is known to have had no contact with a male snake for at least eight years but this did not prevent her from giving birth. For the second time in two years, the ...
Yellow-bellied Snake in southeast Missouri gives birth without male companion ...   NYC Today
Female Snake in Missouri Performs 2nd 'Virgin Birth' in As Many Years   University Herald
Virgin Birth: Yellow-Bellied Watersnake Has Babies Without Male Contact   Steelers Lounge (blog)
BABW News   
UPI.com   
Dispatch Times   
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seattlepi.com
   
Super blood moon on Sunday will not usher in the end of the world (and other ...   
seattlepi.com
The end of the world will surely come, but just as surely it will not be this Sunday night or Monday morning when a super moon combines with a lunar eclipse to create a "super blood moon." The moon completely crosses the earth's shadow in a total lunar ...

When is the Supermoon? lunar eclipse, blood moon coming Sunday (September 27 2015)   AL.com
Moonquakes and Marsquakes   The Atlantic
Hawaii will be able to view supermoon, but sadly no lunar eclipse   KHON2
13WMAZ   
KRTV Great Falls News   
Delmarva Daily Times   
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TIME
   
Science Says This Is the Sound Giraffes Make   
TIME
It's long been assumed that unlike other animals, giraffes are largely silent beasts. They don't oink, moo or roar. But new research suggests perhaps giraffes do have a distinct sound: They hum. It was previously believed that giraffes may make sounds ...
Scientists finally know what sound a giraffe makes   USA TODAY
Giraffes Spend Their Nights Quietly, Constantly Humming   Smithsonian
Giraffes hum at night, scientists say   Science /AAAS
Design & Trend   
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Nature World Report
   
GMO Babies? UK researchers want to modify genomes of embryos   
Nature World Report
Are GMO babies on the way? One researcher in the United Kingdom has applied for permission to modify the genomes in human embryos in an effort to study early human development. By Brian Anderson -. 2015-09-21. human embryo "Human Embryo" by ...

Scientists Apply for License to Edit Genes in Human Embryos   Scientific American
Human Embryos Are a Final Frontier of Science   Yahoo News
Another group of scientists just announced plans to tinker with human genes ...   Business Insider
The Weather Space   
The Hoops News   
Steelers Lounge (blog)   
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Huffington Post
   
Climate Change Could Cost The World Trillions More Than We Thought   
Huffington Post
<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption">The Andrew Burton via Getty Images The marshy tundra around Newtok, Alaska, which has seen some of its permafrost thaw due to rising global temperatures. Share on Pinterest. The gross ...

Scientists calculate the dramatic economic cost of a warming Arctic   Washington Post
New analysis pegs cost of thawing permafrost to global economy at $43 trillion ...   Alaska Dispatch News
Emissions from Thawing Permafrost Add Trillions in Economic Impacts   Alaska Native News
Climate Central   
Phys.Org   
Nature World News   
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Immortal News
   
Air Pollution Kills Over 3 Million People Worldwide Every Year   
Immortal News
Scientists from around the globe published a study last Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature, claiming that air pollution alone is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, The Associated Press reported via US News. The lead author of the ...
Climate change, air pollution — both caused by humans — are growing problems ...   Kansas City Star (blog)
Air pollution deadly for 3.3 million per year   The Weather Space
Air pollution killing 3.3 mn people a year study   SurfPaducah
NewsQuench   
BABW News   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Why are there whale fossils in California mountains?   
Christian Science Monitor
A whale fossil uncovered in Scotts Valley, California, last week is thought to be four million years old. By Story Hinckley, Staff September 21, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. This undated image released by PBS shows a whale and a calf to promote a ...

4-million-year-old whale fossil found in Santa Cruz County   Santa Cruz Sentinel
Ancient whale fossil discovered in California   UPI.com
4-Million-Year-Old Fossil of a Rare Whale Species Found in Santa Cruz   StarmineNews.com
University Herald   
Tech Times   
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