2015年10月8日 星期四

2015-10-09 U.S. Science


Los Angeles Times
   
What elephants can teach scientists about fighting cancer in humans   
Los Angeles Times
African elephants at Utah's Hogle Zoo. Scientists say they believe they now know how elephants resist cancer. African elephants at Utah's Hogle Zoo. Scientists say they believe they now know how elephants resist cancer. (Courtesy of Eric Peterson).
Why Elephants Don't Get Cancer—and What That Means for Humans   Newsweek
Elephants: Large, Long-Living and Less Prone to Cancer   New York Times
Elephants found to carry cancer-suppressing gene, scientists report   Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Salt Lake Tribune   
Arizona Daily Star   
KSL.com   
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New York Times
   
Scientists Recover First Genome of Ancient Human From Africa   
New York Times
A team of scientists reported on Thursday that it had recovered the genome from a 4,500-year-old human skeleton in Ethiopia — the first time a complete assemblage of DNA has been retrieved from an ancient human in Africa. The DNA of the Ethiopian ...
3000 years ago, an early human journey back into Africa   Christian Science Monitor
First ancient African genome solves migration mystery   BBC News
DNA from 4500-year-old Ethiopian reveals surprise about ancestry of Africans   Los Angeles Times
ABC News   
Phys.Org   
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Space Daily
   
Pluto's Small Moons Nix and Hydra   
Space Daily
This week's beautiful Charon images remind us that Pluto is not just one body; it's a whole system of worlds. Pluto and its largest moon Charon dance around each other, making circles around their common center of mass, which lies in an empty space ...

Blue Sky And Red Ice At Pluto, NASA Spacecraft Discovers   CBS Local
Tech company with local ties helps with NASA project   Greenfield Daily Reporter
NASA finds that Pluto has blue skies and surface water ice   Engadget
The Space Reporter   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
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The New Yorker
   
Wet paleoclimate of Mars revealed by ancient lakes at Gale Crater   
Science Codex
We have heard the Mars exploration mantra for more than a decade: follow the water. In a new paper published October 9, 2015, in the journal Science, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team presents recent results of its quest to not just follow the ...
Ancient Mars Was Wetter and Warmer Than We Ever Realized   Gizmodo
Ancient Mars had great lakes and rivers   The Space Reporter
NASA rover finds signs of lake on Mars that may have supported life   Columbus Dispatch
TIME   
KRQE News 13   
GlobalPost   
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New York Times
   
Researchers Say They've Recreated Part of a Rat Brain Digitally   
New York Times
Building on years of research, 82 researchers from institutions around the world reported Thursday that they had built a reconstruction of a section of a rat brain in a computer. The research was partly supported by the Human Brain Project, a more than ...
This Simulated Rat Brain Is Amazing, But Won't Solve Brain's Mysteries   Popular Science
Rat brain—or a smidgeon of it—is modeled in a computer   Science /AAAS
Researchers build a digital piece of brain   Science Codex
The Australian   
Motherboard   
Medical Daily   
Cell   
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CNN
   
Coral reefs endangered by bleaching in global event, researchers say   
CNN
(CNN) — For the third time since records have been kept, the world is experiencing a global coral bleaching event. It's a major environmental incident, predicted by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and now confirmed as ...

Dot Earth | Steps Reef Lovers Can Take as US Warns of Global Coral Bleaching Event   New York Times (blog)
'The Blob': As warm water kills off coral reefs, can we help?   Christian Science Monitor
A Massive Bleaching Event is Threatening the World's Coral Reefs   Gizmodo
Times of India   
Washington Post   
Courier Mail   
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Nature World News
   
Fossils Suggest Ancient Birds Flew Over the Heads Of Dinosaurs   
Nature World News
Ancient birds had an intricate arrangement of muscles and ligaments that controlled the main feathers of their wings. This suggests that some were able to fly as well as modern birds. (Photo : Stephanie Abramowicz). Small, ancient bird fossils shed ...
Fossil could settle the debate over whether early birds really did fly   Fox News
125-million-year-old wing sheds new light on the evolution of flight ...   EurekAlert (press release)
Could early birds fly? Fossil holds clue to ancient mystery.   Christian Science Monitor
Discovery News   
Zee News   
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Hindustan Times
   
The Climate Post: U.N. Releases Draft of Negotiating Text for Paris Climate Talks   
Huffington Post
On Monday the United Nations unveiled a first draft of the negotiating text for climate talks later this year in Paris. That text has been reduced from more than 80 pages to 20 and will be further revised in Bonn, Germany, Oct. 19-23, to advance a ...
Is a Warming World to Blame for the Syrian Refugee Crisis?   Pacific Standard
Were South Carolina floods 'caused' by climate change?   KTVQ Billings News
Another Climate Alarmist Lets It Slip: Why They Want To Scare You   Investor's Business Daily (blog)
KSPR   
Auburn Citizen   
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AL.com
   
Draconid meteor showers 2015 tonight: peak time, where to look (October 2015)   
AL.com
Stars appear to rotate around the North Star as an airplane passes by during the Draconids meteor shower seen from Springville, Ala., Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. This is a composite of several 30-second time-exposure photographs.
Weather & Moon To Cooperate For Possible View Of Unique October Meteor Shower   CBS Local
How to Watch the Draconid Meteor Shower   New York Times
PM Update: Warm, with a chance of showers or a thunderstorm late Friday   Washington Post (blog)
Patch.com   
FOX 29 News Philadelphia   
EarthSky   
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute - Nasa   
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FOX40
   
California to Phase Out Microbeads Used in Soaps, Toothpase   
FOX40
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that requires California to phase out the use of microscopic beads in personal care products sold in the state starting in 2020 to protect fish and wildlife. Previous versions of the ban passed the Assembly but ...

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