2014年11月10日 星期一

2014-11-11 Ireland Science

  Irish Times   
Project Maths students record 'small but positive' improvement in skills  Irish Times
Students studying under the Project Maths curriculum have recorded a “small but positive” improvement in their skills with the subject, a new study has shown. Its authors also suggest that these gains will advance further over time. The results show a relatively ...

Project Maths liked less than old teaching method   Irish Examiner

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  thejournal.ie   
Ever wanted to see a comet up close? You're in luck  thejournal.ie
THE EUROPEAN SPACE Agency (ESA) has released some incredible close-up images of a comet. The organisation's Optical, Spectrocopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) took the below images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in ...


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Video: A rope swing in a giant canyon and a GoPro camera is every bit as good ...  JOE
While we often wonder why people do foolish things, we sometimes can't help but be impressed by some of the crazy videos we see every now and then. In this latest GoPro video, we see a bunch of adrenaline-seekers trying out a rope swing in a canyon and ...


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  Tech Fragments   
Fantastic Voyage: Robotic Nano-swimmers could Swim through Bloodstream ...  Tech Fragments
Anyone remember the 1966 science-fiction movie Fantastic Voyage, where a submarine gets shrunk down so that it's crew can travel through the human body, allowing the crew to perform surgery in the brain? Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in ...

Micro- and nano-swimmers can be propelled through media similar to bodily fluids   Phys.Org
Micro-scallop robot can swim through blood, eyeballs   SlashGear
Robotic microscallops can swim through the bloodstream, eyeball fluid to deliver ...   Tech Times
The Inquisitr   
News Tonight Africa   
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  Irish Times   
Austrian experts may shed light on massacre of Mexican students  Irish Times
Teacher trainees, with covered faces, stand on a Mexican highway waiting for trucks to stop as part of a protest in support of 43 missing students. Photograph: Daniel Becerril/Reuters. Dave Graham. Topics: News · World · Americas · 43 Mexican students ...

Austrian forensic experts may shed light on Mexico massacre   Reuters

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  Irish Independent   
Where no probe has gone before: bid to land on comet  Irish Independent
An artist's impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to the comet. Photo credit: ESA/PA Wire. European scientists will this week make the first attempt to land a probe on the surface of a comet, the climax of a decade-long project to unlock ...

The countdown to comet interception is on at Blackrock Castle   Irish Examiner
Mission to land robot on comet to take final step   The Globe and Mail
5 things you need to know about the Rosetta landing   Toronto Sun
New York Times   
Telegraph.co.uk   
RTE.ie   
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  NDTV   
Slow-Moving Lava Sets House Ablaze in Hawaii Town  NDTV
Lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano burns a residential structure Monday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Pahoa, Hawaii. Honolulu: A stream of lava set a home on fire on Monday in a rural Hawaii town that has been watching the slow-moving flow approach for months.
Slow moving lava enters Hawaii town, damages property   Firstpost
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano: First home incinerated since lava began flowing ...   ABC Online
Lava flow from volcano incinerates home on Hawaii's Big Island   Reuters
Daily Mail   
Wall Street Journal   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Soyuz spacecraft returns astronauts to Earth  Christian Science Monitor
After more than five months in orbit aboard the International Space Station, three astronauts – an American, a Russian, and a German – are back on Earth, courtesy of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Three space station crewmen return safely to Earth in Kazakhstan   Reuters
How Reid Wiseman Tweeted Through His Space Mission   Newsweek
3 astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan steppe   Washington Post
Irish Independent   
CBS Local   
The Atlantic   
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  Irish Independent   
New Virgin Galactic spacecraft "two thirds complete"  Irish Independent
Pól Ó Conghaile Twitter · Email. Published 11/11/2014 | 02:00. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Virgin Galactic, SpaceShipTwo. A piece of the Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo lies in the Mojave desert (AP).
Virgin Galactic's Fliers Reassess Plans After SpaceShipTwo's Crash   NBCNews.com
Mystery Of Pilot's Survival In Virgin Galactic Spaceship Two Continues   KDramaStars
SpaceShipTwo: How it's Supposed to Work   Discovery News
The Space Review   
Hollywood Reporter   
Examiner.com   
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  The Guardian   
Harsh times created judgmental gods  Otago Daily Times
People living in hardship are more likely to believe in moralising, high gods, according to a major new study co-authored by New Zealand researchers. The study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, tracks the evolution ...

Judgmental gods the offspring of harsh times, study finds   New Zealand Herald
When times are tough, cultures turn to moralising gods - study   Voxy
How harsh environments make you believe in God (or gods)   Washington Post (blog)
The Guardian   
Daily Mail   
Herald Sun   
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