2014年11月18日 星期二

2014-11-19 Ireland Science

  BBC News   
UK 'to lead moon landing' funded by public contributions  BBC News
A British-led consortium has outlined its plans to land a robotic probe on the Moon in 10 years' time. Its aim is to raise £500m for the project from donations by the public. In return, donors would be able to have photos, text and their DNA included in a time ...

Investors offered moon 'archive'   Irish Independent
Immortality on the moon? Yours for €80   Irish Examiner
Lunar Mission One Aims to Send Crowdfunded Probe to Drill on Moon   NBCNews.com
The Guardian   
Sen (subscription)   
BreakingNews.ie   
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  BBC News   
'Fireball' spotted in sky over Northern Ireland  BBC News
A "fireball as bright as the moon" has been spotted moving across the sky above Northern Ireland, according to the Irish Astronomical Association. IAA president, Terry Moseley, said the sighting was reported by member of the association who works at the Met ...

"Fireball as bright as the moon" spotted above Ireland tonight   Newstalk 106-108 fm
Fireball spotted in sky above Northern Ireland   Irish Examiner
Did you see the 'giant fireball' over the east of the country tonight?   thejournal.ie
Sunday World   
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  Irish Mirror   
Now you can walk up walls thanks to technology inspired by geckos  Irish Mirror
A climbing system inspired by geckos has made it possible for a human to scale vertical glass. In a dramatic experiment, an 11-stone volunteer crawled up a 12ft pane using sticky attachments on his hands and feet. The demonstration recalled the movie ...

Gecko-inspired adhesives allow people to climb walls   Science Now
Geckos inspire scientists in US military-developed Spider-Man suit project   The Guardian
An Artificial Adhesive Outgrips the Gecko   MIT Technology Review
Yahoo News UK   
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  BBC News   
National Air Traffic Services releases timelapse tour of UK airspace  BBC News
A timelapse video showing thousands of planes flying in and out of the UK has been released by National Air Traffic Services. Around 6,000 flights take off and land across the region during an average 24-hour period. Air traffic experts collected radar data to ...

Air traffic timelapse: untangling Britain's plane-filled skies   Telegraph.co.uk
UK airspace as you've never seen it before   Irish Examiner
Amazing video shows the UK's daily air traffic   The Independent
Mashable   
Daily Mail   
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  Prospectus   
12* Powerful Climate Allies That GOP Denier Leaders Can't Ignore  Huffington Post
After my son submitted his college applications a few weeks ago, he confessed not getting into his top choice school would be the "ultimate dreamcrusher." That aptly sums up the dread I started to feel following last week's election. After working on climate ...

We're in a climate change hole; let's stop digging   Prospectus
Guru forecasts extreme, dramatic changes in Irish weather   Irish Examiner
GOP victory: Game over for the climate?   Washington Post
AllAfrica.com   
Prensa Latina   
Stabroek News   
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  Irish Examiner   
VIDEOS: Survival of turtles a tribute to nature's resilience over our recklessness  Irish Examiner
ONE unseasonably grey afternoon during this year's unusually bright summer, the kilometre-long beach near our West Cork home was deserted but for a single figure in the distance, walking along the top level of the tideline. He stooped and stood, stooped ...


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  GT: Global Trader   
UKSA Dedicates $50 Million to International Partnership Space Program  Satellite Today
Science Minister Greg Clark visits Airbus Defence and Space with UK ESA astronaut Tim Peake. Photo: UK Space Agency (Max Alexander). [Via Satellite 11-18-2014] The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) has allocated approximately $50 million to ...

The UK space sector is about to be hit with a £32 million investment   BreakingNews.ie
UK Space Agency opens fund   Portsmouth News
UK Space Industry Gets £32m Government Grant   Sky News
Insider Media   
Hertfordshire Mercury   
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VIDEO: Four worshippers killed in horrific Jerusalem synagogue attack  Irish Independent
Four worshippers have been killed in a horrific attack on a Jerusalem synagogue. Two assailants entered the synagogue with knives, axes and guns and set upon worshippers. The attackers were killed in a shoot-out with police.

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  Daily Mail   
Could POO soon power smartphones? Bacteria in faeces could improve 'bio ...  Daily Mail
Faeces could soon be used to power a future generation of mobile phones, scientists claim. Researchers have discovered a natural process that occurs within the bacteria found in poo, that could help improve 'bio batteries'. It is hoped the discovery could ...

'Poo power' could run mobile phones   Irish Independent
Human waste fuel cells 'a step closer'   Laboratory Talk
Clean energy 'bio batteries' a step closer   Science Codex

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  Siliconrepublic.com   
Don't neglect blue-skies research - ERC president  Siliconrepublic.com
We neglect blue-skies or 'frontier' research at our peril, a conference in Dublin heard yesterday. There was standing room only in the Royal Irish Academy as European Research Council (ERC) president Prof Jean-Pierre Bourguignon spoke there yesterday, ...

We should nurture curiosity-driven research   Irish Times

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