2014年12月3日 星期三

2014-12-04 Ireland Science

  Agriculture.com   
Tractor Takes on South Pole  Agriculture.com
At this moment, a Massey Ferguson 5610 tractor is traveling across Antarctica to the South Pole in temperatures reaching as low as -68°F. The Antarctica2 expedition's chilly goal is to travel the 2,900 miles from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and ...

Ploughing on: voyaging to the South Pole in a tractor   Irish Times
Bid to drive a tractor to the South Pole reaches halfway stage   Western Morning News
Dutch actress heads to South Pole on tractor   SBS

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  Irish Examiner   
Britain will lead the mission to Mars and this is what it could look like  Irish Examiner
Britain has been chosen to lead Europe's mission to search for life on Mars, putting the UK right at the forefront of space exploration. Chancellor George Osborne made the surprise announcement that Britain had been awarded the “lead role” in the 2018 ...

Britain to lead Europe's search for life on Mars, George Osborne reveals in ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Autumn Statement: Britain will invest £95m into the ESA's next missions to Mars   The Independent
Britain to lead European Space Agency mission to find life on Mars   Daily Mail
BBC News   
E&T magazine   
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  Mirror.co.uk   
Mystery sea monster washes up on beach in Russia  AOL Travel UK
A sea creature that was spotted on a beach in Russia has left experts baffled for eight years. According to English Russia, the creature was found by Russian soldiers on the Sakhalin shoreline in 2006. The Sakhalin area is situated near to Japan,and is the ...

Mystery 'SEA MONSTER' skeleton washes up on shore - but can you guess what ...   Mirror.co.uk
Mystery sea creature washes up on shore   Yahoo!7 News
Mysterious Russian Sea Monster Identified As Beluga Whale By Scientists   Opposing Views
Daily Star   
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  Irish Mirror   
Watch: Beachgoers save pregnant dead shark's pups and lead them to their first ...  Irish Mirror
Most people would walk away from a dead animal on the beach, while others upon realising it was a shark might stop to take a picture. But this family went the extra mile when they discovered the creature was pregnant. The man in this footage quickly sets ...


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  USA TODAY   
Orion Test Flight to Carry Sally Ride's Crew Patch  PC Magazine
The first test flight of NASA's deep space crew capsule is a go and the pioneering astronaut's STS-7 crew patch will be on board. 0shares. Orion Rendering. The first test flight of NASA's deep space Orion crew capsule is a go for Thursday morning and ...

NASA: Orion capsule launch a 'go' for Thursday morning   USA TODAY
Why NASA's Orion Spacecraft Looks So Familiar   Businessweek
NASA Counts Down To Orion's First Step To Mars   NDTV
Reuters   
The Globe and Mail   
National Post   
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  Irish Times   
Global warming makes 2014 likely to be hottest on record  Irish Times
UN climate conference in Lima told this year is on track to be the hottest year on record, or at least one of the top three. Photograph: Mariana Bazo/Reuters. Frank McDonald. Topics: News · Environment · Alan Kelly · Artur Runge Metzger · Christiana Figueres ...

UN warning as 2014 is set to be hottest year on record   Irish Independent
UN sets modest hopes for climate pledges at 2015 Paris summit   Reuters
WMO predicts 2014 could be hottest yet   Herald Sun
AsiaOne   
ABC Online   
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  NBCNews.com   
Old Master: 540000-Year-Old Shell Has Oldest Ever 'Art'  NBCNews.com
The ancient relatives of modern-day humans not only ate freshwater shellfish, but engraved their shells and used them as tools, a new study finds. Researchers in Java, Indonesia, discovered engravings on a shell that dates to between 540,000 and 430,000 ...

Oldest engraving rewrites view of human history   i24news
World's earliest known engraving reveals sophistication of Homo erectus   The Guardian
Australian researcher discovers first artwork by early human   Xinhua
Reuters UK   
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  Newsweek   
Asteroids, asteroids will rock you, Queen guitarist warns  Los Angeles Times
It's never too early to worry about asteroids wiping out life on Earth. So say the folks who've been fretting for decades over just such a scenario -- among them, Queen guitarist-astrophysicist Brian May. They think it's time all Earthlings focus their anxiety, and ...

Warning: Earth is 'living on borrowed time'   NEWS.com.au
Scientists warn of risk to planet from orbiting asteroids   SFGate
Brian May Is the Champion of the Universe   Newsweek
Yahoo News UK   
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  Times LIVE   
Japanese probe to travel into Earth's past  Times LIVE
TOWARDS ETERNITY: An H-IIA rocket carrying the Hayabusa 2 space probe launches yesterday from Tanegashima Space Centre on the Japanese island of Tanegashima. The probe is on a six-year round trip to an asteroid to collect samples scientists hope ...

Japanese asteroid probe sets off on six-year trip   The Daily Star
JAXA hopes to get nod to name Hayabusa2 mission's destination asteroid   The Japan Times
Japan launches asteroid mission to blow up a space rock   Mashable
Reuters   
The Atlantic   
Washington Post   
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  Discovery News   
West Antarctic ice melt triples in 10 years  The Australian
A comprehensive, 21-year analysis of the fastest-melting region of Antarctica has found that the melt rate of glaciers there has tripled during the last decade. The glaciers in the Amundsen Sea Embayment in West Antarctica are hemorrhaging ice faster than ...

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Retreating at a Much Higher Rate Than ...   VICE News
West Antarctic Dropped Ice Equivalent to Mount Everest as Melting Tripled in ...   Tech Times
NASA: Rate of Antarctic ice loss triples in a decade   USA TODAY
Washington Post   
Businessweek   
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