2014年12月10日 星期三

2014-12-11 Ireland Science


CNET
   
TCD scientists develop unique method for tracing historical agricultural ...   
RTE.ie
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have come up with a unique way of tracing agricultural developments across many centuries. They have discovered that parchments, made from animal skins, and used to record important information throughout history, are ...

Scientists reveal parchment's hidden stories   HeritageDaily

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SFGate
   
This Amazing 25-Year-Old Woman Helped Bring Apollo Astronauts Back From ...   
SFGate
Dec. 24 is the 46th anniversary of Apollo 8's lunar orbit — the first manned mission to travel to the moon and back. Although NASA was full of men at the time, there was one woman in the mix: Frances "Poppy" Northcutt, who was an integral part of the ...

Mesmerising video of Moon phases of 2015 released by Nasa   Telegraph.co.uk
Wow! See the Moon up close, as you've never seen it before   BreakingNews.ie
Team planning an elevator on the moon   FanIQ
Scottish Daily Record   
Daily Mail   
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New York Times
   
Study Gauges Plastic Levels in Oceans   
New York Times
It is no secret that the world's oceans are swimming with plastic debris — the first floating masses of trash were discovered in the 1990s. But researchers are starting to get a better sense of the size and scope of the problem. A study published Wednesday in ...

Trash talk: 269000 tons of plastic litter choke world's oceans   Reuters
New Research Quantifies the Oceans' Plastic Problem   NDTV
No part of the ocean untouched by plastic rubbish   ABC Online
The Independent   
CTV News   
ABC News   
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New York Times
   
Rosetta Data Support View That Asteroids Brought Water to Earth   
Wall Street Journal
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Rosetta science: Study suggests water on Earth did not come from comets   Los Angeles Times
Comet Data Clears Up Debate on Earth's Water   New York Times
Did rock-hard aliens turn a young Earth MOIST? New probe data emerges   The Register
USA TODAY   
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Sky News Australia
   
Lima marchers, experts want climate deal to respect rights   
Reuters
LIMA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rights experts and civil society groups issued an open letter on Wednesday to ministers attending U.N. climate talks in Lima, urging governments to enshrine "human rights for all" in the new global climate deal due to be ...

Hopes for Lima climate conference unravel   Irish Times
US says no China-style climate deal in works for India   Livemint
Australia still 'constructive' in climate talks, despite Julie Bishop's rhetoric   The Guardian
Times of India   
Firstpost   
Daily Caller   
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Newsweek
   
A Nobel gesture   
Irish Independent
Russia's richest man and a major stakeholder in Arsenal football club has bought James Watson's Nobel Prize award for £2.6m with the intention of giving it back to him. Alisher Usmanov, who owns the country's biggest ore producer, bought the medal at an ...

James Watson's Nobel Return   Newsweek
James Watson gifted his own Nobel medal by billionaire   Irish Times
Russia's Usmanov to give back Watson's auctioned Nobel medal   BBC News
New York Times   
Washington Post   
Bloomberg   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
'The Theory of Everything' is a unique love story: Jones   
Business Standard
Actress Felicity Jones said her latest movie 'The Theory of Everything' which is a biopic of famous physicist Stephen Hawking, is a unique love story. The 31-year-old star, who has played the role of Jane, Hawking's wife in the movie, said the film portrays the ...

The Theory of Everything, review: 'tasteful and affecting'   Telegraph.co.uk
Felicity Jones' Dior elegance   TV3.ie
Eddie Redmayne avoided Benedict Cumberbatch's Hawking film   BBC News
Irish Independent   
The Independent   
Daily Mail   
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USA TODAY
   
Lawmakers: Orion flight shows need for Mars mission   
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — NASA's successful test flight of a deep-space capsule last week should compel the Obama administration to focus more of its limited resources on getting humans to Mars as soon as possible, key House lawmakers said at a hearing ...

NASA's New Space Launch System Mega Rocket Won't Fly Until 2018   Yahoo News UK
NASA exploration programs face cost, technical, scheduling issues   Trend.az
NASA's Michoud facility preparing for future work on Orion deep space ...   WDSU New Orleans
Washington Post   
Computerworld   
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The New Yorker
   
The Age of Asteroids   
The New Yorker
A view of the asteroid Lutetia from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft. Credit Image from the European Space Agency. Brian May, the longtime guitarist of the rock band Queen, is also an astrophysicist. He started his career, in 1970, as a Ph.D.
Behemoth asteroid plays footsy with Earth   Times LIVE
Newly Found Massive Asteroid Not a Threat to Earth   Discovery News
A giant asteroid that crosses paths with Earth every three years has been ...   The Times (subscription)
Washington Post   
Mashable   
NEWS.com.au   
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Fox News
   
Aquilops: Oldest American Horned Dinosaur Found   
Krank.ie
2014 has been an exciting year for palaeontologists and anyone with an interest in dinosaurs (ie: everyone), with some truly fantastic discoveries solving some of the great dinosaur mysteries. The year's big palaeontological announcements included the ...

North America Has Oldest Known Horned Dinosaur   Tech Times
Horned dinosaurs landed in America 110 million years ago, some rabbit-sized   Science Recorder
108 million year old Horned dinosaur discovered in Montana was Rabbit size ...   Inferse
OCRegister   
The Utah People's Post   
International Business Times   
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