2014年12月13日 星期六

2014-12-14 Ireland Science


The Guardian
   
Geminids meteor shower to be visible tonight   
RTE.ie
The annual Geminids meteor shower is hitting the earth's atmosphere tonight and it may be possible to see up to 20 times as many shooting stars in the skies over Ireland. The meteors will be most visible between 11pm and 1am tonight and tomorrow night.
How to Watch Tonight's Explosive Geminids Meteor Shower   PC Magazine
Geminids meteor shower: second chance for sightings on Sunday night   Sydney Morning Herald
Meteor shower set to light up NZ skies   New Zealand Herald
shropshirestar.com   
Mirror.co.uk   
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The Star Online
   
Ground control to Commander Chris   
The Star Online
Astronaut and social media sensation Chris Hadfield shares his thoughts on the future of space travel, the Apollo moon landing, and lightning storms over Malaysia. “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” July 20, 1969, the day on which ...

Astronaut Chris Hadfield receives gold medal from Trinity   Irish Times

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BBC News
   
Lima climate talks face major breakdown, US warns   
BBC News
The head of the US delegation at UN climate talks has warned of a "major breakdown" in the process if negotiators fail to come to an agreement at a meeting in Lima, Peru. Talks remain deadlocked by divisions between rich and poor countries over the scale ...

Negotiators inch toward a compromise in talks aimed at a climate treaty next year   Washington Post
Nations Plod Forward on Climate Change Accord   New York Times
UN Climate Talks Deadlock on Rift Between Rich and Poor   Businessweek
RTE.ie   
Economic Times   
The Independent   
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Siliconrepublic.com
   
NASA to get rare budget increase of US$364m for future deep space missions   
Siliconrepublic.com
Some good news for US space agency NASA's future, as the US government's next budget will see an increase of US$345m for future deep space exploration missions, bringing NASA's 2015 total to US$18bn. This marks a 2pc increase on the previous year's ...

NASA to be overfunded in 2015, its future as bright as the Sun   Geek
NASA 2015 Budget: Europa Mission, Orion Big Winners As Space Agency ...   International Business Times
NASA to receive more money than it requested for 2015   The Verge
Tech Times   
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Irish Examiner
   
See the moment a turtle was released to the wild   
Irish Examiner
This video shows the moment a turtle was released into the ocean after a near year-long rehabilitation. Meghan, an Olive Ridley sea turtle, had been found stranded on a beach in Lantana, Florida on Christmas Day 2013. She has since been cared for by staff ...


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Newstalk 106-108 fm
   
Could you be identified by your own unique video camera shake?   
Newstalk 106-108 fm
Wearable cameras are much more of a common sight these days, thanks in no small part due to the success of GoPro and similar small cameras. With the likes of Google Glass on the way, wearable technology is likely to become more prevalent in the next ...

Camera Shake Could Be Used to Identify the Person Behind the Camera ...   PetaPixel
Wearable cameras find person's unique motion signature (like fingerprints)   UPI.com

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CNET
   
NASA Reveals Best-Ever Maps of Saturn's Icy Moons (Photos)   
Space.com
Saturn's big, icy moons dazzle in a series of new maps that show the frigid worlds in unprecedented detail. The new maps of Saturn's moons, which were created by Paul Schenk of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston using data gathered by NASA's ...

Saturn's moons mapped in greater detail than ever before   UPI.com
NASA Has Some Beautiful New Maps Of Saturn's Moons   Gizmodo Australia
NASA releases stunning global maps of six of Saturn's moons   Gizmag
Siliconrepublic.com   
Phys.Org   
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The Guardian
   
Progress report from CERN   
The Guardian
Another end-of-year report from CERN. No new collisions yet, but lots of progress. Higgs - what next? Photograph: Ben Gilliland/STFC. Jon Butterworth. Saturday 13 December 2014 08.39 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share ...

Fabiola Gianotti Chosen as First Female Director-General of CERN Physics Center   Uncover Michigan
LHC set to be re-launched in March   New Hampshire Voice
Large Hadron Collider set to re-run in March 2015   Trend.az
Salina.com   
Chinatopix   
Bangladesh News 24 hours   
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CNBC
   
Peru is indignant after Greenpeace makes its mark on ancient site   
CNBC
A protester looks on during a Greenpeace protest outside the Russian Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand. CARACAS, Venezuela—An expression of concern by the environmental group Greenpeace about the carbon footprint was marred this week by real ...

Greenpeace sorry for stunt Peru says damaged sacred site   USA TODAY
Greenpeace director in Peru to apologize and 'help investigate' Nazca lines stunt   Fox News
Greenpeace 'damages ancient site'   NEWS.com.au
National Geographic   
Herald Sun   
CBC.ca   
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Morning Vertical
   
Pittsburgh firm offering 'moon mail' for keepsakes   
Chron.com
PITTSBURGH (AP) — An outer-space delivery firm that is working with Carnegie Mellon University to put a privately-owned lunar rover on the moon is offering to "mail" personal keepsakes to the moon as a way to help fund the partnership's rocket launch.
MoonMail will launch your stuff to the lunar frontier   Mother Nature Network

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