2014年12月17日 星期三

2014-12-18 Ireland Science


TakePart
   
NASA has new info on California drought   
Hanford Sentinel
It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water (42 cubic kilometers) -- around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir -- to recover from California's continuing drought, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data. The finding was part of ...

Bone-dry California crying out for some of that Irish water   Irish Times
NASA Built This Snow-Tracking Plane to Save California From Drought   Popular Mechanics

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Forbes
   
Don't Dismiss Ten "Cutest" Discoveries Of 2014: Some Are Amazing And Adorable   
Forbes
If the journal Nature's top 10 “cutest” animal stories of the year is any indication, cuteness is in the eye of the beholder. A spider? Swarming robots? Urinating dogs? Perhaps stringing together ten stories about furry animals not engaged in excretion would be ...

The top 10 cutest animals in science of 2014   Washington Post
Video: the top 10 cutest animals - and that's a scientific fact   Irish Times
Here are 10 of the cutest animals in science this year   Irish Examiner
USA TODAY   
Live Science   
Tech Times   
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R & D Magazine
   
New theories could increase number of hospitable planets   
Siliconrepublic.com
An illustration of an ocean planet that could potentially harbour life. Image via Christine Daniloff/MIT. The number of planets that could be hospitable to life just received a boost after scientists have come to the conclusion life could exist on a planet with a ...

Study finds an exoplanet, tilted on its side, could still be habitable if covered in ...   Phys.Org
Life on an aquaplanet   MIT News

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NBCNews.com
   
Year in Space: Rosetta Mission's Comet Landing Takes the Prize   
NBCNews.com
When you look back at the past year in space, one achievement stands out: the unprecedented touchdown of the Philae lander on a comet hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, at the climax of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. Don't just take ...

Comet-Landing Spacecraft's Exact Location Still Eludes Scientists   Scientific American
Philae lander lives on through dramatic images of its landing   Bio & Tech Insights
ESA Says Philae Lander May Return to Work   Design & Trend
WallStreet OTC   
UPI.com   
Geek Infinite   
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ZME Science
   
Damming beavers also play a small role in global warming   
ZME Science
These cute furry rodents almost went extinct in the 19th century, but conservation efforts have proven successful and right now, the world has a solid beaver population. But a new study conducted by Canadian researchers found that this increase in population ...

Beavers go from near-extinction to major methane polluters   Irish Times
Damming Beavers are increasing Methane Production: Study   New Hampshire Voice
Damming beavers are slowly changing the world   (e) Science News
Nature World News   
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BBC News
   
UN climate deal in Peru ends historic North-South split   
BBC News
Unexpectedly, for a city that is in a desert area, rain drizzled from the night-time sky over Lima early on Sunday. Just as unexpectedly, the gavel came down on UN climate talks that had almost collapsed because of wide gaps between the positions held by ...

How the Lima climate change talks failed   Telegraph.co.uk
Gaps Between Rich and Poor Slow Race to a Climate Deal   Businessweek
Last minute deal salvaged UN climate talks   Fox News
Reuters   
Financial Times   
Irish Examiner   
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Toronto Star
   
The Lima deal   
The News International
It is a measure of how little progress the international community has made in combating climate change that the last-ditch agreement reached in Peru is both historic and weak. The Lima accord is unprecedented because it commits every country in the world ...

A truly global summit on climate change   Washington Post
An inadequate compromise on climate change confirms Lima was not going to ...   Irish Times
Care for the Whole Creation: The World Council of Churches at COP20 in Lima   Huffington Post
Toronto Star   
The Guardian   
The Guardian   
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TIME
   
US satellite spies holiday lights from space   
Los Angeles Times
Americans are serious about their Christmas lights -- so much so that a NASA satellite can see them from space. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite, which NASA operates with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, can't ...

From Space, US Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree During Holidays   Frontline Desk
Satellite Images Show Holidays Around the World Light Up the Night   NBCNews.com
Holiday lights can be seen from space, NASA says   Chron.com
9news.com.au   
Bio & Tech Insights   
Capitalberg   
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VICE News
   
NASA Discovery Shows There Might be Little Green Microbes on Mars   
VICE News
Scientists on Tuesday revealed that NASA's Curiosity rover detected a tenfold spike in methane levels on the Red Planet last year. It was the first time Curiosity detected significant traces of the gas since the rover landed on Mars in 2012 and the discovery has ...

Mars rover Curiosity beams down one stunning discovery after another   Science Recorder
NASA`s Curiosity Rover found methane and organic compounds in Mars.   Morning Vertical
Curiosity Detects Spike In Methane, And Other Organic Molecules, On Mars   Science 2.0
Science Times   
The Christian Times   
Gizmag   
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Bio & Tech Insights
   
DARPA develops bullet that can change direction midair   
Bio & Tech Insights
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has made headlines, announcing that a new bullet that can change direction in midair has been developed. While it sounds like the kind of technology that would be present only in the movies or in ...

US Research Team develops New Bullet capable of Changing Direction   Uncover Michigan
Real-life Wanted: Someone invents the bending bullet   Metro
US makes bullet that can change direction in mid-air   The Independent
Stars and Stripes   
Irish Mirror   
Ottawa Citizen   
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