2014年12月24日 星期三

2014-12-25 Ireland Science


BBC News
   
Northern Lights spectacular views in Northumberland   
BBC News
Spectacular views of the Northern Lights were seen in the sky above Northumberland early on Wednesday. Known as the Aurora Borealis, it is caused by charged particles colliding in the earth's atmosphere and is seen above the northern magnetic pole.
Northern Lights appear in the sky over Northumberland   Telegraph.co.uk
Aurora Borealis lights up the Christmas sky   Irish Independent
Northern Lights in the UK: Stunning Aurora Borealis illuminates Northumberland ...   The Independent
Irish Examiner   
Irish Mirror   
Metro   
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News Tonight Africa
   
Dwindling mussel numbers   
Oman Tribune
THE population of shellfish mussel could be under threat globally as climate change causes oceans to become increasingly acidic, scientists have claimed. The world's oceans are becoming increasingly acidic as they absorb some of the atmospheric carbon ...

Mussels could soon be off the menu   Daily Times
Mussels may be under threat from acidic oceans   Irish Examiner
Increasingly acidic oceans threaten world's mussel populations   The Guardian
Herald Scotland   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Move over Hadfield, there's a new astronaut in town   
thejournal.ie
US ASTRONAUT TERRY Virts has learned a lesson or two from Commander Chris Hadfield, everyone's favourite astronaut. The NASA spaceman is currently leading Expedition 43 which launched on November 23 and is not due to land until next May.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Shows Us How To Take Photographs From Space   Tech Times
Virgin show must go on, says astronaut   The Times (subscription)
Astronaut Chris Hadfield talks about the excitement and challenges of ...   imaging resource

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Irish Independent
   
House-hunting ants 'lean to left'   
Irish Independent
Unlike the star of hit Hollywood comedy Zoolander, ants do not have any difficulty in turning left, according to new research. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The film stars Ben Stiller as dim-witted male model Derek Zoolander, ...

House-hunting ants really enjoy turning left   Irish Examiner
Ants show left bias when exploring new spaces   Phys.Org
Are ants left-handed? Insects prefer exploring new surroundings by turning left   Daily Mail
The Nation   
Science Codex   
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Wall Street Journal
   
NASA Is Lost in Space   
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. space program needs a clear purpose. Spending billions on the International Space Station isn't it. Astronaut James H. Newman waves from the International Space Station, Dec. 5. ENLARGE. Astronaut James H. Newman waves from the ...

International Space Station spotted in the sky over Britain on Christmas Eve   The Independent
Astronauts wish the world Merry Christmas from space   Telegraph.co.uk
Just what will the ISS crew be eating on Christmas day?   Irish Examiner
Live Science   
PC Advisor   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Rosetta postcard: Could you jump from these cliffs?   
Los Angeles Times
While Philae rests quietly on the dark surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter is continuing to snap amazing images of the comet's nucleus and beam them back to Earth. lRelated For Rosetta mission's ...

8 most important spaceflight stories of 2014   Fox News
Science's top ten breakthroughs of 2014   The Hindu
Rosetta images show soaring 1km comet cliff   Telegraph.co.uk
The Independent   
Full-Time Whistle   
Wired   
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Tech Times
   
NASA Picks Four Companies for Commercial Space Flight Collaboration   
Tech Times
NASA to offer commercial companies access to its technologies and resources to help develop space capabilities. Space agency has selected four U.S. firms for the program. (Photo : NASA). NASA has announced the four commercial aerospace firms it has ...

Four companies have been picked by NASA for its Commercial Space Flight ...   Capitalberg
NASA Selects Commercial Space Partners for Collaborative Partnerships   SpaceFlight Insider
NASA SSA Gives Further Momentum to ViviSat's In-Orbit Servicing Ambitions   Satellite Today
Economic Times   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Dazzling! NuSTAR captures sun's portrait in solar X-rays   
Los Angeles Times
It's time to see the sun in a whole new light – X-ray light. NASA's NuSTAR space telescope has taken a stunning portrait of our home star in high-energy X-rays. The related research, presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco this ...

VIDEO: NASA Captures Spectacular Solar Flare Light Display   Science Times
NASA's NuSTAR takes dramatic X-Ray pictures of the Sun   Capitalberg
NASA's 'crazy' plan yields dramatic pictures of our X-ray Sun   The Register
BBC News   
CNET   
CBS News   
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Inferse
   
Acanthodes bridgei fish with mineralized rods and cones had colour vision   
Inferse
Summary: Scientists have discovered a 300 M yr-old fossilized fish with mineralized rods and cones which indicates presence of colour vision. inShare0. Acanthodes bridgei fish with mineralized rods and cones had colour vision. By Alexander | On December ...

Fishes Too, Have Rods and Cone Cells in their Eye - (full-timewhistle)   Full-Time Whistle
Ancient Eye Contains 300 Million-Year-Old Rods and Cones   Tech Times
Rods and Cones prevalent in Ancient Fish eye over 300 million years old   Capitalberg
Los Angeles Times   
Fox News   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
Hubble Finds 'New' Dwarf Galaxy in Milky Way's Backyard - (full-timewhistle)   
Full-Time Whistle
A negative image of KKs3, made using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. The core of the galaxy is the right hand dark object at the top center of the image, with its stars spreading out over a large section around it. (The left ...

A dwarf galaxy spotted by Hubble   Pioneer News
New rare dwarf galaxy discovered next to Milky Way   CBC.ca
Hubble spots Milky Way's new dwarf neighbour 'KKs3'   America Herald
Capitalberg   
Market Business News   
The Hoops News   
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