en-ie-hotdailynews: 2015-02-01 Ireland Science

My job: Dr Michael Murphy, UCC president
Irish Examiner
AROUND the UCC campus this year, the word 'genius' adorns everything from notice boards to pamphlets and t-shirts. As the college celebrates the life and legacy of George Boole throughout 2015, a diverse range of high-profile projects and events are ...

and more »

Irish Times

The Irishman chasing a one-way ticket to Mars
Irish Times
Joseph Roche is an astrophysicist and assistant professor of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) education at Trinity College's School of Education. He has been whittled down to the final 705 out of 200,000 hopeful candidates for Mars One, ...

NASA looking at nuclear thermal rockets to explore the solar system   Examiner.com
'Journey' explores mission to Mars   Quad City Times

all 5 news articles »

Worcester News

Can Brian Cox make the public love science even more?
Worcester News
The Royal Society has decided the public need to engage with science more, and handed the task to TV scientist Professor Brian Cox. Seems reasonable, since he's been bringing science to the masses on the telly for years now. The celebrity physicist, who ...

Cox vows to change view of science   South Wales Guardian

all 68 news articles »

Irish Times

Watch: Ever wondered what lightning looks like from space?
Irish Times
Have you ever wondered what a lightning strike looks like from above? No need to wonder anymore as an astronaut on board the International Space Station has photographed the phenomenon. A high-resolution photograph, taken from 400 km above the ...

ISS lowers its orbit to make the commute from Earth to space shorter   Daily Mail
Giant Robotic Arms Work in Tandem to Install ISS Instrument: Latest Space ...   Tech Times
Giant robotic arms used to hand-off important delivery to space station ...   The Space Reporter
Western Daily Press
Full-Time Whistle
Chinatopix
all 47 news articles »

The Inquisitr

'Horse Shaped' UFO Captured Hovering Over Mexico's Volcano Colima
The Inquisitr
As 2015 gallops along, reports of UFO sightings continue to flood in from around the world. Among the latest is from a literal UFO hot spot — Mexico's very active Volcano Colima. Many sightings of UFOs hovering around and flying past the volcano in Mexico ...

Horse-shaped UFO over a volcano (VIDEO)   Open Minds UFO News
Horse-shaped 'UFO' spotted next to erupting volcano - is it an alien spaceship?   Irish Mirror
'Flying horse' UFO spotted over Mexico's erupting Colima volcano   Digital Journal
Yahoo News UK
all 9 news articles »

BBC News

NASA launches satellite to observe soil moisture
BBC News
NASA has launched an Earth-observing satellite, which will measure the amount of moisture in soil. The Delta 2 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA hopes the data collected from the three-year mission will help scientists to ...

NASA launches Earth-observing satellite on third try   Los Angeles Times
NASA launches Earth-observing satellite   The Hindu
Moisture mapping satellite to be launched   The Nation
DAWN.com
SFGate
ABC Online
all 213 news articles »

The Hindu

Speck of interstellar dust adds twist to Big Bang Theory
The Hindu
Scientists will have to wait a while longer to find out what kicked off the Big Bang. Last spring, a team of astronomers who go by the name of BICEP announced they had detected ripples in space-time, or gravitational waves, reverberating from the first trillionth ...

Scientists abandon highly publicized claim about cosmic find   Sacramento Bee
Big Bang 'waves' go poof under analysis   Tribune-Review
It's Official: That Much-Hyped Big Bang Discovery Was Literally All Dust   Gizmodo Australia
Frontline Desk
Los Angeles Times
all 140 news articles »

WPDE

Poll shows giant gap between what public, scientists think
WPDE
(AP) -- WASHINGTON -- The American public and U.S. scientists are light-years apart on science issues. And 98 percent of surveyed scientists say it's a problem that we don't know what they are talking about. Matching polls of both the general public and the ...

and more »