2015年2月11日 星期三

2015-02-12 Ireland Science


The Conversation UK
   
Carbon stored deep in Antarctic waters ended the last ice age   
The Conversation UK
It's well known that carbon in the atmosphere is causing global warming. What is less well known, outside of scientific circles at least, is the role oceans have to play in this. Our seas contain 60 times…
Did vast CO2 reservoirs locked in the oceans end the last ice age?   Irish Examiner
Did deep sea currents end the ice age? Carbon dioxide released from ocean ...   Daily Mail
CO2 from Ocean Helped End Last Ice Age   Laboratory Equipment
Live Science   
Daily Echo   
Phys.Org   
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Nature World News
   
Eotaria crypta - The World's Oldest Sea Lion   
Krank.ie
The world's oldest known species of sea lion was described in a new scientific paper which was published yesterday and named Eotaria crypta (which means “cryptic dawn sea lion”). Eotaria lived some 14-17 million years ago during the Miocene period in ...

Oldest Known Fur Seal Discovered, Ends 'Ghost Lineage'   Nature World News
Oldest fur seal identified, ending 5-million-year 'ghost lineage'   Voxy
Oldest fur seal identified, ending five-million-year 'ghost lineage'   Phys.Org
EurekAlert (press release)   
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Irish Mirror
   
Scientists reveal Spanish is world's HAPPIEST language - but can you guess ...   
Irish Mirror
At least that's the view of scientists who claim it promotes joy and social cohesion. A study of the world's most commonly used words reveals that human evolution favours the expression of positivity over sadness and cynicism. Researchers located 100,000 of ...

Why Spanish is the world's happiest language - and English comes in fourth   Mirror.co.uk

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The Times (subscription)
   
Aquarium café is no place for fish 'n' chips, campaigners argue   
The Times (subscription)
The National Marine Aquarium has been accused of double standards for serving fish and chips in its café. A letter sent by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), the animal rights charity, on behalf of “all the fish in the sea” compares selling ...

Animal rights activists tell National Marine Aquarium: 'Take fish off the cafe menu'   Mirror.co.uk
PETA urges The Deep to take fish off menu – 'it's like serving monkey nuggets at ...   Hull Daily Mail
Blue Planet Aquarium in Ellesmere Port asked to remove fish from their menu   Liverpool Echo
North Devon Journal   
ITV News   
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Creation science author draws connections between science and the Bible in ...   
Oklahoma Daily
Jonathan Sarfati, who has a doctorate in physical chemistry, had a lot to say about science and the Bible on Monday night in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center. Sarfati began his lecture saying his job consists of refuting the theories of Charles Darwin, the ...


   


Mirror.co.uk
   
'Save our children from DINOSAURS': Is this the funniest Mumsnet post EVER ...   
Mirror.co.uk
Popular parenting website Mumsnet might just have witnessed its best post of all time - after a parent detailed their concerns about DINOSAURS. The extinct mega beasts, widely accepted to have roamed the earth 230 million years ago, were listed as a worry ...


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Fox News
   
Elon Musk's SpaceX scratches rocket landing due to weather conditions   
Washington Post
Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched a research satellite into space Wednesday but called off a dramatic attempt to land the first stage of an unmanned rocket on a platform floating in the Atlantic Ocean because of extreme weather that caused massive ...

DSCOVR 'space weather' mission launches   BBC News
New Lookout for Solar Storms Lifts Off on SpaceX Rocket   New York Times
SpaceX blasts satellite into orbit   Los Angeles Times
Irish Independent   
Mashable   
USA TODAY   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Europe launches space plane, brings it back to earth   
DAWN.com
PARIS: Europe's prototype space plane splashed down in the Pacific on schedule on Wednesday after a 100-minute flight to test key re-entry technologies, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. “The mission has come to an end according to plan... it ...

Europe Successfully Tests Spaceplane   The Chosun Ilbo
Europe Successfully Tests Reusable Spaceplane   Sky News
European Space Agency's spaceplane completes autonomous reentry capability ...   Xinhua
BBC News   
The Independent   
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The Japan Times
   
Physics of food shows secrets of popcorn   
The Japan Times
PARIS – To most people, it may be just a fun food to munch on while watching a movie. But to a couple of French investigators, popcorn is a biomechanical enigma waiting to be explained. In an unusual study published on Wednesday, engineers Emmanuel ...

French Engineers Reveal The Secret Behind The 'Pop' Sound Made By Popcorn   Daily Science Journal
Popcorn's perfect recipe revealed   BBC News
Study reveals the science behind popcorn 'pops'   Telegraph.co.uk
Washington Post   
The Guardian   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Scientists kick a robot that's so much like a dog you want them to stop   
Los Angeles Times
When Boston Dynamics engineers kick a robot, you feel like they're kicking man's best friend. It's all in the name of technology. But their new creation Spot moves so much like a dog that you may be anthropomorphizing before the video below is halfway over.
VIDEO: Meet Google's New Robot Dog   PC Magazine
Watch: Google's Four-legged robot can recover from kick and keep on jogging   Irish Independent
Watch: four-legged robot can recover from kick and keep on jogging   Telegraph.co.uk
Irish Examiner   
Mashable   
Ars Technica   
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