2015年2月19日 星期四

2015-02-20 Ireland Science


Irish Independent
   
Probation Act for man found with pistol in Dublin Airport luggage   
Irish Times
A Tipperary resident bought a blank firing pistol online to protect himself from a colleague after he discovered what he believed were the bones of his missing dog in a fireplace, a court has heard. Jiri Vecernik (45), originally from the Czech Republic, was ...

Man bought blank firing pistol after he thought he found his dog's bones in ...   Irish Independent

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Interrogations of hooded men were 'taped'   
Irish Times
New documents have been uncovered that confirm interrogations of detainees who became known as the “hooded men” were taped, according to the Pat Finucane Centre (PFC) in Derry. The human rights organisation said last night it has now informed the ...


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BBC News
   
Rare Amur tigers video shows positive signs for population   
BBC News
Infrared video footage of Amur tigers in the wild in China has been captured in the Wangqing Nature Reserve. The WWF footage is significant because the location of the cubs - 30 kilometres from the Russian border - means they must have been raised in ...

Extraordinary footage captures first ever Amur tigers to be filmed in China   Irish Independent
Rare Footage Suggests Siberian Tigers Making a Comeback   Nature World News
Amur Tigers living and reproducing in China at the Wangqing Nature Reserve   Market Business News
The Independent   
The Guardian   
Irish Examiner   
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Irish Examiner
   
These hills on Mars could be hiding an icy secret   
Irish Examiner
No sooner have astronomers started getting detailed, close-up images from the Martian surface than they're busy trying to guess what it looked like in the past. One isolated hilly region might have a more interesting past than most, which has left it with an icy ...

Mars Hills Hide Icy Past   eNews Park Forest
Mars hills may be hiding several hundred million-year-old glaciers   Times of India

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Tech Times
   
Caught In Act! NASA Van Allen Probes Observe Solar Shockwave For First Time   
Tech Times
A solar shock wave has been spied, for the first time, encircling the Earth. What could this mean for the future of space travel? (Photo : NASA /JHU / APL). A solar shockwave surrounding Earth has been witnessed for the first time, by the Van Allen probes, ...

Solar flare blasted Earth with 'killer electrons' in 2013   Siliconrepublic.com
Solar Storm Produces Ultrarelativistic, Killer Electrons in Just Seconds   Scientific Computing
MIT scientists analyze harmful electron-producing solar shockwave   Gizmag
The News Ledge   
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Newstalk 106-108 fm
   
Penguins unable to taste fish, research shows   
Newstalk 106-108 fm
A recent study by US and Chinese academics has shown penguins have highly limited taste sensation which prevents them from tasting fish. According to the Telegraph, the discovery, which revealed penguins only have receptors for salty and sour flavours ...

Penguins can't sense three of the five basic tastes   Ahmedabad Mirror
Penguins Can't Taste Fish, Says New Study   Huffington Post
Penguins Have No Taste For Ice Cream: But Their Genes For Salty And Sour ...   Full-Time Whistle
Island Crisis News   
Customs Today Newspaper   
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BBC News
   
Evolution 'favours bigger sea creatures'   
BBC News
The animals in the ocean have been getting bigger, on average, since the Cambrian period - and not by chance. That is the finding of a huge new survey of marine life past and present, published in the journal Science. It describes a pattern of increasing body ...

Bigger is better: 19th century hypothesis gets fresh endorsement   Reuters
When it comes to evolution, bigger really is better   Christian Science Monitor
Sea creatures are getting BIGGER: Researchers say giants of the deep are largest   Daily Mail
Xinhua   
SMN Weekly   
Santa Cruz Sentinel   
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Times LIVE
   
Nasa: 'Crash' with star barely scratched the bumper   
Times LIVE
The star, nicknamed Scholz's star after the German astronomer who discovered it, was speeding away from us. File photo. Image by: Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester. A recently discovered stellar neighbour penetrated the edges of our solar system at ...

Transient star grazing our solar system 'just left,' cosmically speaking   CNET
Alien star system buzzed the Sun   BBC News
How our solar system survived a 'near miss' with another star – 70000 years ago   Telegraph.co.uk
Los Angeles Times   
Irish Independent   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Meteorite likely nothing but dust now, Bloom prof says   
Sunbury Daily Item
BLOOMSBURG — Trying to find pieces of the 500-pound meteorite that exploded at 45,000 mph over western Pennsylvania early Thursday morning, even with the countryside covered in snow, are slim, says a Bloomsburg University professor after whom an ...

500-pound, two-foot-wide fireball lights up sky over Pennsylvania   The Space Reporter
Nasa films fireball meteor flying over New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio   Telegraph.co.uk
Watch a 500-pound meteor light up the Pittsburgh sky   CNET
Ars Technica   
Mashable   
Space.com   
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Tech Times
   
Dark Matter May Have Wiped Out The Dinosaurs...Or Was It Something Else?   
Tech Times
Dark matter could be responsible for extinctions throughout the history of our planet. How does this process work? (Photo : Flickr / Mike Beauregard). Dark matter may have helped end the age of dinosaurs, new research reveals. Our solar system revolves ...

Dark matter may have killed the dinosaurs, claims scientist   Telegraph.co.uk
Mystery Solved? Dark Matter Could Have Killed Dinosaurs and Much More   Sputnik International
Did dark matter kill off the dinosaurs?   The Times (subscription)
Forbes   
Techie News   
Market Business News   
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