2015年2月24日 星期二

2015-02-25 Ireland Science


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Bionic limbs like Luke Skywalker's in Star Wars gets a step closer   
Telegraph.co.uk
Prosthetic limbs similar to the bionic hand used by Luke Skywalker in Star Wars could soon be a possibility following the launch of a new research project. The £1.4 million programme will focus on how to produce a hand that can sense pressure and ...

'Star Wars' fan spends $1200 on tattoos   Fox 29 Lake Charles
Could a Star Wars' bionic hand become a reality?   Irish Examiner
Research into 'Star Wars' hands   Irish Independent
Yorkshire Post   
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South Wales Evening Post
   
Dolly the Sheep is getting one, so should Swansea Jack have a blue plaque as ...   
South Wales Evening Post
IF Dolly the sheep can get a blue plaque - surely Swansea Jack can get one too? This may be your view after hearing that Dolly is to have a blue plaque in her memory in Edinburgh. The plaque will acknowledge her contribution to science as the first mammal ...

Dolly the Sheep immortalized with “unsung hero” of science blue plaque   Market Business News
Dolly the sheep honoured with a plaque as an unsung hero of science   BreakingNews.ie
Cloned Sheep 'Dolly' to Get Blue Plaque   New Hampshire Voice
The Guardian   
Herald Scotland   
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New York Times
   
Don't malign rats for the Black Death - the gerbils were to blame   
New Zealand Herald
Who, me? Researchers say gerbils, not rats, may have been to blame for the Black Death in Europe. Photo / Thinkstock. The Black Death has always been bad publicity for rats, with the rodent widely blamed for killing millions of people across Europe by ...

Gerbils, Not Rats, May Have Caused Bubonic Plague, Study Finds   ABC News
Gerbils, Not Rats Behind Spread of Black Death   Discovery News
Revisionist history: Gerbils, not rats, may have caused bubonic plague, study says   OCRegister
BBC News   
New York Times   
Washington Post   
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ABC News
   
Buddha statue reveals remains of mummified monk inside   
Washington Post
The mummified remains of a monk have been revealed inside a nearly 1,000-year old Chinese statue of a Buddha. The mummy inside the gold-painted papier-mache statue is believed to be that of Liuquan, a Buddhist master of the Chinese Meditation ...

Mummified monk revealed inside 1000-year-old Buddha statue   Telegraph.co.uk
CT scan finds mummified monk inside 1000-year-old Buddha   CNET
1000 year-old mummified monk reveals more of his secrets   Fox News
Live Science   
USA TODAY   
Discovery News   
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New York Times
   
Length of Lashes Keeps Eyes From Drying, Study Finds   
New York Times
Long and luxurious eyelashes have been in fashion at least since Cleopatra. But scientists now suggest that their real function is to help protect eyes from drying out. David Hu at the Georgia Institute of Technology first decided to investigate eyelashes after ...

Ideal lash length follows one-third rule   ABC Online
The Best Length for Eyelashes, According to Science   Live Science
How fake eyelashes can damage your sight   Daily Mail
Astro Awani   
Emirates 24/7   
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Chinatopix
   
U.S. and Japan to Hold First Road Race on the Moon in 2016   
Chinatopix
The Google Lunar XPrize might yet turn into the first road race on the dusty plains of the Moon. Two of the 18 surviving teams contesting the Lunar XPrize have announced they intend to have their Moon rovers race against each other on the Moon. The winner ...

Google Lunar XPrize Teams To Literally Race On The Moon   Forbes
Lunar XPrize teams plan 'NASCAR' race on the moon   Fox News
Google Lunar XPrize pair team up for ridesharing mission to the moon   Siliconrepublic.com
PC Magazine   
CNET   
NBCNews.com   
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ABC Online
   
Queensland fisher locked out of Great Barrier Reef marine park after 'three ...   
ABC Online
A Queensland commercial fisherman has been locked out of the Great Barrier Reef marine park for repeated breaches of "no take" zones. It is the first time the marine park authority's invoked its 'three strikes' provision after an operator was caught illegally ...

Corals face 'slow starvation' from ingesting plastics pollution, experts find   The Guardian
Corals In Great Barrier Reef Are Eating Plastic, Raising Concerns   Tech Times
Fears Over Plastic-Eating Coral in Australia's Barrier Reef   NDTV
Headlines & Global News   
Mackay Daily Mercury   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Leap in Indian tiger numbers questioned by new research   
Telegraph.co.uk
The large jump in India's tiger population which was announced by officials in Delhi last month was widely greeted as a positive – and hugely unexpected – piece of news. However, doubts have now been cast upon the methodology used to determine ...

India's tiger success story may be based on inaccurate census, says study   The Guardian
Indian tiger triumph may be based on shoddy science, study says   The Independent
Tiger numbers could be a result of methodological mistake: Scientists   Economic Times
Firstpost   
Livemint   
Times of India   
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Headlines & Global News
   
Mysterious Craters in Siberia Caused by Exploding Methane Gas and Climate ...   
Headlines & Global News
Some of the craters, or funnels as scientists call them, are massive and surrounded by smaller holes. (Photo : Vasily Bogoyavlensky). Four new craters have been discovered in northern Russia and some fear that global warming is causing gas eruptions from ...

20 'baby' craters appear near giant hole-turned-lake in Siberia   RT
Giant craters continue to appear mysteriously in Siberia   Christian Science Monitor
Mysterious new craters in Siberia baffle scientists   The Week Magazine
Empire State Tribune   
Pioneer News   
SMN Weekly   
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SI.com
   
Newly discovered African wasp named for Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask   
SI.com
Brad Marchand may be the Bruins' resident pest, but it's goalie Tuukka Rask that has an insect named after him. A Kenyan wasp discovered by entomologists was given the name Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski, a tribute to the Vezina-winning and Finnish ...

Newly discovered wasp named after Boston Bruins goalie Rask   Fox News
Wasp named after Tuukka Rask; 'pretty neat,' Bruins goalie says   San Jose Mercury News
Scientists name new species of wasp after Boston Bruins goalie Rask   Reuters Africa

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