2015年8月12日 星期三

2015-08-13 Ireland Science


ABC Online
   
Perseid meteor shower to be a star-studded event in the Northern Hemisphere ...   
ABC Online
While people in the Northern Hemisphere will enjoy the stunning sight of the Perseid meteor shower, those in the South of the Equator may not be so lucky. An almost moonless, dark sky will make this year's shower an especially star-studded event, ...

Perseids 2015: Biggest meteor shower of the year peaks tonight   CBC.ca
Perseid Meteor Shower: The Best Way To Watch   Sky News
VIDEO: Stargazers gear up for the 'best shooting star show in years'   Irish Examiner
Fox News   
cleveland.com   
CBS Local   
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Montreal Gazette
   
Réunion island is the surfer's paradise where no one is allowed in the water   
Montreal Gazette
ST.-LEU, Réunion — “To see the perfect wave and not be able to surf,” Nicolas Dantec said, shaking his head. “It is too difficult.” Dantec realized a childhood dream when he moved here to Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean that until ...

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Chicago Tribune
   
Field Museum celebrates Sue the T. rex's 25th birthday   
Chicago Tribune
Twenty-five years ago today, the vehicle of a dinosaur hunting crew planning to leave a site in western South Dakota at the end of an expedition was found to have a flat tire. While others went into town to make the repair, Sue Hendrickson, a member of ...
Sue The T-Rex Celebrating 25th “Unearth Day” At Field Museum   CBS Local
Paleontologists Discovered Sue the T. Rex 25 Years Ago Today   Gizmodo
America's Most Famous (And Most Expensive) Dinosaur Turns 25 Today   Forbes
AOL News   
Irish Examiner   
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CNN
   
Here's your chance to name a planet   
CNN
(CNN) Move over Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Venus. The next named planets could include Paramour, Trivia, Poltergeist and even Jane if the world's space enthusiasts have any say -- and this time around, they actually do. The International Astronomical ...

Astronomers Want Your Vote to Help Name 32 Alien Worlds   NBCNews.com
You can finally vote on alien planets' names, but don't get any crazy ideas   Mashable
Want to name a planet? You have a chance   whnt.com
New Scientist   
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Daily Mail
   
Two undulate rays light up London Aquarium by waving for the camera   
Daily Mail
This is the adorable moment two tiny rays lit up a London aquarium by appearing to smile and wave for the camera. The baby undulate rays – an endangered species usually found in muddy or sandy waters off the UK – were born at London's Sea Life ...

You won't believe how cute London Aquarium's baby rays are!   Irish Examiner
Meet the smiling baby skates as aquarium breeding programme fights to save species   Mirror.co.uk

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BT.com
   
Rare Baer''s pochard ducklings born at Chester Zoo   
The Hullabaloo Online
Video from Chester Zoo shows the hatching of the Baer's pochard, one of the rarest ducks in the world. The species is on the brink of extinction and the English zoo managed to record the birth of one of the ducklings inside an incubator. Editor ...
This is the brilliant moment that one of the rarest ducks in the world hatches   Mirror.co.uk
Video: Adorable rare ducklings born at Chester Zoo   Belfast Telegraph
Watch a rare breed of Asian duckling hatching at Chester Zoo   Irish Examiner
Manchester Evening News   
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Irish Examiner
   
Take a video flyover of Mars in this reconstruction of the surface   
Irish Examiner
Ever wondered what it might be like to skim the surface of Mars? Wonder no more. Last week, the European Space Agency released a recreation of a flight over the red planet's surface, based off images taken by the Mars Express High Resolution Camera, ...

What a flyover of the surface of Mars would look like   Gizmodo India

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Engadget
   
'Cities at Night' uses ISS photos to map light pollution   
Engadget
The Cities at Night project organizers began compiling hundreds of thousands of nighttime photos of metropolises taken from the ISS in order to study light pollution last year. NASA even asked the public for help to sort through millions of images to ...
These Space Farmers of 1959 Were Way Ahead of Their Time   Gizmodo
ISS Photos Help Scientists Measure Light Pollution on Earth   Focus News
ISS pictures are being used to map global light pollution   SlashGear
Mumbai Mirror   
Siliconrepublic.com   
Financial Express   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
You can now explore Mars with NASA's free online tools   
Christian Science Monitor
NASA released two in-browser programs – Mars Trek and Experience Curiosity – which allow people to explore research into the Red Planet and can help augment science curricula. By Graham Starr, Staff writer August 12, 2015. Save for later Saved. close.
Potential landing sites for Mars 2020 Rover narrowed down to eight locations   Examiner.com
Is there a woman living on Mars?   The Hindu
Here's phenomenon that deceived people into believing ghostly woman on Mars   NYC Today
News Every day   
International Business Times, India Edition   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Giant web cloaks entire roundabout causing terrified motorists to quickly wind ...   
Mirror.co.uk
Traffic is crawling around Britain's most terrifying junction, after thousands of caterpillars covered an entire roundabout - with webs. Very hungry caterpillars have covered the entire roundabout in a thick carpet of silk webbing, blanketing plants ...
Giant caterpillar cobweb covers London roundabout   AOL Travel UK
Roundabout Covered In Huge Creepy Silk Blanket By Thousands Of Caterpillars   Yahoo News UK
Caterpillars cover a Croydon roundabout with a giant web to protect themselves   Daily Mail
BT.com   
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