2015年8月14日 星期五

2015-08-15 Ireland Science


Irish Examiner
   
Book review: The Invention of Nature   
Irish Examiner
Alexander von Humboldt was one of the scientists who defined our world. Dick Warner on a book that may help restore his well- deserved reputation as the father of environmentalism. Andrea Wulf.

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Shazam for birds: new app Warblr can identify songs of 220 British birds   
Telegraph.co.uk
A new app that can identify the songs of 220 British birds is launched today. Warblr, has been developed by two scientists, Florence Wilkinson and Dan Stowell, using a grant from Queen Mary University of London's Innovation Fund. The app which costs ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Volcano erupts in Ecuador for the first time in 140 years   
Telegraph.co.uk
A volcano in Ecuador that has not erupted in nearly 140 years belched a column of ash eight kilometres high on Friday, prompting officials to raise the alert level. In addition to the five-mile plume, several explosions erupted in the course of the day ...
One of the world's most dangerous volcanos erupts back into life   TVNZ
Live: Ecuador on Alert after Cotopaxi Volcano Erupts after Over 70 Years   International Business Times, India Edition
Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano spews ash south of Quito   Dispatch Times
WPTZ The Champlain Valley   
TravelMole   
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Irish Examiner
   
11 facts you probably didn't know about honey bees   
Irish Examiner
1.Honey bees prefer gardens planted with flowers that are native to the northern hemisphere. But they can thrive in winter thanks to more exotic plants. 2. They prefer schools and gardens to farmland and countryside. This is thought to be down to ...
What's the buzz? Bees at WRAL   WRAL.com
Popularity of beekeeping soars in Cornwall   West Briton
MSU research project to save bees is underway   Grand Rapids Business Journal (subscription)
BT.com   
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   
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TodayFM
   
Mostly bad today...   
TodayFM
Good day for Ronda Rousey, not only is she one of the most bad-ass women in the world today, she's also pretty loaded! Forbes announced yesterday that she's earned $6.5 million dollars between June 2014 and June 2015. That's after just two fights, and ...

A giant asteroid is going to wipe out everyone very soon (again)   Metro
ASTEROID ALERT: The five major events this massive space rock could cancel   Daily Star

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Siliconrepublic.com
   
It's reigning cats, not dogs — canids go extinct as felids nab their prey   
Siliconrepublic.com
Cats play a key role in modern society, making sure us humans are aware of a species entirely uninterested in our existence. We're not the centre of the universe, cats prove as much. We've always wondered, though, what role they play with regards dogs.

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Siliconrepublic.com
   
NASA's gecko grippers can cling to spacecraft in the deepest space vacuum   
Siliconrepublic.com
Inspired by geckos, researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena in California have created a material that will allow robot gecko grippers to cling to spacecraft and perform maintenance in the vacuum of deep space. The newest generation of ...

NASA's Gecko Adhesive Can Cling On in the Vacuum of Space   Gizmodo
NASA develops New Type of Adhesive to be used in Space, inspired by geckos   NYC Today
Gecko Feet Inspire Climbing Space Robots   Space.com
Apex Tribune   
Wired.co.uk   
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Engadget
   
'Mommy robot' can build and test its own babies   
Engadget
A University of Cambridge team of researchers has created a "mother robot" capable of giving birth to -- or more correctly, building its own -- baby cube-bots. The team conducted five rounds of experiments, wherein it assembled 10 pint-sized machine ...
The end is nigh: Robots are learning how to build better clones of themselves   Quartz
Robots have learned how to mimic natural selection   Fortune

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The Nation
   
Astronomers discover baby Jupiter   
The Nation
By Irene Klotz Astronomers have taken a photograph of a baby planet beyond the solar system that may reveal clues as to how planets such as Jupiter are formed and influence their planetary siblings, a study released on Thursday shows. Scientists used ...
Young Jupiter-like planet found in solar system that looks like Earth's, Stony ...   Newsday
Astronomers spot young, 'Jupiter-like' planet   13WMAZ
Boffins spot a SECOND JUPITER – the gas giant's baby sister   The Register
Financial Express   
89.3 KPCC   
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U.S. News & World Report
   
Aiming for Mars, NASA Tests Rocket Engine   
U.S. News & World Report
NASA tests its Space Launch System RS-25 rocket engine at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Thursday. By Max Miceli Aug. 14, 2015 | 2:36 p.m. EDT + More. NASA this week conducted a developmental test on a rocket engine made for traveling to ...

NASA Test 'Ferrari Of Rocket Engines' For Eventual Mission To Mars   Tech Times
NASA's engine for next-generation rocket test-fired   Economic Times
NASA tested RS-25 rocket engine at Stennis Space Center on Aug. 13   NOLA.com
Times of India   
CBS News   
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