2014年10月24日 星期五

2014-10-25 U.K. Science

  The Ecologist   
FoE sues to keep Devon's wild beavers free  The Ecologist
Friends of the Earth has filed a lawsuit to challenge Natural England's secretive grant of a licence allowing the Government to trap wild beavers on the River Otter in Devon. Before any derogation can be applied, a precautionary approach to the conservation ...

Legal fight begins to save family of beavers in Devon   BBC News
Legal bid to block removal of wild beaver from Devon countryside   Western Morning News
Friends of the Earth step in to save beavers   ITV News
Exeter Express and Echo   
The Guardian   
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  ExtremeTech   
Humanity sniffs its first comet: Sadly, it stinks of rotten eggs, cat pee, and stale beer  ExtremeTech
It turns out that comet 67P, the comet that is currently being stalked by the ESA's Rosetta spacecraft, stinks. If you just so happened to be in whiff range of the comet, you would be treated to a fantastic “perfume” (the ESA's words, not mine) that smells like a ...

Comet Hunters: 'When the baby goes, don't shake too much'   euronews
Egyptian Philae obelisk revealed anew   BBC News
Rosetta mission: Philae comet probe could unlock secrets of the universe   The Guardian
Clapway   
Bournemouth Echo   
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  ValueWalk   
NASA Opens SoundCloud Account, Uploads Free Iconic Sound Clips  ValueWalk
NASA has confirmed that it is making a library of iconic sounds available on the audio-clip sharing service SoundCloud, which has recently integrated with Twitter. The space agency has uploaded almost 60 clips on its new SoundCloud account, including “the ...

NASA announces launch of free space sounds library   Maine News
Listen To The Historic Sounds Of Space Travel On NASA's SoundCloud   Gizmodo Australia
NASA Releases Audio of Space Exploration into the Public Domain   Hyperallergic
Chinatopix   
Daily Mail   
American Live Wire   
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  Chinatopix   
Massive Sunspots Shooting X-Class Solar Flares Toward Earth Could Disrupt ...  Chinatopix
A huge sunspot launching solar flares is currently directed and heading to Earth, with the potential to disrupt technology at any moment. The sunspot is the largest that has been shot toward the Earth in the last 24 years. Judging by its size, it has the potential ...

A Huge Sunspot Launching Solar Flares Is Pointed At Earth Right Now   Forbes
Biggest sunspot in years blasts off another X-class solar flare   Examiner.com
Massive sunspot sending violent flares toward Earth   UPI.com
CBC.ca   
CBS Local   
Design & Trend   
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  Salon   
Richard Dawkins wants to create a “cosmic tombstone” of humanity and blast it ...  Salon
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins thinks that mankind should create a 'cosmic tombstone' and blast it into space in order to preserve a glimpse of humanity after we're extinct. He spoke about this concept Thursday night during an event for his new ...

What Should be on Humanity's Posthumous Cosmic Tombstone?   Gizmodo UK
Richard Dawkins's cosmic tombstone: what would you add?   The Guardian (blog)

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  Discovery News   
Scientists say Rosetta's comet stinks -- literally  Los Angeles Times
It turns out that the comet the Rosetta mission has been chasing for the last decade is a stinker. Literally. Researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland say that if you could take a whiff of the cloud of gas surrounding the icy nucleus of comet ...

Sorry Rosetta, Your Comet Stinks   Discovery News
This is what a comet smells like (and it's not good)   CBS News
Comet Chury smells like rotten eggs and a horse stable   Deutsche Welle
The Guardian   
Astronomy Now Online   
Sky News   
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  Daily Mail   
Mystery of 4000-year-old 'CD-ROM' is solved  Yahoo News UK
The cryptic symbol-covered disc is described as the 'first CD-ROM' - and archaeologists have battled to uncover its secrets ever since it was found in 1908. Rob Waugh – 12 hours ago. Share 3. Tweet. 0. Share0; Print. Experts have finally decoded the ...

Archaeology: the 'first CD-ROM' stores prayer to Great Mother   ANSAmed
4000-year-old 'CD-ROM' found   The Nation
Mysterious 4000-Year-Old 'CD-ROM' Code Cracked   Discovery News
The Week Magazine   
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  Space Fellowship   
Hubble Views the Whirling Disk of NGC 4526  Space Fellowship
This neat little galaxy is known as NGC 4526. Its dark lanes of dust and bright diffuse glow make the galaxy appear to hang like a halo in the emptiness of space in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Although this image paints a picture ...

Ring of stellar fire   ABC Science Online
Churning galaxy boasts a fiery halo of baby stars   New Scientist
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captures image of distant Ringed Galaxy   Clarksville Online

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  Pure Energy Systems News   
How a viable nuclear fusion reactor really could change the world  Mother Nature Network
Lockheed Martin recently claimed to have designed a fusion reactor that can fit on the back of a truck. If viable, it really could change the world. Here's how... By: Bryan Nelson. Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:01 PM. 0Facebook 0Twitter 0Pinterest 0Google+. Nuclear ...

What's This News About a Tiny, Ecofriendly Nuclear Power-Plant That Could ...   New York Magazine
Compact Fusion Reactor Within A Decade, Says Lockheed Martin   OilPrice.com
Is Fusion Flying the Future of Air Travel?   Nassau News Live

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  BBC News   
Chimps filmed raiding farms to find food  BBC News
Camera traps have caught wild chimpanzees in the act as they carried out night-time raids on farmland. The footage, captured by researchers from the Museum of Natural History in Paris and the Uganda Wildlife Authority, shows the chimps adapting to human ...

Chimps raid farm, stop to have sex under cover of darkness   Science Now
Chimps found to be adapting to human neighbours   Wildlife Extra
Chimps' night time raids caught on camera   CBBC Newsround
University Herald   
The Westside Story   
Capital Wired   
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