2014年10月25日 星期六

2014-10-26 U.K. Science

  The Guardian   
Rosetta mission: Philae comet probe could unlock secrets of the universe  The Guardian
Next month, if all goes to plan, a 10-year journey through space will culminate in a landing craft called Philae touching down on a comet as part of the Rosetta mission and, possibly, unlocking secrets of the universe. Space agency scientists rubbed shoulders ...

Comet Hunters: 'When the baby goes, don't shake too much'   euronews
Egyptian Philae obelisk revealed anew   BBC News
Philae's Mission To Unravel The Mystery Of life   Clapway

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  JBG News   
NASA gets groovy with free sound library  Tech Times
NASA puts the "greatest hits" of space exploration sounds online. The collections include rocket sounds, mission communications and more. (Photo : NASA / SoundCloud). If you're a fan of the sounds of space exploration -- rocket launches, space mission ...

Nasa releases audio clips on SoundCloud so 'one small step' can be your ringtone   Daily Mail
Are there sounds on Mars? NASA launches audio athenaeum   Register
This is what space sounds like   The Independent
Mirror.co.uk   
Sydney Morning Herald   
Leicester Mercury   
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  BBC News   
Skydive from edge of space beats world record  BBC News
Google executive Alan Eustace has broken the world altitude record for a parachute jump by leaping from 135,890 feet (41,419 metres). He exceeded the speed of sound, setting off a small sonic boom, and set several skydiving records in the process.
Google exec beats space dive record   Herald Scotland
Google exec sets new record for highest fall to earth   Irish Independent
Skydive from edge of space sets new record   Times of India
The Straits Times   
Reuters India   
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  Wall Street Journal   
SpaceX Capsule Returns to Earth  Wall Street Journal
In this still image from a NASA video, SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spacecraft leaves the International Space Station to return to Earth on Saturday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. LOS ANGELES — A SpaceX capsule loaded with space station ...

SpaceX returns to Earth loaded with lab results   Times of India
SpaceX's Dragon splashes down with critical research on human spaceflight   CNN
Splashdown! SpaceX's Dragon Cargo Spaceship Returns to Earth   Yahoo News UK
CBS News   
Design & Trend   
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  NEWS.com.au   
Rosetta space probe 'smells' Comet 67P  NEWS.com.au
WE'RE about to catch a comet. And it's going to be whiffy. Scientists have for the first time found out what a comet's tail smells like. Kitty-litter trays. Rotten eggs. That is the essence of eu de comet. In the kitty-litter ... Space probe Rosetta has beamed back ...

A comet in space smells like rotten eggs and horse urine   Metro
Spacewatch: Countdown to Philae's comet landing   The Guardian
Swiss scientists determine comet's 'perfume'   Daily Mail
Sky News   
NBCNews.com   
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  Irish Times   
This Changes Everything? OH Naomi Klein, NO  Register
Worstall @ the Weekend Given that I'm from the rational, classical end of liberalism, I'm obviously not going to be greatly taken by the spoutings of someone like Naomi Klein. But if an ideological difference were all it was, then I'd have left her new book, This ...

Naomi Klein on climate change: 'This is our last chance'   Irish Times
Warming a threat to stability   Toronto Star

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South Africans deploy owls to fight rat problem in townships  GMA News
JOHANNESBURG - A young barn owl looks bug-eyed in curiosity as a bird handler readies it for a new life - to be spent hunting the rats that plague South Africa's poor and mostly black urban areas. The Township Owl Project takes juvenile birds rescued from ...


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  Express.co.uk   
Japan could be WIPED OUT and millions killed by MASSIVE volcanic eruption  Express.co.uk
JAPAN could be DESTROYED by a GIGANTIC volcanic eruption that threatens to kill over 100MILLION people, experts have claimed. By: Cyrus Engineer. Published: Sat, October 25, 2014. Japan could be wiped out by a massive volcanic eruption and over ...

Japan could be destroyed by a volcano within a century, say scientists   Metro
Japan could be destroyed within 100 years in volcanic eruption, scientists claim   Daily Mail
Japan warns of increased activity at volcano near nuclear plant   Reuters
The Independent   
International Business Times UK   
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  Brattleboro Reformer   
Vermont lawmakers to revisit fossil fuel divestment  Brattleboro Reformer
MONTPELIER -- Climate change activists will renew their call for the state to divest from coal, oil and gas companies, and one lawmaker says he will introduce first-in-the-nation legislation to do so. In the 2014 legislative session, a divestment bill was thwarted ...

Divestment Party on steps of St Paul's Cathedral   Independent Catholic News

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  Lancaster Today   
6000 years of wildlife study  Lancaster Today
Andy Denwood, author of 'Leighton Moss: Ice Age to Present Day', looks back on the the Silverdale-based nature reserve's history. This year the RSPB are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their arrival at Leighton Moss nature reserve. Since 1964 the charity ...

Autumnwatch: Seasonal sights at RSPB Leighton Moss   BBC News

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