2014年12月3日 星期三

2014-12-04 U.K. Science


Daily Mail
   
Meet Sophie, the most complete stegosaurus skeleton ever found   
Daily Mail
Unusually, the bones of its skull are not joined together – disarticulated – so scientists can study the skull's structure as never before. It has the most complete set of plates ever found. It is the only Stegosaurus in a public collection outside the US. Sophie is the ...

Can 'Sophie' Uncover Stegosaurus Secrets?   Sky News
Scientists seek to solve mystery of Stegosaurus plates   BBC News
Come and meet the world's most complete Stegosaurus   Natural History Museum
The Times (subscription)   
ITV News   
Western Morning News   
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NBCNews.com
   
Orion Test Flight to Carry Sally Ride's Crew Patch   
PC Magazine
The first test flight of NASA's deep space crew capsule is a go and the pioneering astronaut's STS-7 crew patch will be on board. 0shares. Orion Rendering. The first test flight of NASA's deep space Orion crew capsule is a go for Thursday morning and ...

NASA Counts Down To Orion's First Step To Mars   NDTV
Test Run For Spaceship Taking Humans To Mars   Sky News
Drones Will Live-Track NASA's Orion Space Capsule Test Flight   Frontline Desk
NBC 7 San Diego   
The Globe and Mail   
CTV News   
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Irish Examiner
   
Britain will lead the mission to Mars and this is what it could look like   
Irish Examiner
Britain has been chosen to lead Europe's mission to search for life on Mars, putting the UK right at the forefront of space exploration. Chancellor George Osborne made the surprise announcement that Britain had been awarded the “lead role” in the 2018 ...

Britain to lead European Space Agency mission to find life on Mars   Daily Mail
Autumn Statement: Britain will invest £95m into the ESA's next missions to Mars   The Independent
Britain to lead Europe's search for life on Mars, George Osborne reveals in ...   Telegraph.co.uk
E&T magazine   
Express.co.uk   
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The Guardian
   
2014 set to be world's hottest year ever   
The Guardian
Vehicles drive by a 134ft-high thermometer in Baker, California. Average land and sea surface temperatures have reached record levels in 2014. Photograph: Ethan Miller/Getty Images. Suzanne Goldenberg. Wednesday 3 December 2014 10.03 EST.
UN sets modest hopes for climate pledges at 2015 Paris summit   Reuters
UN warning as 2014 is set to be hottest year on record   Irish Independent
WMO predicts 2014 could be hottest yet   Herald Sun
Irish Times   
AsiaOne   
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The Independent
   
Cambridge creates synthetic 'XNA' enzymes   
tce today
RESEARCHERS at the University of Cambridge, UK, have created the world's first working enzymes from artificial genetic material, dubbed “XNA”. Enzymes are naturally-occurring catalysts comprised of proteins, which allow the reactions necessary for life to ...

Scientists make enzymes from scratch   BBC News
Major synthetic life breakthrough as scientists make the first artificial enzymes   The Independent
Artificial ingredients for a primordial soup and recipe for life   Financial Times
New Scientist   
Times of India   
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CNET
   
Scientific papers take a step outside Nature's paywall   
CNET
A prestigious scientific journal, faced with pressure from paper-sharing sites on the Internet, has made it possible for subscribers to grant others access. by Stephen Shankland · @stshank; December 2, 2014 4:46 AM PST. comments. 0. facebook. twitter.
Disseminating science   The Economist
Nature expands access to papers in its family of journals   Ars Technica
Nature publisher hopes to end 'dark sharing' by making read-only papers free   Science Now
Mashable   
Wired.co.uk   
Times Higher Education   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Warning: Earth is 'living on borrowed time'   
NEWS.com.au
AN array of the world's leading experts in astrophysics want everyone to stop worrying about what's happening on Earth and start planning for what could one day crash into it. We've seen it play out in Hollywood before: A killer asteroid is hurtling toward our ...

Asteroids, asteroids will rock you, Queen guitarist warns   Los Angeles Times
'Asteroid Day' to Raise Awareness of Space Rock Threat   Yahoo News UK
Brian May Is the Champion of the Universe   Newsweek
San Francisco Chronicle   
ITV News   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
PH hardest hit by extreme weather in 2013 – report   
Manila Bulletin
Lima – The Philippines, Cambodia, and India were the countries hardest hit by extreme weather conditions in 2013, according to a study unveiled on Tuesday at United Nations talks in Lima on a global deal to limit climate change. Germanwatch, a think-tank ...

Palace: Why is Yeb Sano's snub in Lima talks an issue?   ABS CBN News
Philippines hardest hit by extreme weather in 2013-report   Daily Mail
Star Philippines negotiator kept at home as UN climate talks begin   Reuters
InterAksyon   
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ABC Online
   
Giraffe population decline has conservation groups ringing alarm bells   
ABC Online
The alarm is being raised about the dwindling number of giraffes in Africa, and it is hoped that through better research more light will be shed on their plight. Dr Julian Fennessy, an Australian conservation scientist based in Namibia, said there were only about ...

Giraffe Population Dropped Drastically in Last 15 Years: What's Causing Decline?   Tech Times
Giraffes' extinction: Population quickly dropping   Examiner.com
African giraffes may face extinction as numbers 'plummet', leading ...   The Independent
New York Daily News   
The Times (subscription)   
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Times LIVE
   
Japanese probe to travel into Earth's past   
Times LIVE
TOWARDS ETERNITY: An H-IIA rocket carrying the Hayabusa 2 space probe launches yesterday from Tanegashima Space Centre on the Japanese island of Tanegashima. The probe is on a six-year round trip to an asteroid to collect samples scientists hope ...

Japanese asteroid probe sets off on six-year trip   The Daily Star
JAXA hopes to get nod to name Hayabusa2 mission's destination asteroid   The Japan Times
Japan successfully launches asteroid probe   Daily Mail
Sky News   
Reuters   
Businessweek   
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