2015年1月5日 星期一

2015-01-06 U.K. Science


Full-Time Whistle
   
New Horizons probe at Pluto's doorstep! What does it pack?   
Full-Time Whistle
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto's doorstep after a journey of over 3 billion miles spanning nine years and it woke up on December 6 after being in hibernation for a long time. New Horizons is scheduled to look for a range of things while it cruises ...

New Horizons To Start Observing Pluto This Month   ValueWalk
Spacecraft Nears Pluto After Nine-Year Trip   Sky News
After a long, cold journey, NASA's New Horizons probe has Pluto in its sights   KERA News

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WalesOnline
   
Lego pieces washed up on Welsh beaches 18 years after going overboard near ...   
WalesOnline
Eighteen years after a container of Lego fell off a Japanese ship near the Cornish coast, some of the 4.8 million pieces are still being washed up – in parts of Wales. A quirk of fate meant many of the colourful plastic toys were marine-themed kits, so locals and ...

Lego lost at sea 17 years ago washed up on beaches near Plymouth   Plymouth Herald
Mapped: The beaches where Lego washes up   BBC News
Lego is still washing up, 18 years after falling off ship   Metro
Gloucestershire Echo   
Gloucester Citizen   
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Times of India
   
Project LettuceOnMars: To grow lettuce on Mars in 2018   
Jagran Josh
Scientists at University of Southampton, UK are planning to grow lettuce on Mars in 2018 under the Project #LettuceOnMars. Under the project the team will grow small plants with gases obtained from the Martian atmosphere, with a minimum of material ...

Scientists plan to grow lettuce on Red Planet: Reports   New Hampshire Voice
Project Lettuce on Mars:British Scientists plan to grow lettuce on Mars   Boxing Dispatch
Team of Students Plan to Grow Lettuce on Red Planet   Microfinance Monitor
Khaleej Times   
The Inquisitr   
Gizmag   
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expressandstar.com
   
Durham University scientists create entire universe on a super computer   
Full-Time Whistle
The simulation, created on a super computer, allows the study of stars dating back to the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago. North East scientists have demonstrated divine powers by creating an entire universe of their own. Click for video (play) >>.
Researchers develop simulation of galaxies spanning 14 billion years   Techie News
Computer simulation of the universe to create realistic galaxies   BioScholar News
Two Super Computers Play Tag Team to Produce Realistic Simulation of Universe   Tech Times
The News Reports   
Maine News   
CrazyEngineers   
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The Space Reporter
   
Rosetta probe fails to locate Philae lander on 67P   
The Space Reporter
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta probe orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko failed to locate the Philae lander on the comet's surface when it photographed the region where mission team members believe the lander to be.
Comet probe 'may revive in March'   Sky News Australia
Missing Philae may wake up in March   Inferse
Comet probe 'may revive in March' – French space chief   Rappler
Daily Mail   
BBC News   
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Stuff.co.nz
   
Sun's coronal hole is 410 times the size of Earth   
Stuff.co.nz
An image of a dark hole on the sun hundreds of times larger than our planet has been captured by Nasa. The enormous coronal hole near the south pole of the sun was captured by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument on Nasa's Solar ...

NASA: 'Hole' in the sun nothing to worry about   3News NZ
Coronal Hole Spotted On The Sun Is Hundreds Of Times Bigger Than The Earth   Huffington Post
Nasa spots huge black mark spreading over the sun   Metro
Washington Post   
Mirror.co.uk   
Market Business News   
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The Guardian
   
Anselm Kiefer amid atomic particles at CERN   
WA today
Until we discover extraterrestrial life German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer remains one of the biggest artists in the galaxy. So it's appropriate he has recently had a close encounter with the Large Hadron Collider, the cathedral-sized machine looking for ...

Large Hadron Collider to reboot after a two-year break   BBC News
The Large Hadron Collider sets its sights on dark matter   The Guardian
Anselm Kiefer Meets Science At Cern's Monumental Hadron Collider   ArtLyst
ABC Online   
UK Progressive Magazine   
Scientific American   
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News & Star
   
Rare turtle washed up on Cumbrian beach - more than 4000 miles from home   
News & Star
One of two rare turtles washed ashore in the north west on the same day has died. Sea turtle photo. Kemp's Ridley sea turtle. The two young Kemp's ridley turtles were found hours apart on separate beaches just days before Christmas. One of the sickly ...

Rare Kemp ridley turtle on the mend at Maryport aquarium   BBC News
Rare turtle washed up on Walney still months off full recovery   NW Evening Mail
Kemp's ridley turtle found on beach near Formby dies   BBC News

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Full-Time Whistle
   
Bowhead Whale Lives Over 200 Years Old   
Full-Time Whistle
Humans live exceptionally long lives versus most animals, with few exceptions (elephants and tortoises come to mind). We've got nothing on the bowhead whale, however, which can live to be 200 years old. Now, a new study published in Cell Reports ...

This whale lives for 200 years, and its genes will hopefully tell us why   ScienceAlert
Bowhead whale genetic blueprint could hold 'secret for living longer'   ABC Online
Secret of ageing well? Check out the bowhead whale   Malay Mail Online
Science Recorder   
SMN Weekly   
Voice of America   
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The Guardian
   
Africans urged to back continent's first moon mission   
The Guardian
Mandla Maseko, who is set to become the first black African in space after winning a competition, welcomed Africa2Moon as 'a great initiative'. Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images. David Smith, Africa correspondent, and Stuart Clark. Monday 5 ...

Plans for Africa-led mission to the moon   TechCentral

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