2015年1月26日 星期一

2015-01-27 U.K. Science


Full-Time Whistle
   
Astronomers prepare for closest pass of a large asteroid 2004 BL86 until 2027   
Daily Mail
Astronomers around the world have been training telescopes on an asteroid and returning images and data as it flies past Earth. At 4.20pm GMT (11.20am EST) asteroid 2004 BL86 made its closest approach to Earth at a distance 3.1 times greater than that of ...

Earth Bids Farewell to Comet Lovejoy, See You in 8000 Years: Here's a Time ...   Full-Time Whistle
Giant asteroid set to buzz Earth   The Nation
A huge asteroid is about to buzz Earth   SlashGear
CTV News   
Business Standard   
Stuff.co.nz   
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New York Daily News
   
NASA Designing a Copter Drone for Mars   
PC Magazine
NASA may send a helicopter drone to Mars in 2020 to accompany a six-wheeled land vehicle being designed for the space agency's next rover mission. The drone, being developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., weighs 2.2 ...

Could the Skies of Mars One Day Be Filled with Drones   Science Times
NASA to use 'toy helicopter' for exploring Mars   Science Recorder
Mars panorama marks rover's 11th anniversary   EarthSky
Design & Trend   
Daily Mail   
The Independent   
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Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy
   
Scotland awards £2.86m to tackle climate change   
Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy
It is part of the Climate Challenge Fund, which provides funding for community projects that contribute towards the transition to a low carbon economy. Winners include the Glasgow Nepalese Association, which will provide home energy efficiency advice and ...

Climate politics 2015: Hotter and fewer places to hide   Business Spectator
Climate change could impact the poor much more than previously thought   The Guardian
Scotland delivers over £2.5m to help communities tackle climate change   Click Green
Sutherland Northern Times   
The Courier   
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BBC News
   
Ancient underwater forest discovered off Norfolk coast   
BBC News
Nature experts have discovered a remarkable submerged forest thousands of years old under the sea close to the Norfolk coast. The trees were part of an area known as 'Doggerland' which formed part of a much bigger area before it was flooded by the North ...

Divers Make Unexpected, Prehistoric Discovery in N.Sea That Was Previously ...   TheBlaze.com
10000-Year-Old Underwater Forest Discovered Off Norfolk Coast   Nature World News
Ancient Ice Age forest found underwater off Norfolk coast   Digital Journal
The Independent   
Daily Mail   
Full-Time Whistle   
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3News NZ
   
Scientists slow down the speed of light   
3News NZ
Scientists in Scotland appear to have broken one of the fundamental rules of physics – that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant. In free space, light travels at 299,792,458m/s – the 'c' in Einstein's famous equation E=mc². It can be slowed by materials ...

Yes, you can slow down the speed of light!   Rappler
Scientists slow the speed of light   BBC News
Scientists have managed to slow down the speed of light   Metro
Full-Time Whistle   
Yahoo News UK   
Market Business News   
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Market Business News
   
Asteroid that killed off dinosaurs did not cause vast global firestorms   
Market Business News
The asteroid that created the Chicxulubt crater in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and is believed to have led to the extinction of dinosaurs did not cause global firestorms across the Earth, researchers from Imperial College London, the University of Exeter, ...

Revealed: asteroid that killed the dinosaurs boiled Earth's atmosphere   The Conversation UK
Dinosaur-killing asteroid didn't ravage earth: Study   Zee News
Dinosaurs wiped out by 'nuclear winter' effect, not firestorm after asteroid – study   Panorama.am

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The Guardian
   
Rare European duck doing twice as well in protected areas   
The Guardian
A smew drake, a rare European duck, is doing twice as well in conservation areas protected by the EU, research has shown. Photograph: WWT/PA. Press Association. Monday 26 January 2015 04.40 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via ...

Waterbirds respond to global warming.   The Earth Times
DUCK FARES BETTER IN SPECIAL AREAS   Herald Scotland
You won't have seen a duck as cool as this   Irish Examiner
Bird Watch   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
More weather tantrums predicted for 'La Niña' says study   
Full-Time Whistle
La Niña events can drive weather patterns wild around the globe from helping exacerbate drought in West Africa and increase rainfall in areas as diverse as South Asia and the Pacific Northwest. The more extreme the La Niña, which is characterized by a ...

Extreme La Nina events set to increase   ABC Online
Global Warming Could Lead To A Doubling Of Dramatic La Niña Weather Events   Headlines & Global News
Study: Global warming 'doubles risk' of extreme weather   BBC News
New Scientist   
National Geographic   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
Chandra celebrates the International Year of Light   
Full-Time Whistle
Nasa has released these amazing pictures to celebrate the International Year of Light. Astronomers use different types of light to see stars and galaxies that are really far away, like this picture of a galaxy, nicknamed the Whirlpool, which is 30 million light ...

NASA releases images celebrating the 'International Year of Light'   WTOP
NASA 'Year Of Light' Images Light Up Chandra Telescope's Work   Huffington Post UK
26 January 2015 in News: Chandra celebrates the International Year of Light   Astronomy Now Online

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Royal Society of Chemistry
   
Alkali metal explosion explained   
Royal Society of Chemistry
The chemistry behind dropping sodium into water and watching it explode may require a rethink, according to scientists in the Czech Republic. They say the violent reaction may be triggered not by the ignition of hydrogen gas, as previously thought, but by ...

Metal explosions 'driven by charge'   BBC News
Why this popular chemistry experiment is a blast   Science AAAS

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