2015年2月26日 星期四

2015-02-27 U.K. Science


The Guardian
   
Global warming slowdown probably due to natural cycles, study finds   
The Guardian
Natural cycles in the Pacific and the Atlantic are currently having an overall cooling effect on temperatures, but warming will accelerate again. Photograph: Ted Raynor/Corbis. Adam Vaughan. Thursday 26 February 2015 14.00 EST Last modified on Thursday ...

A cause for pause? Scientists offer reasons for global warming 'hiatus'   Los Angeles Times
Natural cycle in Pacific Ocean implicated in global warming's 'false pause'   The Weather Network
Blame Global Warming 'Pause' On The Atlantic And Pacific   Tech Times
Reuters   
Washington Post   
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Tech Times
   
Marine Shells' Optical Structures Inspire Ideas For Transparent Displays   
Tech Times
Limpet shells could lead to new technologies, potentially revolutionizing electronic displays. How do the shellfish create these dazzling light shows? (Photo : MIT / Melanie Gonick). Limpet shells could provide the inspiration for a new generation of optical ...

Tiny mollusk could lead to advances in augmented reality breakthroughs   SMN Weekly
Scientists explain blue stripes on tiny, near-invisible mollusk   UPI.com
Tiny molusc on beach could hold key to augmented reality   The Independent
Belfast Telegraph   
R & D Magazine   
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences   
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CNET
   
Tracking dust from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest   
Washington Post
February 26, 2015 5:50 PM EST - NASA used its satellites to track and map 27.7 million tons of dust from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest. According to NASA, the finding is part of a bigger research effort to understand the role of dust and aerosols ...

Sahara Dust Helps Fertilizes Amazon Rainforests   SMN Weekly
How The World's Largest Hot Desert Fertilizes The Amazon   Huffington Post
Study shows how Sahara Desert dust shifts to fertilize the Amazon rainforest   World Tech Today
CNET   
Daily Mail   
Market Business News   
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BBC News
   
Scientists find evidence of wheat in UK 8000 years ago   
BBC News
Fragments of wheat DNA recovered from an ancient peat bog suggests the grain was traded or exchanged long before it was grown by the first British farmers. The research, published in Science, suggests there was a sophisticated network of cultural links ...

The remarkable archaeological underwater discovery that could open up a new ...   The Independent
DNA discovery: British people ate imported wheat 8000 years ago   Los Angeles Times
Britain Imported Wheat 2000 Years Before Growing It   Scientific American
SMN Weekly   
Reuters   
Daily Mail   
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Cambridge News
   
Solar eclipse 2015: When will it be seen in Cambridge?   
Cambridge News
More than three-quarters of the sun will be eclipsed over Cambridge. Picture: Michael Maunder. Comments (0). A spectacular eclipse, the like of which hasn't been seen in Cambridge for many years, is just around the corner. Scientists across the city are ...

From myths and legends to when it's happening: Everything you need to know ...   WalesOnline
Brits to witness biggest solar eclipse since 1999 on March 20   Techie News
Eclipse of the Sun on March 20th across Northern Europe   Market Business News
Telegraph.co.uk   
getreading   
The Westmorland Gazette   
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Discovery News
   
Breakthrough computer teaches itself   
New Zealand Herald
A new kind of artificial intelligence has learned to play vintage video games without any prior instructions in a bid to achieve human-like scoring abilities, scientists claim. The machine learns by itself from scratch, using a trial and error approach reinforced by ...

Google's AI software can learn 'Space Invaders' without reading the instructions   Daily Mail
Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning   Nature.com
Those classic Atari games were harder than you think   The Guardian
PC Magazine   
The Independent   
PCWorld   
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Daily Mail
   
Is lake water causing a rise in DEMENTIA? Poisonous algae linked to ...   
Daily Mail
And scientists fear that colonies of the plant life could pose a threat to drinking water because they harbour toxins that can damage the liver and nervous system. The algae has even been linked to neuro-degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's, ...

Drinking water could be poisoned with toxic algae linked to Alzheimer's   Telegraph.co.uk
'Blue-green algae' proliferating in lakes   McGill Reporter
US House approves bill to step up fight against toxic algae   Arizona Daily Star

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CBS News
   
The best place to hide during a zombie apocalypse   
CBS News
Cornell University researchers suggest that in the event of a zombie outbreak the best place for Americans to hide during the full-scale takeover would be the northern Rocky Mountains - or just about anywhere but a major city. The study, titled "The Statistical ...

Study: Rocky Mountains Safest Spot To Hide From US Zombie Outbreak   CBS Local
Rockies or the Scottish Highlands would give you the most time in a zombie ...   Daily Mail
15 hiding places should Swansea Bay suffer a zombie apocalypse   South Wales Evening Post
International Business Times UK   
Metro   
National Monitor   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Hole on edge of universe is 13 billion light years away   
The Times (subscription)
It is the biggest black hole in the known universe, and it powers the brightest quasar in the distant universe. But it is so far away it took scientists until now to spot it. A team of astronomers has found a black hole 12 billion times bigger than the Sun. What is ...

What Can A Massive Black Hole Tell Us About the Early Universe?   Pioneer News
Giant Black Hole Discovered by Scientists   SMN Weekly
Scientists discover black hole 12 billion times more massive than the sun   Q13 FOX
Yibada (English Edition)   
The Space Reporter   
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SlashGear
   
NASA's Ceres pics show mysterious bright spots on planet   
SlashGear
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is drawing nearer to the dwarf planet Ceres, and unlike the photos we saw late last month when the spacecraft was farther away, the latest ones are quite a bit clearer...and sporting a big mystery. At a distance of 29,000 miles away on ...

New dwarf planet in the solar system, Ceres, gets a visitor from Earth named Dawn   Empire State Tribune
Ceres bright spots shrouded in mystery   CBC.ca
Eyes in the skies: Mysterious bright spots on Ceres dwarf planet look like ...   RT
TVNZ   
WTMA   
Science Recorder   
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