2015年5月15日 星期五

2015-05-16 U.K. Science


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Riddle of how dress colour baffled the world solved   
Telegraph.co.uk
An explanation has been found for the optical illusion in which millions of people disagreed about the colour of a dress in a Birmingham shop window. From the moment Caitlin McNeill, a 21-year-old wedding singer, posted a picture of the dress on Tumblr ...

Academic papers examine 'The Dress' colour debate   BBC News

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The Independent
   
Remember #TheDress? Brain scientists now see the internet meme as ...   
The Independent
Internet memes: here today, gone tomorrow, replaced by whatever new comedy pet antics, political gaffes or celebrity hubris are tweeting up a storm by lunchtime. Not so, however, The Dress. You remember #thedress – in February, a snap of a lacy frock ...


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Express.co.uk
   
Sarah Brightman: Why has the singer's dream to blast off into space been ...   
Express.co.uk
That was the date an eight-year-old Sarah sat down with her father at their home in Hertfordshire and watched on the family's black and white television the astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take man's first steps on the Moon. The memory of the thrill ...

Sarah Brightman Calls off Space Trip   Sudan Vision
Sarah Brightman postpones space mission   Washington Post
British singer Sarah Brightman defers space trip   Times of India
Sydney Morning Herald   
Space.com   
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mirror.co.uk
   
Watch incredible moment Mount Edna spews glowing orange lava into the night ...   
mirror.co.uk
This is the incredible moment Mount Etna erupted its glowing lava into the night sky. The remarkable footage was captured on yesterday evening as the volcano in Sicily sent an orange stream of red-hot lava into the air. The iconic landmark is the most active ...

Jeff Renner reflects on St. Helens eruption 35 years later   KING5.com
Water Skiing Through the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption   The Chronicle
Volcano eruption lights the night in Sicily   UPI.com

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National Post
   
'What a beast!' Aquarium shares photos of rare giant squid that washed ashore ...   
National Post
A giant squid was found washed ashore on a beach in New Zealand Wednesday and the aquarium staff now in possession of the corpse are really jazzed about the discovery. “A GIANT SQUID WASHED UP ON THE BEACH AT SOUTH BAY TODAY!
Massive squid washes up on New Zealand beach   WFLA
Video: Giant squid with 5 metre long tentacle on New Zealand beach   Belfast Telegraph
Kiwi Finds 23-Foot Long 'Giant Squid' Washed Up On A South Island Beach   International Business Times
The Weather Network US   
ABC News   
Newsmax   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Distant light might hold the key to why the universe is filled with matter   
NEWS.com.au
EVERYTHING we see, touch and experience is made up of matter but for the longest time scientists had no idea why it existed. Now they may have found an answer. NASA's Fermi space telescope has detected high-energy light linked to a magnetic field that ...

Strange space signal could explain how matter rather than antimatter filled the ...   The Independent
Weird Spiral Found In Space Could Explain Why We Are Here   Yahoo News UK
Strange space signal could help know why more matter is present in universe   Uncover Michigan
International Business Times UK   
Space.com   
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The Guardian
   
Are climate scientists cowed by sceptics?   
The Guardian
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change members present the new climate report in Berlin in Germany in April 2014. Photograph: Joerg Carstensen/Corbis. Ed King for RTCC, part of the Guardian's Environment Network. Friday 15 May 2015 12.41 EDT.
2015 Is the Hottest Year On Record   Daily Beast
UWA Consensus Centre rejection a blow to good policy   The Australian
A Strong Beginning Makes Way for Improved Results: Equality in Climate ...   Huffington Post
Ghana Business News   
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Gazette Review
   
Moonfish is First Fully Warm-Blooded Fish   
Gazette Review
The moonfish, which is also known as the opah, is the first warm-blooded fish that has been found, according to a new study that has been published in the journal Science. The moonfish are high performance predators that have very good vision, quick ...

Warm-blooded fish shocks scientists   The Seattle Times
The opah is the first warm-blooded fish ever found   Daily Times
1st warm-blooded fish identified by researchers   KSL.com
Tech Times   
Washington Post   
CNN   
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TIME
   
This Antarctic ice shelf could collapse by 2020, NASA says   
Washington Post
This story has been updated. It has been a really bad week for the ice shelves of the quickly warming Antarctic peninsula, the part of the vast frozen continent that extends northward toward South America. Earlier this week, we learned that the gigantic ...

NASA finds Antarctic ice shelf just a few years from disintegration   Sydney Morning Herald
A Large Chunk of Antarctica May Disappear Into the Ocean By 2020   TIME
One Of Antarctica's Largest Ice Shelves Heading For Collapse - Study   Design & Trend
The UpTake   
Newsmax   
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Live Science
   
Octopus-Inspired Robotic Arms Can Multitask During Surgery   
Live Science
A robotic arm inspired by octopus tentacles could make it easier for surgeons to access hard-to-reach parts of the body. A new robotic device uses a series of inflatable chambers to mimic how an octopus can twist, elongate and bend its limbs in any direction.
Octopus Arm Inspires Future Surgical Tool   Science Times
Octopus-inspired robot could save your life in the future   Digital Journal
Octopus-Like Arm Device Can Make Medical Surgeries Simpler   Chinatopix
BBC News   
Popular Science   
HardOCP (press release)   
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