2014年8月8日 星期五

2014-08-09 Uganda Science

  Boston Globe   
How to watch the Perseid meteor shower  Boston Globe
Starting next week, stargazers can expect a show overhead. The annual Perseid meteor shower, the undisputed “fireball champion” as NASA calls it, will return. Continue reading below. A NASA team has determined that the Perseids produce more fireballs, ...

'Supermoon' due Sunday: Shortest distance between Earth and moon   newszap.com
Coming soon: Perseids meteor shower and a super moon   KENS 5 TV
Supermoon and shooting stars to light up the night   Irish Independent
National Post   
Christian Science Monitor   
Tribune-Review   
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  USA TODAY   
Harvard and MIT Build A Robot That Can Build Itself  Boston.com
Behold! A robot that is so autonomous it can make itself is now a reality, thanks to Harvard and MIT, The Harvard Gazette reports. But what does that mean? Check out their video here: Advertisement - Continue Reading Below ...

This origami robot folds itself to wow you   Tech Times
THE FUTURE IS NOW   Daily Beast
Self-Folding Robot Based on Origami   Archinect
TechCrunch   
Techsonia   
Christian Science Monitor   
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  Sky News Australia   
'Sleep deprivation puts astronauts' lives in danger'  Irish Examiner
Sandra Bullock in 'Gravity'. The blockbuster failed to explore one of the many hazards of space travel — lack of sleep. By John von Radowitz. Lack of sleep was one of the many hazards of space travel not explored in the blockbuster movie Gravity. Yet a new ...

Astronauts rely on sleeping pills in space that are unsuited for 'hazardous ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Sleepless in space: NASA finds astronauts need pills to snooze   Tech Times
Congressman Lamar Smith Hosts Live Downlink with the International Space ...   Texas GOP Vote
ITV News   
Voice of America   
Blouin News Blogs   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
UK firms behind success of Rosetta coment mission  Telegraph.co.uk
British industry is heavily involved in the success of the European Space Agency's (ESA) mission to catch and land on the tongue-twistingly titled 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. After a decade of chasing down the celestial body – which involved ...

Europe's comet-chasing spaceship: Five amazing facts   Christian Science Monitor
Close Enough to Touch: Top 10 Photos From the Rosetta Comet Spacecraft   Slate Magazine (blog)
Spacecraft Rosetta's chase of a comet ends   Livemint
Bangkok Post   
The Australian   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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  Times of India   
Aussie Scientists Close to Understanding the Sun's Birth  Chinatopix
Australian researchers claim they're close to figuring out the prehistoric phase that led to the birth of the Sun. An Australian team used radioactivity to date the last time stars produced heavy metals like gold, silver, platinum, lead and some rare elements that ...

Stellar Nursery Reveals Details About Birth of the Sun   Nature World News
Scientists closer to understanding birth of the Sun   Financial Express
Unlocking how the Sun was born   Deccan Herald
French Tribune   
RedOrbit   
Times of India   
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  UPI.com   
Lockheed, NASA, Navy practice spacecraft recovery  UPI.com
Techniques for at-sea recovery of the Orion spacecraft have been practiced off the California Coast by Lockheed Martin, NASA and the U.S. Navy. By Richard Tomkins | Aug. 7, 2014 at 4:03 PM | Comments. share with facebook. 3. share with twitter. 8.
Manned Orion Missions Approach as Navy Drills For Retrieval   The News Ledge
US Navy Practices Retrieving Orion Spacecraft   ABC News

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  International Business Times   
Surface ocean mercury levels triple as human activities increase  GlobalPost
LONDON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Mercury levels in the ocean have more than tripled in some regions as a result of human activities, a new report published in this week's Nature magazine showed. Mercury is a toxic trace metal that accumulates in aquatic ...

Mercury Has Tripled in the Ocean Since Industrial Revolution   Design & Trend
Researchers: We've tripled the oceans' mercury levels   Salon
Humans have tripled mercury levels in upper ocean   Nature.com
ScienceBlog.com (blog)   
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  The Guardian   
Fowl play: Neanderthals were first...  Rappler
The study suggests that the doves, found in a cave in Gibraltar, may have been butchered and then roasted – the first evidence of hominids eating birds. Agence France-Presse. Published 10:30 AM, Aug 09, 2014. Updated 10:34 AM, Aug 09, 2014.
Pigeon bones reveal secrets of Neanderthals' diet   The Daily Star
Evidence Shows Neanderthals Ate Birds   Smithsonian
Neanderthals Were the First Humans to Eat Bird Meat   Chinatopix
Business Standard   
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  Product Design & Development   
Update: Navy Practices Retrieving Orion Spacecraft  Product Design & Development
NASA's Orion spacecraft test vehicle sits in the well deck of the USS Anchorage at the LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Navy and NASA wrapped up the second round of practice recoveries of the Orion spacecraft, which is designed to bring humans to the ...

US Navy successfully recovers Orion capsule in splashdown test   TweakTown
Nasa practises Orion sea rescue   Yahoo News UK
NASA, US Navy complete recovery tests for Orion spacecraft   Zee News
Dumb-Out   
NDTV   
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  News Tonight Africa   
Surveyors in Antarctica Stuck in Record Cold  Patriot Post
Record setting cold is threatening the health and safety of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) team based on the Brunt Ice Shelf. The station, Halley VI, reportedly lost power July 30 and electricity has remained intermittent ever since. According to team member ...

Researchers in Antarctic Lose Power for 19 Hours   News Tonight Africa
Antarctic researchers lose heating at -55 degrees   Zee News
Staff from Cambridge-based British Antarctic Survey left in cold for 19 hours at ...   Cambridge News
Daily Mail   
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