2014年11月17日 星期一

2014-11-18 Malaysia Science


The Space Review
   
Ready for close-up: NASA shows off RM50bil Orion spaceship   
The Star Online
Check out NASA's new US$15bil (RM50.3bil) spaceship Orion, designed to fly astronauts to the moon, Mars and other faraway destinations. NASA's new spaceship Orion, the one the space agency claims is humanity's ticket to the stars, arrives at a Florida ...

NASA's biggest challenge: funding   WAAY
Names in bottles: a new tool for exploration?   The Space Review
Hotel sales boom as NASA's Orion sets for blast off   Orlando Business Journal

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National Monitor
   
Male aggression in chimpanzees leads to more mating success   
National Monitor
Researchers studied 17 years of behavioral and genetic data from chimpanzees in Tanzania, finding that an increase in aggressive behavior in males towards females positively correlates to an increase in copulation frequency.
In Chimpanzee Sexual Selection, Nice Guys Finish Last   NFL News and Rumors
Chimp bullies make more babies: study   The Star Online
Male Chimpanzees Increase Their Mating Prospects With Bullying   Beta Wired
International Business Times   
RedOrbit   
Yumanewsnow   
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The Guardian
   
Sushi Craze May Lead to Bluefin Tuna Extinction   
Design & Trend
(Photo : Commons) The sushi fad of the last twenty years may have severe consequences. The demand for it may be bringing the Pacific bluefin tuna to extinction. The sushi fad of the last twenty years may have severe consequences. The demand for it may ...

Pacific bluefin is threatened due to increasing sushi market   Science Recorder
Pacific Bluefin Tuna being eaten to extinction by sushi lovers   Beta Wired
Sushi Eaters Push Bluefin Tuna Towards Extinction   Nature World News
UPI.com   
Brevard Times   
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ZME Science
   
Twice as many lightnings expected by 2100 as a result of global warming   
ZME Science
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley, have devised a model that projects how climate change affects atmospheric lightning discharges. According to their findings, global warming ...

U.S. Lightning Strikes May Soon Increase By 50 Percent   Clapway
Lightning expected to increase by 50 percent with global warming   Government Security News
Expert: Your Chances of Being Struck by Lightning Have Increased   Prensa Latina
IEEE Spectrum   
Treehugger   
EarthSky   
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The Times of Israel
   
Alexander Grothendieck dies at 86; mathematician shunned honors   
Los Angeles Times
Alexander Grothendieck, an opinionated and reclusive giant of 20th century mathematics who shunned accolades and supported pacifist and environmental causes, has died in France. He was 86. Grothendieck died Thursday at a hospital in the southwestern ...

Alexander Grothendieck, reclusive genius of math, dies at 86   Reading Eagle
Math great Grothendieck, son of Jewish Nazi victim, dies at 86   The Times of Israel
Alexander Grothendieck, Math Enigma, Dies at 86   New York Times
Press Herald   
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Latino Post
   
Leonid Meteor Shower 2014: Live Stream, Peak Hours & How to Watch   
Latino Post
The Leonid meteor shower returns for its annual light show, and it's bound to peak tonight. Stargazers hoping to catch a glimpse of the meteor shower can watch the live show online via two webcasts airing tonight (November 17) and into the early hours of ...

Get ready for the Leonids! Meteor shower to be visible over East Coast tonight   Daily Mail
Leonids meteor shower: Peak seen near sunrise, if clouds clear over Lehigh Valley   The Express-Times - lehighvalleylive.com
Look up: How to watch the Leonids meteor shower   CTV News
Brevard Times   
Frontline Desk   
Uncover California   
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TIME
   
The feminist freakout over the scientist's 'girly' shirt   
Los Angeles Times
The European Space Agency's Rosetta project accomplished one of the most impressive scientific feats in our lifetime. They essentially moved a clunky machine from one speeding bullet onto another, by remote control, from 310 million miles away. It's hoped ...

Scientists 'confident' comet lander will wake up   Salt Lake Tribune
Team 'confident' Philae will wake as it nears sun   Irish Examiner
Pioneering Philae completes main mission before hibernation   Space Daily
NDTV   
The Australian   
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Voice of America
   
Scientists Blame Virus for Massive Die-off of North American Starfish   
Voice of America
WASHINGTON—. Scientists investigating a huge die-off of starfish along North America's Pacific coast have identified a virus they say is responsible for a calamitous wasting disease that has wiped out millions of the creatures since it first appeared last year.
Scientists identify clue in widespread deaths of sea stars   89.3 KPCC
Virus may be cause of epidemic killing millions of sea stars   The Seattle Times
Mystery surrounding millions of sea star deaths on BC coast solved   Vancouver Sun
Macleans.ca   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Seals are sexually harassing, raping penguins   
Stuff.co.nz
Seals are forcing penguins into sex and occasionally killing them once they get their sexual release. That was the observation scientists made on Marion Island in the sub-Antarctic, with their findings and rather disturbing videos published in the online edition ...

BREAKING: Here's Uncensored Video of Seal-on-Penguin Copulation   Jezebel
Seals are sexually harassing penguins [NSFW]   Death and Taxes
Video: Antarctic fur seal uses penguin to relieve sexual tension   DigitalJournal.com
Nature World News   
Smithsonian   
AOL Travel UK   
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Bustle
   
This Shark-Repelling Cable In Cape Town Is Like An Electric Fence, But For ...   
Bustle
Hey, if they make a repellent for tiny bugs that make you itchy all over, then maybe it makes sense to develop a repellent for apex predators that can bite your limbs off whole. Just sayin'. Researchers in Cape Town have followed this logic and on Friday started ...

Cable current deters great whites   The West Australian
Ground-breaking technology to keep great whites at bay could be the end to ...   NFL News and Rumors
Scientists test Shark Repellent Electronic Cable in Cape Town   Canada News
The Week UK   
E&T magazine   
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