2015年1月26日 星期一

2015-01-27 Malaysia Science


Latin American Herald Tribune
   
Ocean Warming Melting One of the Largest Glaciers of Antarctica   
Latin American Herald Tribune
SYDNEY – One of the largest glaciers on the planet, Totten, is melting due to ocean warming, a phenomenon that demonstrates the vulnerability of East Antarctica and its role in increasing the level of the oceans. The Totten glacier, 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) ...

Giant east Antarctic glacier melting with warmer oceans   The Age
East Antarctica's largest glacier melting - scientists   News24
Warm ocean melting Totten Glacier, says Australian scientists   Times of Oman
The Australian (blog)   
BDlive   
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ZME Science
   
Getting to grips with the 'power grip': study   
The Star Online
By studying the bones of human ancestors, scientists now think that the “power grip” phenomenon started much earlier than previously thought. Scientists say an analysis of fossil hand bones of the species Australopithecus africanus that lived in southern ...

Study Suggests Earlier Use of Tools by Hominids   New York Times
Early Hominin Hands Could Have Gripped Tools   New Historian
Early human ancestors used their hands much in the way as we do   ZME Science

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Inhabitat
   
X-ray method helps decipher ancient scrolls   
KSL.com
NAPLES (CNN) — In A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Almost 2,000 years later, researchers may be on the brink of reading some of the charred scrolls damaged in the eruption. The scrolls, which were ...

First-of-its-kind Software Enables Major Breakthrough in Reading Ancient Scrolls   Scientific Computing
New technology may make Vesuvius blackened scrolls readable again   Times LIVE
X-rays allow researchers to read ancient scroll buried by Mt. Vesuvius eruption ...   Inhabitat (blog)
The Star Online   
Hyperallergic   
National Column   
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New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)
   
Will Lolita the Orca Be Declared Endangered? Decision Expected This Week   
New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)
Miami Seaquarium's Lolita the killer whale is quite literally the Magic City's biggest star. For more than 40 years, she has been wowing crowds of tourists and locals with her incredible splash. This week, Lolita, who at age 50 is one of the oldest living orcas in ...

After 44 years, Miami's killer whale may edge closer to freedom   AsiaOne
After 44 years, Miami orca may be free   News24
Good intentions for Lolita may kill her   MiamiHerald.com
The Guardian   
Reuters UK   
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WalesOnline
   
Keep your eyes on the sky for asteroid appearance   
CTV News
Amateur astronomers will have the opportunity to witness a rare cosmic event on Monday night as an asteroid approximately three times the size of McMahon Stadium will pass close to Earth. Given its proximity to our planet, asteroid number 2004BL86 will be ...

Giant asteroid set to buzz Earth   The Nation
asteroid comes unusually close to Earth   Stuff.co.nz
Huge asteroid hurtling past Earth has its own moon   Christian Science Monitor
Forbes   
Discovery News   
Full-Time Whistle   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
What is comet dust made of? Rosetta finds out.   
Christian Science Monitor
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, currently in orbit around Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, is examining the dust being shed by the comet as it hurtles toward the sun. By Kulvinder Singh, Sen January 26, 2015. close. Rosetta's ...

Rosetta spacecraft deepens mystery of comet's origin   The Star Online
Is Rosetta's 67P Comet Breaking Apart?   Design & Trend
Rosetta watches closely as comet sheds its dust   Sen (subscription)
Astronomy Magazine   
The News   
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CNBC
   
The new space race: SpaceX vs Boeing   
CNBC
SpaceX and Boeing plan to build space "taxis" that can American astronauts to the International Space Station by 2017, and both companies appeared together at a NASA press conference Monday to unveil updates in the space agency's commercial crew ...

Boeing, SpaceX to bring down cost of flying astronauts to ISS: NASA   Xinhua
Boeing, SpaceX will beat Russia on price for astronaut rides   Washington Times
Manned commercial flights to space station on track for 2017   CBS News
The Verge   
San Antonio Express-News   
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Headlines & Global News
   
Global Warming Could Lead To A Doubling Of Dramatic La Niña Weather Events   
Headlines & Global News
This red area on this map shows the warming of waters due to El Nino in 2010. (Photo : Reuters). New research suggests global warming could double the risk of extreme La Niña events. Researchers predicted a two-fold increase in the frequency of this type ...

Extreme La Nina events set to increase   ABC Online
La Niña Events May Spike with Climate Change   Live Science
Global warming leads to wild La Niña weather, including events like this big East ...   Quartz
BBC News   
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Science Times
   
Bat-Like Bot May Soon Fly Its Way Into Space—The New Drone Frontier   
Science Times
The future of transformer-like technology is here, with a new bat-like robot that can crawl around on all fours, as well as fly away. The DALER, otherwise known as the Deployable Air-Land Exploration Robot, is officially here, and it shares a stunning ...

Watch: Vampire bat robot uses its wings for walking   Los Angeles Times
Researchers develop flying, walking bat bot (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
'Vampire bat' robot Daler adapts to different terrains by folding its wings   Daily Mail
Business Standard   
SlashGear   
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Science Times
   
NASA Wants To Use Drones To Help Scout Locations on Mars   
TechnoBuffalo
The terrain of Mars is treacherous, especially if you're a lonesome rover quietly scouring the Martian surface. It doesn't have to be this way. Although a rover like Curiosity is well-equipped to tackle rocky terrain, NASA wants to send a team of scout companion ...

NASA to use 'toy helicopter' for exploring Mars   Science Recorder
NASA Designing a Copter Drone for Mars   PC Magazine
The Little (Mars) Rover that Could   ABC Online (blog)
Science Times   
Design & Trend   
PopHerald Technology News   
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