2015年2月11日 星期三

2015-02-12 Zimbabwe Science


Satellite Today
   
Zimbabwe and Uganda Take Top Spots in the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards   
Satellite Today
Francine Mazala, overall winner of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards 2013, addresses the attendees of the gala ceremony where the 2014 winners of this pan-African competition were announced. Photo: Eutelsat. [Via Satellite 02-11-2015] Eutelsat and ...

Gayaza High student wins continental award   New Vision
Zimbos Dominate DSTV Eutelsat Star Awards   AllAfrica.com
Gayaza High student recognised internationally for her painting   spyghana.com
AfricanBrains   
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Zee News
   
SpaceX launches deep space weather satellite DSCOVR in its third attempt   
Zee News
New Delhi: In its third attempt, Deep Space Climate Observatory was finally blasted off On Thursday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The liftoff took place at 6:03 pm ET (2303 GMT) Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at the time of ...

Lift-off for Gore observatory dream   Irish Independent
New Satellite to Enhance Monitoring of Space Weather   Voice of America
Third time's a charm: SpaceX successfully launches new probe after two failed ...   9news.com.au
Washington Post   
Los Angeles Times   
Mashable   
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The Japan Times
   
Physics of food shows secrets of popcorn   
The Japan Times
PARIS – To most people, it may be just a fun food to munch on while watching a movie. But to a couple of French investigators, popcorn is a biomechanical enigma waiting to be explained. In an unusual study published on Wednesday, engineers Emmanuel ...

French Engineers Reveal The Secret Behind The 'Pop' Sound Made By Popcorn   Daily Science Journal
Scientists Reveal the Secret Acrobatic 'Pop' Behind Popcorn   NBCNews.com
Study reveals the science behind popcorn 'pops'   Telegraph.co.uk
Hamilton Spectator   
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Crews try to rescue damaged fishing boat with 27 aboard that's stuck in Antarctic ...   
Minneapolis Star Tribune
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Crews from the U.S. and New Zealand were trying Thursday to rescue a damaged fishing boat with 27 people aboard that remains stuck in ice near Antarctica. The U.S. Coast Guard said the Australian boat Antarctic Chieftain ...


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Christian Science Monitor
   
Taking after Darwin, scientists discover beak gene for famous finches   
Christian Science Monitor
A team of researchers from Sweden and the US have sequenced the genomes for all fifteen species of Darwin's finches. Now they may have located the gene that determines the shape of their beaks.
Gene study shows evolutionary tale of Darwin's finches   Yahoo News UK
Darwin's Finches Show How Genes Shape Evolution   Guardian Liberty Voice
Genetic study shows Darwin's finches have surprisingly diverse family tree   Science Recorder
Tech Times   
SMN Weekly   
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CBC.ca
   
Europe launches space plane, brings it back to earth   
DAWN.com
PARIS: Europe's prototype space plane splashed down in the Pacific on schedule on Wednesday after a 100-minute flight to test key re-entry technologies, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. “The mission has come to an end according to plan... it ...

Europe Successfully Tests Reusable Spaceplane   Sky News
Europe Successfully Tests Spaceplane   The Chosun Ilbo
European Space Agency's spaceplane completes autonomous reentry capability ...   Xinhua
Irish Examiner   
NDTV   
Discovery News   
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Slate Magazine
   
American Voters Care About Climate Change—Just Not Enough to Matter   
Slate Magazine
Polling place, Pasadena, California, November 2014 Voters have, time and time again, proved that climate isn't a make-or-break issue for them. Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images. We're a little more than a month into the new Congress, and ...

Big snow in a warming world. What's up with that?   KBIA
Polls Show Voters Don't Want to Pay to Fight Climate Change   U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Is climate change fuelling war?   News24

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Boston Globe
   
VIDEO: Meet Google's New Robot Dog   
PC Magazine
With an unassuming name like Spot, you'd expect Boston Dynamics' new robot dog to fit right in with the gang from 101 Dalmatians. But don't let the name fool you — a cuddly cutie it is not. Unveiled this week, Spot is the latest creation from the now ...

Scientists kick a robot that's so much like a dog you want them to stop   Los Angeles Times
Meet Spot: Boston Dynamics's kickable robot dog   SiliconANGLE (blog)
This New Four-Legged Robot Is Basically Invincible   Discover Magazine (blog)
Huffington Post   
Wired   
Irish Independent   
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SMN Weekly
   
Comets akin to "deep fried ice cream" according to NASA, Caltech   
SMN Weekly
A team of researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Caltech say that comets have an overall structure that resembles nothing so much as deep fried ice cream. Advertisement. Murthy Gudipati from NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

Comets evolve like scoops of deep fried ice cream   Science Recorder
Formation Of Comets Is Like Making Deep-Fried Ice Cream, Scientists Say   Tech Times
NASA Compares Comets To Deep Fried Ice Cream   International Business Times AU
NPR (blog)   
RedOrbit   
Headlines & Global News   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
SpaceX Dragon returns home   
Christian Science Monitor
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship recovered from the ocean after its successful return to Earth. SpaceX. View Caption. Sen—A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returned from a month-long stay at the International Space Station Tuesday, splashing down off the coast of ...

Three things that splashed down in the Pacific Ocean   WAAY
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashes down after trip to ISS   Deutsche Welle
NASA Science Returns to Earth Aboard Dragon Spacecraft   Product Design & Development
The Seattle Times   
The Nation   
Newton Press Mentor   
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