2014年9月16日 星期二

2014-09-17 India Science

  ABC News   
NASA contracts with SpaceX and Boeing for space transport  Los Angeles Times
Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft is shown in an artist's rendering. The company won a $4.2-billion NASA contract to transport U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft is shown in an artist's rendering. The company ...

Nasa reveals Boeing and SpaceX to build America's new 'space taxi'   Daily Mail
NASA to make major announcement about spacecraft contracts   IBNLive
Update: NASA gives key space taxi contracts to SpaceX, Boeing   Computerworld
Reuters India   
WHAS 11.com (subscription)   
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  NDTV   
Miffed Modi to skip UN climate summit  Calcutta Telegraph
New Delhi, Sept. 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will stay away from a UN Climate Summit for heads of states on September 23 amid India's displeasure at what it considers a parallel effort during international negotiations to avert dangerous global ...

Let's Reject the 'Inevitable'   New York Times
Really Wanted Modi to Attend UN Climate Change Summit: Ban Ki-Moon   NDTV
Modi to skip UN meet on climate change   Deccan Herald
Economic Times   
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  Zee News   
India lags behind in using ozone-friendly products  Times of India
HYDERABAD: Hundreds of schoolchildren from several city institutions turned out on Tuesday for a mass pledge at an event hosted by Indian Tourism Development Corporation to mark the International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer-2014, with its ...

UN hails progress achieved in reducing damage to the ozone layer   MercoPress
Ozone Layer Protection: The Mission Goes On   Business Recorder
India must learn from Montreal Protocol: experts   Pune Mirror
Shanghai Daily (subscription)   
Free Press Journal   
Business Standard   
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  Fox News   
'Global selfie' project will beam earthling message to space  Fox News
An illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (JHUAPL/SwRI)). WAIMEA, Hawaii. A new project aims to send a special ...

'Global selfie' to send Earth's self-portrait into space   Deccan Herald
'Global Selfie' to be Sent into Space via Nasa's New Horizons Spacecraft   International Business Times UK

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  Times of India   
Scientists study how fear is processed in brain  Times of India
WASHINGTON: Scientists have mapped brain activity to illustrate how fear arises when individuals are exposed to threatening images. Researchers from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas built on previous animal and human ...

EEG shows mechanism human brain uses to process fear   helpmeoutDOC News - A consistent flow of medical news
Fear In The Brain: Scientists Pinpoint How It's Processed   Science World Report
Study traces path of fear through brain   HealthCentral.com
R & D Magazine   
ANINEWS   
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  The Hindu   
Old climate change formula no longer exists, say scientists  The Hindu
The traditional formula on climate change that says that regions that have a moist climate will experience additional rainfall is no longer valid, scientists say. The old formula that dry gets drier and wet gets wetter (DDWW) is less universally valid than ...

Climate change rule of thumb gets rained on   Washington Post (blog)
Swiss researchers challenge climate change theory   swissinfo.ch
With Climate Change, Dry Regions Get Dryer and Wet Areas Get Wetter: Or Do ...   Science World Report

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  The Space Reporter   
Meteorite points to past microbial habitats on Mars  The Space Reporter
New analysis of a Martian meteorite reveals that it contains a structure that once held water. Nakhla is a 1.3-billion-year-old meteorite that was blasted off of Mars by an impact and later crashed to Earth; as such, it is one of very few physical samples available ...

NASA responds to critics of Curiosity Mars rover mission   Daily Digest
Four Handy Tips for Growing Your Garden on Mars   Smithsonian
Water-holding meteorite suggests Mars was habitable   Financial Express
The Hindu   
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  Zee News   
The new threat: Megadroughts  Times of India
Climate change is set to un leash a series of decades-long "megadroughts" this century , according to research to be published this week. Megadroughts - which are generally defined as lasting 35 years or more - will become considerably more frequent as ...

Global warming may unleash series of decades-long 'megadroughts'   Business Standard
Global Warming May Unleash Series Of Decades-Long 'Megadroughts' - Study   malaysiandigest.com
Scientists: Be prepared for 'megadroughts'   The Sun Daily

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  Irish Examiner   
Spaceship Earth Grants competition offers private citizens a trip into space  Gizmag
Spaceship Earth Grants (SEG), a US public-benefit organization and an affiliate of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, has launched a contest that aims to give away one space flight for every 50,000 applications it receives. With a judging panel made up of former ...

A $90 ticket into space?   U-T San Diego
Contest to send people to space   The Hindu
How I Fell Out of Love with Space Tourism It's elitist, overpriced, and overhyped   The New Republic
Irish Examiner   
NBCNews.com   
Jagran Josh   
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  Voice of America   
Reuters Science News Summary  Daily Mail
NASA won't meet a congressionally ordered goal to find 90 percent of nearby and potentially dangerous asteroids larger than 460 feet (140 meters) in diameter, the agency's Inspector General said on Monday. The shortfall comes despite a 10-fold increase in ...

NASA program identifies only 10 percent of potentially dangerous asteroids   The Space Reporter
NASA Overlooks a Lot of Deadly Asteroids: Report   Nature World News
NASA's hunt for dangerous asteroids falls short, report shows   Reuters
Washington Post   
Uncover California   
Vox   
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