2014年11月4日 星期二

2014-11-05 India Science

  Sydney Morning Herald   
Virgin spaceship crash: why did co-pilot unlock tail?  Sydney Morning Herald
Mojave, California: The probe of Virgin Galactic's space plane crash in California hinges on a central mystery: Why a seasoned test pilot would prematurely unlock the craft's moveable tail section, setting off a chain of events that led to destruction of the ship ...

Virgin Galactic crash and the need for risk-takers   Financial Times
How safe can we really make space for future tourists?   BBC News
Space Travel and Risk   Huffington Post
Science Recorder   
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  Livemint   
Air pollution has negative impact on grain production, downs yield: Study  fnbnews.com
A recent study--Recent Climate and Air Pollution Impacts on Indian Agriculture--published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, has concluded that air pollution seems to have a direct, negative impact on grain production in India, the result ...

Thirty-year study finds pollution cut India's wheat yields by almost HALF   Daily Mail
Air pollution halves India's potential grain yields   Times of India
Want To Feed The World? Tackle Pollution From Ozone And Soot   Science 2.0
Business Standard   
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  Daily Digest   
Indian scientist awarded for dancing to explain her research  Firstpost
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) An Indian scientist who danced to explain her research on tornadoes, has won the top prize in the 2014 'Dance Your PhD' contest. Uma Nagendra is a researcher doing her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia, Athens, in the United ...

Scientist wins award in “Dance Your PhD 2014” contest   The Hoops News
Watch: Explaining Your Doctoral Thesis—With Dance   TIME
Dancing with the Ph.D's: Scientists explain their work through interpretive moves   Tech Times
ValueWalk   
American Live Wire   
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  Dumb-Out   
The Unusual Sighting at the Center of The Milky Way Has Been Identified by ...  Dumb-Out
Astronomers have identified a strange thin object in the center of our Milky Way galaxy. It has been established that the entity is not a cloud of hydrogen gas, but may be two binary stars that are orbiting a black hole in the middle of the Milky Way. The object ...

Why Our Galaxy's Black Hole Didn't Eat That Mystery Object   Discovery News
'G2' Gas Ball Survives Black Hole, and Researchers Say They Now Know Why   Science Times
Astronomers identify mystery object at center of galaxy   World Science
Economic Times   
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  Jagran Post   
NASA to utilize natural resources beyond Earth  Jagran Post
Washington: To enable missions into space, deeper than ever before, NASA is investing in technologies for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) the ability to find and use natural resources beyond the Earth. NASA rocket to click 1,500 images of Sun in five ...

NASA plan to capture asteroid? Bad idea, scientist says   China Post
Why NASA Never Returned To Moon: Documentary Explains Why [Video]   The Inquisitr
NASA readies its Asteroid Redirect Mission to prepare for Mars trips   Beta Wired
Nottingham Post   
WTOC   
Examiner.com   
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  CBC.ca   
Northern Light Canadian Mars mission launches crowdfunding campaign  CBC.ca
A Canadian company aims to launch a micro-rover and mini-lander to Mars in 2018. Thoth Technology, based in Pembroke, Ont., launched a campaign on Indiegogo today to crowdfund $1.1 million to pay for the hardware needed to fly the Northern Light ...

Northern Light Launches Funding Campaign for Canadian Space Exploration ...   DigitalJournal.com
York prof hopes crowd-funded Mars rover takes off   Ottawa Citizen

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  GSA Business   
Researchers use motion to teach girls computation  GSA Business
Clemson University researchers working to boost interest in computational thinking among girls are blending movement choreography with computer programming. Researchers say women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and ...

Blending 'movements with computer' to enhance computational skills in girls   Zee News
Dance Choreography May Improve Computational Skills   Science World Report

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NASA Telescope To Measure Earth's Elevation From Space  Siliconindia.com
WASHINGTON: In a pioneering work, NASA scientists have fitted the laser-catching telescope of the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) into its place that will measure the elevation of Earth from space. The telescope will catch individual laser ...


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  National Post   
Climate talks: India mulls shift in stand  Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Climate negotiations in the run-up to the global deal in Paris next year may not to be on predictable lines. After trade, the Narendra Modi government is now contemplating a strategic shift during talks, delinking India's position from China.
QUANTUM LEAP: Don't want more floods, cyclones and heatwaves? Look to ...   Daily Mail
Republicans Likely to Nix Funding for UN Climate Agencies After Midterms   UN Tribune
Another view: Real climate-change test is moving from words to deeds   Kane County Chronicle
Argus Media   
eNews Park Forest   
Washington Post (blog)   
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  eco-business.com   
Scientists call for zero option on CO2 emissions  eco-business.com
New research shows that while cuts in short-lived pollutants such as methane and black carbon have benefits, the only long-term answer to global warming is to stop carbon dioxide emissions completely. power plant pollution. Scientists assert in a new report ...

Stopping black carbon won't buy time: study   Herald Sun
Cutting Methane, Soot Not Enough to Tackle Warming   Climate Central
Targeting emissions of pollutants can't protect against long-term climate change   Business Standard
Science 2.0   
edie.net   
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