2015年3月2日 星期一

2015-03-03 India Science


The Nation
   
SpaceX launches two satellites   
The Nation
US space transportation company SpaceX launched two commercial communications satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday evening. The rocket, carrying an Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast (ABS) satellite, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on schedule at ...

SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9   Clapway
SpaceX lofts two all-electric ion-drive comsats to Clarke orbit   The Register
SpaceX rocket blasts off with world's first all-electric satellites   Times of India
BBC News   
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Firstpost
   
Govt challenges claims on flawed methodology in tiger census   
Firstpost
New Delhi: The government today challenged claims by sections of wildlife experts that it had used a flawed methodology for its latest tiger census and instead asserted that their study was a "theoretical iteration" on old data whose precision is "questionable".
Tiger Census Correct, says NTCA Refuting Oxford Researchers' Flawed ...   Microfinance Monitor
Academics spar over tiger census methods   Deccan Herald
Tiger census: Govt refutes claims of flawed methodology   Delhi Daily News

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Livemint
   
ISRO proposes to launch 10 satellites every year   
The Hindu
Taking a big step in space exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation has proposed to launch 10 satellites every year beginning 2015, said S.K. Shivakumar, Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, here . Speaking at the Science Day ...

India To Launch Navigation Satellite   Clapway
India to launch fourth navigation satellite March 9   Business Standard
Isro to launch fourth navigational satellite on 9 March   Livemint
The News Reports   
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The News Reports
   
Retina is built backwards with neurons in front of the photoreceptors   
The News Reports
Researchers have for the first time confirmed that in a human retina the neurons are in front of the photoreceptors rather than behind them – meaning that the retina is built backwards. “The retina is not just the simple detector and neural image processor as ...

Human retina built backwards: Study   The Asian Age
Human retina is built backwards confirm scientists   Jagran Post

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onmanorama
   
GSI to test 'debris' for meteor confirmation   
NYOOOZ
KOCHI: Experts from the Geological Survey of India (GSI),Thiruvananthapuram, has said that the recent `fireball phenomenon` reported from different parts of the state could be the result of a meteor shower, though they could not trace any extraterrestrial ...

The ball of fire could have been a bolide meteor   onmanorama
Scientists Examine 'Rocks', Confirm Kerala Meteor Fall   The New Indian Express

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The Hindu
   
'Innovation will help launch more satellites'   
The Hindu
New innovation from students will help the nation launch more satellites, said Mylswamy Annadurai, Programme Director for Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) and Small Science and Student Satellite (SSS), ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, here on Sunday.
ISRO scientist calls for innovation from students   Niticentral

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Livemint
   
Deforestation could shift monsoons, leaving India high and dry, study finds   
The Age
Large-scale deforestation could cause monsoon rains to shift south, cutting rainfall in India by nearly a fifth, scientists say. Deforestation has long been known to cause temperature increases in local areas, but new research published on Tuesday shows a ...

Deforestation could shift monsoons, leaving India high and dry   GlobalPost
Precipitation over India sees 18% fall due to deforestation: report   Livemint
Deforestation could cause India drought   www.worldbulletin.net

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The Daily Climate
   
IPCC future hinges on greater relevance, amid tricky politics.   
The Daily Climate
The unique intergovernmental panel has forged scientific consensus on climate change by steering clear of hot-button issues. Will new leadership find a way to address the most critical issues for curbing global warming? ShareThis. By Marianne Lavelle
Climate chief faces more sex pest claims   The Times (subscription)
State Dept. On Nomination for Chair of Climate Change Panel   AllAfrica.com
UN climate panel looks ahead after RK Pachauri controversy   Economic Times
Times of India   
Firstpost   
Business Standard   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Emperor penguins are now living a life of luxury   
NEWS.com.au
TEMPERATURES regularly drop below -30C, it is dark, and they only have ice to stand on while they raise their families. But for Antarctica's emperor penguins that's luxury, according to Jane Younger, a University of Tasmania PhD student who is a lead ...

Only three lucky groups of emperor penguins survived the last ice age   Washington Post
New study shows how emperor penguin's survived last Ice Age   Daily News & Analysis
Last ice age may have been too cold for emperor penguins!   Business Standard
Zee News   
Daily Mail   
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The New Indian Express
   
Total Solar Eclipse this Month   
The New Indian Express
However, it will not be visible in India. Solar eclipse occurs when the moon comes exactly in front of the sun as seen from the earth, and thus blocking the sun. This happens on a new moon or amavasya day. The sequence of events is as follows on March 20 ...

Midlands scientists issue warnings over March 20 solar eclipse in UK   Techie News
Total solar eclipse will occur on March 20   News Nation

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