2014年10月16日 星期四

2014-10-17 Pakistan Science

  National Post   
Once-in-a-million-years comet won't smash into Mars with dinosaur-killing force ...  National Post
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The heavens are hosting an event this weekend that occurs once in a million years or so. A comet as hefty as a small mountain will pass mind-bogglingly close to Mars on Sunday, approaching within 87,000 miles at a speed of ...

Comet takes near-miss route to Mars   USA TODAY
Once-in-a-million-year comet buzzing Mars   Herald Sun

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  The Hindu   
Ancient kangaroos could not hop  The Hindu
Kangaroos hop, right? Well, not all of them. Scientists said on Wednesday that a biomechanical and statistical analysis of fossil bones of a group of huge extinct kangaroos shows that the largest of the bunch in all likelihood could not hop as their modern-day ...

Scientists Say Huge Ancient Kangaroos Walked, Not Hopped   Huffington Post
Study: Giant prehistoric kangaroos looked like rabbits, walked like humans   CNN
Huge prehistoric kangaroo was more the sauntering type, say scientists   Christian Science Monitor
Philly.com   
Fox News   
TODAYonline   
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  DigitalJournal.com   
Fruit flies can sniff out drugs and explosives  DigitalJournal.com
New research suggests that a fruit fly's enhanced sense of smell could potentially be used to sniff out bombs and drugs. In many ways the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) is a remarkable insect. The eye of the fruit fly, for example, is made up of 760 ...

How the Fruit Fly Could Help Us Sniff out Drugs and Bombs   Lab Manager Magazine
New Study Shows Fruit Flies Can Help Detect Drugs and Explosives   Chinatopix
Study Shows Fruit Flies Can Detect Bombs and Hazardous Drugs   Design & Trend
Shiny Shiny   
Times of Malta   
Daily Times   
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  Daily Mail   
The mystery of the 'Death Star' wobble: Does Saturn's icy moon Mimas have an ...  Daily Mail
It is known as the 'Death Star' due to a crater making it look like the Star Wars weapon. However, astronomers say they are a step closer to solving a mystery that has baffled them for decades about Saturn's moon Mimas. The moon has an odd wobble - and ...

Something Weird Is Going On Inside Saturn's Moon Mimas   NBCNews.com
Saturn's moon Mimas may have a 'life-friendly' underground ocean beneath icy ...   ABC Online
Mimas, Moon of Saturn, May Have Underground Ocean or Strangely-Shaped Core   Design & Trend
MSN News   
The Week Magazine   
Beta Wired   
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  RT   
Milky Way space pirate bullies nearby dwarf galaxies  RT
The “survival of the fittest” rule works on a cosmic scale. Latest radio observations have led US astronomers to the conclusion that our home galaxy is responsible for a lack of star-forming gas in its neighbor galaxies. Equipped with the most powerful radio ...

Our galaxy ransacks its closest dwarf neighbours of star-forming gas   Irish Examiner
The Milky Way strips neighboring galaxies of star-forming gases   Tech Times
Milky Way Brutally Stripping Nearby Dwarf Galaxies Of Star-Forming Gas   Headlines & Global News
EarthSky   
Nature World News   
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  Dumb-Out   
New Uranus like planet discovered  Times of India
WASHINGTON: Astronomers have discovered a new planet that resembles our own Uranus in a binary star system 25,000 light-years away. This is the first time anyone has spotted a twin for our so-called "ice giant" planets, Uranus and Neptune.
Newly Discovered Icy Exoplanet could Explain Uranus and Neptune Mysteries   Chinatopix
Scientists Discovered a Duplicate Planet of Uranus: Approximately 25000 Light ...   Capital Wired
Scientists Find New Planet In Binary System   Dumb-Out
Zee News   
Capital OTC   
Business Standard   
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Spacecraft to attempt comet landing next month  MiamiHerald.com
The European Space Agency has confirmed the time and place it will attempt to land the first spacecraft on a comet. The agency said Wednesday its unmanned probe Rosetta will release the 100-kilogram (220-pound) lander at 0835 GMT (3:35 EST) on Nov.

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  Daily Mail   
Power your mobile from your shirt: Researchers reveal the atom thin material ...  Daily Mail
It could mean a mobile powered by your pants, and a smartwatch charged from your shirt. Researchers have discovered a radical new way to create electricity using an atom thin generator. It produces electricity when bent or stretched, and researchers say it ...

2-D Molybdenum Disulfide Shows Piezoelectric Properties   IEEE Spectrum
Scientists Create World's Thinnest Electric Generator   Science World Report
World's thinnest electric generator developed   Business Standard
Zee News   
Futurity: Research News   
Fars News Agency   
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  Dumb-Out   
US Department of Defence Awards Satellite Production Contract to Sierra Nevada  Dumb-Out
The Sierra Nevada Corporation has been given a contract by the US Department of Defence to manufacture a new satellite to demonstrate science and technology. The terms of the contract state that SNC's Space Systems are to develop and build an ...

Lawsuit Seeks To Stop Boeing, SpaceX Work On NASA Space Taxi   Business Insider
SNC challenges NASA's 'Space Taxi' program   Northern Voices Online

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  Boston magazine's Boston Daily   
STUDY: Humans Would Suffocate In Just 68 Days If Sent To Live On Mars  Business Insider Australia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has released a study that has found that humans would suffocate and die in just 68 days if they were sent to live on Mars through the Mars One mission. Mars One, led by a Dutch nonprofit, announced in 2012 its plans to ...

MIT Students Suck the Oxygen Out of People's Dreams to Live on Mars   Boston magazine's Boston Daily (blog)
Humans to die on Mars in 68 days   NEWS.com.au
Would you move to Mars if it meant dying within 68 days?   Dose.ca
The Weather Network   
allvoices   
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