2014年12月22日 星期一

2014-12-23 Pakistan Science


The Nation
   
Shortest day observed across Asia   
The Nation
LAHORE - People across Pakistan and other countries in Asia witnessed shortest day of the year 2014, winter solstice, on Monday. December 22 was the shortest day with 10 hours and 01 minute of daylight and 13 hours and 59 minutes of night. On Monday ...

Winter solstice 2014: The shortest day of the year   CJDC
Winter solstice: shortest day but not the coolest   The Weather Network
Winter solstice: Why isn't the shortest day also the coldest?   Christian Science Monitor
PhysicsCentral.com (blog)   
Metro   
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Customs Today Newspaper
   
Warning of winged friends   
Oman Tribune
ORNITHOLOGIST Henry Streby was happy enough that a song bird weighing less than two nickels managed to carry a tiny electronic sensor from Tennessee to Colombia and back. Then he looked at the paths taken by several of the birds. The data showed ...

Can birds predict when tornadoes are going to hit? Research suggests that it's ...   AL.com
Birds migrate to avoid tornadoes - study   3News NZ
Birds can sense a tornado over 900km away   Full-Time Whistle
Economic Times   
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International Business Times AU
   
Groundbreaking Discovery At Stonehenge: A 6000-Year-Old Campsite Found   
International Business Times AU
The British government was planning to make a tunnel underneath the Stonehenge for the purpose of relieving one of the most traffic-congested roads in Britain, the A303, which is the main route to the South West. The government had announced that they ...

Stonehenge road tunnel to go ahead despite archaeologists' warnings it could ...   The Independent
6000-year-old encampment at Blick Mead 'could rewrite British history'   Daily Mail
Stonehenge discovery puts tunnel project at risk   NEWS.com.au
The Times (subscription)   
Business Standard   
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Science Recorder
   
Million-mummy cemetery claim refuted by Egyptian culture minister   
Science Recorder
A claim by BYU archaeologists that they have discovered an ancient Egyptian cemetery holding a million mummies is being refuted by the Egyptian cultural minister, Yousef Khalifa. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all ...

Million mummies found in Egypt: Massive cemetery unearthed, are skeletons real?   Examiner.com
Egyptian culture minister disputes million-mummy cemetery claim   Big News Network.com
The truth of a million mummies   Delhi Daily News
Headlines & Global News   
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Microfinance Monitor
   
ISRO Team Receives Recovered Crew Module Intact from GSLV MK III Launch   
Microfinance Monitor
Following the successful launch of India's first re-entry capable heavy load carrying GSLV Mark III on Friday, Indian space agency ISRO has recovered the crew module, the way NASA recovered its Orion crew module. With this last step, India has successfully ...

A Year of Technological Advancement for India in Space   Gizbot
Isro to Study Data in Crew Module's Black Box   NDTV
India Successfully Test Launches Its Heaviest Rocket   International Business Times AU
Times of India   
IBNLive   
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KSL.com
   
30000 tiny diamonds found in Russian rock   
KSL.com
The diamonds are so small that the mining company that discovered the rock in Russia's Udachnaya mine decided it would be worth more to science than to the diamond market, according to UPI. Researchers reported the red and green rock has a ...

Rock with 30000 diamonds found in Russia   Business Standard
Rare Rock with 30000 diamonds discovered in Russian mine   Customs Today Newspaper
[Video] 30000 Diamonds found in one rock in a Russian mine   World Tech Today
Full-Time Whistle   
Press TV   
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The Arctic Journal
   
Warm, dark and worrisome   
The Arctic Journal
Rapidly rising temperatures continue to threaten the Arctic. On Greenland's ice cap, the effect can be measured in a falling albedo. Climate. The Albledo Grande (Photo: Noaa). December 20, 2014 - 2:24pm - By Kevin McGwin. Share this article. Share on ...


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Slate Magazine
   
NASA mulls plan to explore Venus with 'Cloud City'   
Christian Science Monitor
At 800 degrees Fahrenheit, Venus isn't a hospitable place to land, but some NASA scientists are proposing to study the atmosphere from habitable dirigibles. By Mark Trumbull, Staff writer December 22, 2014. close. The northern hemisphere of Venus is ...

NASA HAVOC mission aims Could City above Venus   Inferse
NASA Envisions Floating Settlements Above Venus   Big Think (blog)
NASA Wants To Build Bespin Style Cloud City On Venus   American Live Wire
Slate Magazine   
Uproxx   
The Independent   
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Getty Images
   
This year's Winter Solstice coincided with a full moon   
The Space Reporter
It occurred at 6:03 PM EST, the point the Sun appeared directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, and the South Pole pointed directly toward the Sun. The solstice has been celebrated worldwide by many cultures for thousands of years because it marks the turning ...

Winter Solstice: The Science Behind It and the History of Celebration   Tech Times
Five things you might not have known about the Winter Solstice   The Straits Times
Winter Has Officially Arrived   CBS Local
Getty Images   
NOLA.com   
NBCNews.com   
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NBCNews.com
   
NuSTAR Probe Captures a Sizzling X-Ray View of the Sun   
NBCNews.com
NASA's NuSTAR probe is designed to take pictures of faraway X-ray phenomena, such as blasts from black holes, but the satellite turned its camera toward the sun to snap a picture that's dressed up in colors suited to the holidays. The readings from NuSTAR ...

NASA's NuSTAR Scans the Sun with X-ray Vision   Universe Today
Here comes the sun(spot) Nasa telescope captures berst ever picture of x-rays ...   Daily Mail
Stunning X-Ray Portrait Of The Sun Snapped By NASA's NuSTAR Space ...   Huffington Post
The Register   
Science Times   
UPI.com   
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