2015年1月17日 星期六

2015-01-18 Pakistan Science


Customs Today Newspaper
   
200-year-plus lifespan: Scientists discover longevity genes in bowhead whale   
Customs Today Newspaper
LONDON: To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Comparing its genome to other mammals, the scientists discovered ...

How to age gracefully? Ask a bowhead whale   Business Recorder
Genomics: What can (old) whales teach us about ageing?   Financial Times
Animated film explores migration of bowhead whales   The Arctic Sounder

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Daily Times
   
It's official: 2014 was the hottest year   
Science Recorder
Geologist and scientists concluded in their test records 2014 was officially the hottest year recorded in modern history. Zane Foley | @Zane_vyf| January 17, 2015. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all articles.
NASA: 2014 Was Warmest Year On Record   CBS Local
It's official! 2014 really was the hottest year on record   Daily Times
Earth Had Its Hottest Year In Recorded History With 2014, Is Probably Pretty ...   The Mary Sue
Geek Infinite   
Science Times   
Frontline Desk   
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The Nation
   
Making progress toward addressing climate change   
Nashua Telegraph
Within the first week of the newly elected Senate, we have already seen the push of a “dirty” polluter agenda. First is moving forward with the Keystone XL Pipeline. This project has been delayed for so long because it is a bad idea at this point in our energy ...

Lawmakers Who Back Big Polluters Risk Losing GOP Voters   Huffington Post
New report argues the merits of low-carbon growth   Ecolog.com (subscription)
Free climate change course for public   Nation News
The Nation (blog)   
DAWN.com   
Khaleej Times   
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The News on Sunday
   
The presentist turn   
The News on Sunday
Ayesha Jalal is Pakistan's best known scholar and historian whose books have received critical appreciation throughout the world. Her latest book is an attempt to offset “the presentist turn” that has crept into recent scholarship on Pakistan by countering it with ...

Pakistan in the Contemporary World   Kasmir Monitor

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Care2.com
   
Ocean Animals Threatened With 'Major Extinction': 4 Things We Can Do to Help   
Care2.com
From whales to anchovies, ocean animals are facing dire threats that can be linked directly to human activity. A study conducted by scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara and released yesterday in the journal Science, concluded that humans ...

Marine Life Is On Its Way To Mass Extinction, Says a Study   Voice Chronicle
Ocean Life Could Be Facing Same Industrial Age 'Armageddon' That Wiped Out ...   Headlines & Global News

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The Space Reporter
   
Asteroid will come close to Earth on Jan. 26: Does it pose any risk?   
The Space Reporter
An asteroid approximately one-third of a mile (half a km) wide will make a close approach to the Earth on January 26. Designated 2004 BL86, the object poses no danger to Earth, as its closest passage will be about three times the distance of the Earth to the ...

17 January 2015 in News: Asteroid to fly close by Earth safely on 26th January   Astronomy Now Online
Asteroid 2004 BL86: Giant rock to hurtle past Earth - how can you can see it in ...   MK News
Huge asteroid 2004 BL86 to hurtle near Earth on January 26th   Customs Today Newspaper
Union Gazette   
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The St. Petersburg Times
   
US Company Signs $1 Billion Deal For Russian Rocket Engines   
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
A private U.S. space firm has signed a deal to buy 60 rocket engines from Russia's state-owned Energia producer. Energia announced the deal, worth about $1 billion, ina press release late on January 16. The U.S. firm Orbital Sciences will buy 60 RD-180 ...

Sanctions? US Company to Buy Russian Rockets   MINA
Russia to sell space rocket engines to US company   West Texas News
$1 Billion Rocket Engine Deal Cements Russia's Place in US Space Industry   The Moscow Times
seattlepi.com   
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RT
   
Kepler finds closest lukewarm Earth-like planet yet   
The Space Reporter
In spite of the fact that it's been hobbled, the Kepler Space Telescope is still making grand discoveries. In fact, it's latest discovery (which came after Kepler lost two of its four reaction wheels and lost the accuracy necessary for long-term observation) might be ...

NASA telescope spies 3 new potentially habitable (and close) planets   RT
Hawaii Scientists discover three-planet system using Kepler Space Telescope   Full-Time Whistle
Three Earth-like planets found circling a red dwarf, one in the "Goldilocks zone"   PopHerald Technology News
National Monitor   
Zee News   
NDTV   
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Haaretz
   
Missing Mars space probe finally located on red planet   
Haaretz
Beagle 2 spacecraft went AWOL on Christmas Day, 2003, when it was supposed to land on Mars and start transmitting data back to Earth. By The Associated Press | Jan. 18, 2015 | 1:49 AM. submit to reddit. A file handout image released by the European ...

Long-lost lander rediscovered on Mars   The Space Reporter
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter releases photos of UK's Beagle 2 Mars ...   Full-Time Whistle
Beagle 2 Discovered Intact on Mars Surface   Science Times
National Monitor   
Eurasia Review   
The Denver Post   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
Aerial footage shows huge lava flow in Iceland   
Telegraph.co.uk
It looks like something out of a Game of Thrones episode, but this is the real place where ice and fire meet. Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has been erupting continuously over the last five months and, according to Icelandic Met Office, is triggering small ...

Aerial footage shows enormous lava flow in Iceland   Union Gazette
Spectacular shots of Holuhraun – Icelands' 'most beautiful crater'   For Argyll
The Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland: A masterpiece of Mother Nature   euronews
City Talk 105.9   
Gizmodo Australia   
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