2015年5月17日 星期日

2015-05-18 Tanzania Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Russia corrects orbit of space station after earlier error   
Sydney Morning Herald
Moscow: Russia's space agency has managed to restart the engines of the Progress spacecraft on the second attempt, and correct the orbit of the International Space Station. The manoeuvre was first tried on Friday - the botched restart is the latest in a series ...

Russia successful in second attempt to start Progress spacecraft   i24news
Russia's crumbling space industry   The Interpreter

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
After 10000 years giant Antarctic ice-shelf will be gone by 2020, Nasa report says   
Telegraph.co.uk
Antarctica's Larsen B ice-shelf is on course to disintegrate completely within the next five years, according to a new study by Nasa, the US space agency. The 10,000-year-old ice shelf, which partially collapsed in 2002, is “quickly weakening” and likely to ...

Antarctica is melting and we should have seen it coming   Kicker (registration) (blog)
This 10000 Year Old Antarctic Ice Shelf Will Be Gone in Five Years   Motherboard
Massive Antarctic ice shelf has just a few years left, say scientists   Christian Science Monitor
Vox   
Newsweek   
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The Market Business
   
Four different quasars spotted in a different regions of universe   
The Market Business
Scientists have spotted four different quasars in different regions in the space. This is a rare discovery as it is a very difficult to spot even a single quasar in the space. Finding the quadrapular quasar has been surprising and an exceptional spotting for the ...

Astronomers find rare Quasar foursome, close to each other at the edge of the ...   Times Gazette
In a first, astronomers spot a quartet of quasars   Christian Science Monitor
Rare quartet of celestial bright spots found at edge of universe   Hindustan Times
Business Standard   
EarthSky   
Pioneer News   
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The Next Digit
   
Giant squid with large tentacles found in New Zealand beach [Video]   
The Next Digit
A giant squid with large tentacles, stretches around 16 feet long gets settled on the shores of New Zealand's South Bay near Kaikoura. The gigantic breed washed up by the waves and beached on the shores in Kaikoura. giant-squid-new-zealand.
Giant squid washes up on beach   Fishing World
Giant Squid Lore and Legends Date Back Centuries   Discovery News
Giant Squid: New Zealand Sea Monster's Death A Mystery [Photo]   The Inquisitr
PerezHilton.com   
Tech Times   
Benchmark Reporter   
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The Indian Express
   
Combating climate change: India, China ask developed nations to take the lead   
The Indian Express
India and China on Friday came up with a joint document on climate change and asked the developed countries to raise their pre-2020 emission reduction targets, and also honour their commitment to provide $100 billion per year by 2020 to developing ...

Weak climate deal would jeopardise new development goals: experts   Channel News Asia
Weak climate deal would jeopardise new development goals - experts - TRFN   Daily Mail
Weak climate deal may jeopardise development   News24

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Washington Times
   
Rhino horn now more valuable than gold, diamonds and cocaine, at $60K a pound   
Washington Times
A rhino, one of the world's most endangered species due to illegal poaching for its horn. (World Wildlife Fund) more >. By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times - Sunday, May 17, 2015. Could a human hankering for exotic elixirs, curatives and aphrodisiacs ...

Rising poaching profits put animals in peril   RedOrbit
Rhino horn more valuable than gold, diamonds   Times of India
Rhino Horn is More Valuable Per Pound Than Gold, Diamonds or Cocaine   Science World Report

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New York Daily News
   
Cloud of baby spiders blocks sky above Australian town   
New York Daily News
It sounds like something Alfred Hitchcock would have dreamed up. A small town in Australia is in shock after it "rained" baby spiders, reports the Mirror. Residents of south Australian town Goulburn claim the sun was almost blocked out by the massive number ...

Goulburn, Australia: It's Raining Baby Spiders, Hallelujah   The Inquisitr
Australian town caught up in curious 'spider rain' phenomenon   Digital Journal
Forget Cats And Dogs… It's Now Raining Spiders And We're Terrified   Her.ie
The Epoch Times   
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
   
Russia Probes Space Rocket Failure   
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Russian officials have begun investigating the loss of a commercial satellite and a separate glitch on the International Space Station that have sparked safety concerns. A commission that is investigating the May 16 accident involving a Proton-M rocket, which ...

Russia probes space failures after rocket falls to Earth   The Sun Daily
Russian space rocket burns up after launch failure   Irish Examiner
Kaputnik? More failure for Russian space programme   The Times (subscription)
Business Standard   
Interfax   
Economic Times   
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indiatvnews.com (press release) (blog)
   
Is Taj Mahal turning yellow? I think Red!   
indiatvnews.com (press release) (blog)
Since last one week, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma are at loggerheads. While the former is claiming that the ancient monument of love, the eighth wonder – Taj Mahal is turning yellow due to the nearby ...

Monument of Love in Peril!   Odisha Samaya
Pollution discolouring Taj Mahal: ASI officials   TravelBizMonitor (press release) (registration)
Taj Mahal Turning Yellow Due to Graveyard Nearby, Says ASI   Microfinance Monitor
ANINEWS   
Delhi Daily News   
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Viral Global News
   
U.S. Military Develops Mini Drones for Civil Missions and Eavesdropping   
Viral Global News
Just when those big, strange, robotic creatures were getting familiar, the U.S. military has stepped up their inventions to expand their inventory of drones by minimizing them. Enter the Cicada drone. Yes, named after the insect, the mini drone is intended to ...

Toy sized drones prove to be effective for eavesdrop for the troops   The Market Business
Why the US military is designing disposable drones   Christian Science Monitor
Cicadas: US military's new swarm of mini-drones   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Pioneer News   
Times Gazette   
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