2014年12月9日 星期二

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ValueWalk
   
Researchers Find Flaw in Hummingbird's Hover Design   
Tech Times
Motion in their field of view throws hovering hummingbirds "off target" when attempting to feed at flowers, study finds. It's a "glitch" in their fine-tuned hovering expertise, researchers say. (Photo : UBC). Hummingbirds, whose supreme hovering ability is the key ...

Hummingbirds are Easily Confused by Moving Objects   Chinatopix
Hummingbird's hover Impeded by Background Motion   The Capital Wide
Hummingbird hover ability dependent on background movement   Beta Wired
ValueWalk   
University of British Columbia   
Discovery News   
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Homer Tribune
   
Christmas Bird Count Sunday   
Williams Lake Tribune
Kris Andrews spotted this Northern Pygmy Owl on White Road during last year's annual Christmas bird count. — image credit: Kris Andrews photo. Sunday, Dec. 14 will mark the 47th consecutive year the Williams Lake Field Naturalists have conducted the ...

Birders ready for annual Christmas bird count   Homer Tribune
Christmas Bird Counts Scheduled for St. Ignace, Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island   St. Ignace News (subscription)
Time to count owls and turkeys   Waterloo Record
YorkRegion.com   
NorthumberlandView.ca   
Annapolis County Spectator   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Mountain-sized asteroid 'heading towards Earth'   
NEWS.com.au
IT IS the size of a mountain and crosses paths with our planet once every three years. But don't worry, because both the scientist who discovered it, as well as NASA, reckon the 400 metre wide rock is nothing to worry about. Moscow State University Professor ...

Mountain-sized asteroid is heading towards Earth   Telegraph.co.uk
Mountain-Sized Asteroid Headed for Earth Won't Harm Us: Here's Why   Tech Times
Massive Asteroid Passes Near Earth Every Three Years   The Utah People's Post
The Inquisitr   
NFL News and Rumors   
CTV News   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
New Long March launcher on the drawing board   
Space Daily
China is conducting preliminary research on a super-heavy launch vehicle that will be used in its manned missions to the moon. "We are discussing the technological feasibility and requirements of the Long March-9, and research on the solutions to some ...

China Readies Rocket for Manned Mission to Moon   MINA
Chinese Scientist Reveals China's Space Program   Yibada (English Edition)
China develops new rocket for manned moon mission   Telegraph.co.uk
Hong Kong Standard   
Prothom Alo (English)   
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Times Colonist
   
In 'The Imitation Game,' a portrait of what bias cost England   
Washington Post
Gay rights movies frequently work as both art and politics by presenting viewers with sympathetic gay and lesbian characters, and then, once we feel attached to these fictional people, tallying up the ways that prejudice injures them personally. But “The ...

Alan Turing and the Five Sigma Theory of Progress   Huffington Post
Keeping secrets: Victorian worked with wartime hero Alan Turing   Times Colonist

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Government of Ontario News
   
Manitoba Joins Other Provinces in Combating Climate Change   
ChrisD.ca
OTTAWA — Four provinces representing almost 80 per cent of Canada's population have signed an international agreement among sub-national governments to combat climate change. Environment ministers from British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and ...

Ontario Joins Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Partnership   Government of Ontario News
Québec joins the Compact of States and Regions   Stockhouse

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ABC Online
   
Winners and losers for lizards with climate change   
ABC Online
Leopard gecko sitting on mossy rock. If she gets too hot she can move into the shade. Credit: Elvis Santana (stock.xchng). See also. Related Story: Cold-blooded climate change surprise Science Online 28 May 2012; Related Story: Cold comfort for reptiles in ...

How pace of climate change will challenge ectotherms   (e) Science News
Climate change challenge for animals reliant on external sources of heat   Phys.Org

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PetaPixel
   
Microgravity Helping Us Understand Immune System's Tiny Warriors   
Digital Journal
InSPACE experiments in space help to understand the fundamental science around directed self-assembly. Researchers hope to better define new methods of manufacturing materials composed of small colloidal or nano-particle building blocks. HOUSTON ...

Space research to help humans fight illnesses on Earth   Economic Times
NASA study examines the effects of microgravity on the immune system   Gizmag
Space Travel Helps Us Understand the Immune System   Nature World News
Maine News   
Northern Voices Online   
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St. Louis Public Radio
   
From Missouri To The Stars: Paul Friz Works On Rosetta Project   
St. Louis Public Radio
There is a St. Louis-area connection to the mission that recently landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time. Philae Lander on Comet. Rosetta's lander Philae is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two CIVA images ...

Philae Lander Delivers Amazing audios and Images   Geek Infinite
Rosetta Camera Arrives and Starts Taking Pictures   Beta Wired
UFO enthusiast finds large alien 'monastery' on Comet 67P? (Video)   Examiner.com
Chinatopix   
The Inquisitr   
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The Asian Pacific Post
   
Immigration policies need review for climate migrants   
The Asian Pacific Post
Citing natural disasters in the Philippines, Africa and South Asia, a new study co-authored by Simon Fraser University researchers recommends that the federal government create a new immigration class of “climate migrants” to help address the mounting ...

Disturbing climate change   Rappler
Greenpeace makes solidarity visit to ground zero of Hagupit   InterAksyon
Philippines Pushes Developing Countries to Cut Their Emissions   New York Times
ABS CBN News   
BDlive   
GMA News   
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