2015年2月25日 星期三

2015-02-26 Singapore Science


The Straits Times
   
Mammal Center getting help with influx of needy sea lions   
Coastline Pilot
The Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach is experiencing a bad case of deja vu, and it's probably not the only rescue facility feeling that way. The center, which rehabilitates ocean-dwelling animals and returns them to their habitat, has seen an ...

Six sick sea lions found in Sonoma County   Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Sea lion in Crescent City Harbor survives shark attack   KRCRTV.COM
Unprecedented sea lion strandings in California linked to warmer Pacific   The Straits Times
North Bay Bohemian   
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The Nation
   
US astronauts step out on spacewalk   
The Nation
Two American astronauts stepped out on the second of three spacewalks to prepare the International Space Station for the arrival of commercial capsules ferrying astronauts in the coming years. Commander Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and flight engineer Terry ...

Water leaks into astronaut's helmet   Chicago Tribune
Water Found in Astronaut's Helmet After Spacewalk   NDTV
Spacewalking astronaut safe after water leaks into helmet   Houston Chronicle
Xinhua   
SMN Weekly   
abc7news.com   
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South China Morning Post (subscription)
   
Benedict Cumberbatch on Alan Turing's legacy and the challenge it presented ...   
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Even before the Oscars were given out earlier this week, victory already belonged to the subject of The Imitation Game. Dubbed the "father of the modern computer", Alan Turing is famed for breaking German naval codes and his work on the Nazis' Enigma ...

Decisions are reached in the brain by the same method used to crack the Nazi ...   ZME Science
The Imitation Game: Our decision making skills are related to Alan Turning's ...   Firstpost
Brain uses WW2 Enigma code-cracking method to make decisions   Zee News
Time Out Hong Kong   
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Gizmodo
   
Astronomers Discover Mysterious Black Hole As Massive As 12 Billion Suns   
Gizmodo
In a galaxy far, far away—12.8 billion light-years away to be more exact—is a newly-discovered supermassive black hole that weighs as much as 12 billion of our suns. The most surprising thing about the black hole, though, is not its size but its age.
Astronomers stunned to find ancient black hole 12 billion times bigger than the sun   The Space Reporter
Researchers Discover Black Hole 12 Billion Times Larger Than Sun   CBS Local
Astronomers find impossibly large black hole of early universe   Xinhua
The Age   
Yahoo!7 News   
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PBS
   
Teaching computers how to play Atari better than humans   
PBS
Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on how an artificial intelligence business owned by Google has created software that can teaching itself to play classic Atari games better than a human. RELATED. RELATED. The deep Q-network (DQN) ...

Man loses out to machine at classic video games   The Times (subscription)
Artificial intelligence can learn Atari games from scratch, say scientists   Christian Science Monitor
Google Builds An AI That Can Learn And Master Video Games   TechCrunch
Gizmodo   
Vancouver Sun   
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The Nation
   
Biologists lift lid on eyelash mystery   
The Nation
Why do humans and other mammals have eyelashes? Experts have been batting rival theories around for years. Eyelashes are dust catchers, snaring things that would otherwise drift into the eye, went one idea. Or they were sensors, acting like a cat's ...

Eyelashes Decoded: The Ideal Lash Length is Just One-Third the Width of the Eye   News Every day
Eyelashes Protect Eyes, Keep them Moist   Maine News
What's the Best Length for Eyelashes, Based on Science?   NBCNews.com
Los Angeles Times   
Daily Science Journal   
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9news.com.au
   
Here's what a sunset from Mars looks like   
9news.com.au
NASA's video 'I'm Dreaming of a Blue Sunset' shows the time-lapse images that were captured in 2012 by the agency's Mars Opportunity rover. The stunning display is created by the scattering of dust particles in the atmosphere. (NASA). The remarkable ...

Oh the engineering! Curiosity selfie allows for close inspection of rover   seattlepi.com (blog)
Mars rover Curiosity snaps cosmic selfie   Christian Science Monitor
Green Bay even colder than Mars during cold snap   Fox11online.com
CNET   
Chron.com   
Science Recorder   
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CTV News
   
Contained caffeine: Science explains why a latte is less likely to spill than a coffee   
CTV News
Ever notice how your latte or foamy beer never seems to spill and slosh all over the place, even if you're jostling your cup about in a café or bar? Researchers at Princeton University did, and decided to find out if there was a scientific explanation. Turns out ...

Latte Less Prone to Spillage than Regular Coffee   Voice Chronicle
Physics explains the secret to keeping your beer from spilling   India Today
Revealed: Why foamy beer doesn't spill over   Business Standard
Daily Mail   
Los Angeles Times   
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The Guardian
   
Russia outlines plans to build national space station after ISS ends in 2024   
The Guardian
Russia has pledged its support for the International Space Station until 2024 while many other nations involved are yet to commit beyond 2020. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images. Ian Sample, science editor. @iansample. Wednesday 25 February 2015 19.33 ...

Russia To Leave US Space Partnership, Go Its Own Way   Daily Caller
Space diplomacy: Russia commits to the International Space Station through 2024   Quartz
Russia to Use International Space Station Till 2024   NDTV
The Moscow Times   
Daily Mail   
iAfrica.com   
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Allentown Morning Call
   
Scientists examine mysterious rise in East Coast sea levels   
Allentown Morning Call
Waves crash against a previously damaged pier before landfall of Hurricane Sandy October 29, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Waves crash against a previously damaged pier before landfall of Hurricane Sandy October 29, 2012 in Atlantic City, New ...

'Unprecedented' Sea Level Rise   malaysiandigest.com
Mysterious US east coast flooding caused by 'unprecedented' surge in sea level   Brisbane Times
Mysterious Northeast Floods Caused by Weird Winds   Discovery News
The Week Magazine   
Tech Times   
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