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	Science As-it-happens update ⋅ August 30, 2019
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	Space.com Arecibo Observatory Lands $19 Million NASA Grant to Hunt Dangerous Asteroids Space.com The iconic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has received new NASA funding to serve as one of Earth's asteroid guardians. NASA awarded the University of Central Florida (UCF) — which oversees the Arecibo Observatory — a $19 million grant to observe ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Surveying international archaeologists reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the Anthropocene Phys.Org Human practices like burning the landscape – as in this night bush fire outside Kabwe, Zambia – have been affecting the Earth since long before the nuclear era. Credit: Andrea Kay, CC BY-SA. Examples of how human societies are changing the planet ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sky & Telescope This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 30 – September 7 Sky & Telescope The waxing Moon will step eastward past Jupiter and Saturn, over Scorpius and Sagittarius. (The blue 10° scale is about the size of your fist at arm's length.) Friday, Aug. 30. • The Milky Way extends upward from the low south-southwest just after dark. Before ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes Start Your Weekend With These Space Images From The Spitzer Space Telescope Forbes The Spitzer Space Telescope turned 16 earlier this week, and now that Friday has come at last, it's time to celebrate Spitzer's Sweet 16 in style. Spitzer (named for astronomer Lyman Spitzer) views the universe in infrared — light with wavelengths slightly ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org NASA's multiple views of Hurricane Dorian from space Phys.Org Three images of Hurricane Dorian, as seen by a trio of NASA's Earth-observing satellites Aug. 27-29, 2019. The data sent by the spacecraft revealed in-depth views of the storm, including detailed heavy rain, cloud height and wind. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Blue Brain finds how neurons in the mouse neocortex form billions of synaptic connections Medical Xpress Researchers at EPFL's Blue Brain Project, a Swiss brain research Initiative, have combined two high profile, large-scale datasets to produce something completely new—a first draft model of the rules guiding neuron-to-neuron connectivity of a whole mouse ... Flag as irrelevant
	Siliconrepublic.com Radical space elevator idea wants to see cable from moon to the Earth Siliconrepublic.com Unlike other space elevator concepts, researchers have plans for a connection between the moon and Earth's orbit free from gravity's clutches. The concept of a space elevator that could take a crew from the Earth's surface to space without needing rockets is ... Flag as irrelevant
	India Today Chandrayaan-2 enters new lunar orbit, one step away from sending lander to Moon India Today Chandrayaan-2 has lowered its orbit around the Moon, bringing the spacecraft less than 200 kilometres away from the lunar surface at all times. Chandrayaan-2 is now one more manoeuvre away from launching the Vikram lander, which will attempt to land ... Flag as irrelevant
	Herald Publicist Incredible superyachts and their amazing features Herald Publicist When the super-rich take to the open sea, they do it in jaw-dropping model. They climb aboard outrageous superyachts with eye-popping options. Right here we current 5 unimaginable examples, which can be found to both constitution or purchase by way of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Herald Publicist Ancient 'mass dying' that wiped out more than 80% of life on Earth was the worst of all time Herald Publicist A mass dying round 2.05 billion years in the past worn out greater than 80 per cent of life and dwarves all mass extinctions — together with the one which killed the dinosaurs. In contrast to the massive animals that went extinct in these different occasions, ... Flag as irrelevant
	AMEinfo Up next in scientific human breakthroughs: Deep Space GPS! AMEinfo NASA has confirmed that a Deep Space Atomic Clock it launched into space in June was finally activated last week. The term deep space atomic clock might seem like a complex name, but what it essentially is is basically a Deep Space GPS, allowing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chemicals Market News Beetle Scales Contain Secret to Creating Sustainable Paint from Recycled Plastic Chemicals Market News The structure of ultra-white beetle scales may hold the key to creating bright-white sustainable paint utilizing recycled plastic, scientists at the University of Sheffield have found. Cyphochilus beetle scales are among the brightest whites in nature, and the ... Flag as irrelevant
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