EIN Science News Today. 03 November 2018.
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Published on 15:54 GMT
World Science Day: Kogi to organise ’21-Young Scientists Governor’s Award’
Kogi State Government on Saturday said it had concluded plans to organise competition of “21 Young Scientist Governor’s Award (KYSGA-21)”, aimed at encouraging and developing the interest of students in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). Mrs …Source: Herald -
Published on 15:22 GMT
Hundreds of candidates with science backgrounds are running in the midterms
It’s been an unprecedented year in politics leading up to Tuesday’s midterm elections, with a historic number of women and minorities running for office. Scientists have typically steered clear of the political fray, but this year, more than 450 …Source: CBS News -
Published on 16:09 GMT
3 Review Let us praise the giants of science fiction: Campbell, Asimov and, yes, L. Ron Hubbard
There’s an old joke about the golden age of science fiction being 12 — that is, the age when young people discover and then devour as much sf as they can find. Alec Nevala-Lee even quotes the remark in this enthralling account of science fiction’s other …Source: The Washington Post -
Published on 09:37 GMT
Obituary: Ruth Gates, pioneering scientist who sought to breed ‘super coral’ to survive climate change
Ruth Gates, coral reef scientist. Born: 1962 in Akrotiri, Cyprus. Died: October 25, 2018, in Honolulu, Hawaii, aged 56 Pioneering coral reef scientist Ruth Gates, who dedicated much of her career to saving the world’s fragile and deteriorating underwater …Source: Scotsman -
Published on 09:37 GMT
Search for scientists to be face of new £50 note
Professors Stephen Hawking and Dorothy Hodgkin, the only British female to win a Nobel prize for science, are among early proposals for an eminent scientist to feature on the new Bank of England £50 note. Bank governor Mark Carney opened the public …Source: Scotsman -
Published on 10:14 GMT
Which scientist should be on the new £50 note? El Reg weighs in – and you should vote, too
Poll This week the Bank of England said was going to put a famous boffin on a new polymer £50 note, and has decided to ask the public who is should be. There is even an online form where you can put in a nomination – it will be open for the next six weeks. …Source: The register: Sci/Tech News for the World -
Published on 09:37 GMT
Scientists Set Out to Map Genome of All Life Forms on Earth
Scientists across the world have set an ambitious goal for themselves: to sequence the genome of every known life form on Earth within the next decade. The Earth BioGenome Project, launched this week in London, is attempting to map the entire DNA of every …Source: VOA -
Published on 12:55 GMT
Nuclear scientists take leap towards fusion power as they test revolutionary new energy generator
A British nuclear fusion reactor has reached temperatures hotter than the centre of the sun in a test that marks a key step toward limitless clean energy last summer. The Tokomak reactor hit 15 million°C (59 million°F) at a facility in Oxfordshire as part …Source: Daily Mail -
Published on 14:34 GMT
2.0 trailer: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar’s science fiction fails to rise above 90s video game
Akshay Kumar, RajinikanthYouTube screenshot Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar’s 2.0 trailer has finally released online and the Shankar directorial is not what you would’ve expected all this time. The 2-minute-6-seconds video shows a powerful alien …Source: International Business Times -
Published on 11:00 GMT
Timely donation for Samahuru High Combined Science students
Samahuru High School in Tsholotsho District has received aid to make learning Combined Science a bit easier, paChikoro reported. On Thursday 25 October 2018, Rising Hope Foundation and St George’s College (Harare) donated learning materials with the …Source: Bulawayo 24 News -
Published on 10:39 GMT
How Chinese scientists use sperm whales to run secret messages for the military
Chinese scientists have found a way to hide secret messages in the sound pulses that sperm whales emit to keep enemy reconnaissance systems from deciphering them – a breakthrough that could help military submarines avoid scrutiny, researchers said. With …Source: The Malaysian Star -
Published on 14:46 GMT
Science says daylight saving time should last forever
Daylight saving time should be the new standard. Science says so. Here’s why. Daylight saving time should be the new standard. Science says so. Here’s why. Photo: GENNA MARTIN/SEATTLEPI.COM “Standard time” isn’t the standard – In the U.S., …Source: Seatlle Post-Intelligencer -
Published on 09:37 GMT
Obituary: John Knox, world authority in the field of separation science
John Knox, sicentist. Born: October 21, 1927 in Edinburgh. Died: October 15, 2018 aged 90 John Knox, who has died aged 90, was a world authority in the field of separation science and a pioneer in the development of modern high performance chromatographic …Source: Scotsman -
Published on 08:33 GMT
2.0 actor Akshay Kumar: Shankar is a scientist, not a director
Akshay Kumar plays a villain in Shankar’s 2.0. At the trailer launch of Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar starrer 2.0 in Chennai, Akshay shared his experience of working with director Shankar. Akshay Kumar said, “I got to learn a lot of challenging things. …Source: Indian Express -
Published on 08:35 GMT
Azerbaijani scientists read genome of local pomegranate variety for first time
3 November 2018 11:00 (UTC+04:00) 261 By Trend For the first time in the world, Azerbaijani scientists have read the genome of the Azerbaijani pomegranate variety “Guleysha”, President of Azerbaijan’s National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Academician Akif …Source: Azer News -
Published on 07:37 GMT
School children cry out, demand mass pumpkin executions for science
The piercing screams of children rang out across campus as gourds hit the floor for the Department of Physics and Society of Physics Students 31st Annual Pumpkin Drop. Visiting elementary students reveled and raved as the pumpkins slammed into the concrete …Source: Orion -
Published on 05:44 GMT
Science station teaches first manatee skeleton lessons
More than playing with bones, the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station made another first last week as fifth graders visiting the station got hands on with a real-life manatee skeleton. The activity is led by high school dual enrollment students, and …Source: Navarre Press -
Published on 05:40 GMT
Molecular virologist uses basic science to fight influenza
Molecular virologist Chad Petit, Ph.D., uses basic science to fight influenza — through experiments at the atomic level. This includes a deadly poultry influenza virus in China called the H7N9 avian flu virus. Since 2013, H7N9 has infected 1,625 people, …Source: News-Medical.net -
Published on 13:37 GMT
Vegetarians more miserable, have lower self-esteem than meat-eaters: scientists
According to study, those who cut meat from their diet harbour more negative feelings, have low self-esteem and see less meaning in life. A new study now has researchers saying that vegetarians may be healthier than meat-eaters – but they are also more …Source: The Asian Age
