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SpaceX will attempt to land a Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform: A huge step towards cheap space travel
2014-12-17 14:56:39| Extremetech
On Friday, December 19, SpaceX will attempt one of the most exciting maneuvers in the entire history of space travel: The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket will try to land on a giant platform in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Usually, the first stage just falls into the ocean, never to be used again; in this case, if the soft landing is successful, the rocket can be reused, massively cutting the costs of space launches.
Big Solar Step: Super-Efficient System Sets Record
2014-12-16 14:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: A new world record is making the future of solar energy look pretty bright. Researchers in Australia recently developed a solar energy system that can convert more than 40 percent of the sunlight that hits it into electricity -- the highest efficiency ever reported for a commercially available photovoltaic system. The technology first achieved the record-breaking efficiency in outdoor tests in Sydney, Australia, and later at an outdoor test facility operated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
Climate policy pledges are an important step forward but fall short of 2°C
2014-12-15 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Pledges to reduce emissions in China, Europe and the US provide an important step forward for climate change action, but a more comprehensive effort is needed to stabilize the climate below critical thresholds. Climate finance can cover investment gaps and alleviate distributional tensions, a new study shows. Researchers have released one of the most comprehensive assessments of the timing and amount of greenhouse gas emissions that each of the world's major economies could produce under different...
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World Moves One Step Closer to Climate Treaty
2014-12-14 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: It could have been a scene in a political thriller, the negotiators meeting into the early hours Sunday morning, going 48 hours without a break. Finally, they concluded the UN's 20th climate conference with a draft agreement that sets the stage for the next treaty on global warming. The draft-a general framework that lacks specifics-is a compromise that leaves no one overjoyed but most happy that at least something was accomplished, after the whole process threatened to unravel just days earlier...
Gucci CEO and creative director to step down
2014-12-12 10:56:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The CEO of Gucci and its creative director are to both step down, French luxury goods group Kering has revealed.
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