A peça de Natal e uma aparente boa ideia?

Sinais dos tempos que aí vêm?
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/737232/Primary-school-parents-fury-Christmas-Nativity-Play

Motivos da queda de sonda da ESA conhecidos

Uns dias depois, sabes-se que houve um sistema que calculou a altitude como negativa, o que fez pensar que já se tinha aterrado (desligando os sistemas de abrandamento):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/european-space-agency-mars-lander-esa-schiaparelli-why-explained-red-planet-a7437336.html

Novas imagens de Ceres e das crateras "luminosas"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3950966/Stunning-new-images-reveal-mysterious-crater-light-Ceres-unprecedented-detail.html

NASA e o 16 Psyche (Asteróide)

NASA está a considerar explorar um asteróide metálico gigantesco (125 milhas):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/nasa-could-send-rocket-metal-9298092

As melhores invenções de 2016 - time.com

http://time.com/4572079/best-inventions-2016/?xid=newsletter-brief

Adolescente de 14 anos crio preservada

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3947826/Teenager-cancer-victim-14-British-child-cryogenically-frozen-winning-court-battle-against-father.html

Nato e os países Bálticos

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/15/baltic-states-fearful-president-trump-nato-latvia-estonia-lithuania-ukraine

Rússia e o Tribunal Penal Internacional

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/16/russia-withdraws-signature-from-international-criminal-court-statute


Citando:


"R u s s i a has said it is formally withdrawing its signature from the founding statute of the international criminal court, a day after the court published a report classifying the Russian annexation of Crimea as an occupation."

Beagle 2 pode ter operado algum tempo (em vez de se ter despenhado) l ESA rover

A missão da ESA Beagle 2 pode não se ter despenhado em Marte e ter tido falha nas comunicações com a terra:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37940445

Novo tipo de dinossauro descoberto (China)

Do tamanho de uma ovelha, parecido com um pássaro (mas que não devia voar), na China, perto da data da extinção em massa: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/10/new-species-of-weird-bird-like-dinosaur-discovered-in-china-tongtianlong-limosus

Pistas sobre o que faz os pássaros comer plástico...

...e ter diversos problemas de saúde. Já que reduzir o plástico vai demorar anos, pode ser que se consiga produzir plástico menos "apetitoso":
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37926733


Citando:
"These seabirds actually use odours to find their way around in the world and to find food," said Matthew Savoca, of University of California, Davis.
"We found a chemical on plastic that these birds typically associate with food, but now it's being associated with plastic.
"And so these birds might be very confused - and tricked into consuming plastic as food.""

Formas mais rápidas de detecção de bactérias (Legionela)

http://optics.org/news/7/11/19
Citando:
"A project supported by the Photonics Public Private Partnership under the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program is developing an optical sensor intended to spot the presence of Legionella bacteria in under one hour - a process said to normally take up to ten days of cultivation and analysis.
The Poseidon (from "plasmonic-based automated lab-on-chip sensor for the rapid in-situ detection of Legionella") consortium has received funding of over €4 million in support of its research into the use of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) phenomena in a fully automated platform for fast optical detection of L. pneumophila pathogens. "

Nova teoria para a gravidade (Matéria Negra)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3920096/Is-gravity-ILLUSION-Controversial-new-theory-force-help-explain-t-dark-matter.html

Uma resenha... - Victoria's Secret

Uma resenha... Histórica, fotograficamente relevante:
http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_5821c86ae4b09d57a9aa0e4b

Efeitos nefastos do Brexit... No chocolate

E o pior ainda estará para vir:
http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_58218004e4b09d57a9a9b09b?utm_hp_ref=uk
Citando:
"The producer of Toblerone chocolate has increased the gap between peaks on its bars provoking fury from fans, amid “unfavourable” exchange rates post-Brexit vote."

Propulsão inovadora pode levar missões a Marte em 10 semanas? - NASA

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3912828/Impossible-fuel-free-engine-humans-Mars-10-weeks-DOES-work-claim-leaked-Nasa-papers.html

Acerca das origens e história da hora de verão / inverno (~100 anos)

Daylight saving time? Quase a fazer 100 anos nos EUA: Parvoíce ou poupança de energia? A revista Time explica:
http://time.com/4549397/daylight-saving-time-history-politics/?xid=newsletter-brief

Mais sobre o... orgasmo e o ritmo

https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2093925/orgasms-are-a-sexual-trance-an-altered-state-of-mind-thats-all-about-your-rhythmic-timing/


PS. Cf. 4 hour body, certo capítulo (entre aspas)

Aviso contra asteróides (NASA)

5 dias é melhor que um, pior que trinta?
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/11/01/nasas-asteroid-detection-system-gives-5-day-warning/21596383/