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Today on New Scientist: 11 March 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-3-12 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: Japan earthquake, motion capture kangaroos, and a lost world under the sea
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2011.03.11「東北地方太平洋沖地震」発生、日本の被害甚大
from 森山和道
(2011-3-12 2:30)
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▼赤坂に行く。帰って来て、初めて行ったお店で買ったパンを食べながらまったりコーヒーを飲みながら「金八先生」の再放送を見ていた。そこに、ゆさゆさと地震が始まった。この揺れは、と思っているうちにどんどん揺れは大きくなり、数分間、揺れた。揺れ方から関東で起きた地震ではなかったので、すぐさまNHKにチャンネルを合わせて震源を確認した。「平成23年（2011年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake）」発生。多大な被害が出ていることは明らかだが、いまだに実態が良く分かっていない。
東北地方太平洋沖地震
▼ 気象庁の情報 によれば、まず午後２時４６分、三陸沖で、観測史上最大となるM8.8の巨大地震が発生。宮城県で震度７、東京でも震度５強を記録。つづけて午後３時８分、その北側でM7.5の地震が発生。さらに午後３時１５分、茨城県沖でM7.3の地震が発生。茨城県南部で最大震度６弱。そしてまた三陸沖で午後３時２５分、M7.4の地震が発生した。その後も断続的に余震が続いている。これらの地震の影響で各地で被害が出た。
▼首都圏では公共交通機関が運転見合わせ。その結果、夕方になる ...
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Eight extremes: The biggest things in the universe
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-3-12 2:09)
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The mightiest planet, star, galaxy, artefact– and hole
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Sea level's rise and rise is down to melting ice sheets
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-3-12 1:47)
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Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could bump up sea levels by 56 centimetres this century
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Nuke test sensors could hear tsunamis coming
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-3-12 1:30)
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At the moment it's a matter of guesswork whether a submarine earthquake is going to produce a tsunami. But a treaty banning nuclear tests may change that
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Lost world hints at life in the Mesozoic
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-3-12 0:28)
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A seamount of the Antarctic coast has a fauna that appears to be a throwback to the end of the Mesozoic, over 65 million years ago
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Motion capture could reveal how kangaroos hop
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-3-12 0:17)
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See how a technique typically used in animated movies is being used to study kangaroo movement
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Feedback: Amazing achievement of peak performer
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-3-11 22:26)
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One man who's consulted 3 million people, when an automatic door isn't, meet the googlegang, and more (full text available to subscribers)
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PS3 no longer hackable?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-3-11 22:22)
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The security hole in Sony's Playstation 3 appears to have been patched. What does that mean for their lawsuit against the hacker that exploited it?
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Tumours could be the ancestors of animals
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-3-11 21:26)
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Cancers could be "living fossils" with a genetic code laid down 600 million years ago, giving hope that modern therapies will eventually prevail
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