2014年9月4日 星期四

2014-09-05 Namibia Science


Does this have the Grand Canyon beat?  4029tv
Namibia's Fish River Canyon looks petite to anyone who's ever visited Arizona's Grand Canyon. Still, the gorge runs an impressive 1,800-feet deep and 100 miles long. It is the second largest natural gorge in Africa, and one of the most picturesque scenes the ...


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  CNN   
'Dreadnought' Dinosaur Feared Nothing  Sky News
Weighing more than a herd of elephants, this giant animal was impervious to attack, experts say. 3:27am UK, Friday 05 September 2014. Giant Dinosaur Dreadnoughtus Schrani. The bones represent the best discovery of a giant dinosaur. Tweet ...

Meet Dreadnoughtus, perhaps the biggest creature to ever walk the planet   CNN
Dreadnoughtus skeleton excavation is really big in scientific circles   Dallas Morning News
65-tonne dinosaur seven times bigger than the T-rex   Irish Independent
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Mirror.co.uk   
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  SFGate   
Scientists Decode Coffee's Genetic Secrets  Bernama
WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Bernama) -- The genome of coffee has been sequenced, revealing how one of the world's favourite drinks evolved and providing insights into the beverage's flavour and aroma, a study has found. The findings, published in US journal ...

Coffee's genetic code is key to flavour   Herald Scotland
A Quick Look At the Birth of Caffeine   PNC Voice
Coffee genome reveals secrets about the world's most popular drug, caffeine   Daily Digest
Times of India   
Daily Mail   
Design & Trend   
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  iStreet Research   
India send two words to France using only brain signals  iStreet Research
electroencephalogry Almost 5,000 miles away from each other, a person in India had successfully sent two words to the three persons in France. The internet make it possible but the catch is that the person is not allowed to speak nor type the words.
'Telepathy' experiment sends 1st mental message   Channel News Asia
'Telepathy' experiment sends first mental message   The Malaysian Insider
Physicists achieve brain-to-brain 'telepathy'   3News NZ
Gizmag   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Deep Sea mushroom Discovered off the Australia Coast May be a New Branch ...  Dumb-Out
A new species of mushroom-shaped sea animal discovered in the depths of the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, called Dendrogramma, has defied fit into any known category of life. Such an incident has hardly happened in the last 100 ...

Deep sea 'mushrooms' are a whole new category of life   Stuff.co.nz
Mushroom is life, but not as we know it   The Times (subscription)
Deep Sea Mushroom Animals Discovered in Australia Finally Named   Headlines & Global News
PBS NewsHour   
Sci-Tech Today   
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  Neon Nettle   
Bacteria Bio Fossil Fuel Created By Scientists  Neon Nettle
A team of scientists from Imperial College London have discovered a more environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels from bacteria. The researchers used a strain of E.coli and engineered the cells to generate renewable propane during their natural ...

Gut bacteria E coli to help power cars and heat homes!   Financial Express
Gut bacteria to help power cars!   Zee News
The fossil fuel alternative that comes from food poisoning   Carbon Brief (blog)
The Star Online   
Headlines & Global News   
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  Tech Times   
Ancient relatives of mammals were nocturnal creatures  Tech Times
The nocturnal activity or behavior among living mammals is nothing new, says a new study. Researchers discovered that the behavior dates back to the ancient relatives of mammals. (Photo : The Field Museum). The nocturnal behavior or activity of most of the ...

New Study Suggests Early Mammals More Than Likely Nocturnal   Diabetes Insider
Mammalian Ancestors Were Nocturnal Much before the Advent of True Mammals   Capital OTC
Before the rise of mammals, a nocturnal ancestor   Christian Science Monitor
Design & Trend   
The Asian Age   
Uncover California   
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  Independent Online   
How footprint DNA could monitor animals  Independent Online
iol scitech may 2 polar bear AP Analysis of the samples turned up DNA genetic material of a polar bear, a seal it had killed and a seagull that had been seen nearby. Oslo - Polar bear DNA has been isolated for the first time from footprints left in the snow on an ...

Arctic Expedition Pioneers Technique For Polar Bear Research   WebWire (press release)
Scientists can collect polar bear DNA — by following their tracks   Nunatsiaq News
Polar bears leave DNA clues behind in snow prints   CBS News
Globalnews.ca   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Asteroid: Earth will get buzzed by an asteroid on Sunday  Christian Science Monitor
Asteroid 2014 RC will pass within 22,000 miles of New Zealand at 2:18 on Sunday, coming closer than geosynchronous and weather satellites orbiting Earth. By Miriam Kramer, Space.com September 4, 2014. close. An artist's illustration of an asteroid flying ...

Asteroid makes fly-by close to Earth on Sunday   The Detroit News
NASA says asteroid to make a fly-by on Sunday   UPI.com
Newly Found Asteroid Passing Close to Earth on Sunday   IGN
Tech Times   
National Geographic   
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Agriculture is now under threat from climate change - Kufuor  GhanaWeb
Climate-Smart Agriculture is an efficient and effective intervention for achieving food productivity and security objectives and development goals at the same time, even as the world struggles to contain the effects of climate change, says former President John ...

Climate-smart agriculture requires three-pronged global research agenda   Phys.Org

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