2015年2月26日 星期四

2015-02-27 Namibia Science


Oil Slicks - a Common Occurrence in Namibia   
AllAfrica.com
SHIPS dumping waste oil at sea is a global problem and Namibia is a hotspot. A thousand kilometres of desolate coast line and a 300 kilometre wide Economic Exclusion Zone with no surveillance is the ideal scenario for illegal dumping. Studies estimate half ...


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Toronto Star
   
Criticism over changing town's name   
Gulf Daily News
JOHANNESBURG: A linguistic storm is brewing in coastal Luderitz, where some residents of the Namibian town are protesting plans to change its name to !Nami#nus. Those are not typographical errors. The name, proposed by some local officials and tribal ...

Quirky World: Town's new name may not click with tourists   Irish Examiner
Lüderitz v !Nami≠nüs: dispute over town's name divides Namibia   The Guardian
New name for Namibian town is a tongue-twister   News24
Irish Independent   
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Pioneer News
   
Biggest black hole offers a glimpse into dawn of time   
The Australian (blog)
IT is the biggest black hole in the known universe and powers the brightest quasar in the cosmos. It is so far away it took scientists until now to spot it. Astronomers have found a black hole 12 billion times as large as the Sun. What is more, it is eating up the ...

What Can A Massive Black Hole Tell Us About the Early Universe?   Pioneer News
Supermassive Black Hole Discovered That Is 12 Billion Times Bigger Than The ...   KpopStarz
Giant Black Hole Discovered by Scientists   SMN Weekly
Geek Infinite   
Q13 FOX   
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The Guardian
   
NASA scientists puzzled by bright lights on dwarf planet   
TVNZ
NASA scientists are bewildered by two unusual bright lights shining from a dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter. The picture was taken from NASA's Dawn spacecraft last week, which shows two distinct lights on the planet Ceres' surface. "This is truly ...

Scientists puzzled by 'bright spots' on surface of dwarf planet Ceres   Engadget
New dwarf planet in the solar system, Ceres, gets a visitor from Earth named Dawn   Empire State Tribune
Scientists photograph mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet's surface   Science Recorder
RT   
CBC.ca   
SlashGear   
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Discovery News
   
Breakthrough computer teaches itself   
New Zealand Herald
A new kind of artificial intelligence has learned to play vintage video games without any prior instructions in a bid to achieve human-like scoring abilities, scientists claim. The machine learns by itself from scratch, using a trial and error approach reinforced by ...

Now That Google's Artificial Intelligence Can Beat You At Atari, What's Next?   CBS Local
Computers beat humans at Space Invaders   NEWS.com.au
Google's artificial-intelligence network Deep Q masters Space Invaders - what's ...   OregonLive.com
PC Magazine   
Business Standard   
CNNMoney   
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Los Angeles Times
   
A cause for pause? Scientists offer reasons for global warming 'hiatus'   
Los Angeles Times
It's been dubbed both a "pause" and a "faux pause," and it's ignited debate among climate scientists and their critics. After a period of rapid global warming throughout most of the 20th century, the pace of global temperature rise has slowed greatly over the last ...

Natural cycle in Pacific Ocean implicated in global warming's 'false pause'   The Weather Network
Cooler Pacific has slowed global warming, briefly   ABC Science Online
Blame Global Warming 'Pause' On The Atlantic And Pacific   Tech Times
Sydney Morning Herald   
Live Science   
Washington Post   
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NDTV
   
How The World's Largest Hot Desert Fertilizes The Amazon   
Huffington Post
The world's largest hot desert fertilizes the world's largest rainforest. That's according to a study published Tuesday in "Geophysical Research Letters," which examined the quantity and chemical composition of dust swept by strong winds from the Sahara to ...

Sahara Dust Helps Fertilizes Amazon Rainforests   SMN Weekly
Tracking dust from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest   Washington Post
Study shows how Sahara Desert dust shifts to fertilize the Amazon rainforest   World Tech Today
CNET   
The Independent   
TIME   
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Live Science
   
Photos of Siberia's Mysterious Craters   
Live Science
Seven giant craters have mysteriously appeared in northern Siberia, possibly due to methane gas released from melting permafrost. Check out these jaw-dropping photos of the strange geological structures. [Read full story about the Siberian craters].
Spread of Russian craters prompts safety concern from scientist   The West Australian
More Mysterious Craters Show up in Siberia   MINA
Climate Change Might Be Causing These Huge Craters in Siberia   VICE News
Russia and India Report   
Northland Independent Community   
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Fox News
   
Lash length, eye health linked   
Investor's Business Daily
Humans have eyelash lengths about one-third the width of their eye, a Georgia Institute of Tech study found. Shorter or longer eyelashes increase airflow to the eye, leading to more dust and possibly more eye ailments. Eyelashes form a barrier to control ...

Study: Super-long Eyelashes Might Be Pretty, But They Could Be Harmful To ...   CBS Local
How Eyelash Length Protects Health   Laboratory Equipment
Fake Lashes Are Bad For Your Eye Health According To Science, So Ditch The ...   Bustle
The Hoops News   
Times LIVE   
iAfrica.com   
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Firstpost
   
TERI chief RK Pachauri's arrest stayed till 27 March, barred from entering office   
Firstpost
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday granted protection from arrest, till 27 March, to environmentalist RK Pachauri, in a sexual harassment case. TERI chief RK Pachauri. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi granted the interim protection to ...

Court bars former UN climate chief from leaving India   The Nation
RK Pachauri gets protection from arrest till March 27   Economic Times
Delhi Court bars RK Pachauri from entering TERI office   Daily News & Analysis
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Daily Mail   
The New Indian Express   
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