2015年7月17日 星期五

2015-07-18 Namibia Science


The future of the Okavango   
Namibia Economist
The Okavango River that connects Angola, Namibia and Botswana, is one of the large lifelines of southern Africa but it is at risk from potential land use conflicts and loss of bio-diversity. The project 'The Future Okavango'(TFO), funded by the German ...

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Wall Street Journal
   
The Man Who Flew Mankind to Pluto   
Wall Street Journal
Laurel, Md. Pluto is alive—and no one knows why. On Tuesday the New Horizons spacecraft, having traveled three billion miles since 2006, darted past this orb of rock and ice, gathering data and taking photographs. The first high-resolution shots ...
New Horizons: Why bother exploring the Solar System?   BBC News
Geology on ice: Scientists unveil video of frozen mountains and plains on Pluto   Los Angeles Times
New Horizons' Latest: Fly Over Pluto's Ice Mountains and Alien Plains   NBCNews.com
GMA News   
New York Times   
Toronto Sun   
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Inquirer.net
   
This Seaweed is the New Bacon   
Inquirer.net
These Oregon State University researchers found something better than a unicorn: bacon-tasting seaweed. Misleading the public with a humorous claim that they discovered the mythical animal, the team at OSCU's Hatfield Marine Science Center wound up ...

Scientists Discuss Using Superfood Dulse as a Vegan Replacement for Bacon!   Pioneer News
Seaweed that Tastes Like Bacon Discovered By OSU Researchers   Viral Global News
Scientists Develop Bacon-Flavored Seaweed   Fox 28
WWMT-TV   
Newsday   
Morning Ticker   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Robot passes self-awareness test   
Telegraph.co.uk
Robots might be even cleverer than we realised. A simple experiment carried out in New York has demonstrated that robots not only have greater powers of deduction than previously acknowledged but are also aware of their own limitations. Scientists at ...

Experimental robot shows signs of self-awareness   Christian Science Monitor
This Robot Just Passed a Rudimentary Self-awareness Test   io9
Watch the moment when a really cute robot becomes self-aware   Quartz
Engadget   
Daily Mail   
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SlashGear
   
Science detects how mosquitoes always end up biting you   
SlashGear
This week a study has been published on the ways and means mosquitoes employ to find their prey - namely you. Instead of just plopping down on whatever land they see, hoping to find some blood inside, the mosquito employs a range of senses to hunt you ...

FEMALE BLOOD-SUCKERS zero in on human prey by smelling our BREATH   The Register
Mosquitoes Use Triple Threat to Hunt Their Victims   Laboratory Equipment
Mosquitoes first sniff then attack their host   Dispatch Times
Clapway   
Tech Times   
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Digital Journal
   
Australia plans to cull up to 2 million feral cats by 2020   
Digital Journal
The Australian government announced that it has plans to cull up to 2 million feral cats by 2020. It is a bid to preserve native species that face extinction because of the cats' predatory behavior, according to authorities.
Australia Plans To Kill 2 Million Cats   The Dodo
Australia set to cull around two million feral cats   Metro
Australia plans to kill two million cats by 2020   The Nation
The Inquisitr   
The Weather Network   
Mirror.co.uk   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Pluto Is Just a Baby Step for Humankind   
Wall Street Journal
As it advances now beyond Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is sending back data from its historic encounter with the dwarf planet like a long sigh of relief. It will be 16 months before scientists get the last binary bit. Trailing in its wake are ...
A spectacular world: Pluto finally gives up its secrets   The Times (subscription)
Discoveries show Pluto deserves planethood   Financial Times
Poor Pluto's status must be upgraded   Tyler Morning Telegraph
Gizmodo Australia   
Gizmag   
Gloucester Daily Times   
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KCCU
   
Last Year Was the Hottest Since Temperature Record Keeping Began   
TIME
The average temperature around the world was higher last year than any year since modern record keeping began, climate experts said on July 16. The findings, published in a new report in the journal Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, show ...

2016 candidates can't duck climate change   Newsday
2014 was Earth's warmest on record   Daily Times
NOAA says 2014 was hottest year on record, Weather Channel reports   NOLA.com
89.3 WFPL   
Courthouse News Service   
The Market Business   
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Times of India
   
Massless particle for gen-next electronics found   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: A massless particle that eluded scientists for 85 years has been discovered and it could pave the way for faster and more efficient electronics and new types of quantum computing. An international team led by Princeton University scientists ...

Massless particle discovered 85 years after it was theorized   UPI.com
'Massless' Particle May Create Faster and More Efficient Electronics   Science World Report
Weyl Particle: A Massless Solution to Your Quantum Locutions   Clapway

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Newsweek
   
New Ice Age May Begin By 2030, Say Researchers   
Newsroom America
(Newsroom America) -- The arrival of intense cold similar to the one raged during the "Little Ice Age", which froze the world during the 17th century and in the beginning of the XVIII century, is expected in the years 2030--2040. These conclusions were ...

The Truth Behind the So-Called Mini Ice Age   American Live Wire
An Atmospheric Scientist Explains Why That 'Mini Ice Age' News Is Bogus   Newsweek
Is 'icy' winter age really coming by 2030?   Financial Express
USA TODAY   
The Guardian   
Nature World Report   
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