2014年12月2日 星期二

2014-12-03 Namibia Science

  The Nation   
Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind  The Nation
Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain's pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to our very existence. He told the BBC:'The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.
Robots could spell end of human race, Hawking claims   Irish Independent
Stephen Hawking fancies himself as a Bond villain   Sydney Morning Herald
Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end humankind   The Australian (blog)
NEWS.com.au   
Bangkok Post   
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  Businessweek   
NASA set to launch Orion spacecraft, paving way for human Mars visit  Los Angeles Times
NASA is preparing for the maiden launch this week of its new Orion spacecraft, which could help jump-start America's return to human exploration of space, including a journey to Mars. This unmanned mission is relatively simple, less than five hours long and ...

Nasa to test spaceship that could take humans to Mars   Stuff.co.nz
NASA Sees Capsule Test as a Step Toward Mars   New York Times
Testing NASA: How Space Exploration Will Work in the Orion Era   NBCNews.com
Science Recorder   
The Age   
Voice of America   
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  The Independent   
DNA analysis of Richard III brings up questions about royal legitimacy  The Week Magazine
DNA has positively identified the bones found under an English parking lot as belonging to King Richard III, and has also called into question the legitimacy of some royals. It's been 527 years since Richard III died, and this is the first genetic identification of a ...

King Richard III's DNA questions bloodline of royal family   Irish Independent
Richard III DNA test finds sex scandal undermining Tudor Dynasty's claim to throne   The Australian (blog)
DNA confirms King Richard's bones   USA TODAY
Voice of America   
Slate Magazine (blog)   
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  The Denver Post   
Developing nations urge deeper climate cuts to zero emissions  Daily Mail
LIMA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Developing nations called on the rich on Tuesday to do more to lead the fight against climate change in line with scientific findings that global greenhouse gas emissions should fall to net zero by 2100 to avert the worst impacts.
COP20 showcases emission-free, electric car   Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias
India sticks to its gun during climate talks   Economic Times
Hotter, weirder: How climate has changed Earth   Chron.com
Hindu Business Line   
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  BBC News   
Amazon indigenous land loss threatens climate, says study  BBC News
Scientists say destroying indigenous areas of the Amazon rainforest will have an irreversible impact on the atmosphere of the planet. A new study said indigenous lands were "protected natural areas" accounting for 55% of the carbon stored in the Amazon ...

Amazon forests at risk from both legal and illegal activities   Irish Times
Amazon indigenous land loss threatens climate – study   Rappler
Amazon indigenous land loss threatens climate   Yahoo News UK
Reuters Africa   
Science Codex   
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  The Nation   
Mastodons vanished before humans reached Alaska  The Nation
Mastodons, the giant lumbering cousins of mammoths and elephants, likely disappeared from Alaska and the Yukon long before humans arrived across the Bering Land Bridge from Asia, researchers said Monday. Mastodons were once believed to have ...

Cold climate may have led to American mastodon's demise   Science Recorder
Mastodons Disappeared from Beringia before Ancient Humans Arrived   Sci-News.com
What doomed the American mastodon? Was it over overkill or overchill?   Los Angeles Times
CTV News   
The Globe and Mail   
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  Astronomy Magazine   
Ground-based detection of super-Earth transit paves way to remote sensing of ...  Astronomy Magazine
For the first time, a team of astronomers, including Ray Jayawardhana from York University, has measured the passing of a super-Earth in front of a bright nearby Sun-like star using a ground-based telescope. The transit of exoplanet 55 Cancri e is the ...

Ground-based telescope detects a “Super-Earth” Orbiting a Sun-like Star   The Utah People's Post
Landed telescope finds super-Earth   The Asian Age
Astronomers Spot Exoplanet using Nordic Optical Telescope   PerfScience
cbsport   
Christian Science Monitor   
Auto World News   
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  Deutsche Welle   
India, Cambodia, Philippines top Climate Risk Index  Deutsche Welle
Extreme weather from climate change affects poorer nations more than rich ones. Germanwatch's Climate Risk Index found that Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti were worst affected by climate disasters from 1994 to 2013. COP 20 in Lima. Environmental group ...

Philippines most distressed country by extreme events - risk study   InterAksyon
Philippines hardest hit by extreme weather in 2013: report   Reuters

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  Gizmodo   
Humans Have Been Able to Perceive Infrared Light This Whole Time  Gizmodo
The human eye is a more complex and mysterious thing than we thought. Recently, a group of scientists were puzzled by flashes of green light they saw from an infrared laser, whose light should have been far outside the visible spectrum. Like scientists do ...

The human eye can see 'invisible' infrared light   Pune Mirror
Under the Right Conditions, Humans Can See Infrared   io9
Human eye can see 'invisible' infrared light   Times of India
New Hampshire Voice   
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  CNET   
Martian meteorite may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life  CNET
A meteorite from Mars that landed on Earth in 2011 contains a carbon compound that is biological in origin. by Michelle Starr · @riding_red; 3 December 2014, 1:12 pm AEDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email. tumblr.
Scientists discover carbon in Mars meteorite: Study   Press TV
Meteorite stirs life-on-Mars debate   Economic Times

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