2015年9月3日 星期四

2015-09-04 Namibia Science


Times of India
   
Earth now home to 3 trillion trees   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: More than 3 trillion trees exist on Earth - roughly 422 per person - but the total number of trees has plummeted by 46 per cent since the start of human civilisation, according to a new Yale-led study. The new estimate of more than 3 ...
The earth as three trillion trees!   NY City News
How Many Trees Does Earth Have? New Study Yields Big Surprise   Huffington Post
We finally know how many trees there are in the world   Los Angeles Times
ABC News   
The Straits Times   
TODAYonline   
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Mashable
   
Robots will be fighting against pesty starfish on the Great Barrier Reef   
Mashable
Crown-of-thorns starfish are one of the greatest threats to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and a team of researchers have a robot that's going to fight back. The starfish species, which is native to the Indo-Pacific region, feeds on coral and a ...
Robot to destroy starfish on Great Barrier Reef   Sydney Morning Herald
COTSbot Is The Terminator Of Starfish   Ubergizmo
Australia Deploys Killer Robots to Terminate Reef-Eating Starfish   NBCNews.com
Maine News Online   
Pioneer News   
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Bangkok Post
   
Intel putting $50 mn into quantum computing research   
Bangkok Post
SAN FRANCISCO - US chip colossus Intel on Thursday said that it will put $50 million and engineering resources into an alliance on quantum computing that could radically advance complex problem-solving. Intel Corporation plans a 10-year collaboration ...

Intel to Invest $50 Million in Quantum Computers   Wall Street Journal
Intel ponies up $50 million for quantum computing research   PCWorld
Goodbye Moore's Law! Intel invests $50 million into quantum computing partnership   Fortune
ZDNet   
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NBCNews.com
   
Key radar fails on $1 billion NASA environmental satellite   
Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept 3 A key instrument on a $1 billion NASA satellite has failed, reducing scientists' ability to capture data to measure the moisture in Earth's soil in order to improve flood forecasting and monitor climate change, officials ...
September 3, 2015 in News: Radar on NASA's SMAP Earth observing satellite ...   Spaceflight Now
Attempts to Power Radar Instrument aboard Soil Moisture Satellite Failed: NASA   NY City News
Key radar fails on US$1 billion NASA environmental satellite   Channel News Asia

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Livemint
   
Waste coffee grounds can store methane   
Livemint
Seoul: Scientists have developed a simple 'soak and heating' process which treats waste coffee grounds to enable them to store the harmful greenhouse gas methane. Methane capture and storage provides a double environmental return—it removes a ...

Higher Education reporter   The Australian (blog)
Scientists are using coffee to tackle climate change -- seriously   Business Insider Australia
The Latest in Coffee Grounds Energy Technology   Pacific Standard
uSwitch.com (Tech)   
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Ancient Origins
   
Study Reveals Human Body Has Gone Through Four Stages Of Evolution   
Newsroom America
(Newsroom America) -- Research into 430,000-year-old fossils collected in northern Spain found that the evolution of the human body's size and shape has gone through four main stages. A large international research team including Binghamton University ...

Human Body Has Gone through Four Main Stages of Evolution, Scientists Say   Sci-News.com
Scientists See Four Main Stages of Human Evolution   Archaeology

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Newsweek
   
No, That's Not a Floating Spoon on Mars   
Newsweek
An image captured by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover on August 30, 2015 shows what looks like a floating spoon. In fact, it's most likely a ventifact, a rock shaped by wind. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Filed Under: Tech & Science, Mars, Curiosity Rover, Spoon, ...

NASA's Laser-Communication Tech for Spacecraft Zaps Forward   Space.com
NASA HISTORY: Viking Lander 2 Landed on Mars 39 Years Ago   SpaceCoastDaily.com
There Is a Floating Spoon on Mars, Allegedly   Softpedia News
Astronomy Magazine   
KTIC   
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Times of India
   
Animals, not catastrophe, caused Earth's first mass extinction   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: The Earth's first mass extinction event 540 million years ago was caused not by a meteorite impact or volcanic super-eruption but by the rise of early animals that dramatically changed the prehistoric environment, a new study has found.
Evidence that Earth's first mass extinction was caused by critters not catastrophe   Space Daily
Study says animals caused Earth's first mass extinction   AmeriPublications
Animals caused Earth's first mass extinction, not catastrophe   Livemint
TheBlaze.com   
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South China Morning Post (subscription)
   
China's economic slowdown need not hinder climate change deal, says UN official   
South China Morning Post (subscription)
A slowdown in the Chinese economy that has alarmed global stock markets won't cast a “dark cloud” over UN efforts to reach an accord to slow global warming by December, the United Nations' climate chief predicted. Christiana Figueres also said that ...

China slowdown needn't hamper climate deal: UN   Reuters
Vital to seal climate deal   The Straits Times
The Climate In Bonn   The Indian Express

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Christian Science Monitor
   
Pregnant women are a lot like male seahorses, say scientists   
Christian Science Monitor
"Surprisingly, seahorse dads do a lot of the same things human mums do," said Camilla Whittington, co-author of a new study, in a press release. Recommended: Name that animal! Although seahorse dads carry their young for just 24 days and human ...

Male seahorses and pregnant women have a lot in common   Morning Ticker
Seahorse Fathers Give Birth, But Their Pregnancies Are More Similar To Humans ...   Headlines & Global News
Male Seahorses, Pregnant Women Share Characteristics   AllAfrica.com
Pioneer News   
Science World Report   
I4U News   
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