2014年8月28日 星期四

2014-08-29 Singapore Science

  AsiaOne   
MAS stocks suspended ahead of revamp plan reveal  AsiaOne
KUALA LUMPUR - Trading in Malaysia Airlines shares was suspended from 9am on Friday ahead of an announcement by major shareholder Khazanah Nasional. Khazanah, which owns nearly 70 per cent of the ailing national carrier, is expected to unveil ...

Malaysia Airlines suspends shares ahead of reform plan   GMA News
Airline facing earnings blow over disasters   Gulf Daily News
MH disasters to loom large during PM visit   Sky News Australia
MSN Malaysia News   
Channel News Asia   
The Australian   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Volcano erupts in Papua New Guinea spewing ash and rock  The Straits Times
SYDNEY (AFP) - A volcano erupted on Friday in eastern Papua New Guinea, spewing rocks and ash into the air and forcing the evacuation of local communities, seismologists and reports said. Mount Tavurvur, which destroyed the town of Rabaul when it ...

Volcanic eruption spewing ash over Papua New Guinea forces Qantas to re ...   Daily Mail
Qantas reroutes flights as PNG's Rabaul Volcano erupts   Sydney Morning Herald
PNG volcano Tavurvur eruption may disrupt Australian flights   NEWS.com.au
Yahoo Singapore News   
9news.com.au   
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  Yahoo!7 News   
Rare Jardine River turtles found in Queensland's Cape York region  Yahoo!7 News
Indigenous rangers and scientists have trapped 24 Jardine River turtles, which were last documented in ABC Indigenous rangers and scientists have trapped 24 Jardine River turtles, which were last documented in 1989. A species of turtle native to the tip of ...


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  The Straits Times   
Locusts plague Madagascar capital  News24
Antananarivo - A thick grey swarm of locusts engulfed Madagascar's capital on Thursday, sending children scuttling and causing florists to burn tyres in panic. A bank of ravenous insects clouded the sky over Antananarivo, with countless thousands raining ...

Locusts swarm Madagascan capital as billions make their annual migration   Daily Mail
Locust plague descends on Madagascar capital... and becomes dinner for some   The Straits Times
Locust plague descends on Madagascar capital   Arab News
FRANCE 24   
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  Sky News Australia   
Tiny exfoliating beads in face washes and shampoos pose threat to Sydney ...  9news.com.au
It is a vista envied around the world but while we admire the shimmer of its surface, we are still stunningly ill-informed as to what is at play beneath the swell of Sydney Harbour. A new report has revealed the newest threat to the health of the harbour is ...

NSW calls for 'microplastics' ban after Sydney Harbour review reveals toxic ...   The Daily Telegraph
NSW push to phase out use of 'microplastics' in personal care products   Yahoo Singapore News
NSW demands national ban on shampoo additives   Delhi Daily News
The West Australian   
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Organisers eye world record during Hello Kitty 40th bash  The Star Online
Johor Tourism Department director Dr Badrul Hisham Kassim and the Hello Kitty mascot unveiling the Hello Kitty 40th Anniversary invitation card at the Sanrio Hello Kitty Town in Nusajaya. NUSAJAYA: Some 3,000 diehard fans of Hello Kitty are expected to ...


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  TIME   
Scientists Piece Together Clues About Arctic Extinction  PNC Voice
The last of the Paleo-Eskimos known as the Dorset, disappeared from the arctic about 700 years ago. They had dominated eastern Canada and Greenland for centuries, and then suddenly ceased to exist. Archeologists have studies tons of artifacts trying to ...

Study : Ancient Paleo-Eskimos died of isolation   Your-Story.org
New Evidence Suggests The Arctic's First Settlers Died In Isolation   io9
Ancient Arctic Eskimos suddenly vanished, DNA study brings them back to life   Tech Times
Alaska Public Radio Network   
TIME   
CBC.ca   
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  NBCNews.com   
IBM Watson to analyze big data to accelerate scientific research, discoveries  Tech Times
IBM announced the release of the Watson Discovery Advisor, a tool that can be used by researchers to take advantage of the capabilities of the Watson supercomputer. The Baylor College of Medicine and Johnson & Johnson have already used the tool to ...

Watson-based Tool Automates Discovery   HPCwire (blog)
A glimpse into the coming revolution in research and development, courtesy of ...   Albany Business Review
Paging Dr. Watson, IBM's medical adviser for the future   PCWorld
NBCNews.com   
New York Times (blog)   
ModernHealthcare.com   
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  Reuters UK   
Iceland: 5.7-magnitude quake hits Bardarbunga volcano  Business Insurance
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has hit the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland, making it the fourth 5.0-magnitude tremor in 48 hours, but there are no signs of an eruption, BBC reported. Seismic activity at Bardarbunga has triggered concerns that an eruption could ...

Volcano aviation threat could last months: Iceland   THE BUSINESS TIMES (subscription)
Germany puts plane, lasers on stand-by for possible volcano eruption   Globalnews.ca
Scientists find evidence of underground eruption in Iceland   The Guardian
Express.co.uk   
Design & Trend   
Phys.Org   
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  NBCNews.com   
Mystery of Death Valley's Sailing Stones Solved  Wall Street Journal
For decades scientists have been trying to solve Death Valley's mystery of the "sailing stones." Now, scientists say they have figured out what makes the rocks move on the desert floor. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. Up Next ...

Mystery of Death Valley's Rolling Rocks Finally Cracked   Dumb-Out
Death Valley 'sailing rocks' linked to freeze-warm cycle   Tribune-Review
Scientists solve mystery of moving Death Valley rocks   Reuters UK
PetaPixel   
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