2014年8月29日 星期五

2014-08-30 Singapore Science

  The Straits Times   
Co-pilot a space shuttle for RM316,086  The Star Online
Space tour anyone? A model in a space suit at the Luminox Space Roadshow in Singapore. - AFP. THE chance to travel in space has landed in Singapore for members of the public. For a price of US$100,000 (RM316,086) per passenger, American company ...

Calling Singapore space travellers   THE BUSINESS TIMES (subscription)
Ticket sales for commercial space flights launched in Singapore   Channel News Asia
Want to co-pilot a space shuttle to the next frontier? For S$125000, you can do so   The Straits Times

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  Montreal Gazette   
Iceland reduced its aviation warning level to orange yesterday after concluding ...  Irish Independent
No sign of ash like that from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption that shut much of Europe's air space in 2010 has been detected this time. But the Icelandic Meteorological Office said a no-fly zone in a radius of three nautical miles just above the Bardarbunga volcano ...

Eruptions spell trouble for travellers   The Times (subscription)
Iceland lowers aviation alert as volcanic eruption 'not a threat'   THE BUSINESS TIMES (subscription)
Iceland raises volcano aviation alert briefly   Daily Mail
Stuff.co.nz   
GMA News   
IcelandReview   
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  Daily Mail   
Could facial scrubs be banned? NSW officials calls for crackdown after plastic ...  Daily Mail
The NSW government has called for all microbeads to be removed from personal care products sold in Australia by 2016. During the release of a health review into Sydney Harbour, New South Wales Environment Minister Rob Stokes urged the beauty and ...

Tiny Beads Found In Shampoo And Exfoliants Are A Threat to the Sydney Harbour   International Business Times AU
NSW calls for 'microplastics' ban after Sydney Harbour review reveals toxic ...   The Daily Telegraph
Tiny exfoliating beads in face washes and shampoos pose threat to Sydney ...   9news.com.au
Sky News Australia   
Yahoo Singapore News   
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  The Straits Times   
The winds of change: A special on climate change in Asia  The Straits Times
Torrential rains recently left scores dead in Japan. Rising sea levels are destroying precious farmland in Vietnam and Bangladesh while in Bhutan, otherwise scenic mountain lakes are increasingly a menace. Ahead of a United Nations climate change summit ...


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  National Geographic   
Volcano Erupts in Papua New Guinea  Discovery News
ISIS, Al Qaeda, and other Jihadist groups seem to have variations on the same flag. What's the meaning behind the symbols and writing? Tara explains. Read More » · Archaeology · U.S. History · Ancient Egypt · Art history · Religion · History Videos · Animals.
Pictures: Volcanoes Erupting Around the World This Week   National Geographic
Air travel watch as PNG volcano erupts   New Zealand Herald
Volcanoes In Iceland, Papua New Guinea Keep Residents On Edge   NPR (blog)
The Australian   
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  Stuff.co.nz   
Queensland's 'fluoro' turtles sighted for first time in 20 years  Stuff.co.nz
I'M BACK: The Jardine River Painted turtle, native to Queensland'?s Cape York, has not been formally sighted since 1989 ... until now. Fluorescent turtle. SUPPLIED. FOUND AFTER 20 YEARS: The Jardine River Painted turtle has a crimson red chest plate ...

Queensland's 'fluoro' Jardine River turtles sighted for first time in 20 years   Brisbane Times
Rare 'painted turtles' found in Qld's Cape York region   ABC Message Stick
Rare Jardine River turtles found in Queensland's Cape York region   Yahoo!7 News

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  ABC News   
Locust plague descends on Madagascar capital  9news.com.au
A thick grey swarm of locusts engulfed has Madagascar's capital, 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 down dead on to the ...

Madagascar experienced a massive locust plague   iStreet Research
Locust swarm of Biblical proportions in Madagascar   Tech Times
Locusts Darken Skies Above Capital of Madagascar   Guardian Liberty Voice
Foreign Policy (blog)   
Uproxx   
ABC News (blog)   
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  National Geographic   
Scientists Say Tiny Bugs are All Over Your Face--Right Now  Latino Post
Guess what? You see that thing up there? It's on your face right now. Actually, there's probably like millions of them on there. Now, before you scream and run to the sink to rub your face off, you should understand that these are face mites, and they are not ...

Demodex Mite found on Human Face   Uncover California
Face Mites Present On All Humans   Headlines & Global News
There Are Tiny Mites Crawling All Over Your Face   Business Insider Australia
News Tonight Africa   
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  Toronto Star   
Ancient DNA shows Inuit were not the first to settle the Arctic  DigitalJournal.com
The first people to enter into North America's Arctic were a very shy people who didn't intermix with their neighbors. More importantly, anthropologists now say that DNA studies show that Inuit and Native Americans are genetically separate from them.
1st Arctic Dwellers Lived There for 4K Years   Newser
How the Dorset People disappeared from Earth   Maine News
DNA study shows mysterious Paleo-Eskimos survived 4000 years until swift ...   Science Recorder
Capital OTC   
Northern Voices Online   
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We All Make The Same 'Angry Face' When We Get Mad, And Now Scientists ...  Huffington Post
Researchers at UCSB and Griffith University in Australia identify origin and purpose of the facial expression for anger. | UCSB. Share · Tweet. Email. Comment. Share on Google+ · tumblr · stumble · reddit. When we get angry, we all tend to make the same face ...


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