2014年8月31日 星期日

2014-09-01 Singapore Science

  AsiaOne   
For jaded traveller with $125k to spare  AsiaOne
Student Elliott Chow (right), 16, posing with a model dressed as an astronaut at the Luminox Space Roadshow outside Shaw House. Besides a space shuttle replica, there are watches designed for pilot and passenger.
Co-pilot a space shuttle for RM316,086   The Star Online
Calling Singapore space travellers   THE BUSINESS TIMES (subscription)
Ticket sales for commercial space flights launched in Singapore   Channel News Asia
The Straits Times   
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  AsiaOne   
Royal bronze chariot found in China after 3000 years  AsiaOne
A bronze chariot made during the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC) has been found in Qishan county, Shaanxi province - and archaeologists believe it may be a ceremonial vehicle used by princes. "We found the chariot, which was buried 1.2 ...


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  AsiaOne   
Thai university develops cheaper bomb disposal robots  AsiaOne
Apart from an unspecified lower price for the prototype robots, compared to the Bt12 million (SGD $470,000) apiece for the imported variety, the robots are also customised to suit the unique combat conditions, environment and user interface in the ...

Cheaper bomb disposal robots developed by KMUTNB   The Nation

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  The Straits Times   
Next stage of MH370 search to focus on 58 spots in Indian Ocean  The Straits Times
A member of ground crew works on a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 airplane on the runway at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. -- PHOTO: REUTERS. SEREMBAN - The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be focused on 58 spots in ...

Australia unveils new map to locate missing flight MH370   Khaleej Times
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Search Update: New Clues For The Missing ...   TravelersToday
New map to locate missing flight MH370   Big News Network.com
Sydney Morning Herald   
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  TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific   
Khiri Travel starts JV company in Sri Lanka  TTG Asia
SRI Lanka is the latest target on Khiri Travel's radar, and the Bangkok-based DMC will launch a new company there in collaboration with Sri Lankan counterpart Luxe Asia. Khiri Travel Sri Lanka is scheduled to open its doors on November 1 as part of the ...

Khiri Travel Sri Lanka to Launch in November   ASIATravelTips.com
Khiri Travel to launch in Sri Lanka   Travel Daily Media

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  eco-business.com   
Eat a plant and spare a tree  eco-business.com
A less meat-intensive diet is essential for the sake of wildlife and forests and to slow climate change, says a report by UK-based researchers. cows and trees. A shift to a more plant-based diet could save more forests from being cleared, UK researchers said, ...

Think of the planet and go easy on kebabs   Calcutta Telegraph
We Can't Fix Climate Change Without Fixing Global Diets   Motherboard
Less meat 'key' to food security   Milford Mercury
Eurasia Review   
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  AsiaOne   
Japan battling invasion of American bullfrogs  Stuff.co.nz
Recent research has found that exterminating alien species can have unpredictable, harmful effects on local ecosystems. Alien species are animals and plants brought from another country and released into local natural environments. Because they can harm ...

Exterminating alien species causes unexpected problems   The Japan News

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  Jakarta Post   
Old shops of Jatinegara demolished, leaving locals angry, anxious  Jakarta Post
End of an era: People move part of an old shop's gate to a safer place during the demolition of shops on Jl. Jatinegara Barat in East Jakarta on Friday. The shop was located on the banks of the Ciliwung River. The eviction was planned by the both the Jakarta ...

On the Ciliwung, an ecotourism project gains wide support   eco-business.com

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  KHOU   
Florida man says he killed 15 tortoises and planned on killing more  KHOU
He had caught the 11 that were in the container and was planning on eating them. Loading… Post to Facebook. Florida man says he killed 15 tortoises and planned on killing more He had caught the 11 that were in the container and was planning on eating ...

BUI Crackdown In Full Force This Weekend   CBS Local
Florida man caught killing, and eating, threatened tortoises   The Express Tribune
Florida Man Says He Ate 15 Threatened Tortoises and Planned to Eat 11 More   TIME
Santa Rosa Press Gazette   
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  Tech Times   
Iceland closes air space as Bardarbunga volcano fissure erupts  Tech Times
The Icelandic Met Office raised the alert code for aviation to red following an eruption in Bardarbunga volcano. In the meantime, the airspace covering 18,000 feet was closed. (Photo : Justin Hill). The fissure eruption found in the area of Holuhraun, which is ...

Volcanic eruption prompts warning   Irish Examiner
Iceland volcano spews more than 50 metres high lava   DAWN.com
Eruption 'to have minimal impact' on Kiwi travel   Voxy
Delhi Daily News   
teleSUR English   
Gizmodo Australia   
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