2014年11月6日 星期四

2014-11-07 Singapore Science

  New York Daily News   
Vampire Deer Sighted in Afghanistan  Outside Magazine
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has confirmed the presence of the Kashmir musk deer, a species not seen in more than half a century, in the Nuristan region of Afghanistan. In a recent study published in the journal Oryx, authors recall five separate ...

Elusive fanged deer spotted for 1st time in 66 years   Daily Times
Endangered 'vampire deer' spotted lurking in remote Afghanistan forest   New York Daily News
Ultra rare and ultra weird 'vampire' deer seen for first time in decades   Science Recorder
Forbes   
Guns.com   
Bayoubuzz   
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  AsiaOne   
Reach: Floods and mudslide caused by several factors  AsiaOne
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia - Greenhouse farming, encroachment on river reserves and land clearing are among the activities that caused the floods and mudslide at several areas in Cameron Highlands, an enviromental group said. Regional Environmental ...


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  The Malay Mail Online   
DNA shows early Europeans survived the Ice Age  The Australian
DNA recovered from the fossilised remains of a man who lived 36,000 years ago suggests early Europeans survived the Ice Age. An international team of scientists also says the DNA from one of the oldest known modern humans shows that interbreeding ...

DNA Pinpoints When Humans and Neanderthals Interbred   NBCNews.com
First Europeans lived through Ice Age, say researchers   The Malay Mail Online
Ancient Russian's DNA sheds light on Neanderthal interbreeding   Reuters
ABC Science Online   
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  NPR (blog)   
Astronomers Glimpse Distant Planetary Nursery  NPR (blog)
Astronomers have long theorized that planetary systems, including our own, are formed by spinning discs of dust and gas that slowly coalesce. Now, by combining input from an array of radio telescopes located in the Chilean desert, they have sharp images ...

ALMA telescope spies a solar system in process of being born   Los Angeles Times
Revolutionary image shows planets forming around a star   CNET
Stunning Snapshot Shows Birth of Alien Solar System   National Geographic
Newsweek   
The Atlantic   
Christian Science Monitor   
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  BBC News   
Bats sabotage rivals' senses with sound in food race  BBC News
A species of bat can interfere with the sound signals of competitors to "steal" their food. Continue reading the main story. A flying Mexican free-tailed bat Mexican free-tailed bats emit specialised signals which scramble the echolocation of competitors.
Bats Can Jam Each Other's Sonars to Fight Over Food   Gizmodo India
Bats come with built-in sonar jammers, scientists say   Beta Wired
Hungry bats in a jam   The Times (subscription)
Nature World News   
Tech Times   
Counsel & Heal   
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  Economic Times   
IPCC dropped key chart 'inconvenient' to developed world: CSE  Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Four days after the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) brought out its detailed findings predicting a gloomy future for the world if it fails to cut emissions drastically, the Delhi-based research and advocacy group ...

Action needed now on climate change: IPCC Chief   Channel News Asia
Climate must be an election issue   Toronto Star
The Climate Post: Climate Change Risks, Impacts Focus of Reports   Huffington Post
Business Standard   
Hindustan Times   
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  Discovery News   
Fossil Links Dolphin-Like Dino to Amphibious Past  Discovery News
Fossil evidence has been uncovered that connects the dolphin-like ichthyosaur to an amphibious past, the first specimen to mark the creature's transition from land to sea and one that fills a gap in the fossil record. The evidence comes thanks to researchers ...


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  Yahoo News   
Scientists unveil secrets of insect evolution  Xinhua
CANBERRA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Using genetic analysis, scientists have been able to conclusively establish that insects originated about 480 million years ago, and that they developed the ability to fly some 80 million years later, the Commonwealth of ...

Intricacies of insect evolution revealed   Natural History Museum
New research study delves into insect evolution   Beta Wired
Scientists Create New Family Tree of the World's Insects   American Live Wire
Live Science   
Wired   
Scientist   
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  The Atlantic   
A Little Ship Just Saved the International Space Station  The Atlantic
Meet the Georges Lemaître, which helped the orbiting laboratory—currently home to six humans—to avoid a potentially disastrous collision with space junk. Megan Garber Nov 6 2014, 4:24 PM ET. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Google+; Email · Print ...

What happens when you submerge GoPro in water...while in orbit?   Christian Science Monitor
Astronauts Play With Blobs of Water in Zero Gravity. Yes.   Slate Magazine (blog)
Rare peek inside living quarters on International Space Station   Irish Times
Business Today   
PC Magazine   
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  Uncover Michigan   
How Sex Organs Got Started: It Was an Evolutionary Quickie  NBCNews.com
If you turn over a mouse and a snake to look for their sex organs, you'd probably gain an appreciation for the diversity of genitalia in the animal world. Down near their tails, male mice have penises studded with tiny spines, and female mice have vaginas.
How Boy Bits First Came To Be   NPR (blog)
Here's How Penises Evolved   Newser

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