2014年11月16日 星期日

2014-11-17 Singapore Science

  TODAYonline   
Urbanisation done right may be positive: Dr Balakrishnan  TODAYonline
SINGAPORE — Urbanisation is an unstoppable trend but it is not necessarily bad for the environment if cities are planned with the right principles, values and perspectives, said Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan today ...

More than 150 students from Asia examine issues of biodiversity, sustainability   Channel News Asia

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  NDTV   
European Space Agency Releases Images to Show Philae's Historic Comet ...  NDTV
Paris: The European Space Agency (ESA) on Sunday unveiled images of the probe Philae after it bounced while making its historic landing on a comet last Wednesday. The discovery came thanks to painstaking follow-up analysis of a series of pictures ESA ...

Boris Johnson: Philae scientist deserves applause, not criticism over a garish shirt   National Post
Comet landing a reminder of our potential   Rocky Mount Telegram
New images of Philae show it bouncing off comet's surface   Science Recorder
NEWS.com.au   
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  Decoded Science   
Happy Birthday, Nishinoshima: Japan's Newest Island One Year On  Decoded Science
It was in November last year that Decoded Science reported on the emergence of a volcanic island, then unnamed, in the Ogasawara, or Bonin, Islands in the western Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles south of the main Japanese archipelago. Such islands, we ...

Volcanic isle still growing a year later   AsiaOne

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  AsiaOne   
Dino fossils found on T'ganu mountain  The Star Online
Prime specimen: Geoscience assistant Mohd Azrul Aziz showing the fossils believed to be that of an iguanodon. KUALA TERENGGANU: Scientists and geologists who trekked a mountain in upper Terengganu have discovered what they believe to be fossils ...

Prof on third try finally makes dino discovery before retiring   AsiaOne
More dinosaur fossils found   The Sun Daily
Dinasour fossil found in Mount Gagau   Sin Chew Jit Poh

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  The Utah People's Post   
$325 Million Deal for Supercomputers Signed by Dept of Energy  The Utah People's Post
Despite its many growth issues, IBM has just landed a major deal when the US Department of Energy signed the #325 million arrangement for the supply of supercomputers. Apart from IBM, other companies such as Mellanox and Nvidia were also included in ...

IBM, NVIDIA and Mellanox is Funded By US Government to build World's Fastest ...   Capitalberg
Oak Ridge to get new supercomputer   Kansas City Star
U.S. Department of Energy Hires Nvidia, IBM To Build Supercomputer   Beta Wired
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  Newsweek   
2014 Meteor Shower: Where To View Leonid Meteor Shower Peak Online On ...  International Business Times AU
Sky watchers can observe the 2014 Leonid meteor shower either on a dark and remote location or indoors during its peak on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Weather disturbances or light pollution can hinder the meteor shower peak but the viewers can still experience the ...

Leonid meteor shower to peak through early part of week: Here's how to see it   Examiner.com
The Leonid Meteor Shower Hits Tonight   Clapway
Watch the Leonid Meteor Shower light up sky Sunday into Monday   UPI.com
Newsweek   
Business Insider   
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  Irish Examiner   
Bid to revive the extinct mammoth sparks war  Times of India
Will woolly mammoths stride the Siberian plains once again? DNA samples from an exceptionally well preserved extinct Mammuthus, found in the snowy wastes of Siberia, have raised the prospect of cloning. But scientists are divided about raising the ...

Mammoth may be cloned after frozen body found   Irish Examiner
Woolly mammoths could be brought back from extinction: scientists   Daily Times
Woolly mammoth could be cloned by South Korean scientists   Telegraph.co.uk
Beta Wired   
New York Daily News   
Monsters and Critics.com   
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  DigitalJournal.com   
Video: Pod of humpbacks stuns shocked fishermen  TVNZ
When two Norwegian fishermen went fishing last weekend, they didn't expect a close up whale encounter. But, standing on the edge of their small fishing boat on November 8th, tucked between the scenic mountains of Troms in Norway while fishing for ...

Whale watchers get the experience of a lifetime   The Australian
Humpback Whales Startle Boaters In Close Call   The Inquisitr
Whales make a splash in Tromsø   Views and News from Norway
Courier Mail   
Perth Now   
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  NEWS.com.au   
Volcano ash warning for planes  Herald Scotland
THE US National Weather Service has warned planes to avoid air space near an erupting Alaska volcano as it spewed ash 30,000ft above sea level. THE US National Weather Service has warned planes to avoid air space near an erupting Alaska volcano as ...

Eruption Subsides, Ash Clears at Pavlof   KUCB
Airplanes warned to avoid Alaska volcano airspace   Stuff.co.nz
Pavlof Eruption Intensifies, Ash Reaching over 30000 Feet   Wired
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TravelPulse   
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