2015年2月23日 星期一

2015-02-24 Singapore Science


AsiaOne
   
Flood control expert Yutaka Takahashi wins Japan Prize   
AsiaOne
"You shouldn't pull your bathtub's plug during heavy rain," said Yutaka Takahashi, 88, who advocates integrated management of water-related disasters. The reason: Simultaneous draining can flood sewer systems. "Good flood control means everyone ...

In the News / Yutaka Takahashi / Flood control expert wins Japan Prize   The Japan News

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AsiaOne
   
Led by Al Gore, Delhi meet to focus on Ind's renewable energy   
Business Standard
Ahead of the UN climate conference later this year in Paris, the national capital is playing host to a meet led by former US Vice President Al Gore which aims to focus on the renewable energy potential for India and the key role that the country plays in the lead ...

Differences between Democrats and Republicans in the US won't affect global ...   Times of India
'Delhi Air Life and Death Matter': Al Gore on India's Inconvenient Truth   NDTV
Another 450 Climate Reality Leaders to be trained on climate change   New Kerala

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eco-business.com
   
Climate change opens new doors to deadly diseases   
eco-business.com
Scientists warn that humans will face epidemics of diseases never encountered before as global warming drives animals and parasites into new habitats. ebola outbreak. The eruption of Ebola in West Africa, according to researchers, may be a consequence ...

UNL researcher: Climate change favors emergence of infectious diseases   CattleNetwork.com
Climate change triggers the spread of infectious diseases   Al Jazeera America
Climate change and emerging infectious diseases   Outbreak News Today

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Bloomberg
   
Alan Turing's Hidden Manuscript Set to Reap Millions   
Bloomberg
Feb. 23 -- Interested in more than a movie about Alan Turing's life? An unpublished notebook, containing 56 handwritten pages by Turing, is scheduled for auction on April 13th. Cassandra Hatton, Bonhams' specialist on the history of science, sits down with ...

Handwritten Scientific Document by Alan Turing Goes on Sale   Billionaire.com

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Washington Post
   
Climate science literacy unrelated to public acceptance of human-caused global ...   
Phys.Org
Deep public divisions over climate change are unrelated to differences in how well ordinary citizens understand scientific evidence on global warming. Indeed, members of the public who score the highest on a climate-science literacy test are the most ...

The Immorality of Coal   Mareeg Media
Science and belief   The Interpreter
Climate Change This Week: Apple Goes Solar, Apocalyptic US Droughts ...   Huffington Post
Washington Post   
FIUSM   
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Washington Post
   
Mummified monk revealed inside Buddha statue   
USA TODAY
A CT scan by a Dutch team of researchers showed the skeletal remains of a mummified meditating monk inside a seated Buddha statue about 1,000 years old. (Photo: Drents Museum). 32 CONNECT 51 TWEET 2 LINKEDIN 2 COMMENTEMAILMORE.
Buddha CAT scan reveals monk, ancient writings   NEWS.com.au
Mummified Chinese monk found inside ancient Buddha statue   Shanghaiist
Liuquan, Buddhist monk, found mummified in Chinese Buddha statue   Newsday
Live Science   
Metro   
NBCNews.com   
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NOLA.com
   
Scientist cited by climate change deniers didn't reveal energy industry funding ...   
NOLA.com
Wei-Hock Soon, also known as Willie Soon, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, left, refuses to answer questions about his funding from a Greenpeace official after a Heritage Foundation talk in September 2013. (Greenpeace). Print.
Prominent Climate Change Denier caught taking $1.2 Million from Energy ...   Examiner.com
Deniers' favourite scientist quietly took money from the fossil fuel industry   Business Spectator
Report: Southern Co. paid for climate skeptic's research   Utility Dive
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Science AAAS   
Washington Times   
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The Space Reporter
   
Latest spacewalk 'selfie' taken against background of Earth, ISS   
The Space Reporter
Astronaut Butch Wilmore took a dramatic picture of himself during a spacewalk this weekend, featuring himself against a background of the blue and white Earth and part of the International Space Station (ISS). Fellow astronaut and spacewalker Terry Virts is ...

February 23, 2015 in Mission Reports: Photos from this weekend's spacewalk   Spaceflight Now
Lengthy Spacewalk Readies ISS for Private Crew Capsules   PC Magazine
Spectacular photo of New Zealand from space   New Zealand Herald
NBCNews.com   
RT   
The Planetary Society (blog)   
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Daily Mail
   
Crater Creep? Siberian Black Holes Spark Fresh Concern   
NBCNews.com
Months after they started investigating a huge black hole in Siberia, Russian researchers say they have spotted still more suspicious-looking craters and lakes — and are calling for an urgent investigation of the phenomenon. Satellite imagery shows that one ...

More Siberian methane blowholes found in permafrost   NEWS.com.au
Huge New Holes In Siberia Have Scientists Calling For Urgent Investigation Of ...   Huffington Post
Dozen more mysterious 'giant craters' in Russia spark fears of looming natural ...   Express.co.uk
The Inquisitr   
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New York Times
   
Mice Brain May Give Insight Into Diseases of Human Mind   
New York Times
When injected with bits of human DNA, mice embryos grew brains that were 12 percent larger than those of embryos injected with the same genes from chimpanzees. Scientists at Duke University, writing in the journal Current Biology, say the experiment ...

Human DNA gives mice bigger brains   CNET
Scientists pinpoint a gene regulator that makes human brains bigger   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Can human DNA be used to make animals smarter?   National Monitor

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