2015年2月27日 星期五

2015-02-28 Singapore Science


AsiaOne
   
Japanese volcanic island grows to 11 times its original size - and ain't stopping   
RT
Japanese island Nishinoshima has grown to 11 times its original size due to the volcanic eruption started in 2013. A recent observation has shown that the volcano goes on erupting ever since and a new increase of the island's area is expected. The actual ...

New volcano island getting bigger in Japan   News24
New volcano island getting big in Japan   Bangkok Post

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Arab News
   
Paris promises a climate deal to Philippine storm survivors   
Arab News
DEAL ON DISASTER: An unidentified French aid worker hugs visiting French President Francois Hollande in Guiuan, Samar that was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, on Friday. (Reuters). REUTERS. Published — Saturday 28 February 2015. Last update 27 ...

France's Hollande caps Manila visit with Samar trip, loan offer   BusinessWorld Online Edition
Hollande visits 'Yolanda'-hit Guiuan   Tempo
No coercion, force in sea row – France   Philippine Star
ABS CBN News   
NDTV   
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The Nation
   
Stars found forming at Milky Way's outer edge   
The Nation
Brazilian astronomers said Friday they had found two star clusters forming in a remote part of our Milky Way galaxy where such a thing was previously thought impossible. Seen from above, the Milky Way has arms of stars, gas and dust flailing out in a spiral ...

Astronomers find newborn stars at the edge of our galaxy   Astronomy Magazine
Scientists shocked by far-out star clusters on fringes of Milky Way   Los Angeles Times
Stars found forming 16000 light-years BELOW the Milky Way's disc   Daily Mail
Business Standard   
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Sky News Australia
   
Spacewalk to go ahead despite helmet leak   
Sky News Australia
Two US astronauts will go ahead with a spacewalk this weekend despite a flaw in one of the spacesuits that allowed water to seep into the helmet. Mission managers made the decision after discussing what NASA called 'the minor seepage of water into the ...

ISS spacewalk to continue despite water leak   SMN Weekly
Spacewalk is a 'go' despite water found in helmet   kfor.com
Astronaut finds water in helmet after 7 hour spacewalk   Las Vegas Review-Journal
Science Times   
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Firstpost
   
U.N. Climate Chief Quickly Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations   
TheBlaze.com
A United Nations climate chief who stepped down from his position this week after allegations of sexual harassment will not be allowed to leave India or enter his office under an interim bail order issued by an Indian court, the BBC reported. Rajendra Pachauri ...

RK Pachauri: Dr Lecherous   Pune Mirror
UN climate head Pachauri resigns   Beacon Review
UN Climate Chief Resigns amid Sex Scandal   The Heartland Institute
Irish Times   
The Australian   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Switzerland's contribution to UN climate deal comes first   
GlobalPost
BERLIN, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland became the first country to submit its intended contribution to a new global climate deal to the United Nations(UN) on Friday. According to the submission posted on the website of the UN Framework Convention on ...

Switzerland first to submit climate plan for Paris UN treaty   Sydney Morning Herald
Switzerland first to submit climate plan for Paris UN deal   Daily Mail
Switzerland 1st country to submit pledge for UN climate pact   Newsday

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Science Times
   
As Dawn Spacecraft Approaches, A Second Bright Light Emerges from Ceres   
Science Times
Originally discovered in 1801 by an astronomer in Sicily, Ceres has had quite an interesting history to date. Originally believed to be a shining star in the sky, when it was first observed to move, it was redesignated as a comet. "I have announced this star as a ...

Whaa? Now there's a second bright light on dwarf planet Ceres   CNET
What are those white spots on that planet you've probably never heard of?   wtkr.com
What the heck are these weird shiny dots on the dwarf planet Ceres?   Vox
The Week Magazine   
euronews   
Business Standard   
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SustainableBusiness.com
   
UK Leadership Closes Ranks on Climate Change   
SustainableBusiness.com
In what I would call a beautiful move, leaders of the UK's three main political parties came together in a moment of unity - to say they are all on the same page when it comes to climate change. David Cameron (Conservative), Ed Miliband (Labor) and Nick ...

'Climate change and you'   Clarkston News
Democrat-led witch hunt into 'climate change deniers' picks up force   Watchdog.org
Thunder Bay Residents Can Engage on Climate Change   Net Newsledger
Lexology (registration)   
Saskatoon StarPhoenix   
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Daily Mail
   
Single gene that made us more intelligent than chimps is identified for the first time   
Daily Mail
While we share 99 per cent of our genes with chimpanzees, our brains are still three times as big. Scientists believe that during evolution our genome must have changed in order to trigger such a massive brain growth. Now, for the first time, researchers in ...

Gene unique to humanoid primates may have triggered brain size increases   SMN Weekly
Human intelligence sparked by a single tiny gene, new study suggests   Science Recorder
Scientists Use Human 'Big Brain' Gene To Give Mice More Brain Cells   The Inquisitr
Nature World News   
Scientific American   
ValueWalk   
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NBCNews.com
   
Color Controversies Started With Mars, Not With #TheDress   
NBCNews.com
It may seem like a trivial pursuit to argue over whether a dress is blue and black, or white and gold, but the question of color balance can apply to weightier matters as well — such as whether there's life on Mars. That was the debate in 1976 when NASA's ...

Unusual object on Mars could be crashed UFO, believers claim   Chron.com
Color Controversies Started With Mars, Not #TheDress   bradfordtoday
One-Way Mars Mission "Possible" - And Popular For Prospective Astonauts   Capital Public Radio News
The Daily Galaxy (blog)   
Metro   
Universe Today   
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