2015年3月19日 星期四

2015-03-20 Singapore Science


CBS Local
   
Berkeley Researchers Turn Beetle Into Remote-Controlled Flying Cyborg   
CBS Local
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley were able to remotely control a flying beetle with a high amount of precision by installing a tiny backpack with sophisticated electronics. According to a report in Wired, the ...

NTU-led team creates drone-like beetle   The Straits Times
Cyborg beetle drones fly into future   Independent Online
NTU, UC Berkeley develop remote-controlled beetle   Channel News Asia
Daily Mail   
Daily News & Analysis   
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Malay Mail Online
   
Eclipse peril warning for the selfie generation   
Malay Mail Online
Women take a selfie at a concert by country music super star Luke Bryan during spring break festivities in Panama City Beach, Florida March 12, 2015. — Reuters picPARIS, March 20 — An eclipse that will sweep Europe and parts of Africa and Asia today ...

Selfie generation warned over eclipse peril   The Straits Times

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THE BUSINESS TIMES
   
A*Star gets S$380m of R&D investment from industry   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Mission-oriented research and development by A*Star has resulted in over S$380 million in industry investment for more than 1,700 projects in the first nine months of fiscal 2014. PHOTO: MCI. Comments. Share. The science of building an economy.
R&D expenditure in Singapore on the rise: A*STAR   Channel News Asia
Mercury News editorial: U.S. needs to increase R&D spending or cede world ...   Chico Enterprise-Record

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National Post
   
Bear attacks Arctic tent   
Gulf Daily News
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway: A polar bear dragged a Czech tourist out of his tent as he slept on a remote Arctic island, clawing his back before being driven away by gunshots. "It was going for my head. I used my hands to protect my head," Jakub Moravec said ...

Where might eclipse watchers be at danger from polar bears?   Irish Examiner
Polar bear injures tourist on Arctic island   The Daily Star
Polar bear attacks tourist camping out ahead of solar eclipse   Washington Post
The Times (subscription)   
Belfast Telegraph   
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RYOT
   
Colombia Just Gave 150 Trafficked Animals the Chance to Enjoy the Sweet ...   
RYOT
For the past two years, some 55,000 trafficked animals and plant specimens have been rescued by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development in Colombia. Now, 149 of these trafficked animals will be able to enjoy the sweet taste of freedom ...

After 10 months training, 149 animals released back into Amazon by Colombia   Inferse
Colombia Rehabilitates And Releases 149 Trafficked Animals Into The Amazon   Immortal News
Trafficked Animals Finally Free, Released Back into Amazon   Nature World News
Maine News   
Times Gazette   
American Register   
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AsiaOne
   
Two Pakistan fishermen rescue stranded dolphin   
AsiaOne
KARACHI, Pakistan - A dolphin that beached in the Sonmiani area of Balochistan was rescued and helped swim back to the sea on Tuesday. The species identified as an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin was about 5.5 feet long. It's a near threatened species, ...

Swimming free: Fishermen rescue beached dolphin in Sonmiani   The Express Tribune
Fishermen rescue endangered dolphin, free it into waters   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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Mashable
   
Friday features a total solar eclipse, a supermoon and the spring equinox   
Mashable
On Jan. 30, 2014, beginning at 8:31 a.m EST, the moon moved between the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, and the sun, giving the observatory a view of a partial solar eclipse from space. Image: NASA. Lance-ulanoff-headshot-sq. By Lance ...

Solar eclipse set to plunge UK and Europe into darkness   BBC News
Solar eclipse: Google Doodle created to mark rare celestial phenomenon   mirror.co.uk
Everything You Need To Know About The Eclipse   Sky News
Daily Mail   
Huffington Post   
The Guardian   
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BBC News
   
Coverage of Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to a Winter Low   
New York Times
There was less sea ice coverage in the Arctic this winter than in any year since satellite measurements began nearly four decades ago, researchers said Thursday. The National Snow and Ice Data Center, a government-sponsored research group, said that in ...

Winter's Arctic Sea Ice is Smallest On Record   Voice of America
Extent of Arctic sea ice hits a record low, following decades-long trend   The Globe and Mail
Arctic sea ice at lowest recorded levels   Aljazeera.com
RTE.ie   
Zee News   
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Yibada (English Edition)
   
Proteomic Analysis Answers True Identity Of Darwin's Strangest Animal Ever ...   
Yibada (English Edition)
A molecular analysis of a 12, 000-year-old fossils' protein molecules has revealed the origins of Charles Darwin's "strangest animal ever discovered" from the South America. The study, that focused on the animals' native ungulates, a group of hoofed ...

Strange mammals' family tree mystery solved   Natural History Museum
Humpless camel is an early rhino   Times LIVE
Mystery of Darwin's strange South American mammals solved   Times of India
Nature World News   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Scientists locate a reptile that predates dinosaurs   
NEWS.com.au
LONG before dinosaurs, there was a terrifying 2.7-metre-long crocodilian ancestor with bladelike teeth and the ability to run on its hind legs. The fearsome predator known as Carnufex carolinensis, or the Carolina Butcher, is believed to have preyed upon ...

Revealed: the terrifying 9ft-long crocodile that walked upright   The Guardian
'Carolina butcher', the giant, upright crocodile that roamed the earth before ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Butcher Crocodiles Ruled The Earth Before Dinosaurs; Fossils Reveal Theropod ...   Yibada (English Edition)
Gizmodo Australia   
National Monitor   
Frontline Desk   
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