2015年4月16日 星期四

2015-04-17 Singapore Science


AsiaOne
   
Help NParks keep tabs on wildlife in S'pore   
AsiaOne
From right: Raffles Institution students Lim Xue Xian and Song Yijia with Dr Lena Chan (second from right), Director of National Biodiversity Centre, NParks, spot birds at the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park on 16 April 2015.
New initiatives to document S'pore's birds   TODAYonline

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Alaska Dispatch News
   
Arctic 'unraveling' due to global warming, and consequences will be global   
Alaska Dispatch News
Changes in a warming Arctic will affect the whole planet, the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council warns, in a summary of Arctic research published as the U.S. prepares to assume the chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
US lays out its ambitions for leadership in the Arctic   Science Magazine (subscription)
The Arctic is 'unraveling' due to global warming, and the consequences will be ...   Washington Post
Nature and the economy are not at odds   WWF Canada Blog (blog)
Arizona Daily Sun   
Times Herald-Record   
eco-business.com   
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TODAYonline
   
The next mechanical revolution: Taking the 'hard' out of hardware   
TODAYonline
A pneumatic soft robot at Otherlab, a research company, in San Francisco. Otherlab is at the forefront of a movement known as soft robotics, which aims to replace traditional brawn and metal robotics with unconventional materials to create cheaper and more ...

The robotics inventors who are trying to take the 'hard' out of hardware   San Antonio Express-News

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The New Daily
   
'Sea monster' washes up on Otago beach   
TVNZ
A three metre long "sea monster" has washed up on a beach at the entrance of Otago Harbour. The University of Otago's New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and Aquarium posted photos of a washed up oarfish found along Aramoana Spit at the entrance to ...

'Sea monster' washes up in NZ   The Australian (blog)
A rare, 3-metre oarfish was found beached in New Zealand   Business Insider Australia
'Sea monster' washes up in New Zealand   The New Daily

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NDTV
   
NASA Spacecraft Set for Death Plunge Into Mercury   
NDTV
Miami: A NASA probe that has circled Mercury for the past four years will make a dramatic death plunge into the planet's surface in late April when it runs out of fuel. The MESSENGER spacecraft -- which stands for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, ...

Crash and burn: Mercury probe to end mission with planetary collision   RT
Putin Says Russia Will Build Its Own Space Station by 2023   NBCNews.com
Mercury-orbiting US spacecraft Messenger heading for a crash landing   The Age
Los Angeles Times   
Tech Times   
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Tech Times
   
Archaeologists Unearth Stone Tools Believed To Be Oldest Ever Found   
Tech Times
A discovery shows our early ancestors were making tools long before the emergence of the modern human lineage, researchers say. Tools unearthed in Kenya have been dated back to 3.3 million years ago. (Photo : Los Alamos National Laboratory).
Archaeologists Find What Are Now Considered the Oldest Tools on Earth   TheBlaze.com
Scientists discover oldest tool   New Zealand Herald
World's Oldest Tools Found in Kenya, Stone Flakes Dated 3.3 Million Years Old   Headlines & Global News
RYOT   
The Week Magazine   
Newser   
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Daily Mail
   
Alien planet is one of the most distant ever seen: Spitzer spots signals from a gas ...   
Daily Mail
Nasa has spotted an exoplanet 13,000 light-years away, making it one of the most distant planets ever found. Known as 'Ogle-2014-BLG-0124Lb,' the gas giant was detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Ogle Warsaw Telescope in Chile.
Newly Discovered Exoplanet Is The Most Distant Ever Detected   Tech Times
What makes the Discovery of Distant Exoplanet By NASA so important?   Pc-Tablet Media
Giant Exoplanet Discovered 13000 Light-Years Away Is Among The Most Distant ...   Huffington Post
Astronomy Magazine   
Pioneer News   
Christian Science Monitor   
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Slate Magazine (blog)
   
Last Known Male Northern White Rhino Requires 24-Hour Protection   
Slate Magazine (blog)
A northern white rhinoceros named Sudan is now being accompanied around-the-clock by armed guards as he roams the Ol Pejeta wildlife refuge in Kenya, because he's the last known male of a threatened subspecies. Poachers in search of rhino horns are ...

There's a 24-hour armed guard protecting the world's last male northern white ...   The Week Magazine
The last male northern white rhino on Earth is under 24-hour armed guard   Quartz
There's only one male northern white rhino left on earth - and he needs armed ...   Belfast Telegraph
BBC News   
CNN   
New York Post   
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Grist
   
Come on, people. We're going to need a lot better than this if we want a strong ...   
Grist
Will China and India offer up ambitious climate action plans this year? The fate of the Earth might be determined by the answer. Unless those large and fast-growing economies curb their emissions, we can't avert catastrophic climate change. Their willingness ...

Two Ways Clinton Can Make Voters Care About Climate Change   The New Republic
Public health school commits to White House pledge on climate change, health ...   GW Hatchet (subscription)
The climate crisis: five demands from young voters   The Guardian
RTCC   
Herald Scotland   
National Post   
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Sky News Australia
   
Giant carp attacks rowers in the US   
Sky News Australia
A group of university students rowing in a lake in St Louis Missouri have come under attack in the water, targeted by a shoal of flying giant carp. The video shows the moment a crew from Washington University got caught in what you might call a cross fire ...

Flying Asian carp? Port group wants to help with that   St. Louis Business Journal (blog)
Flying fish attack rowers during practice session in Missouri   Metro
WATCH: Fish fly like missiles at crew team!   New York Daily News
The Independent   
MTV.com   
Irish Independent   
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