2015年5月21日 星期四

2015-05-22 Singapore Science


AsiaOne
   
Dolphin breeding not feasible, aquariums in Japan fear drop in numbers   
AsiaOne
Concern and relief greeted the decision by the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) to change how domestic institutions procure dolphins, with aquariums fearing a decline in the number of their dolphins and zoo officials relieved they would ...

Aust environmental group's successful legal bid to curb 'cruel' Japanese dolphin ...   ABC Online
Zoos' snub aside, Taiji plans to to continue hunting dolphins, and even farm them   The Japan Times
Japanese aquariums vote to stop buying Taiji dolphins   The Guardian

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The Straits Times
   
Media to share content on climate change   
The Straits Times
Twenty-five leading media companies sealed an agreement yesterday to form a global Climate Publishers Network to promote awareness of climate change. Members will work together to enhance coverage of global warming in the run-up to the Nov 30- ...

25 newspapers team up to bring attention to climate change   Mashable
Global news organisations agree to share climate change content   The Guardian
The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald join climate change media network   The Age
Grist   
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Chicago Inno
   
A Google-Backed Robot Exhibit Opens Thursday at the Museum of Science and ...   
Chicago Inno
Robots have taken over the Museum of Science and Industry, and they're ready to play blackjack, tic-tac-toe, and learn your facial expressions. Robot Revolution, a Google.org-backed exhibit that shows how robots operate collaboratively with humans, ...

Attack of the robots: Don't let automation replace the human touch   SmartCompany.com.au
What will robot soldiers be like?   The Denver Post (blog)
Robots gun for white-collar jobs   AsiaOne
Chicago Parent   
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Empire State Tribune
   
Panda and Bamboo not an eternal combination after all. Pandas unable to ...   
Empire State Tribune
Giant pandas rely heavily on the bamboo diet but the investigation of the panda poop show that the animals are only able to digest about 17% of their food intake. Scientists found that the Gut bacteria in the panda have not evolved to completely digest the ...

Giant pandas not designed to eat bamboo   AsiaOne
Giant pandas have not evolved to eat bamboo: study   China Post
Giant panda's gut has not adapted to eating bamboo: study   Xinhua
Bioscience Technology   
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Irish Examiner
   
Large Hadron Collider busts energy-level benchmark   
Times of India
GENEVA: The world's largest particle smasher broke the record for energy levels late Wednesday in a test run after a two-year upgrade, CERN announced Thursday. "Protons collided in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the record-breaking energy of 13 ...

Geneva particle smasher sets energy level record   The Local.ch
LHC smashes energy record with test collisions   BBC News

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THE BUSINESS TIMES
   
Big Energy clashes with John Kerry on how to fix climate change   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Europe's biggest energy companies clashed with US Secretary of State John Kerry over who should move first on climate change, coarsening the debate on how to rein in air pollution that's warming the planet. PHOTO: AFP. Comments. Share. May 22 ...

Pakistan welcomes French president call on climate pact   The Nation
What's missing from our climate pledges? Low-carbon R&D   The Conversation AU
UPDATE 2-Top EU companies urge drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions   Reuters

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NBCNews.com
   
Antarctic Peninsula in 'dramatic' ice loss   
BBC News
Satellites have seen a sudden dramatic change in the behaviour of glaciers on the Antarctica Peninsula, according to a Bristol University-led study. The ice streams were broadly stable up until 2009, since when they have been losing on the order of 56 billion ...

Antarctic glaciers thinning so fast, it's like a switch was flipped   Christian Science Monitor
Antarctic glaciers once thought stable now thawing fast - study   Reuters
Some Antarctic glaciers reached a tipping point in 2009   ABC Online
Smithsonian   
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TODAYonline
   
'Top 10' new species includes cartwheeling spider, 'chicken from hell'   
TODAYonline
Life reconstruction of the new oviraptorosaurian dinosaur species, Anzu wyliei in its 66 million-year-old environment in western North America as seen in an undated handout illustration by Mr Mark A Klinger, Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
'Chicken from hell' part of 2014's top new species   Times of India
Top 10 new species of 2015 (pictures)   CNET
Top 10 new species list includes cartwheeling spider   ABC Science Online
Newser   
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Reuters
   
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule leaves space station   
Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla A Space Exploration Technologies Dragon cargo capsule sailed away from the International Space Station on Thursday and headed for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The capsule arrived at the station on April 17 with more than ...

SpaceX signs off on another successful mission with Pacific splashdown   The Register
SpaceX Launches Dragon Spacecraft   NBCNews.com
International Space Station: NASA TV to Air U.S. Cargo Ship Departure from ...   Headlines & Global News

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BBC News
   
Ocean's hidden world of plankton revealed in 'enormous database'   
BBC News
The hidden world of the ocean's tiniest organisms has been revealed in a series of papers published in the journal Science. An international team has been studying samples of plankton collected during a three-year global expedition. They have so far found ...

Scientists want you to know plankton is not just whale food   Daily Mail
Global ocean census uncovers trove of unknown life   CBS News
World of diversity discovered in tiny ocean creatures   Yahoo News
Science Magazine (subscription)   
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