2015年5月27日 星期三

2015-05-28 Singapore Science


Forbes
   
Virginia Tech students to compete in robotics challenge - WSLS   
Gazette Herald
BLACKSBURG (WSLS 10) – Inside Virginia Tech's Goodwin Hall, engineering college students put the ultimate touches on a six-foot humanoid robotic they created as a part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Robotics Challenge.
Sunnyvale student wins robot video contest   Contra Costa Times
Human-robot Teams Compete June 5 at DARPA Finals   OfficialWire
How close are we to a 'Terminator' robot?   Rand Daily Mail

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io9
   
The White House Supports A Proposed Ban On Editing The Human Germline   
io9
In the wake of news that scientists in China modified the DNA of human embryos, a number of scientists and bioethicists have called for a global moratorium on experiments that could alter the human germline. The White House has come out in support of ...

Let's Talk About This   GenomeWeb
Ethics of Human Genome Editing Needs Further Review, Says White House   NDTV
A Note on Genome Editing   The White House (blog)

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Huffington Post
   
Texas Flooding Could Be A Preview Of Future Extreme Weather Events   
Huffington Post
Devastating and deadly storms have struck parts of Texas and Oklahoma in recent days, bringing record rainfall and widespread floods that have damaged or destroyed more than 1,000 homes and left at least 16 people dead. "This is the biggest flood this ...

Institutional Left Exploiting Texas Floods for Political Gain   Breitbart News
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION FIJI NEWS SUMMARY 26/05/15 5:00PM   The Jet Newspaper
Climate Change could be one of Reasons behind Rise in Extreme Weather Events   NH Voice

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BBC News
   
Evidence of 430000-year-old human violence found   
BBC News
Human remains from a cave in northern Spain show evidence of a lethal attack 430,000 years ago, a study has shown. Researchers examined one skull from a site called the Pit of Bones, which contains the remains of at least 28 people. They concluded that ...

Spanish cave Sima de los Huesos reveals first known murder victim   The Australian (blog)
World's first murder victim? Skull is evidence of 430000-year-old crime   Los Angeles Times
Could this be the world's first known murder?   CBS News
NBCNews.com   
The Independent   
Smithsonian   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Scientists discovered 139 new species in the Greater Mekong in 2014: WWF report   
Sydney Morning Herald
Before eating its prey alive, the ampulex dementor wasp paralyses its prey not by locking up its muscles but by stealing its free will. A single sting of the wasp's venom, injected into the belly of a cockroach, blocks the receptors of the neurotransmitter involved ...

'Dementor' wasp among new Mekong finds   The Nation
Soul-sucking Dementor Wasp using unique technique to kill prey   NYC Today
Bizarre and beautiful: 139 new species discovered in Myanmar and the Greater ...   Myanmar Times

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Discovery News
   
NASA selects celestial Nasa toolkit ready to look for life on Jupiter's moon   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Nasa, on Tuesday, said it has chosen a trove of instruments to send to Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa, as it moves ahead press forward with its search for evidence if the orb could support life. The nine gadgets - from cameras to radars to ...

Nasa selects celestial tool box for Jupiter moon   Times LIVE
Can Europa Support Life? NASA Picks Tools to Study Jupiter's Mystery Moon   NBCNews.com

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Mashable
   
SpaceX cleared for US military launches   
New Zealand Herald
Billionaire Elon Musk's firm SpaceX has won long-waited approval from the US Air Force to launch military satellites, opening the way to a lucrative market that has been a virtual monopoly for a Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture. Certification for the ...

SpaceX can Launch Spy Satellites; Government Ensures Children Don't ...   Nature World Report
Approved to launch Air Force satellites, Elon Musk's SpaceX ends a monopoly   Mashable
Air Force certifies SpaceX to compete for military launches   Daily Democrat
Defense Industry Daily   
Air Force Link   
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Hindustan Times
   
'Over 70% of glaciers in Everest region could be lost by 2100'   
Hindustan Times
Glaciers in the Everest region could shrink at least 70 percent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century as a result of climate change, say scientists in Nepal, the Netherlands and France, who studied weather patterns on the roof of the world and ...

Scientists: Mount Everest glaciers could totally diasppear in 85 years or less from ...   Empire State Tribune
Mount Everest Could Look Very Different By The End Of The Century   ThinkProgress

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Live Science
   
Self-healing robots take step towards disaster relief   
ABS CBN News
PARIS, France - Scientists on Wednesday said they had created a small robot that can recover from damage, in a step towards machines that mimic the remarkable adaptive powers of humans and animals. The feat could one day lead to first-responder robots ...

Scientists create self-healing robots with 'Borg-like' ability to adapt to damage   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Amazing new robots self-repair in minutes   State Column
Scientists Develop Robots That Adapt to Damage, Keep Working   Voice of America
Yibada (English Edition)   
Gazette Herald   
Live Science   
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BBC News
   
'New species' of ancient human found   
BBC News
A new species of ancient human has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia, scientists report. Researchers discovered jaw bones and teeth, which date to between 3.3m and 3.5m years old. It means this new hominin was alive at the same time as ...

World Watch: News Digest   Wall Street Journal
Adding Branches to the Human Family Tree   New York Times
Scientists discover a new human ancestor that roamed with 'Lucy'   Washington Post

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