2015年6月16日 星期二

2015-06-17 Singapore Science


Sky News Australia
   
Study: cleaner air would save 2m lives a year   
Sky News Australia
Cleaner air worldwide would save two million lives a year and not only in the most polluted countries, a study has found. 'We were surprised to find the importance of cleaning air not just in the dirtiest parts of the world - which we expected to find - but also in ...

Cleaner air worldwide would save 2 million lives a year: Study   The Straits Times
Cleaner air would save two million lives a year—study   Inquirer.net
Cleaner air could save millions of lives in India   Ahmedabad Mirror

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CNN
   
Secret glue-filled satellite: Sticky answer to space debris threat?   
CNN
Le Bourget, France (CNN) Every day, millions of pieces of space junk fly around, hundreds of miles above our heads, each posing a potential threat to astronauts and satellites. It's a tricky problem -- but is a sticky solution just around the corner? Scientists ...

Glue-Filled Satellites Could Eliminate Earth's Increasing Space Debris Problems   Outer Places
The Sticky Answer to Space Debris? A Secret Glue Satellite!   AllMediaNY
What The Junk? Astroscale to Clear Space Debris   The Establishment Post

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AsiaOne
   
More than 10000 flee erupting Indonesian volcano   
AsiaOne
Residents flee on a motorcycle as Mount Sinabung volcano erupts in Karo Regency, North Sumatra. Print. JAKARTA - More than 10,000 villagers have fled a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia this month, most in recent days after a series of violent ...

Thousands of people refusing to leave their homes as volcano poised to erupt   Irish Independent
10000 Indonesians flee Mt Sinabung eruption   Stuff.co.nz
Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung erupts: Over 10000 evacuated   Sydney Morning Herald
RTE.ie   
Arab News   
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Huffington Post
   
Climate change – now is the time for Thailand to act   
ThaiVisa News
BANGKOK: — Last week the G-7 states met in Elmau, Germany, to discuss the most pressing issues of our time, one of which was – of course – climate change. The G-7 acknowledge clearly that the world will need a binding core agreement on climate ...

Climate change denial — the dangerous lie   The Hill
Cracks appear in the climate change deniers' defenses   Washington Post
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Spectacle of Climate Denial   Huffington Post
Nature.com   
Save The Children Australia   
The Nation. (blog)   
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BBC News
   
Protect more bee species to safeguard crops, say scientists   
BBC News
Almost 80% of crop pollination by wild bees is provided by just 2% of the most common species, say scientists. In the UK, a small number of bees are vital for crops such as oilseed rape, apples and strawberries, according to the University of Reading team.
Bees contribute more to British economy than Royal Family   Telegraph.co.uk
Just two percent of wild bee species pollinate at least 80 percent of crops   Mashable
Tiny number of bees account for most crop pollination - study   Reuters
Malay Mail Online   
Quartz   
Yahoo News UK   
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AsiaOne
   
Electrically propelled satellite being planned, says China   
AsiaOne
China is developing electrically propelled satellites and plans to send the first one into space around 2020, according to a senior satellite designer at the China Academy of Space Technology. Print. China is developing electrically propelled satellites and ...

Electrically propelled satellite being planned   ecns

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The Nation
   
Hot, dry climate long kept dinosaurs out of tropics   
The Nation
An unpredictable, yet scorching and dry climate kept large, grass-eating dinosaurs out of the tropics for some 30 million years after they first appeared on Earth, a study out Monday found. It has been a longstanding mystery: why did long-necked dinosaurs ...

Study Links Untenable Levels of CO2 near the Equator during Triassic to ...   West Texas News
Climate change kept herbivorous dinosaurs away from tropics   The Silver Ink
Equatorial Dino Mystery Solved   Latinos Post
The Indian Express   
BGR   
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Forbes
   
Good Scientists Should Publicly Criticize Tim Hunt's Claims   
Forbes
The vigorous reactions to remarks by biochemist Tim Hunt about women in science are being cast as an internet shaming. Instead, they are part of how scientists engage with each other to build knowledge. Tim Hunt, winner (with Paul Nurse and Leland H.
Brian Cox criticises 'disproportionate' reaction to Tim Hunt's comments   The Guardian
Brian Cox attacks 'social media' that forced Nobel scientist Tim Hunt to quit   Daily Mail
Calling Tim Hunt Sexist Won't Help Women in Science   TIME
The Times (subscription)   
Daily Beast   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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RT
   
Bioengineers invent engine powered by water vapor, artificial muscles   
RT
Bioengineers have invented the world's first engine that runs on energy created from the process of natural water evaporation at room temperature, by utilizing cleverly engineered artificial muscles. The small device, created by researchers at Columbia ...

New Technology Captures Evaporation Energy by Employing Bacterial Spores   Uncover Michigan
'Evaporation Engine' Propels Tiny Car With Power of Water Vapor   NBCNews.com
This engine uses nothing but water and bacteria to power small devices   Washington Post
Empire State Tribune   
The Guardian   
Daily Mail   
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CBS News
   
Pac-Man ghost octopus could be named Opisthoteuthis adorabilis   
CBS News
It looks like a ghost in the Pac-Man video game, has been compared to a Pokemon creature and served as the inspiration for the character Pearl in "Finding Nemo." But the oddly adorable octopus that scientists have taken to calling the flapjack still doesn't ...

An octopus so cute you might call it 'Adorabilis'   Atlanta Journal Constitution
This Pokemon-like octopus is so cute scientists want to call him Adorabilis   Metro
New octopus species might be named 'adorabilis' because it's adorable   The Week Magazine
California Diver   
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