2015年6月19日 星期五

2015-06-20 Singapore Science


Wall Street Journal
   
The Pope's Solution for Warming: Pray   
Wall Street Journal
With unintended sacrilege one news-service headline this week credited the pope with “finding religion on climate change.” Maybe it would be truer to say Pope Francis has tried to annex one of the newer religions, that of global warming, to Catholic liturgy, ...

The Pope's Landmark Call on Climate Change   New York Times
Pope Francis's encyclical on climate change an awe-inspiring document   The Globe and Mail
Religious leaders: Speak up on climate change   Los Angeles Times
Irish Times   
Washington Post   
Daily Times   
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Irish Times
   
Why solar panels won't solve climate change   
Irish Times
Bill McKibben had the first hybrid electric car in Vermont. His home in the countryside of the American state is covered in solar panels, and has all the “right” lights, but, he says, “I don't try to fool myself that's how we'll solve climate change.” Described by Time ...

Climate Change and Moral Responsibility   New York Times
Mark Altgelt: The only way on our climate   Vallejo Times Herald
Why we must listen to the pope on climate change   The Guardian
Center For American Progress   
Vibe Ghana   
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Nobel prizewinners defend Sir Tim Hunt amid 'sexism' row   
Telegraph.co.uk
Eight Nobel prizewinners have come to the defence of Sir Tim Hunt, the scientist at the centre of a sexism row following his comments on the “trouble with girls” in laboratories. They warned of a chilling effect on academics' freedom to speak their minds after ...

What it's like as a 'girl' in the lab   The Straits Times
I was condemned unfairly over 'girls' remark, Nobel winner Nobel Laureate Tim ...   The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
'Go and fix your make-up, we're working': Women scientists face staggering ...   UK Progressive Magazine
International Business Times UK   
Huffington Post Canada   
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CTV News
   
UN developing treaty for conservation of ocean marine life   
CTV News
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday giving a green light to develop a new treaty for the conservation of marine life in the high seas. The resolution, adopted by consensus on Friday, launches the first global treaty process related to the ...

UN gives green light for treaty on high seas conservation   Philippine Star
UN steps closer to treaty for protecting ocean life   Yahoo News UK
UN paves way for new high seas treaty   WWF International

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kawarthaNOW.com
   
Honey Queen Sweetens Night at TREC   
ErieTVNews
She may be sweet, but she's on a mission: to educate Pennsylvania about the importance of honey bees. Jessica Onstead, the 2015 Pennsylvania Honey Queen, visited the Tom Ridge Environmental Center Friday night. She travels through out the state ...

Bee champs   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Bee 'hotels' at Fairmont Waterfront and other inns offer habitat for key pollinators   The Province
Honey Bees' African Ancestors May Hold Cure for Biting Mite Plague   Live Science
New Zealand Herald   
Shreveport Times   
Southeast AgNet   
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ABC Action News
   
Octopus Looks Like Cross Between Pokemon Character and Pac-Man Ghost   
ABC Action News
This flapjack octopus in the genus Opisthoteuthis was photographed 330 meters (about 1,080 feet) below the surface in Monterey Bay. Monterey Aquarium. Monterey Aquarium. This flapjack octopus in the genus Opisthoteuthis was photographed 330 meters ...

PHOTOS: A visual tour from the Monterey Bay Aquarium to kick off Cephalopod ...   Monterey County Weekly (blog)
Cute New Octopus Could Be Named 'Adorabilis'   Breitbart News
Little known octopus may be named 'Adorabilis'   The Straits Times
Raw Story   
Ubergizmo (blog)   
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The Star Online
   
Pole to Paris for climate awareness   
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: Daniel Price (pic) is on a mission to tell the world about climate change. And he's doing it by cycling 17,000km from the South Pole to Paris. Stopping in Malaysia, the 27-year-old told The Star that his journey started because he was ...


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ABC Online
   
Humans could be among the victims of sixth 'mass extinction', scientists warn   
ABC Online
The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warn, and humans could be among the first victims of the next extinction event. Not since the age of the dinosaurs ended 66 ...

Earth 'entering new extinction phase' - US study   BBC News
Scientists: Man has triggered Earth's sixth mass extinction   Irish Examiner
6th mass extinction under way may put humans at risk, study shows   SFGate
CTV News   
Santa Cruz Sentinel   
The Manila Times   
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CBS News
   
​Sunday is the longest day of the year, but why?   
CBS News
The summer solstice arrives Sunday June 21. Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere know it as the longest day of the year. But how exactly does that work? Here's the science, put simply: Start by imagining the Earth circling around the sun. Now picture a ...

The Summer Solstice: Celebrated Through the Ages   Newsweek
Sunday 21st June is the Longest Day of the Year; Summer Solstice 2015   Maine News Online
What Is the Summer Solstice? Explaining the Longest Day of the Year   TIME
Reuters   
The Independent   
Mirror.co.uk   
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CBC.ca
   
Raring to go, comet lander sends more signals   
USA TODAY
Out of the shadows and into the sunlight, the sleepy-headed little comet lander Philae has again updated its status after waking from a seventh-month slumber six days ago, the European Space Agency said Friday. And its rarin' to get back to work, controllers ...

Philae comet probe transmits scientific data back to Earth, European scientists say   ABC Online
Europe's revived comet lander phones home   Reuters
Philae comet lander back in touch after 5-day gap   Washington Post

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