2015年7月17日 星期五

2015-07-18 Singapore Science


USA TODAY
   
Jupiter, Venus and the moon cluster in Saturday's night sky   
USA TODAY
Pluto needs to share the space watchers' love with Jupiter and Venus on Saturday. The two planets and the moon will appear in the west after sunset for stargazers to see, according to Sky & Telescope. Venus will nestle right next to the thin-crescent ...
Watch Celestial Extravaganza Tonight as Moon, Venus and Jupiter Form in One   Sentinel Republic
All you need to Know about Moon, Venus and Jupiter Conjunction   TeCake
Moon to join two planets in Saturday's evening sky   Wichita Eagle
AsiaOne   
Techworm   
Popular Mechanics   
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The Straits Times
   
Thousands stranded at Indonesia airports   
The Straits Times
Passengers thronging the ticket counter at the Surabaya airport on Thursday after flights were cancelled. Some flights resumed yesterday but many people were still stranded as there were significant delays.PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE. Published.
Surabaya's Juanda Airport, Two Others Ordered Shut Because of Volcanic Ash   Jakarta Globe
Thousands still stranded in Indonesia as airports remain closed   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Indonesian airports closed due to eruptions at 2 volcanoes   TV Newsroom

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Independent Online
   
Earth's ecosystem taking strain - report   
Independent Online
Johannesburg - Unprecedented environmental degradation is jeopardising the health of future generations. This is according to the Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission report on Planetary Health, released by Discovery in Joburg, Manila and New ...

Researchers call for 'planetary' medicine to deal with climate impacts   Environment & Energy Publishing
There's a real risk that many of our advancements to human health could be lost   Business Insider Australia
Pollution Versus Pollination: Losing Our Natural Resources from A to Zinc   EP Magazine
The Conversation AU   
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Wall Street Journal
   
The Man Who Flew Mankind to Pluto   
Wall Street Journal
Laurel, Md. Pluto is alive—and no one knows why. On Tuesday the New Horizons spacecraft, having traveled three billion miles since 2006, darted past this orb of rock and ice, gathering data and taking photographs. The first high-resolution shots ...
Pluto's frozen plains 'beautiful eye candy'   Toronto Sun
New Horizons: Why bother exploring the Solar System?   BBC News
Latest images from Pluto probe reveal a bizarre polygonal plain   The Globe and Mail
GMA News   
Los Angeles Times   
New York Times   
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Inquirer.net
   
This Seaweed is the New Bacon   
Inquirer.net
These Oregon State University researchers found something better than a unicorn: bacon-tasting seaweed. Misleading the public with a humorous claim that they discovered the mythical animal, the team at OSCU's Hatfield Marine Science Center wound up ...

Seaweed that Tastes Like Bacon Discovered By OSU Researchers   Viral Global News
Scientists Develop Bacon-Flavored Seaweed   Fox 28
Researchers create seaweed that tastes like bacon   WWMT-TV
Morning Ticker   
Newsday   
Tech Times   
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TIME
   
Why Mosquitoes Will Always Track You Down   
TIME
Ever wonder why mosquitoes seem drawn to your body like magnets? Scientists now understand the method the insects use to find their human prey, and it involves three steps. According to new research published in the journal Current Biology, mosquitoes ...

Mosquitoes Use Triple Threat to Hunt Their Victims   Laboratory Equipment
FEMALE BLOOD-SUCKERS zero in on human prey by smelling our BREATH   The Register
Mosquitoes first sniff then attack their host   Dispatch Times
Clapway   
Tech Times   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Robot passes self-awareness test   
Telegraph.co.uk
Robots might be even cleverer than we realised. A simple experiment carried out in New York has demonstrated that robots not only have greater powers of deduction than previously acknowledged but are also aware of their own limitations. Scientists at ...

Experimental robot shows signs of self-awareness   Christian Science Monitor
This Robot Just Passed a Rudimentary Self-awareness Test   io9
Watch the moment when a really cute robot becomes self-aware   Quartz
Engadget   
Daily Mail   
Crave Online   
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Digital Journal
   
Australia plans to cull up to 2 million feral cats by 2020   
Digital Journal
The Australian government announced that it has plans to cull up to 2 million feral cats by 2020. It is a bid to preserve native species that face extinction because of the cats' predatory behavior, according to authorities.
Australia Plans To Kill 2 Million Cats   The Dodo
Australia set to cull around two million feral cats   Metro
Australia plans to kill two million cats by 2020   The Nation
The Inquisitr   
The Weather Network   
Hamilton Spectator   
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KCCU
   
Last Year Was the Hottest Since Temperature Record Keeping Began   
TIME
The average temperature around the world was higher last year than any year since modern record keeping began, climate experts said on July 16. The findings, published in a new report in the journal Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, show ...

2016 candidates can't duck climate change   Newsday
2014 was Earth's warmest on record   Daily Times
NOAA says 2014 was hottest year on record, Weather Channel reports   NOLA.com
89.3 WFPL   
Courthouse News Service   
The Market Business   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Pluto Is Just a Baby Step for Humankind   
Wall Street Journal
As it advances now beyond Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is sending back data from its historic encounter with the dwarf planet like a long sigh of relief. It will be 16 months before scientists get the last binary bit. Trailing in its wake are ...
A spectacular world: Pluto finally gives up its secrets   The Times (subscription)
Discoveries show Pluto deserves planethood   Financial Times
Poor Pluto's status must be upgraded   Tyler Morning Telegraph
Gizmag   
WNCT (blog)   
Popular Science   
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