2015年7月31日 星期五

2015-08-01 Singapore Science


NBCNews.com
   
Minority Report-type insect robots jump on water   
The Straits Times
(REUTERS)- It's not an insect, but a robot, and it could help scientists create water-borne robots for use in surveillance and search and rescue missions. With a body two centimetres long and weighing 68 milligrams, it's based on the common water ...
'Minority Report'-like robotic insects jump on water   Welland Tribune

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Ottawa Citizen
   
Ian Kerr: A ban on killer robots is the ethical choice   
Ottawa Citizen
A file photo taken on April 23, 2013 shows a mock "killer robot" pictured in central London during the launching of the Campaign to Stop "Killer Robots," which calls for the ban of lethal robot weapons that would be able to select and attack targets ...
Military Robots   Sputnik International
Robots can kill but they don't understand us   The Straits Times
Opposition to autonomous warfare swells to 16000 signatories   The Guardian
StartupSmart   
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NBCNews.com
   
Once In A Blue Moon: Rare Sight In The Sky   
Sky News
The quirk of the calendar takes place for the first time in three years and astrologers believe it leads to change. 03:56, UK, Saturday 01 August 2015. Play video "Britain To Be Bathed By A Blue Moon" ...

Weather Blog: Blue Moon Rises Tonight   CBS Local
The Story Behind Tonight's 'Blue Moon'   NBCNews.com
It's not blue, so why is it called a Blue Moon?   Newsradio 620
NBC 10 Philadelphia   
OregonLive.com   
KMVT   
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Wall Street Journal
   
NASA Confirms Closest Super-Earth Ever   
Wall Street Journal
Just 21 light years away from Earth scientists have discovered a world dubbed HD 219134b they say is the nearest rocky planet outside our solar system and a potential gold mine for astronomers. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Is science drawing closer to an alien world?   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
NASA just found the closest super-Earth ever   Washington Post
Meet Earth's Closest Rocky Neighbor Outside the Solar System   ABC News
CNET   
Irish Times   
CNN   
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Fox News
   
Suntory whiskey to get aged in space   
Fox News
The best whiskey in the world may soon be able to call itself the best in the universe. Japanese beverage giant Suntory Holdings Ltd. announced plans this week to send six samples of its highly praised whiskies and other alcoholic beverages to the ...

Japanese Whisky Heads to Space   NDTV
Japan's Suntory Wants To Age Whisky In Space   Ubergizmo
Why this Japanese company wants to send whiskey to space   Fortune
I4U News   
Dispatch Times   
Forbes   
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TIME
   
Comets hold life building blocks   
Tribune-Review
This photo released by the European Space Agency on Tuesday shows an image of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with its coma (gaseous halo) taken by the Navcam camera of the Rosetta orbiter from a distance of 106 miles from the comet center.
On-and-off Philae Lander Unfurls Chemicals Not Present in Previous Comets   Times Gazette
Organic molecules found on comet   The Nation
Philae Lander Discovers Comet Is Rich With Organic Molecules   The Inquisitr
National Post   
TIME   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Watch this robotic water-strider hop on top of water   
Los Angeles Times
Why swim when you can jump? An international team of scientists led by Seoul National University has designed a tiny mechanical water-strider – a robot that can leap off the water's surface the way the pond-skimmers do in real life. The robot ...
These robot bugs don't just walk on water, they jump on it   CNET
'Bug' inspired robot that jumps on water   Financial Express
Scientist create a robotic water strider   India Today
BBC News   
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Times Gazette
   
Brown Dwarf LSRJ 1835+3259 Unfurls Enthralling View of an Aurora   
Times Gazette
European and American astronomers recently discovered auroras beaming from the surface of a brown dwarf located 18.6 light years away from Earth. This was the first time that astronomers spotted a version of the Northern Lights in the outer space.
Astronomers discover aurora beyond the solar system   Times Gazette
On Strange Alien World: Auroras found out, Super-Intense   The Market Business
Are brown dwarfs stars or planets? Check their auroras.   Christian Science Monitor
Huffington Post   
Vocal Republic   
West Texas News   
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NBCNews.com
   
Scientists Want Ban on Salamander Imports to US Due to Deadly Fungus   
NBCNews.com
Each year, thousands of live salamanders arrive in shipments on U.S. shores, a trade that must stop immediately, scientists say. According to new research, a ban on salamander imports is crucial to stopping the spread of a deadly fungus that kills ...
Salamander Fungus Could Devastate U.S. Amphibians If Urgent Action Is Not Taken   Headlines & Global News
Salamander Imports to the U.S. may be Banned Over Concerns of Killer Fungus   Weekly Observer
Deadly Fungus Could Threaten U.S. Salamanders   Discovery News
Times Gazette   
The Guardian   
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Digital Journal
   
Drought's impact on forests is incorrect on climate models   
Digital Journal
A new study out of Princeton University suggests the planet's forests will take longer to recover from extremes of climate than previously thought. This revelation indicates the world's forests are storing less carbon than models have assumed. Using ...
Forests recovering from Droughts show reduced Carbon Storage Capacity   Dispatch Times
Extreme droughts weaken trees' ability to soak up carbon   Cherry Creek News
Forests' Slow Drought Recovery Contributes to the Worsening of Climate Change   The Utah People's Post
Headlines & Global News   
Saskatoon StarPhoenix   
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