2015年8月24日 星期一

2015-08-25 Singapore Science


The Guardian
   
How to teach … robotics   
The Guardian
Design a mechanical arm, explore robots in space and debate whether machines can be creative. Here's how to give your robotics lessons the kick of life. Toy robots. Lesson ideas and teaching resources to introduce your class to the fascinating world of ...

Behold, Plastic Killer Robots Battling For Your Amusement   Popular Mechanics
MIT Researchers Build Robots To Serve Beer   Hacked
Surfing and shaping the robotics wave   The Straits Times
Pulse   
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The Straits Times
   
Dead sea dying?   
The Straits Times
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men floating (above) in the water and covering themselves in mud at a males-only beach in the northern part of the Dead Sea. The mineral-rich water of the Dead Sea has been known to have therapeutic qualities - such as assisting ...


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GlacierHub
   
Roundup: Tien Shan, Breweries, and Glacier Plants   
GlacierHub
Populations in Central Asia are heavily dependent on snow and glacier melt for their water supplies. Changes to the glaciers in the main mountain range in this region, the Tien Shan, have been reported over the past decade. However, reconstructions ...
Central Asia's Glaciers May Lose Half Their Ice by Midcentury   Truthdig

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Yibada (English Edition)
   
Chinese Scientists Turn Iron Man Suit into Reality   
Yibada (English Edition)
The U.S. movie "Iron Man" features business tycoon Tony Stark, who invented a robotic suit that gave him inexhaustible power to fight villains. But when that suit is brought to the real world, it would be too heavy and unwieldy that even "Iron Man 3's ...
Scientists develop robotic suit   Anhui News
China's exoskeleton can help climb mountains with heavy weight   Business Standard
Mainland Chinese scientists ponder exoskeletons   China Post

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ABC Online
   
Tiny sensors to monitor bees as international researchers unite to save ...   
ABC Online
Australia will take a leading role in an international research initiative to prevent the collapse of honeybee populations. Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek. Audio: CSIRO researcher Professor Paulo de Souza on a ...
Intel and CSIRO create RFID bee backpacks with Edison   ZDNet
CSIRO tiny trackers help honeybees fight disease   Sydney Morning Herald
Australian scientists use electronic tags to look into mortality rate hike in ...   GlobalPost
Santa Cruz Sentinel   
Computerworld Australia   
The American Bazaar   
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CBS News
   
​Greenland glacier loses chunk the size of Manhattan   
CBS News
Satellite images show that the world's fastest moving glacier lost a piece of ice measuring nearly 5 square miles over two days. Scientists say it is one of the most significant calving events on record. Radar images of the Jakobshavn glacier in ...
Huge chunk of ice breaks off glacier in Greenland - so large it can be seen ...   Mirror.co.uk
Greenland glacier sheds chunk of ice that covers MANHATTAN   Daily Mail
This massive glacier calf can be seen from space   Christian Science Monitor
Metro   
BBC News   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Concerns mount over whale deaths in Gulf of Alaska   
Sydney Morning Herald
Kodiak: Researchers are scrambling to determine the reasons for the deaths of 30 whales in the Gulf of Alaska as unusually warm ocean temperatures continue to wreak havoc in the region. Since May this year, 14 fin whales, 11 humpback whales, one gray ...

Bears scavenge huge whale carcasses on Alaska coast   Telegraph.co.uk
What's killing whales off Alaska's shores? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Whale deaths in Gulf of Alaska spark concern   Toronto Star
The Hullabaloo Online   
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Brisbane Times
   
Japan's spacecraft arrives early to ISS   
Brisbane Times
RAW VISION: The Japanese cargo craft 'Kounotori', carrying food and spare parts to the International Space Station, arrives 20 minutes earlier then expected. 25/08/15. Ashley Madison site offers reward for hack info (Video Thumbnail). Up next... Ashley ...

Japan Sends Minibar to the Space Station   Discovery News
Japan delivers whiskey to space station_ for science   Boston Herald

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Nature.com
   
Planetary science: Carbon in the Moon   
Nature.com
The Moon was once thought to be depleted in volatile elements. Analyses of the carbon contents of lunar volcanic glasses reveal that carbon monoxide degassing could have produced the fire-fountain eruptions from which these glasses were formed.
Carbon Monoxide 'Fire Fountains' Erupted on the Moon   Discovery News
Fire Fountains of the Ancient Moon Explained   Space.com
24 August 2015 in News: Research may solve Moon's volcanic fire-fountain mystery   Astronomy Now Online
EarthSky   
Science World Report   
Phys.Org   
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The Nation
   
Nasa Curiosity rover takes selfie on Mars   
The Nation
Nasa's Curiosity rover used its inbuilt 'selfie stick' to capture this 360 degree image of itself sitting in the Marias Pass region of Mars. The robot has been in the area drilling into rock dubbed 'buckskin' to investigate the chemical make-up of the ...
Curiosity Rover Takes “Selfie” On Mars!   Carscoops (blog)
PICTURED: 'Crashed space craft resembling Star Wars destroyer found on Mars'   Express.co.uk
Image of the Day: See what Curiosity sees in latest, stunning Mars selfie   Blastr
Dispatch Times   
TV Newsroom   
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