2015年8月30日 星期日

2015-08-31 Singapore Science


The Straits Times
   
Rise in air pollutants during Hungry Ghost period: Study   
The Straits Times
You are not imagining it - air quality in Singapore gets worse during the annual Hungry Ghost Festival, and local scientists have found that the concentration of certain pollutants goes up by as much as 60 per cent during the festival. Nanyang ...

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AsiaOne
   
Sulawesi volcano's low alert status maintained despite eruption   
AsiaOne
The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) has maintained Mount Lokon's status at siaga (Alert Level 3) despite an eruption on Saturday. "We hope residents won't enter the 2.5-kilometer radius from the volcano's Tompaluan Crater ...

Mt. Lokon Ash Cloud Prompts Manado Airport Closure   Jakarta Globe

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AsiaOne
   
Biomedical sciences' next frontier here at home   
AsiaOne
Research in the biomedical sciences no longer just depends on the work of the scientific community but needs the understanding and co-operation of the people. This is because in the 10 to 15 years, our understanding of biology has progressed to the ...

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Checking all creatures great and small   
The Straits Times
Every year, the London Zoo conducts a health check on its animals, and no creature - no matter how big or small - is exempt. Not even the Iberian midwife toad (above), which grows to a length of only about 4cm. The toad is actually a species of frog in ...

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Columbus Dispatch
   
Massive volcanic eruption in 1815 affected global climate for years   
Columbus Dispatch
View Slideshow Request to buy this photo NASA Mount Tambora was the tallest peak in what is now Indonesia. Its eruption erased a mile from the volcano's nearly 3-mile height. View Larger. More science stories. Central Ohioans provided shelter, kindness ...

In an instant, the world is dark   The Straits Times

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The Independent
   
Watch the Supermoon live: How to see the brightest Moon of the year tonight   
The Independent
Tonight will see the first "Supermoon" of the year – the brightest, biggest view of the celestial satellite around. One of three such shows by the Moon this year, the phenomenon will take place all over the globe today, 29 August 2015, as the moon ...

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NEWS.com.au
   
Sydney supermoon: Australia treated to year's first celestial phenomenon   
NEWS.com.au
SYDNEY stargazers have been treated to a spectacle in the sky in the form of the year's first celestial phenomenon, the supermoon. The east coast of Australia got their first taste of the supermoon just after the moon rose around 7pm AEST, while the ...
Full Moon On Saturday Dubbed “The Supermoon”   Press Examiner
Supermoon Saturday : Everything you need to know about the incredible   TV Newsroom
Families: Watch the 'supermoon' rise Saturday   Ledger Gazette

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The Standard Daily
   
Study to repeat 100 past research experiments failed half of the time ...   
The Standard Daily
Over 300 scientists set out to repeat the successes recorded in about 100 past research experiments and published by top psychology journals just to see if they'd get the same results obtained by the original experimenters – but alas, they failed half ...
Study Finds The Most Published Psychology Research Papers Suffer Credibility Issue   The Market Business
Psychology research papers suffer credibility issue as results can't be ...   Northern Californian
Outside experts cannot replicate the way people think or act and it is beyond ...   KRWG News22
The Times (subscription)   
iFreePress.com (blog)   
The Monitor Daily   
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TV Newsroom
   
Frogs' irrational choices counter sexual selection theory   
TV Newsroom
The most attractive, quickest call tended to trump a call of intermediate tone and speed. Their declaration is grounded on recent studies they have made to determine how female choose their partners and what traits are considered attractive among ...
Túngara frogs make irrational decisions when it comes to mating   Fx Report Daily
Female Tungara Frogs May be 'Irrational' When Choosing Their Mate   Ledger Gazette
Female Túngara frogs don''t always make rational decision while selecting a mate   The Hullabaloo Online
Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News (blog)   
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ABC News
   
'Mission isolation' to experience Mars life   
Times of India
What do you get when you put four Americans, a French astrobiologist and a German physicist in a dome with a diameter of just 36 feet? A simulation of life on Mars, apparently. Six recruits have began the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation ...

Crew enters isolated dome for a year to simulate Mars travel   CTV News
NASA starts year-long mission to simulate life on Mars   Financial Express
Year-long Mars isolation experiment begins   Stuff.co.nz
Headlines & Global News   
Times Gazette   
Haaretz   
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