2015年11月3日 星期二

2015-11-04 Singapore Science


The Local.fr
   
Ten whales found stranded on Calais beach   
The Local.fr
An "exceptional" rescue effort took place on a beach near the northern French port town of Calais on Monday to save four of ten whales who were found washed up on a beach by a local resident. France opens abattoir probe after grisly video (16 Oct 15) ...


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Tough question links maths with real life   
The Straits Times
The Primary School Leaving Examination question about the estimated mass of eight $1 Singapore coins generated a lot of interest and discussion ("An informed estimate is worth its weight in coins"; Oct 9). The options given were: 6g, 60g, 600g and 6kg.

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Malay Mail Online
   
Utmost Bliss Dharma Assembly   
Malay Mail Online
Padma Tsering, a popular Tibetan Buddhist monk spins his prayer wheels at a monastery above the Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute, located some 3,700 to 4,000 metres above the sea level in remote Sertar county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, ...

Vultures gather at sky burial   The Straits Times
See Tibetan Buddhists Gather in the Breathtaking Larung Valley   TIME
Haunting images from a far away land   Yahoo7 News
Daily Mail   
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CBS News
   
​Half the world's saiga antelopes died in two weeks. Now what?   
CBS News
What do you do when half a species dies practically all at once? That was the question that faced delegates from Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and China when they met last week to discuss the sudden die-off earlier this year of tens of ...
Half Of World's Rare Antelope Population Died Within Weeks   malaysiandigest.com
Half the world's saiga antelopes died in two weeks. Now what?   KTVQ Billings News
The Mass Die-off of Saiga This Spring Was Much Worse Than We Thought   Gizmodo
thejournal.ie   
TODAYonline   
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The Straits Times
   
Chances 'fair' for Philae contact from comet hurtling through space: ground ...   
The Straits Times
PARIS (AFP) - Chances are "fair" for renewed contact with Europe's robot lab Philae, hurtling through space perched on a comet, a ground controller said Tuesday, four months after the tiny lander fell silent. "There is indeed a fair chance again to ...
Comet lander Philae awakes from hibernation, communicates with Earth   Calgary Herald

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CNN
   
NZ scientists saddle up for 350km Antarctic road trip   
New Zealand Herald
Antarctica NZ field training instructor Tom Arnold tests out a crevasse-detecting radar that will be used by a research expedition to a remote site on Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf. Photo / Supplied. A bit of Kiwi ingenuity and an epic road trip will ...
No, NASA has not reversed itself on the dangerous melting of Antarctica   Mashable
Melting Antarctic ice close to triggering global catastrophe   Manila Bulletin
Study concludes Antarctica is gaining ice, rather than losing it   Ars Technica
Tech Times   
Junior College   
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The Guardian
   
It sucks to swim like a jellyfish, study of animal's movement suggests   
The Guardian
The jellyfish, which creates areas of low pressure in front of it, has one of the most energy-efficient swimming motions of any animal. Photograph: Andrey Nekrasov/Getty Images/Imagebroker RF. Agence France-Presse. Tuesday 3 November 2015 21.10 EST ...

Could humans swim quicker by imitating eels and jellyfish?   Telegraph.co.uk
Jellyfish Use a Surprising Trick to Swim Through the Water   I4U News
In swimming, jellyfish and lampreys really pull their weight   Los Angeles Times
Science World Report   
Science Recorder   
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BABW News
   
Scientists are having a huge fight over whether chimps have accents   
BABW News
Scientists in the UK and the U.S. are fighting with each other over a controversial subject: do chimpanzees have accents? A study in the UK initially argued that chimps can adjust their grunts to communicate with new chimps, which they supposedly ...

A chimp with a Scottish accent? You cannae be serious, says new study   The Guardian
Scientific squabble: Do chimps pick up accents?   Science Recorder
Primatologists Erupt In Debate Over Chimpanzees Accent Study   TV Newsroom
Nature World Report   
Junior College   
Christian Science Monitor   
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Science World Report
   
World's New Tiniest Snail From Borneo   
Science World Report
Pictured are many of the new snails described in the paper. (Photo : Reuben Clements, Rimba). Researchers have discovered the world's tiniest land snail in Malaysian Borneo, according to a recent report. The new snail's shell comes in at just 0.50-0.60 ...
Malaysia is home to the world's tiniest snail   Nature World Report
Micro mollusk breaks record for world's tiniest snail   CBS News
World's smallest snail: A tiny mollusk with a 0.7 mm tall home   Christian Science Monitor
Xinhua   
Pioneer News   
Seating Chair   
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Voice Chronicle
   
Scientists Reveal The Genetic Secrets of Pineapple   
Voice Chronicle
A recent study aimed to comprehend the evolutionary history of the pineapple by investigating a genome sequencing for monocot comparative genomics analyses. The research revealed how this plant was able to survive a drought by using a unique process ...

Pineapple's genome could lead to drought-resistant crops   Science Recorder
Scientists Reveal Pineapple's Genetic Secrets   Tribble Agency (blog)
Scientists Reveal Genetic Secrets of Pineapple   Junior College
FinancialSpots.com   
Pioneer News   
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