2014年8月22日 星期五

2014-08-23 Australia Science

  Stuff.co.nz   
Proof of life on Mars? Conspiracy theories emerge over 'alien thigh bone'  Sydney Morning Herald
Is this photo an alien or dinosaur thigh bone on Mars, as some conspiracy theorists have suggested? Highly unlikely, NASA scientists have concluded. The photo, taken by the Curiosity rover on August 14, had conspiracy theorists in a fit online over the past ...

Mars mission: Australian scientist to help NASA choose samples brought back to ...   ABC Online
Aliens on Mars: Thigh bone spotted by UFO watchers going viral   Northern Voices Online
'Alien thigh bone' on Mars a boon for conspiracy types   Bundaberg News Mail
CNET   
The Inquisitr   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Rise of the urban 'bee'  The Weather Network
Reports showed that less than half of the bee colonies survived until the spring and now research is also linking the use of certain pesticides to bee deaths. Bees are one of the most precious pollinators. They help flowers bloom, gardens produce and keep ...

Urban beehives benefit Canberra's ecology   Sydney Morning Herald
Urban beehives: Recipes using backyard honey   Brisbane Times
Fending off hungry Hawks is quite a buzz   Bombala Times
Chattanooga Times Free Press   
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  The Age   
Dumping Ban Urged for Australia's Iconic Reef  Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Increased effort is needed to protect Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, which is in serious decline and will likely deteriorate further in the future, according to ...

The Great Neglected Reef   The Age

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  Fox News   
Octopus could hold key to high-tech camouflage  Fox News
The octopus is a cephalopod, a class of marine animals that can change color quickly and its concealment method has inspired technology that automatically reads its surroundings and adapts to mimic them. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT.
New active camouflage device adapts to its environment   Knovel
Squids inspire an autonomous camouflaging system   Gizmag
Octopus camouflage inspires new technology   MyFox Washington DC
The Conversation AU   
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Zombie ant fungi 'know' brains of their hosts  NorthcentralPa.com
A parasitic fungus that reproduces by manipulating the behavior of ants emits a cocktail of behavior-controlling chemicals when encountering the brain of its natural target host but not when infecting other ant species, a new study shows. The findings, which ...

Turns Out the US Has Its Very Own Species of Ant-Zombifying Fungus   Wired
Ants die due to parasitic fungus infection   The Eastern Tribune
Parasitic fungus infects ants to kill them   Delhi Daily News

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  Laboratory Equipment   
Ibuprofen May Pose Threat to Fish  Laboratory Equipment
Ibuprofen. Image: ParentingPatch, Wikimedia Using a new modeling approach, the researchers at the Univ. of York estimated the levels of 12 pharmaceutical compounds in rivers across the UK. They found that while most of the compounds were likely to ...

Ibuprofen posing potential threat to fish   HealthCanal.com
Ibuprofen threat to fish   ITV News

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Astronaut answers live Facebook Q&A from space  Telegraph.co.uk
Astronaut Alexander Gerst answered a series of questions via his Facebook page in the social network's first ever Q&A session live from space. Mr Gerst, who made headlines last month by tweeting a picture of rockets and explosions over Gaza and Israel, ...

Astronauts See Mount Etna Volcano's Lava and Steam from Space (Photos)   Space.com
First-ever Q&A from outer space is going on right now on Facebook   Tech2
Join Facebook Q&A Sesssion & Live Video Stream From Space With Astronaut ...   TechVorm
ABC News   
Gizmodo Australia   
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  Inside Philanthropy   
The Republican Metals Magnate Fighting Climate Change Through the Courts  Inside Philanthropy
Go ahead and read that a second time if you want. Andrew Sabin is a Republican donor, owner of a precious metals refiner, and he just gave $3.5 million to support legal strategies to fight climate change. Sabin's grant to Columbia Law School will expand ...

The green revolution   Dubbo Photo News | Dubbo Weekender
Why Arlington joined the battle against climate change   Washington Post
Why Climate Change Could Be the Biggest Threat to Your Portfolio   NASDAQ
Lexology (registration)   
International Policy Digest   
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  Business Insider Australia   
Peeing in the ocean: Is it OK?  CBC.ca
When you're enjoying the water on a hot summer day and realize you have to go, do you need to swim all the way back to the bathroom? Or can you just pee in the ocean? Go ahead and pee, says a new video from the American Chemical Society, ...

Is It OK To Pee In The Ocean?   Business Insider Australia

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  Brisbane Times   
Public has the chance to name newly discovered planets  Cape Breton Post
Tatooine is, you will surely agree, a pretty stupid name for a planet, but there are so many Star Wars fans that some unfortunate world is bound to end up being called exactly that. Let's just hope that its inhabitants, if there are any, never find out. On the whole ...

The United States of Tatooine   Brisbane Times

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