2014年9月25日 星期四

2014-09-26 Australia Science

  SBS   
Georgia's Vision on Climate Change  Georgia Today (subscription)
The human, environmental and financial cost of climate change is fast becoming unbearable, stated UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the opening ceremony of the Global Climate Summit on September 23 in New York. “We need a clear shared vision,” ...

Australia goes missing on climate change   The Age
Comment: I'm glad Abbott didn't attend the NY Climate Summit   SBS
PM Gharibashvili speaks at UN Climate Summit   Messenger.ge
The Canberra Times   
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  Martha's Vineyard Gazette   
Moon, Saturn and Mars  Martha's Vineyard Gazette
The crescent moon moves through the southern constellations Libra and Scorpius this weekend. These two constellations are low in the southern sky, and the time to look up is right after sunset. You might be able to see the thin crescent moon tonight, low in ...

Catching the planets and new views of Mars   Phys.Org

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  Newsweek   
One-Third Of the Ocean Is Alien Water  Dumb-Out
A new study recently published in the journal Science intimates that a third of the Earth's ocean water could have been sourced from ice in deep space which formed prior to the birth of the sun. All of the planets in this solar system, actually, consist of space ...

Water of our solar system predates our sun; Here's how scientists know   Tech Times
Half of Earth's water may be older than the Sun   ABC Science Online
Earth's water came from outer space   NEWS.com.au
Tribune-Review   
Xinhua   
Reuters   
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  Gizmag   
Metal-based graphene alternative "shines" with promise  Gizmag
With its incredible strength, chemical stability, high thermal conductivity and low electrical resistance, it's no wonder that graphene is finding more and more uses. Soon, however, it may be facing some competition from molybdenum di-sulphide – a thin ...

New Method to Fabricate Potential Challenger to Graphene   AZoNano.com
Growing a New Challenger to Graphene   Controlled Environments Magazine
Scientists grow large sheets of MoS2   Delhi Daily News

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Dinosaur family tree shows how fearsome predators evolved into birds  Telegraph.co.uk
Meat-eating two-legged dinosaurs slowly acquired bird-like features over tens of millions of years, a new family tree of the extinct creatures has shown. Once basic pieces of the bird "kit" - such as feathers, wings and wishbones - were assembled, avian ...

From T Rex to tweets: The family tree of birds   Scotsman
Burst Of Evolution As Birds Took Wing   Forbes
How did birds evolve from dinosaurs? New clues help tell the story   Tech Times
Scientific American   
CBS News   
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  Methow Valley News   
Total lunar eclipse coming in October  Methow Valley News
One of the coolest events to watch in the sky is when worlds in our own solar system line up with each other. In the early morning hours of Oct. 8, the sun, Earth and moon line up perfectly and we will see Earth's shadow fall on the moon. This event is called a ...

Lunar Eclipse Expected on October 8   Uncover California
Skywatch: Must Be the Season of the Eclipse   Twin Falls Times-News
Blood Moon eclipse on October 8th   iTWire
C&G Newspapers   
WA today   
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  ReadWrite   
How To Build Soft Robots  ReadWrite
If you've ever wondered how to engineer a flexible robot that can move like a flesh-and-blood creature, have we got some tools for you. Thanks, that is, to an open-source collaboration that has outlined exactly how to create and program such "soft" robots.
Harvard And Trinity College Develop Online Toolkit For Soft Robotics   Headlines & Global News
Harvard wants everyone to build soft robots   CNET
Soft Robotics Toolkit Launched   News Tonight Africa
ITProPortal   
O'Reilly Radar   
Washington Post   
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  Discovery News   
Cannibal octopus caught in the act  9news.com.au
For the first time a cannibal octopus has been recorded on camera dining on one of its relatives. Recently released video of the underwater feast is thought to be the first case of octopus cannibalism captured on camera, Live Science reports. Filmed by scuba ...

Octopus Cannibalism Caught on Video for First Time   Discovery News
Octopus cannibalism caught on video   Mother Nature Network
Octopus Cannibalism Caught on Video for 1st Time   Yahoo News UK

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  ABC Online   
Toxins from plastic pollution impacting health of seabirds, scientists say  ABC Online
Marine life can potentially choke on plastics but researchers from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have said tests show toxins absorbed by plastic are transferred to the animal that ingests it. Professor Richard Banati has ...


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  ABC Online   
Bad breeding between European and Asian honeybees concerns industry  ABC Online
Beekeepers are on alert after tests found Australia's European honeybees are breeding with the destructive Asian honeybee. Sperm from the Asian honeybee, that carries the deadly Varroa mite, was found in one third of commercial queens tested in the ...

Are Bees Back Up on Their Knees?   New York Times

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