2014年10月2日 星期四

2014-10-03 Australia Science

  Discover Magazine   
Fly study shows offspring can resemble mother's former sexual partner  Business Standard
In a new study conducted on flies, scientists have for the very first time found that a baby can have resemblance to the mother's former sexual partner. The researchers have discovered a new form of non-genetic inheritance, known as telegony, which dated ...

Previous sexual partners can influence another mate's offspring   ScienceAlert
Scientists study fly semen to unlock genetic mysteries   Bundaberg News Mail
Previous Sexual Partner Can Impact Another Male Flies' Offspring   Design & Trend
Washington Post   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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  NEWS.com.au   
Is Pluto coming back in from the cold?  NEWS.com.au
WHAT is a planet? For generations of kids the answer was easy. A big ball of rock or gas that orbited our Sun, and there were nine of them in our solar system. But then astronomers started finding more Pluto-sized objects orbiting beyond Neptune. Then they ...

Harvard says Pluto is a planet, opening up the space debate again   WTVD-TV
Pluto might just become a planet again   Examiner.com
Wait, what? Pluto a planet again?   USA TODAY
CBC.ca   
CNN   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Global seafloor map reveals stunning details of Earth's depths  Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have devised a new map of the Earth's seafloor using satellite data, revealing massive underwater scars and thousands of previously uncharted sea mountains residing in some of the deepest, most remote reaches of the ...

New ocean floor map reveals hidden seamounts – thousands of them   Christian Science Monitor
Uncharted ocean mountains, trenches and ridges revealed by satellite map   The Guardian
Global Seafloor Survey Reveals Volcanic Wonderland   NBCNews.com
ABC Science Online   
KPBS   
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  ABC Online   
Curiosity puts brain in state to learn  ABC Online
The curious mind Being curious fires up the brain's reward circuits, enhancing your ability to learn, MRI scans reveal. The finding, reported in the journal Neuron, provides the first scientific evidence to help explain why it is easier learn about something that ...

Curiosity is the key to boosting your memory   ninemsn
Curiosity Changes the Brain to Boost Learning and Memory   Healthline
Curiosity Can Alter Human Brains   Counsel & Heal
The Guardian   
Scientific American   
SeniorJournal.com   
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  NEWS.com.au   
Freak fish with human teeth baffles scientists  NEWS.com.au
NOT even Rex Hunt would have puckered up for this fish. The terrifying looking creature was caught by a fisherman in Russia and has baffled local scientists. Aleks Korobov, 50, was reportedly on a fishing trip on the Northern Dvina River in north-western ...

Fish With Head Full Of Human Teeth Found In Russia   The Inquisitr
Fish with 'human' teeth caugh by Russian angler   The West Australian
Video - Russian man catches fish with human teeth   Rippa.com
Metro   
Daily Mail   
Huffington Post   
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  ABC Online   
Lake Cathie residents warned not to rely on 'coffee rock' for erosion protection  ABC Online
Geology experts are warning homeowners in coastal erosion hotspots like Lake Cathie, south of Port Macquarie not to rely on 'coffee rock' to protect their homes. Layers of coffee rock have been exposed by recent erosion at Lake Cathie. Some residents say it ...

Coastal erosion decision looms   Port Macquarie News

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  Kathimerini   
The Acropolis in Athens is crumbling, say archaeologists  The Australian
JUST when Greece thought it had come through the worst of the economic crisis, it was hit by a new blow — one of its most famous landmarks, the Acropolis, is crumbling. Engineers have discovered that part of the huge flat-topped rock on which the ancient ...

Greece: 'Crumbling' Ancient Acropolis in Athens Puts Parthenon at Risk of ...   International Business Times UK
Acropolis Is Crumbling, Experts Warn   Sky News

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  Phys.Org   
Flight ban to protect baby walruses beached in Alaska  Phys.Org
US wildlife authorities have ordered planes to avoid flying too close to a vast herd of exhausted walruses beached on a remote Alaskan beach. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has told pilots to avoid flying below 2,000 feet to protect the animals, which ...


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  The Inquisitr   
Is climate change finishing off the Aral Sea?  Business Spectator
The Aral Sea has been dying a long, slow death. This summer, another nail was driven into its coffin. Starting in the 1950s, when Soviet authorities began programs that diverted water from its tributaries, the inland lake in Central Asia – once the fourth largest ...

A sea vanishes: Satellite photos show disappearing Aral Sea   Rappler
Inland Sea Is Nearly Gone Creating Health and Economic Problems   The Inquisitr
See how Asia's Aral Sea shrinks before our very eyes in these time lapse photos   Green Prophet
Smithsonian   
Times of India   
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  Press & Sun-Bulletin   
Rare 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse in New Zealand next week  TVNZ
The moon will mysteriously vanish from New Zealand's night sky for one hour next Wednesday night. The rare terrestrial event known as a lunar eclipse will not occur again until 2018. Maximum eclipse will occur at 11.55pm when the moon is high in the sky.
Lunar eclipse visible early morning Wednesday, Oct. 8.   Bellingham Herald
Catch a lunar eclipse at moon set   NEagle
Lunar spectacle to eclipse all others   Tasmania Examiner
The News-Press   
Fox News   
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com   
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