2014年10月22日 星期三

2014-10-23 Australia Science

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Worst one-night stand EVER: Randy humans bedded Neanderthals 60000 years ...  Register
Scientists in Germany have extracted the oldest human DNA ever found – from a 45,000-year-old femur found by a Siberian ivory hunter. And after studying the genetic goop, the researchers have concluded that humans started interbreeding with their ...

Man's Genome From 45000 Years Ago Is Reconstructed   New York Times
45000-year-old man was human-Neanderthal mix   ABC Science Online
45000-year-old modern human bone yields a genome   Ars Technica
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Monarch butterflies face tough trek through Texas  Fort Worth Star Telegram
For years, the worry about monarch butterflies has focused on the loss of habitat in their winter home in Mexico. But as the butterflies make their way south through Texas this month, there's even more concern about where they spend their summers. The loss ...

Chemicals blamed for the vanishing monarch butterfly   Sydney Morning Herald

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Tractor beam technology no longer science fiction, scientists say  Science Recorder
New tractor beam technology that can both attract and repel particles could be adapted on a large scale, researchers say. Science Recorder Pro. Free trial. No ads. Exclusive interviews. Access to all articles. Just $4.99/year. Subscribe. Laser physicists at the ...

Tractor beam breaks distance record   BBC News
Australian physicists build reversible laser tractor beam   Xinhua
Physicists Make Tractor Beam Breakthrough Using 'Hollow' Lasers   The Inquisitr
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  Entomology Today   
Stingerless Suicidal Bees Bite Rivals to the Death  Entomology Today
They may be tiny and stingless, but there's nothing sweet and innocent about a species of native sugarbag bee when it goes to war over a coveted honey-filled hive. A study by published in The American Naturalist by behavioral ecologist Dr. Paul ...

Aussie bees fight 'hive wars'   BBC News
WATCH: Australian bees wage brutal hive wars that last for MONTHS   ScienceAlert
Bees Wage Wars Against Other Hives That Last For Months   io9
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  The Inquisitr   
Rare White Rhino Dies In Kenya; Are These Majestic Creatures Headed For ...  The Inquisitr
The death of a rare 34-year-old northern white rhino in Kenya on October 7 brings this endangered species a frightening step closer to extinction. Suni was found dead in his enclosure at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Suni was one of only two breeding male ...

Extremely Rare White Rhino Dies in Kenya—His Kind Nearly Extinct   National Geographic
One of the last two males of this rare rhino subspecies has died   Washington Post
Which animals are nearly extinct?   The Independent
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  ABC Science Online   
Saga of the Hobbit: a decade in the making  ABC Science Online
It's 10 years since the discovery of Homo floresiensis (aka the "Hobbit") was announced. The bones - and debate they've generated - can tell us a lot about our evolution and the scientists who reconstruct it, writes Darren Curnoe. By Darren Curnoe. Hobbit.
Hobbit 'a southern ape'   The Australian
Ten Years On, the Flores “Hobbit” Remains an Evolutionary Puzzle   Smithsonian
'Hobbit Humans' Actually Might Not Have Been Human   Discovery News

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The Sky Is Not Blue – So Why Does It Look Blue?  io9
The latest installment of MinutePhysics tackles the enduring question of why the sky appears blue, and the less common (albeit related question) of why the sun appears yellow. If you can spare the time, I highly recommend complementing this short episode ...

WATCH: Why is the Sun yellow and the sky blue?   ScienceAlert

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  ABC Online   
Gold Coast researcher defends bats as vital to healthy ecosystem  ABC Online
A Gold Coast researcher says the city's "bat problem" should be embraced for the sake of native forests. Griffith University's Dr Ali Sammel said the animals had the potential to reduce the impact of climate change. She said concerns over colonies were ...


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With extra-long arms, Deinocheirus mirificus was one weird dinosaur  Los Angeles Times
Just in time for Halloween, an international team of researchers has unearthed fossils with seemingly mismatched body parts: A beaked, humpbacked, ostrich-like dinosaur with incredibly long arms and a wide-ranging appetite. The Frankenstein's dinosaur is ...

Long arm of the dinosaur - 70m-year-old behemoth unearthed   Irish Independent
Meet Deinocheirus, the 'goofy' dinosaur   The Globe and Mail
Humongous, toothless wonder of a dinosaur unveiled   Christian Science Monitor
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  The Australian   
'Megajaws' kept blue whale small  The Australian
SCIENTISTS have pinpointed the event that allowed the world's biggest living creature to emerge — the demise of the world's biggest ever shark. The bus-sized “Carcharocles megalodon”, an 18-metre behemoth that feasted on marine mammals, is one of the ...

Solved: When Earth's Largest Shark Disappeared   Live Science
UF study: Megalodon shark became extinct 2.6 million years ago   University of Florida

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