2014年10月23日 星期四

2014-10-24 Australia Science

  NEWS.com.au   
The stories you need to know today  NEWS.com.au
GOOD morning, and welcome to our morning news coverage. We will be bringing you the best of what's happening this morning, so you can get across the news quickly. TODAY: • Discovery in ice: 100-year-old notebook found in Antarctic. • Photographs ...

Notebook from Scott of the Antarctic's ill-fated expedition discovered 100 years ...   ABC Online
Century-Old Notebook from Legendary Antarctic Expedition Found   Live Science
An Antarctic Explorer's Notebook Is Discovered After A Century Trapped In Ice   Business Insider Australia
The West Australian   
Daily Mail   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
What does a 45000-year-old femur mean for the Neanderthal in you?  Christian Science Monitor
A genetic analysis of a 45,000-year-old thigh bone narrows down the time when modern humans and Neanderthals first interbred. By Anne Steele, Staff writer October 23, 2014. close. A girl looks through the replica of a Neanderthal skull displayed in the ...

Pioneer...researcher Svante Pääbo has pioneered research into Neanderthals ...   NEWS.com.au
Scientists sequence genome of 45000-year-old man   Sydney Morning Herald
DNA reveals more about the secrets of early humans   BBC News
USA TODAY   
Register   
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  Phys.Org   
Happy Anniversary Hobbit: A New Origin Theory For Homo Floresiensis  Business Insider Australia
A decade of debate has followed the discovery of Homo floresiensis, nicknamed the Hobbit, by Australian archaeologist Mike Morwood, including claims the remains are those of a modern human with Down syndrome rather than a unique species.
Hobbit 'a southern ape'   The Australian
Saga of the Hobbit: a decade in the making   ABC Science Online
Ten years on, scientists still debating the origins of Homo floresiensis—the 'Hobbit'   Phys.Org
Smithsonian   
Discovery News   
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  BBC News   
Tractor beam breaks distance record  BBC News
Scientists have created a tractor beam that can drag objects for distances of up to 20cm - around 100 times further than in previous experiments. The doughnut-shaped laser is also reversible - so it can either repel or attract objects. In future, these beams ...

ANU physicists build 'holy grail' tractor beam that can repel and attract objects   Tech Times
Laser tractor beam pushes and pulls objects with light   Geek
Tractor beam smashes existing records   ZME Science
Live Science   
Design & Trend   
Delhi Daily News   
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  Register   
Trips to Mars may be OFF: The SUN has changed in a way we've NEVER SEEN  Register
+Comment A drop in the solar wind of a kind never yet seen in the space age has made travel beyond Earth orbit a lot more dangerous, according to boffins – so much so that a manned mission to Mars may not be feasible for many decades. "The behavior of ...

A superconductor that deflects cosmic radiation away from interplanetary ...   Cosmos
Increased cosmic radiation may thwart manned Mars missions   RT
UNH Scientist: Cosmic Rays Threaten Future Deep-Space Astronaut Missions   Photonics Online
Times of India   
Financial Express   
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  TIME   
Two families of comets found around nearby star  Space Daily
Beta Pictoris is a young star located about 63 light-years from the Sun. It is only about 20 million years old and is surrounded by a huge disc of material - a very active young planetary system where gas and dust are produced by the evaporation of comets and ...

Clue to solar system history   Calcutta Telegraph
Exocomet Swarm Observed Orbiting Young Star   Headlines & Global News
Hundreds of Comets Seen Orbiting Distant Solar System   Scientific American
American Live Wire   
Smithsonian   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
EU reaches deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions  Sydney Morning Herald
Overall goal of 40-per cent cut in emissions by 2030; EU says it sets example for rest of the world to follow; Environmentalists complain compromise fails to do enough. European Union leaders have agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the 28-nation ...

EU climate deal an 'opening gambit' ahead of 2015 Paris talks   ABC Online
UPDATE 2-EU strikes compromise to set new climate target   Reuters
EU Leaders Agree to Long-Term Energy, Climate Change Targets   Wall Street Journal
BBC News   
Sky News Australia   
The Guardian   
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  The Eastern Tribune   
Northern white rhinos at the verge of extinction  The Eastern Tribune
NEW YORK : Last week, a northern white rhino named Suni died leaving only six of this endangered species in the world. The report about the extinction was released by a conservancy in Kenya. The 34 year old northern rhino, Suni was one of the four rhinos ...

Northern white rhino near extinction as second to last breeding male dies   Daily Digest
Only Six Northern White Rhinos Left, Comeback Almost Impossible   Counsel & Heal

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  HealthCanal.com   
Sex-loving, meat-eating reptiles have shorter lives  HealthCanal.com
Snakes and lizards that want to live longer should abstain from sex until late in life, and be vegetarian, according to new research which investigated how reproductive intensity and diet affects reptile lifespan. Chinese Gecko. An international team of ...


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  Science News   
Comet smells like rotten eggs, horse urine, alcohol, bitter almonds, vinegar ...  Radio Australia
Rotten eggs, horse urine, alcohol, and bitter almonds: this is the bouquet of odours you would smell if a comet in deep space could be brought back to Earth, European scientists say. An instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has ...

This Comet Stinks   Business Insider Australia
24 October 2014 in News: Latest images show spectacular streams of dust from ...   Astronomy Now Online
Spacewatch: Countdown to Philae's comet landing   The Guardian
NBCNews.com   
Irish Times   
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