2014年11月24日 星期一

2014-11-25 Australia Science

  Sydney Morning Herald   
US will seek expanded ozone treaty in 2015 after talks fail  Sydney Morning Herald
The US will try again next year to get a mandate for expanding a two-decade-old ozone treaty to include a new batch of refrigerants after attempts failed at a meeting last week, the top US climate negotiator said today. At a Montreal Protocol negotiation in ...

U.S. Will Seek Expanded Ozone Treaty Next Year After Talks Fail   Bloomberg
There's a Dangerous Downside to the Chemicals That Helped Save the Ozone ...   VICE News
International talks fuel hopes of HFC crackdown   Business Green

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  NBCNews.com   
What researchers have learned about human evolution in 40 years since Lucy ...  Genetic Literacy Project
“Feeling really lucky,” Donald Johanson wrote in his diary the morning of 24 November 1974, while staying at a remote camp in northern Ethiopia's Afar region. Hours later, the palaeoanthropologist, now at Arizona State University in Tempe, happened upon ...

Forty Years After Lucy's Ethiopia Discovery: A Conversation with Donald Johanson   Tadias Magazine
The Fossil That Revolutionized the Search for Human Origins: Q&A with Lucy ...   Scientific American (blog)
Famed “Lucy” Fossils Discovered in Ethiopia, 40 Years Ago   History
NBCNews.com   
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  The Age   
Canberra scientists scoop up Academy of Science awards  The Age
ANU Associate Professor Kylie Catchpole has won the inaugural John Booker Medal in Engineering Science. Photo: Lukas Coch. An engineering science researcher pioneering cheaper and more efficient solar energy is among nine Canberra scientists to ...

President Obama presents the National Medals of Science, National Medals of ...   Phys.Org

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  CNET   
Underwater robot reveals the mysteries of Antarctic ice  CNET
An underwater robot has been used to produce the first detailed, high-resolution 3D maps of Antarctic sea ice. by Michelle Starr · @riding_red; 25 November 2014 1:24 am GMT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email. tumblr.
Antarctic ice thicker than thought, drone submarine finds   RT
Underwater robot reveals the fallacy of false alarm regarding Antarctic ice melt   Northern Voices Online
Robot Yields Surprising Measurements of Antarctic Sea Ice   Tech Times
Reuters India   
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  io9   
Did This Medieval Sword Actually Belong To Ivan The Terrible?  io9
Ever since this 12th century blade was discovered under a tree in 1975, archeologists have wondered how it got all the way from Sweden to Siberia. A controversial new theory suggests it belonged to none other than Ivan the Terrible — one of history's most ...

A Russian Archaeologist Believes This Sword May Have Belonged To Ivan The ...   Business Insider Australia
12th century sword found in Russia may have belonged to Ivan the Terrible   Ancient Origins
Archaeologists Say 12th Century Sword Could Have Belonged To Russia's Ivan ...   The Inquisitr
Daily Mail   
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  ABC Online   
Japan investing in robotic workforce to regain status as world's top manufacturer  ABC Online
Once the undisputed world leader in robotic technology, Japan's supremacy in the field is being challenged by rival robot producing countries. Now the government is pouring money into regaining that place to ensure the robot age starts in Japan. Pepper is ...

Theater Arts Research Offers Insight for Robot Builders   Product Design & Development
Japan Intends To Crank Up Robot Technology   Ubergizmo (blog)
Japan's Robotic Industry Is On A Rebound   International Business Times AU
I Know Today   
Beta Wired   
Ferret   
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  The Times (subscription)   
new excuse for those who stray  The Australian
INFIDELITY has long been explained away with a string of lousy excuses, from “beer goggles” to a lack of physical attention at home or even just a slip. But a study has found that for those inclined to stray there might be a new reason: genetics. Research ...

Love rats are just being faithful to their genes   The Times (subscription)

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  Cosmos   
Run your own experiment using CERN's public LHC data  New Scientist
Why build your own particle accelerator when you can borrow CERN's? The home of the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, has started putting data from its experiments online for anyone to use. They hope it could fuel education, art and ...

IIT-Madras To Unlock Biggest Mysteries Of The Universe With CERN   Businessinsider India
How the Large Hadron Collider captured our imaginations   Cosmos

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  The Nation   
Global warming could undermine poverty fight: World Bank  The Nation
Climate change could undermine efforts to defeat extreme poverty around the globe, the World Bank warned Sunday. In a new report on the impact of global warming, the bank said sharp temperature rises would cut deeply into crop yields and water supplies ...

Neither rain nor snow nor heat sways views on climate science   Los Angeles Times
Planet Already on 'Unavoidable Course to Warming': World Bank Report   eNews Park Forest
World Bank sees global warming as a threat to world stability   Examiner.com
Christian Science Monitor   
Washington Post (blog)   
Nature World News   
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  AZoSensors   
Leopards know how to share spaces with humans: Study  Hindustan Times
A leopard spotted close to a human settlement is likely to be a 'resident' animal and may not have necessarily strayed as is commonly thought, revealed an international study of the first-ever GPS-collared leopards in India. Shedding light to human-leopard ...

Leopards know how to thrive in human territory   Times of India
Easily available prey draws leopards to urban habitats   Deccan Herald

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