2014年11月27日 星期四

2014-11-28 Australia Science


Brisbane Times
   
Geminid meteor shower to light up skies in December   
Brisbane Times
The Geminid meteor shower can produce as many as 30 to 40 meteors an hour during peak activity over Australia. This year's peak is overnight on December 13-14. submit to reddit · Email article · Print. The Geminid meteor shower can produce as many as ...

Australians Could Expect To See 30-40 Meteors An Hour During Geminid ...   International Business Times AU
Geminid Meteor Shower on December 13 and 14   Maine News Online
Geminid meteor shower to peak December 13-14   Delhi Daily News

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US, British data show 2014 could be hottest year on record   
Sydney Morning Herald
This year may eclipse 2010 as the hottest since records began in the 19th century, a sign long-term global warming is being stoked by rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said. The period of January to October 2014 is already among the warmest ever ...


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WallStreet OTC
   
CERN: Higgs Particle Hunters Are Wanted!   
WallStreet OTC
On Wednesday, a group of US and UK researchers involved in the ATLAS experiment announced they needed volunteers from all over the world to help them examine all 25.000 photos showing super-fast particles moving and dieing inside the Large Hadron ...

Particle Fever catches the Large Hadron Collider in action   Sydney Morning Herald
Witness the Higgs Particle Hunt at CERN's Large Hadron Collider   The Utah People's Post
CERN Open Data Portal Puts LHC Data Online   Dumb-Out
WA today   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Lucky seal escapes jaws of a great white shark   
9news.com.au
A light-flippered seal has been photographed avoiding certain death in the jaws of a great white shark just off South Africa. Italian photographer Sergio Riccardo couldn't believe his eyes when the giant fish burst from the water just off Cape Town recently, only ...

Acrobatic Seal Narrowly Escapes Great White Shark   The Inquisitr
Lucky seal escapes great white shark's jaws in amazing picture   AOL Travel UK
Lucky seal escapes Jaws by the skin of its teeth...   Express.co.uk
Daily Mail   
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Forbes
   
Scientists Warn About Bias In The Facebook And Twitter Data Used In Millions ...   
Forbes
Social media like Facebook and Twitter TWTR +3.45% are far too biased to be used blindly by social science researchers, two computer scientists have warned. Writing in today's issue of Science, Carnegie Mellon's Juergen Pfeffer and McGill's Derek Ruths ...

Twitter misrepresents the real world, computer scientists warn   Telegraph.co.uk
Social media data pose pitfalls for studying behaviour   McGill Reporter
Using Social Media To Study Human Behaviour Is Cheap But Fraught With ...   Business Insider Australia
Phys.Org   
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The Japan Times
   
New research whaling plan still divisive   
Science Careers Blog (subscription)
A catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet hunts minke whales in the Southern Ocean in 2006. PHOTO: © JEREMY SUTTON-HIBBERT/ALAMY. Japan's widely anticipated new whaling research program for the Antarctic, unveiled on 18 November, sets a ...

'For science's sake': Japan insists on whaling despite world condemnation   RT
Cut in Antarctic Whaling Quota Proves Whaling in Japan Is Scientific, Say Officials   Maine News Online
Opposing Japan's whaling program is “eco-imperialism,” official says   The Japan Times
Sky News Australia   
Channel News Asia   
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ABC Online
   
Ballina wetland is too wet for its own good   
ABC Local
It's hoped that draining a wetland at Ballina will help the long-term future of its native vegetation. The state's Environment Minister was in Ballina yesterday to announce more than $111,000 for two wetlands projects. The money will be matched by the Ballina ...

State Government puts up funds to restore Chickiba wetlands   Northern Star

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Tech Times
   
Japanese Firm Plans to Create Underwater City Ocean Spirals. Modern-day ...   
Tech Times
Underwater views like this may be commonplace once Ocean Spiral is completed. The underwater city certainly holds a lot of promise, addressing a number of problems people have today. (Photo : National Park Service). Shimizu Corp is no stranger to ...

Incredible plans for an underwater city   NEWS.com.au
Could this underwater 'Ocean Spiral' be the modern-day city of Atlantis?   Architecture and Design
Ocean Spiral underwater city designed to harness deep sea potential   Gizmag
HUH.   
Headlines & Global News   
The Independent   
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Daily Mail
   
Koala leaves the trees and sees the ocean for first time   
Daily Mail
One of Australia's most iconic animals sought a change of scenery from it's usual leafy gumtree hideout, taking a casual stroll along the sandy beaches of Queensland's Magnetic Island. One curious koala was spotted by a surprised tourist clambering down ...

Koala leaves its tree for the sea   ABC Online

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io9
   
The Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism Is More Ancient Than We Thought   
io9
As if the freakishly advanced Antikythera Mechanism wasn't astounding enough, a new analysis suggests the astronomical device is older than archaeologists assumed. The Antikythera Mechanism was discovered in an ancient shipwreck near Crete in 1901 ...

New analysis of Antikythera Mechanism reveals clues to one of history's greatest ...   Ancient Origins
Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism Is Even Older Than We Thought   Smithsonian

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