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2014-12-07 Australia Science


The Guardian
   
Astronauts lift our spirits. But can we afford to send humans into space?   
The Guardian
The success of the Orion spacecraft test flight has paved the way for America to carry humans to Mars and beyond. Yet many scientists say that manned missions are expensive and unnecessary and that robot probes are the future. Different views.
Climate change threatens vital NASA launch pads   CBS News
New NASA spaceship nails debut test flight   Daily Times
NASA's dual challenges: political interference in Orion future, launch pads facing ...   Inferse
Tech Times   
Daily Digest   
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Indian Express
   
Under the sheets   
Indian Express
When it comes to inhospitable environments, the Antarctic is about as harsh as it gets and has been difficult to survey. Posted: December 7, 2014 1:32 am. For several years now climatologists have puzzled over an apparent conundrum: why is Antarctic sea ...

Key glaciers in Antarctica haemorrhage ice as temperatures rise   Sydney Morning Herald
Worrying News Revealed: Antartica Ice Sheets Loses Ice Equal To Mount ...   The Capital Wide
New Research Reveals Rise in Temperature of Seawater Around Antarctica   AZoCleantech
Newsweek   
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Waiter sees three waterspouts at Scarness during storm   
Sydney Morning Herald
Three waterspouts popped up about 300-400m from the shore at Hervey Bay from 1pm on Saturday, a waiter at a cafe on the Esplanade has reported. Enzo's on the Beach waiter Tyson Stephens said he saw the first water spout about 1pm and the next one ...

Waiter sees three waterspouts off Hervey Bay   Gladstone Observer

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SBS
   
Infestation of deadly South American red fire ants in Sydney   
SBS
The Invasive Species Council has called for biosecurity protections to be reviewed after an infestation of South American red fire ants was discovered in Sydney. Source: SBS World News. 6 Dec 2014 - 2:26 PM UPDATED YESTERDAY 6:06 PM ...

Imported red fire ants spotted   The Land Newspaper

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The Utah People's Post
   
Mysterious Mars Mound May Be Result Of Ancient Lava Flows, NASA Says   
Huffington Post
A weird circular landform recently spotted on the surface of Mars might look like a deformed waffle--or maybe the surface of a human brain. But as to what the strange feature really is--and how it got there--scientists at this point have only opinions.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter discovers "wart" on surface of Red Planet   Beta Wired
Unusual Circular Landform Spotted on Mars' Surface   PerfScience
Scientists are Trying to Understand Mars "Enigmatic Landform"   The Utah People's Post
CNET   
Daily Mail   
9news.com.au   
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The Inquisitr
   
Katharine The Great White Shark Is Back Home Off Cape Cod   
The Inquisitr
Katharine, the great white shark whose southward trek over the past year captivated observers across the internet, is back at home in the waters off Cape Cod, and researchers are noting that the predator remains a gold mine of information about her species.
Katharine the Great White Shark back at Cape Cod after trip to the Gulf   Chron.com

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Siliconrepublic.com
   
500000 Year Old Engraving Found in Museum Collection   
New Historian
An international team of researchers, led by José Joordens, researcher at the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University, has recently uncovered evidence that Homo erectus carved patterns into shells. The team's research sheds new light on the evolution of ...

Zigzag Marking Etched on Surface of Half-Million-Year-Old Shell Could be ...   Tech Times
Zigzags on a Clam Shell May Be Oldest Art Ever   Sci-Tech Today
Shell carving found to pre-date mankind's earliest known design by 500000 years   Siliconrepublic.com

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Reuters
   
Sea level rise threatening Kennedy Space Center in Florida   
Reuters
The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 5, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Scott Audette. Related Topics. Environment » · Environment ». ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) ...

Sea level rise threatening Kennedy Space Centre in Florida   Daily Times

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The Independent
   
Stephen Hawking right about dangers of AI... but for the wrong reasons, says ...   
The Independent
It is one of our biggest existential threats, something so powerful and dangerous that it could put an end to the human race by replacing us with an army of intelligent robots. This may sound like a bad film but in fact it came from Stephen Hawking, the world's ...

Artificial intelligence — Hawking's fears stir debate   DAWN.com
Does AI really threaten the future of the human race?   BBC News
'Overblown': Hawking's views on AI danger stir debate   9news.com.au
Newsweek   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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MIT DNA Wizard Predicts How to Make Pyramids, Cubes, and More Out of DNA   
DailyTech
That seems to be the story with MIT's new DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) "coasters". They're beautifully patterned, outlandish polymeric constructs. Oh there's the usual justification about potentially using the technology to create custom DNA scaffolds for novel ...

This Software Takes Us One Step Closer to Biological Nanomachines   io9

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