2014年12月16日 星期二

2014-12-17 Australia Science


BBC News
   
Methane 'belches' detected on Mars   
BBC News
Nasa's Curiosity rover has detected methane on Mars - a gas that could hint at past or present life on the planet. The robot sees very low-level amounts constantly in the background, but it also has monitored a number of short-lived spikes that are 10 times ...

'A Great Moment': Rover Finds Clue That Mars May Harbor Life   New York Times
Is there life on Mars? Mystery (and hope) deepen   Computerworld
Curiosity readings point to mysterious, pulsing source of methane on Mars   Washington Post
Sydney Morning Herald   
ABC Online   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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Irish Independent
   
Why there is no such thing as a silly moo for cattle   
Irish Independent
Scientists have discovered that, like human voices, individual cows made their own unique sounds. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. Researchers have deciphered the moos of cows and found that there are three distinctly different call sounds, after ...

Breaking moos: Researchers have deciphered the noises that cows make   The Independent
Cow researchers find meanings behind moos   BBC News
Cows use individual calls to calves   Courier Mail

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Chinatopix
   
British Prime Minister David Cameron predicts Australia will be pressured to do ...   
Western Advocate
Australia will respond to international pressure and do more on climate change because it will not want to be seen as the "back marker", British Prime Minister David Cameron says. During an appearance before a British parliamentary committee meeting held ...

Australia Spins, World Climate Gains   The Nonprofit Quarterly
All Countries Required To Limt Carbon Emission Under New UN Climate Deal   Chinatopix
Only Labour will tackle green issues   Stroud News and Journal

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CNET
   
Sea-snail perfume may help save coral reefs   
CNET
The scent from a giant sea snail may be key to convincing coral-reef-munching starfish to move along and find something else to snack on. by Amanda Kooser · @akooser; 15 December 2014 11:18 pm GMT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin.
Scent of the Triton Terrifies Starfish Predators   International Business Times AU
Researchers working to synthesize smell of Sea-snail to control movements of ...   Uncover California
Snail stink scares starfish to save reef   9news.com.au

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Canada News
   
Social media reacts to Geminids meteor shower | photos   
Camden Advertiser
Western Australian skies were clear on Sunday night as the year's strongest meteor shower impressed overhead. Between 50 and 100 shooting stars were forecast every hour during the Geminids meteor shower with some glowing in multiple colours.
2015 Meteor Shower: Next Display Is The Quadrantid Meteor Shower, Peak Set ...   International Business Times AU
Video: NASA Takes Us Inside the 'Rock Comet' as Geminid Meteors Wow ...   Indian Country Today Media Network
Meteor shower lights up China skies   KGNS.tv
Canada News   
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NEWS.com.au
   
What it's like in the world's least-visited country   
NEWS.com.au
IS IT just us, or is the world's least-visited country actually one of the most beautiful places to ever exist? Kiribati (pronounced kiri-bas) had just 6000 visitors last year — this makes it the least-visited country on Earth for which data is available from the United ...


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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Turtle season begins in Queensland   
Sydney Morning Herald
Turtle power has been on display up the Queensland coast as shelled reptiles young and old entered or re-entered the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem. Izzy, a 120-kilogram green sea turtle, spent a year in hospital at the Reef HQ Aquarium after she was ...

Turtles released back into Reef   Brisbane Times

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The Inquisitr
   
Why Is This Great White Shark Lurking Off An Australian Beach?   
The Inquisitr
A single great white shark has been repeatedly observed lurking off Warnbro Sound in Western Australia over the last week, prompting locals to question why the oceanic predator had decided to make its temporary home in the waters off Perth. According to ...

Warnbro proves a favourite spot for great white shark   The Age

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Labor leader Bryan Green saves rare dolphin   
Tasmania Examiner
Yesterday, Opposition Leader Bryan Green stripped down to his underwear and saved a rare stranded dolphin at Cooee Beach, Burnie. The Risso's dolphin was struggling for air in shallow water, when Mr Green found the marine mammal on his morning ...

Eight Risso's dolphins stranded in Tasmania since November   The Advocate

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Ancient Origins
   
Intriguing discoveries from million-mummy necropolis in Egypt revealed   
Ancient Origins
Known officially as Fag el-Gamous (Way of the Water Buffalo), the 'Million Mummy Necropolis', is an enormous cemetery that is believed to contain over one million burials of ordinary Egyptian citizens that were naturally mummified by the hot and dry desert ...

Million-Mummy Cemetery Unearthed in Egypt Includes Child's Remains   NBCNews.com
Million-Mummy Cemetery Unearthed in Egypt   Live Science

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