2014年12月22日 星期一

2014-12-23 Australia Science


9news.com.au
   
Where to prioritise scarce research funding   
ABC Online
SIMON SANTOW: Food, soil, health, water, energy and resources, cyber security, environmental change, transport, and manufacturing. It's a list which reads like priorities for any nation planning its future needs, and not surprisingly, it's providing the framework ...

Chief scientist says school maths useless in the workplace   9news.com.au
Classroom maths irrelevant to workplace, says Professor Ian Chubb   Courier Mail
Chief Scientist Ian Chubb's draft list of eight research priorities   Brisbane Times
Mizo News   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Science minister's cabinet role must be backed with action from Ian Macfarlane   
Sydney Morning Herald
Restoring science to the federal cabinet has been welcomed by the scientific community, but the move will need to be backed by action from the government to be more than just a name change. Although science was already under Ian Macfarlane's remit as ...

Australia Finally Has A Science Minister (Again)   Gizmodo Australia
Abbott brings back Science minister in cabinet reshuffle   iT News

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Blastr
   
50 Years Ago Today: First Flight of the SR-71 Blackbird   
Huffington Post
I'm surprised how few people outside of aviation circles have heard of the SR-71 or know more than that it was "a spy plane"--which is like saying the Taj Mahal is "a big building." Unofficially known (but still not well-known) as the Blackbird, the SR-71 flew at ...

Secrets of world's fastest plane   NEWS.com.au
51 years later and the SR-71 Blackbird is still the fastest plane ever built. Here's ...   Blastr

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The Age
   
Watch this space: Timelapse shows six months in space in six minutes   
The Age
This image shows the boot of Italy with Sicily at its toe, spread across this panorama taken on October 21 by astronaut Alexander Gerst aboard the International Space Station. Photo: NASA. During his six-month "Blue Dot" mission on the International Space ...

Watch This Trippy Timelapse Video Of What Earth Looks Like From Space   Tech Times
New Timelapse shows what earth looks like from the International Space Station   BioScholar News
New timelapse shows six months of views from space in six minutes   Washington Post

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CBS Local
   
Stanford Students Design Paddles to Climb Glass   
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford University students have created paddles that help humans scale glass walls like a gecko. The "gecko gloves" use the same scientific principles employed by the sticky feet of nature's most impressive climber, the San Jose ...

Uni students design paddles to climb walls   SBS
Stanford Students Invent Gecko Gloves The Give Humans The Power To Scale ...   CBS Local

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The Age
   
Warming world's rising seas wash away some of South Florida's glitz   
The Age
It's just past sunset and the strip at South Beach, Miami, is pumping. It is the biggest weekend of the year in America's glitziest city. The Art Basel is on, an annual fine art festival that has been overwhelmed by the world's thrillingly wealthy – and the Hollywood ...


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NEWS.com.au
   
Mystery tomb revealing its secrets   
NEWS.com.au
BOLD sphinxes. Enticing nymphs. A menacing rape-scene mosaic. While these finds have amazed, they're yet to inform. But the evidence is mounting, and we may soon know who lies beneath the mysterious Amphipolis mound. It may be Greece's greatest ...


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Science 2.0
   
What Have Climate Scientists Learned from 20-Year Fight with Deniers   
Macro Insider
Two decades ago, Benjamin Santer chose 12 words that changed his life forever: "The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on international climate." That statement was aspect of the 1995 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

10 Ways To Deal With A Climate Change believer – The BBQ Guide 10 ways to ...   InvestigateDaily
Family Holiday Survival: 12 Ways To Deal With That Climate Change Denier   Science 2.0
12 ways to deal with a climate change denier – the BBQ guide   RenewEconomy
ANSAmed   
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Mashable
   
Worst 'coral bleaching' in nearly 20 years may be underway, scientists warn   
Mashable
Colorful reef fish - Pennantfish, Pyramid and Milletseed butterflyfish - school in great numbers at Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. Image: James Watt/Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. 2_27_14_andrewheadshot. By Andrew ...

Scientists predict worst coral bleaching in 20 years   UPI.com
Corals Hint At Global Warming Spike―What Climate Change Is Doing Now   Science Times
Coral reveals long-term link between Pacific winds, global climate   Macro Insider
Tech Times   
Pioneer News   
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CBC.ca
   
133-year-old PEI lighthouse being moved from edge of cliff   
CTV News
A historic Prince Edward Island lighthouse in danger of slipping into the sea is getting a new address -- and a new lease on life. The 133-year-old Cape Bear Lighthouse at the southeastern tip of P.E.I. is being moved about 100 feet from the edge of an eroded ...

Cape Bear Lighthouse on the move   CBC.ca
Historic lighthouse saved from the edge   The Guardian

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