2014年12月27日 星期六

2014-12-28 Australia Science


ABC Online
   
Australian Brush-Turkey makes a Remarkable Comeback   
West Texas News
As per behavioral ecologists, the count of Australian brush-turkey has exploded in Brisbane and now the species is heading towards Sydney. Professor Darryl Jones, a behavioral ecologist, said that their population has increased by 700% in the past 20 years ...

Brisbane's brush turkey explosion heads south   ABC Online

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Research: Female Australian praying mantis fakes fertility to feed on mate   
Sydney Morning Herald
As you probably know, the female praying mantis will sometimes bite her mate's head off. It's not something that the insects make a habit of, exactly – they probably only do it when a male is particularly aggressive, or when the female needs a nutrient boost in ...

Hungry Female Praying Mantis Will Fake Fertility To Eat Males   Gizmodo Australia
When she's hungry, you might be on the menu   Waterloo Record

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Stuff.co.nz
   
Students make gloves that let humans scale walls   
Stuff.co.nz
Doctoral student Elliot Hawkes scaling a glass wall during a 2013 test of a pair of the 'gecko gloves' he and a team of Stanford researchers created. It doesn't mean experiments taking place at Stanford's Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab are any ...

Stanford University students create 'gecko gloves' that allow humans to scale ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Gecko gloves: Where science meets Spider-Man   Toronto Star
Researchers create gecko-type paws that allow humans to scale glass walls   Mankato Free Press

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The Age
   
Bird lovers want Bellarine reserve to counter urban sprawl   
The Age
Sanctuary: David Kenwood and Joan Lindros are lobbying Environment Minister and local MP Lisa Neville. Photo: Jason South. Bird lovers and environment groups are pushing for a new "Bellarine Wetlands Nature Conservation Reserve" south-east of ...


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San Jose Mercury News
   
SpaceX to attempt landing rocket on ocean barge   
San Jose Mercury News
As if launching a rocket into space wasn't hard enough, Elon Musk, billionaire entrepreneur and founder of SpaceX, will attempt to land one on the bullseye of a barge floating in the ocean. That's his bold way of aiding the effort to reduce the waste and ...

SpaceX plans trips, Mars mission   Columbus Dispatch
SpaceX to Try Landing a Rocket on a Tiny Ship   FOX40
SpaceX plans for lots of launches, then on to Mars   Orlando Sentinel
The Canberra Times   
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teleSUR English
   
Russia wants to collect the DNA of every creature   
Engadget
Institutions have already been amassing huge DNA collections to catalog the world's creatures, but Moscow State University might just top them all. It's planning to build "Noah's Ark," a repository for the genes of every creature, living or extinct -- as long as the ...

Russia Building World's Largest Collection Of DNA, Called 'Noah's Ark'   Gizmodo Australia
Moscow State University to cryogenically freeze DNA of EVERY creature that ...   Daily Mail
'Noah's Ark': Russia to build world first DNA databank of all living things   RT
The Inquisitr   
New York Post   
Uncover Michigan   
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Charlottetown Mayor Clifford Lee says new arena planning could start in 2015   
The Guardian Charlottetown
Charlottetown Mayor Clifford Lee says the time has come to start thinking and talking about a new multi-purpose arena. Lee speculates a task force could be created sometime in 2015 to begin the process.

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The Independent
   
The Year in Space Exploration | The Weather Channel   
The Weather Channel
The surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen from the Philae lander, which landed on the comet's surface on Nov. 12, 2014, making it the first man-made craft to ever land on a comet. (ESA via Getty Images). Hide thumbnails. This was a big ...

Here's Why Comet 67P Looks Like a Duck   Chinatopix
ESA's Philae captures Amazing Images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko   News Tonight Africa

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Florida Times-Union
   
Century later, bobcat presence verified on Jekyll Island   
Florida Times-Union
Jekyll Island remote cameras snapped this pic of a lone bobcat with its stubby tail and white patches behind its ears. SAVANNAH | Remote-sensing cameras set up to help researchers count deer on Jekyll Island ended up capturing images of a more elusive ...

First bobcat seen after a century on Jekyll Island   FlightCentric.com
Bobcat confirmed on Jekyll Island for first time, while search for more determines ...   The Augusta Chronicle

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NEWS.com.au
   
What we learned from science in 2014   
NEWS.com.au
TO celebrate the season of lists, the Australian Science Media Centre has compiled the top ten science stories of 2014. Doctor Joe Milton from the SMC said the list is a great way to offer people bite-sized pieces of information covering all they may have ...


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