2015年1月22日 星期四

2015-01-23 Australia Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Humans have been handy for longer than previously thought, says study   
Sydney Morning Herald
Humans have had the upper hand for longer than they realised. New research has found the distinctly human ability to make a powerful grip and perform delicate and precise movements with the hand evolved 500,000 years earlier than previously thought.
The upper hand: study points to early tool use by human ancestors   Reuters
Tool making arose earlier among human ancestors   Los Angeles Times
Ape-like ancestors had human-like hands   ABC Science Online
Tech Times   
SMN Weekly   
NBCNews.com   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Rare, crazy-looking shark caught by Australian fisherman   
Christian Science Monitor
Of course, from the shark's perspective, it's probably we humans who are the crazy-looking ones. By Tanya Lewis, LiveScience January 22, 2015. close. The bizarre creature was pulled up from a depth of nearly a mile, off the southeastern coast of Australia.
A 'Living Fossil' Frilled Shark Found In Waters Of Victoria   International Business Times AU
Frill Shark “living fossil” found alive in Australia   SlashGear
Super Rare (And Horrifying) "Living Fossil" Shark Caught In Australia   The Escapist
Sydney Morning Herald   
ABC Online   
National Post   
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Echonetdaily
   
Rally to save Reef on Australia Day weekend   
Echonetdaily
Members of Positive Change for Marine Life at a previous rally on Byron Bay's Main Beach. It is ironic that on the eve of Australia Day, thousands of Aussies will be rallying to save one of the country's greatest landmarks and one of the world's ecological ...

Great Barrier Reef - which party will protect it best?   ABC Online (blog)
Study projects unprecedented loss of corals in Great Barrier Reef due to warming   Phys.Org
Great Barrier Reef could lose 90% of its living corals as oceans warm   Click Green
Dredging News Online   
Noosa News   
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USA TODAY
   
The Short List: Doomsday clock ticks again; Brady on Deflategate; today in Davos   
USA TODAY
Tick, tick, tick: When the clock strikes 12, we're toast. Maybe those people on Doomsday Preppersaren't that off base. We are dangerously close to the end of the world, scientists said today as they moved the hand of the symbolic Doomsday Clock two minutes ...

Countdown to catastrophe: Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight   Reuters
Doomsday getting even closer   Brisbane Times
Doomsday Clock pushed ahead by climate change, nuclear threat   Toronto Star
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
Frontline Desk   
The Atlantic   
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ABC Online
   
Andromeda Galaxy up close   
Brisbane Times
NASA release the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy by the ESA Hubble Space Telescope showing over 100 million stars. 23/01/15. The ancient archaeological site of Pompeii is pictured in front of Mount Vesuvius in this April.
Hubble captures most detailed image ever seen of Andromeda galaxy   ABC Online
'Gigapixels Of Andromeda' Shows NASA's Hubble High-Definition Panoramic ...   The Inquisitr
NASA shows largest image ever of Andromeda Galaxy   USA TODAY
SlashGear   
Gizmag   
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Arcade Sushi
   
Where is Destiny's Last City on Earth? Redditors Think They Know Where the ...   
Tech Times
By observing the sun, Redditor Dwntwn_dine_ent_dist was able to figure out where the Tower, the last city on Earth in Bungie's Destiny, is most probably located. (Photo : Reddit / dwntwn_dine_ent_dist). Gamers enthralled with the universe created by Bungie ...

The Diversion: Fan theorises Chile as the location for Destiny's Tower   Stevivor
Destiny Player Thinks He's Figured Out Where The Tower Really Is   Kotaku Australia
Destiny's Last City on Earth Possibly Located in Chile   Arcade Sushi
Gamereactor UK   
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Science AAAS
   
Cameras strapped to giant squids capture their alien world   
9news.com.au
It's like something straight from a horror film… Scientists claim they are one step closer to unravelling one of the greatest mysteries of the deep thanks footage captured by "Crittercams" strapped to the bodies of giant squid. Marine biologists have long known ...

Watch Jumbo Squid Turn Into Strobe Lights When They Communicate   io9
Squid flicker and flash to hide and communicate   Science AAAS
Footage shows giant squid FLASHING to attract mates   Daily Mail

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Webcam captures huge volcano eruption in Mexico   
Telegraph.co.uk
A webcam in Mexico has captured the moment that the Colima volcano erupted violently. The blast happened at 9.13am Wednesday morning, local time. The Colima volcano is an active stratovolcano which has erupted several times over recent weeks.
Two incredible eruptions of Volcán de Colima caught on webcam   Washington Post (blog)
Mexico's spectacular Colima volcano eruption captured on webcam   ABC Online
Astonishing eruption of Mexico's Colima volcano captured on webcam   Mashable
New York Daily News   
RT   
SBS   
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WPTV.com
   
VIDEO: Another Giant Squid Was Hauled Up Alive In Japan, And It's Starting To ...   
Business Insider Australia
Japanese fisherman have hauled up another giant squid in their nets – and this time it was alive. The squid was 5.8 metres long, including its tentacles. It was the fourth giant squid fisherman in central Japan's Toyama Prefecture have caught in their nets ...

Giant squid caught alive near Japan   First Coast News
Giant squid captured alive   WPTV.com

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The Australian
   
Rampaging stingers 'go against the flow'   
The Australian
SCIENTISTS have discovered how jellyfish gather in blooms big enough to capsize fishing boats, disable power stations and clog huge tracts of ocean. Australian and European biologists have found that jellyfish can sense currents and swim against them to ...

Brainless Animal Turns Out to Be World-class Swimmer   Discovery News
Swansea scientists track jellyfish with GPS   ITV News
These jellyfish aren't just drifters   Phys.Org

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