2015年2月5日 星期四

2015-02-06 Australia Science


ABC News
   
Plans get rolling for mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, Ep. 191   
CNET
Crave has a new time slot: Thursday! Celebrate by taking a ride on the rugged Storm electric bike. Plus, try not to judge this book by its cover, or it will judge you back. And NASA officially announces plans to visit Jupiter moon Europa. Transcription not ...

Hubble captures rare transit of moons across Jupiter   The Australian
Hubble snaps rare images of three moons crossing Jupiter   Los Angeles Times
Infoporn: A Rare View of Three Moons Eclipsing Jupiter   Wired
Science Times   
WXYZ   
Daily Mail   
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CIO Australia
   
Data analysis and mathematics used to predict Earth-like planets   
CIO Australia
Astrophysicists at the Australian National University (ANU) have predicted most stars in our galaxy have two habitable or Earth-like planets near them by analysing data from NASA's Kepler space telescope and applying a mathematical rule.
A New Calculation Predicts Hundreds Of Billions Of Earth-Like Planets   Full-Time Whistle
ALIENS are surely AMONG US: Average star has TWO potentially Earth-like worlds   The Register
Space research reveals possibility of more Earth-like planets   ABC Online
Science World Report   
RedOrbit   
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The Register
   
GROUPTHINK HIVE MIND informs climate change believers   
The Register
Both sides of the climate change debate tend towards group conciousness and define their positions based, in part, on hating the other side of the argument, according to a letter published in Nature: Climate Change. Public division about climate change ...

Different tack needed for climate change skeptics, study says   Toronto Star
Overcoming the social barriers to climate consensus   Phys.Org
Different tack needed for climate change skeptics,...   Waterloo Record
Science 2.0   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Space is cool again as private companies race in $US10b galactic goldrush   
Sydney Morning Herald
Call it Space Race 2.0. Almost a half-century since the Apollo moon flights, entrepreneurs are expanding the boundaries of rocket and satellite technology as the US makes room for private enterprise. The result is a wave of innovation that echoes the leap in ...

Boulder-based Ball Aerospace to play big role in NASA DSCOVR mission   The Denver Post
SpaceX will attempt a potentially historic rocket launch and landing this weekend   Businessinsider India
Galactic Gold Rush: Private Spending on Space Is Headed for a New Record   Bloomberg
AccuWeather.com   
SiliconBeat   
Florida Today   
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Fox News
   
US Navy unveils firefighting robot   
Fox News
SAFFiR undergoes testing aboard the Naval Research Laboratory's ex-USS Shadwell in Mobile, Ala. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released). A firefighting prototype robot was unveiled at the Naval Future Force Science & Technology EXPO in ...

Robot firefighter shows off sea legs and puts out shipboard flames   Mashable
New firefighting robot puts out shipboard blaze in crucial test   SMN Weekly
Navy's new human-like robot could replace firefighters   RT
Full-Time Whistle   
Daily Caller   
FireEngineering.com   
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The Economist
   
Australia leads world in rising temperatures   
Western Producer (subscription)
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia could face a temperature increase of more than 5 C by the end of the century, says the country's national science agency. The increase would outpace global warming worldwide. In its most comprehensive analysis ...

Climate change in Australia   The Economist
Climate change policy should be based on evidence   The New Daily
Dire Warnings on Climate Change for Australia   The Diplomat

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Australian Mining
   
​Scientists narrow down how Witwatersrand gold deposits formed   
Australian Mining
New research is attempting to reconcile the many varying theories on how the world's largest gold deposits, in South Africa's Witwatersrand, formed. The new theory brings together the prevailing 'placer gold' theory and the 'hydrothermal hypothesis', ...

Did stinky conditions create tons of gold?   Futurity: Research News

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Meet the man who's swimming around Antarctica in Speedos to get Putin's ...   
Telegraph.co.uk
Vladimir Putin is not known for bowing to the demands of foreigners. But environmental campaigner Lewis Pugh thinks he will be able to influence the Russian president's policymaking with a series of swims in the Antarctic seas – wearing nothing but a pair of ...

British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh to battle 'dangerous' waters   Western Daily Press
Lewis Pugh's Ross sea awareness drive will see him swim freezing Antarctic   The News Reports
British man to swim Antarctic in Speedos   The Australian
NEWS.com.au   
The Independent   
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Nature World News
   
Plants Tricked Into Tolerating Drought   
Nature World News
In a new breakthrough study, scientists have successfully tricked plants into tolerating drought and given vegetation across the globe hope of survival amidst the world's ever-changing climate. Crops and other plants are constantly up against hostile ...

Scientists tinker with plant receptors, produce drought-resistant crops   Christian Science Monitor
Can scientists engineer drought-tolerant plants?   Los Angeles Times
Creating Drought-Tolerant Plants By Hacking Their Natural Responses   Smithsonian
The Land Newspaper   
Bangalore Mirror   
Science World Report   
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The Guardian
   
Geologists solve tectonic plate mystery with half a tonne of explosives   
The Guardian
Geologists may have finally explained how tectonic plates shift by blowing up hundreds of kilograms of dynamite in New Zealand. Half a tonne of explosive slurry was pumped into a dozen, steel-cased holes spread nearly 100km across New Zealand's north ...

Hidden Molten Channel Beneath Earth Discovered with a Blast   Yahoo News UK
Scientists Have Imaged the Base of a Tectonic Plate   Full-Time Whistle
Geologists solve mystery of what lies beneath tectonic plates   Descrier
NEWS.com.au   
ABC Science Online   
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