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2015-02-18 Australia Science


ABC Online
   
Ecologists propose dingo reintroduction to arrest Australia's 'extinction crisis'   
ABC Online
Dingoes might be a cause for fear in the broader community, but as RN Drive reports, a host of prominent ecologists believe they could hold the key to halting Australia's 'extinction crisis'. Using dingoes to help arrest Australia's biodiversity collapse is at the ...

Move the dingo fence to settle debate   The Land Newspaper
Dingoes may be the key to saving threatened native mammals   Business Insider Australia
'Rewilding' dingoes could help reverse decline of Australia's native wildlife   The Guardian
Nature World News   
Phys.Org   
The Conversation AU   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Meet Ruby, Australia's newly discovered seadragon   
Sydney Morning Herald
Say hello to Ruby, the seadragon that until recently no one knew existed. A bright red, black-eyed bony beauty, it is only the third species of these peculiar Australian marine creatures ever discovered. It is a sign of how much more there may be to find in ...

A spectacular new Australian seadragon has been found hiding in a museum   Business Insider Australia

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BBC News
   
Limpet teeth set new strength record   
BBC News
Engineers in the UK have found that limpets' teeth consist of the strongest biological material ever tested. Limpets use a tongue bristling with tiny teeth to scrape food from rocks and also to carve out scars, which they nestle in when the tide goes out. The teeth ...

Strongest known natural material - spider silk or limpet teeth?   Reuters
The strongest biological material known to man? Limpet teeth   The Independent
Limpet teeth strongest of nature's strong   ABC Science Online
The Australian (blog)   
SBS   
Sky News   
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Channel 4 News
   
Is the CIA trying to weaponise weather?   
The Hindu
Using the weather as a weapon to subjugate the globe sounds like the modus operandi of a James Bond villain, but a senior climate scientist has expressed concern over the US intelligence services' apparent interest in geoengineering. Geoengineering ...

Climate Change Professor Now Worried CIA, Nefarious Countries Will Change ...   Daily Caller
Climate researcher claims CIA asked about weaponized weather: What could go ...   Computerworld
Spies feared hostile nations were controlling the weather   Telegraph.co.uk
The Australian   
The Guardian   
The Guardian   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Australian scientists make fresh attempt at explaining climate change   
Sydney Morning Herald
Jury is in on climate change: Brian Schmidt. Australia's leading science body has reissued its climate change booklet in a bid to improve public understanding of the contentious subject. The Australian Academy of Science was prompted to update the ...

Scientists call for international authority on climate geoengineering   ABC Online
'New way needed on climate': Brian Schmidt   The Australian
San Jose: Scientists call for 'geoengineering' tests to find ways to cool the planet   San Jose Mercury News
Herald Sun   
Times of India   
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The Register
   
Mars One picks first 100 morons to suffocate, er, settle on Red Planet   
The Register
Pics The final 100 wannabe Mars One colonists have been announced. The organizer of the project has received 202,586 applications from Earthlings longing for a one-way trip to the fourth rock from the Sun – and claims it will fire the first four settlers to Mars ...

Who wants to live (or die) on Mars?   USA TODAY
One way trip to Mars   Sky News Australia
Coimbatore girl Shraddha Prasad shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars   IBNLive
CTV News   
The Times (subscription)   
U-T San Diego   
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The Guardian
   
Corporate Climate Leaders Redefine Business As Usual   
CleanTechnica
Over the past year or so, corporate climate leaders have begun to take responsibility when international agreements can only provide useful answers, not actions. We saw this demonstrated visibly last September when many Fortune 500 CEOs joined ...

BP's two-word fix for global climate change   Christian Science Monitor
As China gets richer, the world gets dirtier — it will have to choose more growth ...   The Independent
Real progress on climate change needs trust between all political parties   The Guardian
Rocklin and Roseville Today   
Business Spectator   
The Fifth Estate   
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Breitbart News
   
Saudi cleric rejects belief that Earth rotates around the sun   
9news.com.au
A Saudi cleric has rejected the fundamental truth that the Earth revolves around the sun in a mere 40 seconds, using only his words and a small plastic cup of water. In fairness, Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari, who was giving a lecture at United Arab Emirates ...

Saudi cleric rejects theory Earth rotates around the Sun   TVNZ
Saudi cleric: Earth does not revolve around Sun, moon landing was faked ...   Boing Boing
Saudi cleric says Earth does not revolve   NEWS.com.au
The Inquisitr   
International Business Times UK   
Al-Arabiya   
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9news.com.au
   
'Three suns' rise over meteorite-battered Russian city   
9news.com.au
Residents in a western Russian city have witnessed an optical illusion that created the appearance of a triple sunrise. Three suns appeared to rise over the horizon at dawn in Chelyabinsk, thanks to ice crystals in the air that refract sunlight, a local ...

Russia: Ice crystals cause 'triple sunrise' over city   BBC News
3 Suns Rise Over Meteorite-Battered Russian City   The Moscow Times
Halo Effect Creates Appearance of Three Suns Over Russia   Sputnik International

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Laboratory Equipment
   
Australian Birds React to Climate Change   
Laboratory Equipment
Image: Univ. of Adelaide Ever wondered how pigeons are able to function quite happily on extremely hot days while other birds are nowhere to be seen? Univ. of Adelaide researchers are contributing to a large international study aiming to advance the ...

Climate change heatwaves killing off Australian birds   ABC Online

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