2015年3月2日 星期一

2015-03-03 Australia Science


Sky News Australia
   
What should the Intergenerational Report say about climate?   
Business Spectator
The purpose of the Intergenerational Report is to assess the sustainability of current government policies over a long-term timeframe (40 years). Treasurer Joe Hockey agreed in December 2013 that all future Intergenerational Reports would include a ...

Fear - the Abbott government's weapon of choice   Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott government spends $380k on focus groups to fine-tune Intergenerational ...   Brisbane Times
Forty-year report must focus on climate costs   Perth Now

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Discovery News
   
Will the newly discovered “sparklemuffin” spider cure arachnophobia?   
National Monitor
Two new species of Australian peacock spiders have been described this week by a Berkeley grad student. Is it possible to be afraid of something called a Sparklemuffin spider? It, along with the slightly more ominous sounding “Skeletons” are the two new ...

'Skeletorus' and 'Sparklemuffin' the Newest Spiders   Discovery News
'Skeletorus' and 'Sparklemuffin' Species Discovered—Seriously Colorful Spiders   Science Times
Two new, super cute species of peacock spider discovered in Queensland   9news.com.au
Toowoomba Chronicle   
Nature World News   
Sci-News.com   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Physicist Claims Homer Simpson Discovered God Particle Decade Before ...   
CBS Local
LAS VEGAS (CBS Las Vegas) — At first glance a scene from a 1998 episode of The Simpsons may not seem like anything particularly notable, but a closer look suggests Homer Simpson may have predicted the mass of the Higgs boson. A new book released ...

Homer Simpson predicted the Higgs Boson   Stuff.co.nz
Homer Simpson discovered the Higgs boson before scientists   Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
The Simpsons 1998 episode predicts Higgs Boson's mass 14 years before CERN   Daily Mail
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Inquisitr   
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ABC Science Online
   
Herders spread Indo-European languages   
ABC Science Online
Language spread Nomadic pastoralists from the Great Steppe helped spread the large group of languages that includes English, an analysis of ancient DNA confirms. The findings, reported today in Nature, gives weight to one of two competing hypotheses ...

'eastern cowboys' brought language to Europe   NEWS.com.au
Stone Age Russian farmers 'spread modern language'   The Australian (blog)
Ancient European Samples Point to Steppe Herder Migration with Potential ...   GenomeWeb
Focus News   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Why is this weasel riding a woodpecker?   
NEWS.com.au
WELL, you could probably say that this is a case of flap goes the weasel. To be specific, this is a baby weasel riding a woodpecker. Why is a baby weasel riding a woodpecker? Because it's trying to eat it, that's why. Did it succeed in this endeavour? Tell you in ...

Woodpecker shown flying with weasel on its back in amateur photographer's ...   ITV News
'Predator' weasel rides into battle on a woodpecker   The New Daily
So This Baby Weasel Decided to Hitch a Ride on a Flying Woodpecker's Back   TIME
Business Insider Australia   
io9   
Fast Company   
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Inhabitat
   
Micro plastic harming reef coral: study   
Sydney Morning Herald
Coral inhabiting the Great Barrier Reef have added plastic to their menus, a toxic option that researchers have found to be also affecting some marine life. Studies conducted by James Cook University researchers revealed coral, turtles and sea birds that ...

Plastic pollution in the oceans consumed by corals   Digital Journal

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ABC Online
   
Meteorite-hunting scientists stunned by crowd-funding support after government ...   
ABC Online
A group of scientists who travel to the Nullarbor to collect meteorites have received thousands of dollars from the public after they were unable to secure a government grant for their research. Since 2007, when PhD student Alastair Tait and his team from ...


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NEWS.com.au
   
Emperor penguins are now living a life of luxury   
NEWS.com.au
TEMPERATURES regularly drop below -30C, it is dark, and they only have ice to stand on while they raise their families. But for Antarctica's emperor penguins that's luxury, according to Jane Younger, a University of Tasmania PhD student who is a lead ...

Study of ancient emperor penguin populations creates concern for future of ...   ABC Online
Only three lucky groups of emperor penguins survived the last ice age   Washington Post
Ice just right for emperor penguins: study   The Australian (blog)
Daily Caller   
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Yahoo!7 News
   
Rare 'missing link' black hole apparently found   
Yahoo!7 News
Rare missing link black hole apparently found A newfound cosmic object may be a long-sought missing link that could help flesh out the black hole family tree. Source: Getty. A newfound cosmic object may be a long-sought missing link that could help flesh ...

NASA aims to unlock mysteries of celestial giants by observing rare black hole   Gizmag

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TechFrag
   
Planets With Awry Tilt Can Be Habitable If They Have Deep Oceans   
TechFrag
A very important research has been done by MIT scientists which says that the habitability on any planet doesn't necessarily depend on the position of its tilt. However, two of other factors, presence of water and planet's distance from its star, which are used as ...

Science of Earth's core takes a dramatic twist   Sydney Morning Herald
Earth-Sized Water Worlds Could Host Life Even If They're Tilted Sideways   Tech Times
Earth-sized water worlds could host life   Customs Today Newspaper

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