2015年4月15日 星期三

2015-04-16 Australia Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Earth ate a Mercury-like body early in its history, study finds   
Sydney Morning Herald
A Mercury-like body smashed into a young Earth and gave our planet's core the radioactive elements necessary to generate a magnetic field, two Oxford geochemists say. Without that magnetic field, there would be no shield to protect us from the onslaught of ...

Earth's collision with a Mercury-like planet may have been vital to life flourishing ...   The Independent
Early Earth May Have Swallowed a Mercury-Like Planet   Discovery News
Planetary science: A new recipe for Earth formation   Nature.com
Smithsonian   
Yahoo News UK   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
What really happens when you crack your knuckles   
Sydney Morning Herald
In what might be one of the most obscure scientific discoveries of 2015, researchers have identified once and for all what happens when you crack your knuckles. It had been assumed for almost 50 years that joint cracking – which gives great relief to some yet ...

Secrets of knuckle-cracking captured on video   ABC Science Online
Watch This Gross MRI of a Knuckle Cracking   Wired
researchers crack the knuckle mystery   Toronto Sun
Tech Times   
Reuters   
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mirror.co.uk
   
Whale thought extinct washes up on shore for first time in 200 years   
mirror.co.uk
A species of whale feared to be extinct has been washed up on a beach in western Australia for only the second time in 200 years. The Omura's whale was discovered on a remote beach in Exmouth at the tip of the state's North West Cape after Tropical ...

Rare Omura's Whale Found On Australian Shore   International Business Times AU
Rare Whale Found: Omura's Whale Discovered On Western Australia Beach   The Inquisitr
Rare Omura's whale washed up on Australian beach could solve creature's ...   The Independent
ABC Online   
BBC News   
The Age   
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The Australian
   
The volcanic eruption that could end the world   
The Australian
Mankind is grossly unprepared for a catastrophic volcanic eruption that could kill hundreds of millions of people and cast the world back into a “pre-civilisation state”, academics have warned. The chance of a devastating eruption happening by the end of this ...

Mankind grossly unprepared for catastrophic volcano   9news.com.au
Massive volcanic eruption could wipe out human civilisation warn scientists   mirror.co.uk
Mount Tambora National Park Transformed Into New Ecotourism Destination   ANTARA
Express.co.uk   
Market Business News   
Daily Mail   
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9news.com.au
   
Sperm whale interrupts ocean broadcast 600m under   
9news.com.au
A group of scientists were broadcasting live from 600m below the ocean's surface when a 10m sperm whale swam by to say hello. The magical moment - which happened off the coast of Louisiana on Tuesday - was captured by the Nautilus Live expedition ...

Sperm Whale Encounter With Research Vessel Recorded On Amazing Video   Tech Times
Video: Underwater researchers record encounter with sperm whale   Tampabay.com
Sperm Whale Encounters Remote Vehicle On Dive In Gulf Of Mexico   The Inquisitr
NBCNews.com   
NOLA.com   
WLOX   
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The Inquisitr
   
Giant UFO Caught By Space Station NASA Cam Hovering Over Earth, UFO ...   
The Inquisitr
A giant UFO was sighted hovering high above Earth — but within the planet's atmosphere — by a NASA camera positioned on the International Space Station, according to a prominent online UFO researcher, who revealed his latest purported discovery in a ...


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Daily Mail
   
Mysterious Whale Song Suggests New Species   
Nature World News
Scientists have identified a mysterious whale song that suggests the existence of a new whale species living in the Antarctic. That's at least based on recordings recently described in the Journal of Marine Mammal Science, which details how the unique noise ...

New Whale Species Found Near Antarctica, Researchers Record Two New ...   The Inquisitr
'Antarctic BW29' signal is unlike any other noise made by beaked cetaceans   Daily Mail

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Bremer Bay canyon: blood and guts TV reality of WA's pod of killer whales   
Sydney Morning Herald
A pod of killer whales off the Western Australian coast are about to become reality TV stars. Esperance filmmaker David Riggs and a group of WA scientists have found the group of black and white beauties so interesting they have decided to make a second ...


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Gizmag
   
Acidic oceans triggered mass extinction over 250 million years ago   
Gizmag
In order to better understand how climate change will unfold over the coming decades, some scientists are looking to the remote past and specific climatic catastrophes to help shed light the so-called Anthropocene and its consequences for life on Earth.
Extinction Machine: Fixable?   Huffington Post
Acidic oceans to blame for Earth's worst mass extinction   The Star Online

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Gizmag
   
Graphene device makes ultrafast light to energy conversion possible   
Gizmag
Converting light to electricity is one of the pillars of modern electronics, with the process essential for the operation of everything from solar cells and TV remote control receivers through to laser communications and astronomical telescopes. These devices ...

Graphene converts light to electricity at incredible speed   Market Business News

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