2015年5月20日 星期三

2015-05-21 Australia Science


Sky News Australia
   
Reef protest to target Adelaide bank   
Sky News Australia
Environmental activists will target the Commonwealth Bank in Adelaide as part of national campaign to convince the bank to rule out funding coal projects that could damage the Great Barrier Reef. The group known as 350.org says dozens of bank customers ...

Great Barrier Reef threat overstated, says Queensland professor   Courier Mail

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Christian Science Monitor
   
Why is it raining spiders in Australia? (+video)   
Christian Science Monitor
The Southern Tablelands region of Australia are covered in spiders this month due to an unusual weather phenomenon. By Elizabeth Palermo, Livescience.com May 19, 2015. About video ads. An error occurred. Unable to execute Javascript. Migrating ...

Spiders falling from sky in Australia   13WHAM-TV
Spider rain washes down Australian town! Millions of spider webs squirming but ...   Benchmark Reporter
Goulburn's 'spider rain' goes viral on web: photos   Illawarra Mercury

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Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
   
QLD Senator takes on Greenpeace over false advertising   
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
GREENPEACE is under fire from Senator Matt Canavan after it was allegedly caught substituting a photograph of a typhoon-damaged reef in the Philippines in an advertisement about the Great Barrier Reef. Mr Canavan, a Rockhampton-based senator, said ...

EHP plan to clean up Reef water   PS News
Adani's Carmichael project hurt by more curbing around Great Barrier Reef   Business Review Australia
Greenpeace accused of misleading advertising over Great Barrier Reef plight   Courier Mail

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NBCNews.com
   
What Can We Learn From Visiting Ceres?   
NBCNews.com
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided an even closer look at the bright spots on the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres — but the origins of the spots are still subject to debate. The latest view, released Wednesday, shows the flashes of sunlight reflected by the ...

'Toys to Life' Transports Figurines Into Videogames1:15   NEWS.com.au
Space probe takes first close-up images of mysterious lights on Ceres   9news.com.au
NASA releases Ceres 'alien lights' extreme close-up pics but STILL can't explain ...   Mirror.co.uk

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The Inquisitr
   
Researchers Finally Answer The Age-Old Nature Vs. Nurture Question   
The Inquisitr
The age-old nature versus nurture question has spewed countless debates throughout history. But now, Australian researchers say they have the answer and, well, it's a draw, folks. Based on a study published in Nature Genetics, human traits are determined ...

Nature Or Nurture? The Long-Running Debate May Finally Be Settled   Huffington Post
The Debate is Over: Lengthy 50 Year Twin Study Reveals it isn't Nature vs ...   Latin Post
Does Nature Or Nurture Determine Who We Are? Science Says We're Equal ...   Bustle
Laboratory Equipment   
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The New Daily
   
Warning issued over addition of leap second   
The New Daily
Australia's corporate regulator is warning the addition of a leap second to 2015 could cause havoc for the stock market and IT companies. On June 30 at 11:59.59pm (GMT), an extra second will be added so the Earth's rotational spin can catch up with the ...

Warnings leap second could cause havoc for Australia's sharemarket, IT systems   ABC Technology and Games

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Gizmag
   
New record efficiency for black silicon solar cells   
Gizmag
Researchers at the University of Aalto, Finland have broken the efficiency record for black silicon solar cells – a type of cell that can gather sunlight even from tight angles – by almost four percent. Black silicon can be manufactured simply by adding a dense ...

This cloudy-day black silicon solar cell can hit a record 22.1% efficiency   ExtremeTech
This Is The World's Most Efficient Black Silicon Solar Cell   Gizmodo Australia
Black Silicon solar cell efficiency pushed to 22.1%   SlashGear
Phys.Org   
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ABC Online
   
Texas hunter shoots rhino for US$ 350000, calls it conservation   
ABC Online
A Texan hunter paid $350,000 for the right to kill an elderly black rhino in Nambia, with government officials saying the proceeds will go towards conserving the species. A US HUNTER who paid US$350,000 to kill a black rhinoceros in Namibia successfully ...

Texas hunter Corey Knowlton shoots endangered rhinoceros in Namibia after ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Hunter pays $350000 to shoot black rhino: 'I believe in survival of species'   The Guardian
After the black rhino hunt, a village celebrates meat delivery   CNN

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International Business Times
   
Scientists Claim To Have Found Reason Why Males Exist   
International Business Times
New research reveals that the male population helps maintain long-term evolutionary fitness of a species. Reuters. A team of researchers seems to have found the answer to the age-old question: Why do males exist? According to a recently published study, ...

Why do men exist? Scientific study explains   The Daily Star

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Forbes
   
China's Climate Pledge Will Include New Commitment To Forests   
Forbes
I have covered the energy and environment beat since 1985, when I discovered my college was discarding radioactive waste in a dumpster. That story ran in the Arizona Republic, and I have chased electrons and pollutants ever since, for dailies in Arizona ...

Five Recent Climate Change Findings You Should Know About   Tech Times
Scholars from US, China discuss climate change issues in Chicago   Shanghai Daily (subscription)
Budget losers: climate agencies up in smoke   Crikey (blog)
Newswise (press release)   
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