2015年5月28日 星期四

2015-05-29 Australia Science


BBC News
   
Unesco reconsidering Great Barrier Reef heritage status   
BBC News
Australia faces a dent to its reputation and a potentially devastating blow to its tourism industry should one of the country's most iconic natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef, be listed as "in danger" by the United Nations. Tony Fontes loves diving the waters ...

Great Barrier Reef ruling   ABC Online (blog)
Reef should avoid UNESCO listing: Hunt   The Australian (blog)
Great Barrier Reef: Unesco to release draft ruling on 'in danger' listing   The Guardian
Herald   
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Sky News Australia
   
Medusa Nebula captured by Chile   
Sky News Australia
Chile's Very Large Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Medusa Nebula, the most detailed yet. A nebula is an immense cloud of hot interstellar gas and dust left by a dying star and the images give an eerie glimpse into what will one day be ...

ESO Telescope Captures Spectacular New Image of Star Birth   Science World Report
Medusa Nebula captured by Chile - Sky News Australia   Gazette Herald
Very Large Telescope at ESO captures some wonderful images of a birthing ...   Benchmark Reporter
Yibada (English Edition)   
The Silver Ink   
Softpedia News   
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NDTV
   
Japanese island evacuated after volcano erupts   
TVNZ
A volcano erupted on a small island in southern Japan on today, and authorities ordered residents to evacuate the island. Mount Shindake erupted in spectacular fashion, spewing towering black-grey clouds into the sky. The Japan Meteorological Agency ...

Japan raises alert to top level for island in south after volcano erupts - NHK   Reuters
Volcano erupts on small island in southern Japan   Los Angeles Times
Japan raises alert to top level for southern island after volcano eruption: Report   The Straits Times
Daily Mail   
Asahi Shimbun   
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ABC Online
   
New species of snail discovered in Queensland   
ABC Online
A dozen scientists spent 10 days in October 2014 scouring the Carnarvon Station Reserve, about 200 kilometres south of Emerald, for spiders, ants, bees, flies, plants, reptiles and amphibians. Ellen Couchman found the snail, which was only officially ...

Discovering a new species is as easy as looking down   Mackay Daily Mercury

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Ban Ki-Moon challenges the transport sector   
Sydney Morning Herald
Leipzig: The transport sector must do more to combat climate change, including being part of the action at December's summit on global warming in Paris, the United Nations Secretary-General has urged. Ban Ki-Moon issued the challenge to global transport ...

ITF 2015: leaders debate railways role as Paris climate conference approaches   Railway Technology
OECD transport ministers focus on reshaping transport concerning climate change   Daily Sabah
Ban Ki-Moon challenges the transport sector to take action on climate change   Gazette Herald

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Perth Now
   
Shark tale turned on its head   
Perth Now
Professor Long pictured with part of the shark fossil in WA's Kimberley. Source: Professor John Long. PRIMITIVE throwbacks to before the dinosaurs? A startling new shark discovery in Western Australia has revealed the predator of the deep is much more ...

No bones about it: sharks evolved cartilage for a reason   The Conversation AU
Professor Long pictured with part of the shark fossil in WA's Kimberley. Source ...   NEWS.com.au

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The Australian Financial Review
   
Japan's Shinzo Abe hopes 'robot revolution' can replace ageing workforce   
The Australian Financial Review
A new greeter at the entrance of the Mitsukoshi department store in central Tokyo has caused a stir. The worker, dressed in a kimono and cheerfully welcoming shoppers in honorific Japanese, is a robot made by Toshiba and shows how lifelike these ...

Robot With a Human Grasp Is Amazon's Challenge to Students   Bloomberg
Help Wanted: Robot to Fulfill Amazon Orders   MIT Technology Review
Japan's presence grows at contest for nuclear disaster robots   Asahi Shimbun

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Irish Examiner
   
New species of human ancestor found   
Irish Examiner
A fossil find adds another twig to the human evolutionary tree, giving further evidence that the well-known “Lucy” species had company in what is now Ethiopia. A lower jaw, plus jaw fragments and teeth, dated at 3.3m to 3.5m years old, were found in the Afar ...

Anthropologists Have Discovered a Totally New Human Ancestor   Gizmodo
New species of human means more ancestors   The Hoops News
New Species of Ancient Human Found in Africa   TIME
Livemint   
GMA News   
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Sky News Australia
   
Humans can't win against US killer robots - professor   
New Zealand Herald
The robots are likely to be armed quadcopters or mini-tanks that can decided without human intervention who should live or die. Killer robots being developed by the US military "will leave humans utterly defenceless", an academic has warned.
US 'paving the way' to AI warfare   Sky News Australia
DARPA's Autonomous Killer Robots Will Leave Humans Defenseless   Sputnik International
Humans will be left 'defenceless' by killer drones - The Nation   Gazette Herald
NEWS.com.au   
The Independent   
Belfast Telegraph   
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The Space Reporter
   
SpaceX certified by Air Force for space missions   
The Space Reporter
According to a statement from the U.S. Air Force, Space Exploration Technology Corporation, a.k.a. SpaceX, has been certified from space missions related to national security. The certification was awarded by the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems ...

SpaceX Receives National Security Clearance for Military Launches   CDA News
Space X approved to carry out US military missions worth billions   9news.com.au

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