2015年6月2日 星期二

2015-06-03 Australia Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Aggressive walking fish hitching to Australia from Papua New Guinea   
Sydney Morning Herald
A freshwater fish capable of surviving out of water for up to six days may also be able to survive in salty water, prompting scientists to warn that the aggressive climbing perch could make its way to mainland Australia from Papua New Guinea. The fish, which ...

Aggressive 'walking' fish is heading south towards Australia, scientists warn   Telegraph.co.uk
It's No Joke: Aussies Terrified After Fish Walks Out Of Water!   2DayFM (blog)
The threat of invasive walking fish from PNG   ABC Online
Metro   
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Orlando Sentinel
   
These marsupials mate to death   
USA TODAY
There is such a thing as fatal attraction, especially if you're a small mammal in Australia. Researchers have discovered "suicidally-sexed marsupials" that mate so frequently and constantly that they die, according to research released Monday from the ...

Meet the marsupial that has so much sex it dies   Gladstone Observer
Killer marsupial orgies: 2 new species mate self to death in 14-hour sex binges   Examiner.com
These marsupials sex each other to death   Stuff.co.nz
Science Recorder   
RYOT   
Tech Times   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Research troll reveals weight loss chocolate study was a prank   
Sydney Morning Herald
Earlier in the year the world was finally treated to some good news from science: a report was published that claimed to show that eating chocolate could help you lose weight faster. Although it all seemed too good to be true, the story was reported in news ...

Chocolate weight-loss study was a fake, research troll reveals   Stuff.co.nz
Bitter taste of the chocolate 'study'   The Globe and Mail
Opinion: Too many people bite into reports that chocolate is good for you   Montreal Gazette
The Conversation AU   
Independent Online   
The Daily Meal   
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The Hindu
   
UNESCO "puts Australia on probation" over reef   
Dredging News Online
WWF-Australia has welcomed UNESCO's draft decision on the Great Barrier Reef, but says UNESCO has "placed Australia on probation." "The Australian and Queensland governments must now deliver on their promises to better protect the Reef,” said ...

Reef not in danger   North Queensland Register
UNESCO rejects suggestions of Australia's Great Barrier Reef being “in danger”   Financial Express
UNESCO edges closer to declaring Great Barrier Reef 'in danger'   New Scientist
Courier Mail   
Sky News Australia   
The Ecologist   
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Nature.com
   
Retracted gay-marriage study debated at misconduct meet-up   
Nature.com
Over rum cocktails at the World Conference on Research Integrity, experts discussed what can be learnt from the fallout of a flawed political-science paper. Richard Van Noorden. 02 June 2015. Rio de Janeiro ...

Academic Code of Silence Protected Phony Gay Study   Breitbart News
Pro-Gay Study Retracted Over Fake Data   NH Voice
Science Magazine Finally Retracts Study on LGBT Activists   West Texas News
Forbes   
Memphis Commercial Appeal   
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Daily Mail
   
Tiny bird mimicks hawk warning to fend off predator   
The Sun Daily
PARIS: A bird weighing just two teaspoons of sugar scares off a predator 40 times its size by imitating the "hawk alarm" of other species, scientists said Wednesday. The trick is used by the brown thornbill, one of Australia's tiniest birds, to scare off its much ...

Thornbill mimics warning call of other species to scare predators away   Daily Mail
Little Aussie bird cries wolf to fool a predator   ABC Science Online
Birds raise false alarm to scare off predators   Science /AAAS
EurekAlert (press release)   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Quantum theory's crazy reality demonstrated by Australian scientists   
NEWS.com.au
IF you think the world's weird, science just proved it. Again. It seems the stuff we're made of doesn't actually decide what to be — and perhaps even when to be — until we look at it. Australian physicists have been looking at subatomic particles. No, they ...

Experiment proves Reality does not exist until it is Measured   Scientific Computing
Aus experiment confirms quantum theory weirdness   Business Standard

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Photonics.com
   
Reflective Roof Cooler than Ambient Air Temperature   
Photonics.com
SYDNEY, June 2, 2015 — A potential new roofing material stays cooler than the ambient air temperature, even under the midsummer Australian sun. Comprising a coated polymer stack on a silver thin film, the surface exhibited nearly 100 percent solar ...

Sydney scientists claim 'cool roof' breakthrough could keep cities cooler, greener   RenewEconomy
Roof on fire? Researchers find a material that keeps them cooler   Digital Trends
New roof material keeps buildings super cool by reflecting back most sunlight   International Business Times UK

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Scientists account for cats' taste   
The Australian (blog)
You own a dog, the saying goes, but you only feed a cat. Now, US scientists have turned to molecular biology in their quest to develop cat food that won't end up on the carpet. Researchers from Philadelphia biotech Integral Molecular and Missouri pet food ...

Public Release: 2-Jun-2015 Cat got your tongue? New research says 'no'   EurekAlert (press release)

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NEWS.com.au
   
Is it a bird? Is it a jellyfish? Is it a UFO? Picture: Caters News/Picture Media ...   
NEWS.com.au
A NATURE blogger was stunned when he appeared to capture a UFO on camera. Harry Perton photographed the unusual object in Groningen, the Netherlands, after he ventured out in a storm to take pictures for his blog last week. But he was stunned when ...

Is this a UFO or a jellyfish?   Perth Now
UFO Sightings: Bright Jellyfish-Shaped Object Caught Hovering over Holland ...   International Business Times, India Edition
Stunning 'Jellyfish' UFO Caught On Camera By Dutch Photographer   Huffington Post UK

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