2015年7月30日 星期四

2015-07-31 Australia Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Australian Antarctic director a bet on science   
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Antarctic Division has cemented the role of science in its work, choosing internationally recognised Chief Scientist Nick Gales as its new director. Dr Gales' experience ranges from tagging whales at the bow of a zodiac dinghy, to giving ...


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NEWS.com.au
   
'Our country may never reap the benefits'   
NEWS.com.au
JOIN the League of Nations or risk falling out of space — that's the message to Australia from a top astrobiologist who played a key role in the Mars rover mission. After growing up in the Brisbane suburbs and graduating from QUT with a first-class ...
Homegrown NASA scientist wants Australia in the space race   Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane woman leads search for life on Mars   Brisbane Times
“Our country may never reap the benefits of these hard-won assets.”   Courier Mail
Uncover California   
Maine News Online   
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Sky News Australia
   
Melbourne Aquarium plans a fishy stocktake   
Sky News Australia
Aquarium staff will undertake their bi-annual stocktake of the 2000-or-so creatures inside its 2.2 million-litre Oceanarium tank. Its residents include Mitch the grey nurse shark, Mars the mega smooth ray and Mr G, a Queensland grouper. Divers will ...
Melb Aquarium's stocktake goes swimmingly   The Australian (blog)
Melbourne Sea Life Aquarium gets stuck into fish stocktake   The Age
'How do you get them to stand still?!' Melbourne Aquarium's bi-annual stocktake   3AW

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Brisbane Times
   
Queensland oil spill: Turtles, seabirds found slicked near Townsville   
Brisbane Times
Four beaches have been closed and wildlife have been found covered in oil following the spill. Photo: Phil Walter. Two turtles and two seabirds have been found covered in oil in the wake of a spill near Townsville, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park ...
Dead turtles and seabirds covered in oil in north Qld   Gympie Times

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University Herald
   
Plants Send Animal-Like Signals When Stressed   
University Herald
Plant (Photo : Dr. Edwino S. Fernando) Despite not having a nervous system, plants use signals normally associated with animals when they encounter stress. Plants use signals normally associated with animals when they encounter stress despite not ...
Stressed Plants Release Substance Remarkably Similar to Animals'   iSchoolGuide
Plants send out stress signals just like animals, scientists find   Washington Post
Stressed Plants Use Animal-Like Signals, New Study Shows   Sci-News.com
Treehugger   
News-Medical.net   
Lab Manager Magazine   
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The Guardian
   
Opposition to autonomous warfare swells to 16000 signatories   
The Guardian
GLaDOS, the malicious AI from the Portal series of video games. Image: Valve Photograph: Valve. Alex Hern and Julia Powles. Thursday 30 July 2015 08.59 EDT Last modified on Thursday 30 July 2015 10.53 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter ...

Robots can kill but they don't understand us   The Straits Times
UN Should Ban Artificial Intelligence Weapons - Advocacy Group   Sputnik International
Why We Should Welcome 'Killer Robots' -- Not Ban Them   Gizmodo Australia
Irish Times   
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National Post
   
Real-life version of Star Trek impulse engines that could get us to moon in 4 ...   
National Post
Interplanetary travel could be a step closer after scientists confirmed that an electromagnetic propulsion drive, which is fast enough to get to the Moon in four hours, actually works. The EmDrive was developed by the British inventor Roger Shawyer ...
Solar propulsion drive a gateway to the stars   iFreePress.com (blog)
British spaceship engine like 'Star Trek impulse drive' – could get people to   Bulletin Leader
Once-ridiculed EMDrive may in fact be the future of space travel   The Hullabaloo Online
Express.co.uk   
Raw Story   
The Conversation UK   
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2014 earthquake study looked at tsunami risks   
Phys.Org
A study published in 2014 found Queensland was relatively safe from the threat of a devastating tsunami, but southern states on the east coast might not be so lucky. Researcher Associate Professor Huilin Xing from The University of Queensland School of ...

No tsunami threat from earthquake   Bundaberg News Mail

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ABC Online
   
Wetland flooding underway at Banrock Station   
ABC Online
At Banrock Station in South Australia's Riverland region, wetland management is very much a case of "learn as you go". For the past 20 years, the wine company's environmental team have been experimenting with a range of vegetation recovery techniques, ...


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The Inquisitr
   
Sea Turtles Apparently Don't Fear Tiger Sharks, Study Shows   
The Inquisitr
Sea turtles may be a primary food source for tiger sharks, but a newly published study in the journal Ecology asserts that the animals don't change their habits when the predators move into their neighborhood. The study was conducted by researchers ...
Shark Files: Tiger Sharks Get Some Good Food News   Discovery News
Sea Turtles Are Not Afraid Of Tiger Sharks: Study   Tech Times

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