2015年8月1日 星期六

2015-08-02 Australia Science


expressandstar.com
   
Woodlice have personalities, analysis of Percellio scaber species suggests   
expressandstar.com
It may be small, grey and easy to ignore, but the humble woodlouse is big on personality, according to new research. Scientists testing the way woodlice react to being prodded, squeezed or dropped found they display different personalities ...

Woodlouse have personalities   The Australian (blog)

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AmeriPublications
   
Plants send out stress signals normally associated with animals   
News-Medical.net
University of Adelaide research has shown for the first time that, despite not having a nervous system, plants use signals normally associated with animals when they encounter stress. Published today in the journal Nature Communications, the ...
Plants Send Animal-Like Signals When Stressed   University Herald
Study Shows Plants Exhibit 'Animal-Like' Signals Despite Lack Of Nervous System   Tech Times
Stressed Out Plants Send Animal-Like Signals   Lab Manager Magazine
Treehugger   
Sci-News.com   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Hitchiking robot 'killed' in Philadelphia   
Telegraph.co.uk
A hitchhiking robot that captured the hearts of fans worldwide has met its demise in the US. The Canadian researchers who created hitchBOT as a social experiment say someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair on Saturday, ending its brief ...

Hitchhiking robot meets end on streets of Philadelphia   Toronto Star
Canadian hitchhiking robot damaged beyond repair on trip across US   Toronto Sun
hitchBOT the hitchhiking robot destroyed by vandals while crossing the United ...   NEWS.com.au
Irish Independent   
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The Edge Markets
   
Discovering a piece of Flight 370 won't help investigators find the rest   
Washington Post
While confidence increased Friday that a piece of airplane wing that washed ashore on an Indian Ocean island this week belonged to an airliner that disappeared more than 16 months ago, the discovery will provide little help to those searching for the ...

Discovery might not solve plane mystery   Columbus Dispatch
MH370 flight: tsunami debris shows why plane part may not solve mystery   Sydney Morning Herald
Tsunami debris shows why plane part may not solve MH370 mystery   The Australian Financial Review
Chicago Tribune   
The Durango Herald   
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Forbes
   
NASA Satellites Reveal That U.S. Rainfall In 2015 Has A Split Personality   
Forbes
If you have a salad today or snack on some nuts, there is a good chance you have California to thank. The state is the #1 producer of many vegetables, nuts, and fruits that we consume. Yet, the state has also been struggling with drought conditions for ...
California Missed Out On An Entire Year's Worth Of Rainfall Since 2012, NASA ...   International Business Times
Here's A Time Lapse View Of The Drought Collected From Satellites   Gizmodo Australia

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Killer robots spark fears over the future of artificial intelligence   
Sydney Morning Herald
Of all the reasons robots might rise up and destroy humanity, making paper clips is not an obvious one. But the popular theory goes that an artificially intelligent machine programmed to produce as many paper clips as possible, might one day decide to ...

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NDTV
   
How do stars travel the Milky Way?   
Daily Times
Nearly a third of the stars in our own galaxy have dramatically changed their orbits, Daily Mail reports. This is according to a new map of the Milky Way that provides the first clear evidence of migration of stars throughout our galaxy. The study ...
Milky Way Map Shows That the Stars Are on the Move   Clapway
About 30 Percent Of Stars In The Milky Way Moved From Original Orbits   Tech Times
Milky Way Map Shows Many Stars Have Moved out from Place of Birth   Tasnim News Agency (press release)
Augusta Free Press   
Daily Mail   
NDTV   
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CBS Local
   
Florida Panther Killed By Vehicle In Collier County   
CBS Local
NAPLES (CBSMiami/AP) — Another Florida panther has died after it was hit by a vehicle. The remains of the four to five month old female were found Thursday morning on Golden Gate Boulevard East in Collier County, according to the Florida Fish and ...

Florida drivers have killed roughly 10 percent of panther population this year   Orlando Weekly (blog)
There are only 180 Florida panthers left, and drivers are killing dozens of ...   Washington Post (blog)
Wildlife officials say young Florida panther hit by vehicle is 24th to die ...   Tampabay.com
Pacific Standard   
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Slate Magazine
   
The Giant Sparkly Blob That Startled Divers Off Turkey, Explained (Video)   
Slate Magazine
Approximately the size of a car, a nearly transparent mass was a mystery to the scuba divers who almost swam right into it off the coast of Turkey. Fortunately, it did not try to consume them, instead posing for some incredible footage. Their video of ...
These divers discovered an enormous squid egg mass in Turkey (VIDEO)   Malay Mail Online
How the 'Seahawks' got their name   KHQ Right Now
Divers find mysterious giant blob near Turkish coast   Daily Pakistan
Daily Mail   
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Business Insider Australia
   
I ate Spam sushi and musubi, and my reaction really surprised me   
Business Insider Australia
Yet this odd mix of foods is a version of a popular and now traditional dish in Hawaii, called “plate lunch,” that celebrates the island chain's diverse history. Historians think the dish originated with the fruit and sugar plantation workers who came ...
Post-pub nosh neckfiller: Bacon and egg sushi   The Register

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