2015年8月5日 星期三

2015-08-06 Australia Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Zombie spiders are slaves to their manipulative wasp masters   
Sydney Morning Herald
Beware the wasps that turn unsuspecting spiders into workaholic zombies. Japanese researchers have found that a wasp which lays its egg on the back of a spider can take control of its behaviour, making its spider slave build a cosy cocoon for its wasp ...

Walking Dead: How Wasp Overlords Control Spider Zombies   Live Science
Zombie spiders enslaved by manipulative wasp masters   Stuff.co.nz
This Wasp Mind-Controls Spiders Into Building It Cozy Webs   Wired
Discovery News   
Business Insider Australia   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Volcano ash: Virgin, Jetstar cancel flights to and from Bali again   
Sydney Morning Herald
Bali holidaymakers have been thwarted once again, as more volcanic ash from Mount Raung forces airlines to cancel or delay flights. Flights to and from Bali have been cancelled or delayed on Thursday, and further cancellations look likely. At 8am ...
Bali flights cancelled due to risk from Mount Raung volcanic ash cloud   ABC Online
Virgin, Jetstar cancel all Bali flights   Sky News Australia
Ash causes another flight cancellation   Radio New Zealand
TVNZ   
The West Australian   
Stuff.co.nz   
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ABC Science Online
   
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Neglecting 'pure science' would be a disaster   
ABC Science Online
MARK COLVIN: One of the world's most famous cosmologists has made a passionate plea for governments - including Australia's - to invest more in science, and particularly pure science. The astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is among other things ...
Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Most Scientifically Accurate Superhero, the Science ...   Outer Places

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Newsweek
   
Office temperature settings may have gender bias, study finds   
TV Newsroom
Many office air-conditioning systems are locked down to avoid arguments about how hot or cold to have the building. The New York Times has pointed out that other factors could cause discomfort for women coworkers in offices. It remains to be seen ...
Cold In The Office? Blame The Equation Used To Set The Thermostat   Gizmodo Australia
Too Cold in the Office? Men Are to Blame   Newsweek
Why is it so cold in here? Setting the office thermostat right – for both sexes   SomalilandPress
WSAV-TV   
info-europa   
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Live Science
   
Dancing Peacock Spider Is a Web Sensation   
Live Science
If you don't think spiders are super-cute, then you've probably never seen Maratus personatus perform its very elaborate, oh-so-adorable mating dance. The males of this newly described species of peacock spider get seriously groovy when wooing lady ...

Dashing New Australian Species Of Peacock Spider Just Wants To Get Funky   Gizmodo Australia
Newly Named 'Blue Face' Peacock Spider Dances For His Mates   The Inquisitr
New spider ... Maratus personatus, which has been discovered in Western ...   NEWS.com.au
International Business Times AU   
Observer News   
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CBC.ca
   
Canada election 2015: B.C. representatives weigh climate change versus the economy   
The Hullabaloo Online
Scientists warn that extreme weather will get worse and huge swaths of coastal cities will be submerged by ever-more-acidic oceans. All of which raises a question: If climate change continues at this pace, is anywhere going to be safe? Editor : Joseph ...
Want to survive climate change? Move here   Grist
Country that's 'immune' to climate change   NEWS.com.au
Climate change is a growing concern in BC, says scientist   CBC.ca
SBS   
AmeriPublications   
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Phys.Org
   
European wasps gather strength in Kalgoorlie   
Phys.Org
The invasive European wasp (Vespula germanica) may be getting a foothold in Kalgoorlie-Boulder as increasing numbers of the pest's nests are found in the area. Four nests have been found and destroyed in Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the last six months—a ...


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CNN
   
Buzz Aldrin's travel expenses for mission to moon and back: $33.31   
CNN
(CNN) It's the travel expense claim to top all others -- $33.31 to go to the moon and back. American astronaut Buzz Aldrin has been sharing some of his paperwork from the 1969 moon landing mission. The forms, an intriguing mix of the mundane and the ...


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WA today
   
Great white shark feeds on whale carcass off beach at Myalup   
WA today
An Australind family were blown away by a display of "nature at its best" this week when they went out for a spot of fishing off Myalup Beach. Tracey Arthur and her family had not long arrived at the beach about 10.30am on August 2 when they saw ...

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Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News
   
#RosettaWatch: Philae lander reveals comet 67P's fluffy surface   
New Scientist
EVERYONE'S favourite comet lander has just turned in its homework. Images and other data from Philae have been trickling out since its dramatic landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko last year, but now the European Space Agency team has put ...

Data from Philae reveal life ingredients in Comet 67P   ChristianToday
We Found The Building Blocks Of Life On A Comet   Gizmodo Australia
Earth's magnetic field much older than we thought   ABC Science Online
Independent Online   
The Statesman   
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