au-hotdailynews: 2015-08-19 Australia Science

Naomi Klein: Tony Abbott Is a Climate Change 'Villain'
EcoWatch
Don't miss out. Stay Informed. Get EcoWatch's Top News of the Day. Email. In a pair of interviews given ahead of her upcoming visit to Australia, author and activist Naomi Klein branded Prime Minister Tony Abbott as a climate change “villain” and said ...
Economists' concerns with emissions reduction target not what you'd expect   Sydney Morning Herald
Naomi Klein brands PM Abbott a 'climate villain' ahead of Australian visit   Independent Australia
Australia's climate pledge leaves other countries to pick up the slack   The Fifth Estate
Brisbane Times
DeSmog (blog)
PS News
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NEWS.com.au

Comets helped seed life on earth, scientists say
NEWS.com.au
Compelling new evidence that comets helped seed life on earth has emerged from experiments mimicking the bombardment of early earth. Scientists in Japan generated protein building blocks by re-creating impacts by comets containing water, amino acids ...

Comets could have sparked life on Earth, scientists show   Telegraph.co.uk
Scientists have found more evidence that human life came from comets   Irish Examiner
Snowball spud gun shows comets could have seeded Earth with life   The Register
Universe Today
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The Daily Telegraph

Robots could soon take over the world. No, this isn't science fiction
The Daily Telegraph
Driverless cars are just the beginning. South Australia could be the centre of a robotic revolution. Now there's some really advanced manufacturing, and people keep saying that's where the jobs are. Premier Jay Weatherill has said the driverless car ...
Weird: Man Is Fond Of Having Sex With Robots (Photos, Videos)   NAIJ.COM

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Times of India

DNA the next big thing in data storage?
Times of India
LONDON: Scientists have taken inspiration from fossils to reach the most significant breakthrough on how to store information for years without worrying about loss of data. Researchers have announced that DNA can be tweaked to save unprecedented ...

DNA 'Hard Drive' Could Store Information For 2000 Years   Headlines & Global News
Scientists discover way to store data for thousands of years   Eagle Reporters
Breakthrough data storage innovation: One DNA molecule can store tons of data ...   BGR
Independent Online
Gizmodo Australia
Techworm
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Clapway

Amateur Radio Enthusiast Chats With International Space Station
Clapway
Standing on Earth looking towards the night's sky, it's difficult to imagine how impossibly far away the astronauts in the International Space Station are. Although they may be floating up the Earth incredibly high above the planet, they are not ...
Selfie Mania Continues: Russian Cosmonaut takes Selfie during Spacewalk   Maine News Online
Russian Cosmonaut Takes Selfie during Spacewalk   Northern Californian
Ever Thought Of Calling The ISS? If You Have A Radio, Here's How   Tech Times
Rapid News Network
The Weather Space
Vocal Republic
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Business Insider Australia

The weather man might finally get it right with the help of this new supercomputer
Business Insider Australia
While some people might still joke about the reliability of weather forecasts, meteorologists are likely to nominate weather prediction as one of the great success stories of modern science – a crowning achievement of collaboration across many ...

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The Conversation AU

Weather forecasting is about to get even better
The Conversation AU
This doesn't happen very often. But the Bureau of Meteorology is getting much better at predicting when it will. AAP Image/NEWZULU/BILL SHRAPNEL. Weather forecasting is about to get even better. August 18, 2015 4.33pm EDT. Paul Gregory, Anthony Rea ...

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