2015年8月26日 星期三

2015-08-27 Australia Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Eureka prize winner Paige Bebee reveals the intestinal value of the appendix   
Sydney Morning Herald
At 15, Paige Bebee is helping to set the record straight about a widely held myth: that the human appendix is useless. Paige, who is in year 9 at Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar in Victoria, has shown that far from being an evolutionary hangover, the appendix ...
Eureka Prize winners announced   Herald Sun
Student's prize-winning video explains why the appendix is misunderstood   Mashable
Australia's top science prizes for 2015   Business Insider Australia
The Australian (blog)   
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Clapway
   
World's First Radio-Tracking Drone Sees Wildlife   
Clapway
Every so often, you may notice a rare bird perched on a tree outside your home or witness a creature you are unable to identify on the walk home from work. Researchers, interested in learning more about unique animal species, have now managed to create ...

Radio-Tagged Wildlife Is Hard to Track—Unless You've Got a Drone   TakePart
Australian Scientists Design World's First Tracking Drones   iTech Post
Scientists develop world's first radio-tracking drone to locate wildlife   Livemint
Digital Trends   
NDTV   
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RT
   
Wombat killer disease endangers 2 of Australia's 3 species   
RT
Two of Australia's three species of wombat are now under threat from a killer disease. Scientists have developed an application to track the animals, and are urging the public to help. The skin disease is called sarcoptic mange, is caused by parasitic ...
Two of Australia's three wombat species under threat from killer ​disease   The Guardian
This is the threat that could wipe out the wombat   ABC Online
Australians urged to help save wombat species from extinction with an app   Fusion

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Manufacturing.net
   
Researchers Convert Solar Energy Into Methane   
Manufacturing.net
(Source: Berkeley Lab) Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California this week announced another breakthrough in efforts to derive chemicals from sunlight. Berkeley Lab researchers used semiconductor nanowires to collect solar ...

Another milestone in hybrid artificial photosynthesis   ElectroIQ (blog)
Methane produced from CO2 via artificial photosynthesis   E&T magazine
Hybrid artificial photosynthesis technique produces hydrogen and methane   Gizmag
AlterNet   
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Live Science
   
Ever wanted to look at a millipede's genitals?   
The Verge
You can spend a day watching Star Wars toys get unboxed live on YouTube, if... Next Story. Review: Narcos is the next great Netflix show · TL;DR. Ever wanted to look at a millipede's genitals? Thanks to 3-D modeling, now you can. By Arielle Duhaime ...
What's Blue with Legs All Over? New 3D Avatar Millipede   Live Science
New millipede species is an avatar   ABC Science Online

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CBS News
   
Great Barrier Reef may have a colorful rival   
CBS News
It would seem almost impossible for anything else in Australia to match the Great Barrier Reef for underwater beauty and ecological diversity. But a new study has found that the legendary site may have a rival: the Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park.
Adani coalmine: Greens senator accused of living in a bubble   Herald Sun
Amazing footage reveals newly discovered giant coral haven to rival Great ...   Mirror.co.uk
Kiteboarders complete 1237-kilometer adventure in the Great Barrier Reef   SurferToday
The Independent   
The Week Magazine   
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The Guardian
   
Global sea levels have climbed 8cm since 1992, Nasa research shows   
The Guardian
Scientists believe ocean currents and natural cycles are temporarily offsetting a sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean. Photograph: Ray Collins/Barcroft Media. Reuters. Wednesday 26 August 2015 23.13 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 26 August 2015 23.15 ...

Nasa: Nothing can stop sea level rise   Bangkok Post
World sea levels set to rise at least one metre over next 100-200 years, NASA says   ABC Online
NASA Warns Sea-Level Rise Will Only Get Worse in the Future   NBCNews.com
Voice of America   
The Week Magazine   
TIME   
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Climate change to impact on marine life   
NEWS.com.au
CLIMATE change will have a dramatic impact on marine life by the end of the century, a new study suggests. A PAPER co-authored by 10 global scientists including University of Sunshine Coast researcher Dr Dave Schoeman predicts that by 2100 there will ...


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Herald Sun
   
The Democratic Republic of Congo is slowly wooing back visitors with some ...   
Herald Sun
The lava lake of Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, that is trying to lure tourists back. AFP PHOTO/ PETER MARTELL. TOURISTS perch perilously on a volcano's edge as swirling smoke belches from the fiery ...

Gorillas not guerrillas: tourism hope in troubled Congo   Yahoo News UK

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ABC Online
   
Humpback whale population shows no sign of slowing down, says Queensland ...   
ABC Online
Australia's humpback population is the healthiest it has been since whaling began along the east coast in the 1960s according to a Queensland whale counting group. Until 1962, humpback whales along the Queensland coast were hunted for use in oil, ...


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