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2015-09-19 Australia Science


National Post
   
How long does it take to pee? Harvard's Ig Nobel Prize honours the year in ...   
National Post
Have you ever wondered what a dinosaur walked like? How often a man would have to have sex to have hundreds of sons? Or how to unboil an egg? These and other weighty scientific questions have been answered by researchers who were honoured this ...

25yrs of Ig Nobel awards: 10 of the world's most trivial scientific discoveries   RT
Student suffers 25 stings to net IgNobel   Irish Examiner
Osaka doctor wins tongue-in-cheek Ig prize for study on kissing as allergy relief   Asahi Shimbun
ABC Online   
Arab News   
The Australian (blog)   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Critics question fossil find as South Africa basks in scientific glory   
Sydney Morning Herald
Johannesburg: A dramatic fossil find has given South Africa reason to celebrate amid economic gloom, but some experts question its scientific significance. By contrast, the political significance is not in doubt. "We are delighted that discoveries that ...
Some bones to pick   Times LIVE
South Africans See Racism in New Evolution Discovery   Breitbart News
South Africa's new human ancestor sparks racial row   postzambia.com
9news.com.au   
The Inquisitr   
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Get a load of these science awards bestowed at Ig Nobel Prize event   
China Post
When you attach a weighted stick to the rear end of a chicken, it walks like dinosaurs are thought to have walked. Scientists actually studied this stuff. Seriously. And they got tongue in cheek awards for their efforts Thursday night at Harvard ...

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The Week Magazine
   
Archaeologists discover ancient tomb of mysterious 'serpent jaguar' priests in ...   
The Week Magazine
Archaeologists' latest discovery has yielded a fascinating trove of treasure that's more than just glitzy loot. The treasure was discovered in Peru, along with a 2,700-year-old tomb of what is believed to be two high-ranking "serpent jaguar priests ...

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AZoNano.com
   
Computer Simulations Indicate Possible Mechanism for Carbyne Fiber Synthesis   
AZoNano.com
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have explored a method that uses laser-melted graphite to develop linear chains of carbon atoms. A carbyne strand forms in laser-melted graphite. Carbyne is found in astrophysical bodies and ...

New Avenue Proposed for Bringing Carbyne Into the Real World   IEEE Spectrum
Carbon Research May Boost Nanoelectronics   I-Connect007

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Los Angeles Times
   
Can't believe your eyes? Scientists build tiny invisibility cloak   
Los Angeles Times
Scientists might be a step – a teeny tiny step – closer to developing that Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak of your dreams. Researchers at UC Berkeley have created a thin metamaterial that can conform to irregularly shaped objects and render them ...
Quirky World: Harry Potter invisibility cloak comes closer to reality   Irish Examiner
Tiny Invisible 'cloak' created by US scientists   The Australian (blog)
From reel to real: Potter-style invisibility cloak a reality now   Times of India
South African Broadcasting Corporation   
RT   
NYC Today   
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New York Times
   
Tourists Thwart Turtles from Nesting in Costa Rica   
New York Times
MEXICO CITY — The day-trippers swarmed onto the beach to watch one of nature's most extraordinary sights, hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles crawling out of the ocean to lay their eggs in the sand. The turtles did not want the company.
Tourists Taking Selfies Interrupt Nesting Sea Turtles In Costa Rica   TravelPulse
1000's of Turtles to Nest On the Ostional Coastline of Costa Rica   Steelers Lounge (blog)
Selfie-Crazed Tourists Endanger Sea Turtles   Immortal News
WTSP 10 News   
Detroit Free Press   
Ledger Gazette   
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Gizmag
   
NASA's Orion spacecraft passes key review   
Gizmag
NASA's Orion spacecraft has overcome its latest hurdle on the road to becoming human-rated, with the completion of a technical and programmatic review (TPR). Once finished, Orion will be the first spacecraft designed to allow astronauts to operate ...
First manned flight of NASA's Orion space capsule delayed two years   Examiner.com
NASA pushes First flight of Orion spacecraft with Astronauts to 2023   Bulletin Leader
NASA's Orion likely won't get off ground until 2023   TV Newsroom
Newsmax   
Tech Times   
The Weather Space   
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The Inquisitr
   
Giant, 30000-Year-Old Virus Unearthed — Is An Epidemic Hiding In Arctic ...   
The Inquisitr
It sounds like the premise of a post-apocalyptic TV series: careless oil drilling unleashes an ancient virus sleeping in Arctic ice, starting a global epidemic. The new discovery of a 30,000-year-old virus in Siberia won't herald such destruction, but ...
Time bombs ticking in Siberia   Russia and India Report
30000 year-old virus discovered in Siberian permafrost still infectious   Xinhua
Frozen giant virus still infectious after 30000 years   Fox News
Financial Express   
The Hindu   
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Social Barrel (blog)
   
End of Days - caused debate on social media   
Social Barrel (blog)
What is this “end of the days” phenomenon that everyone is talking about? Well as scientists call it, it is a 'cloud iridescence' and it's mainly caused by diffraction when small water or ice particles scatter light. It commonly appears near the sun ...

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