2015年10月8日 星期四

2015-10-09 Australia Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Blue skies and water: NASA's surprising announcement about Pluto   
Sydney Morning Herald
It has blue skies and water, but don't expect to take a holiday there any time soon. NASA on Friday announced that the first colour photos of Pluto's atmosphere show that the dwarf planet's skies are blue and its surface has patches of ice. "Who would ...
NASA releases new images of Pluto, revealing atmospheric haze and ice patches   NEWS.com.au
New images of Pluto taken by New Horizons probe reveal water and blue sky   ABC Online
Pluto's Small Moons Nix and Hydra   Space Daily
CBS Local   
The Sun Daily   
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Courier Mail
   
Great Barrier Reef: Weather and 'the blob' puts reef in danger   
Courier Mail
THE Great Barrier Reef is in imminent danger from a worldwide weather pattern threatening to destroy coral masses. Record warm Pacific Ocean temperatures have spiked due to a combination of climate change, El Nino weather effects and a warm and ...

Ocean heat wave harming world's coral reefs this year: Experts   Times of India
More than a third of world's coral reef faces major bleaching event   Sydney Morning Herald
Coral reefs endangered by bleaching in global event, researchers say   CNN
Christian Science Monitor   
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ABC Online
   
Orange-bellied parrot: Early Tasmanian sightings raise hopes for bird's survival   
ABC Online
Authorities have reported encouraging signs about the population of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot. Thirteen birds have been sighted at Melaleuca in Tasmania's south-west since the start of September, signalling an early start to the ...
Good signs for endangered parrot species   The Australian (blog)

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The Geopolitical and Conflict Report
   
Solutions needed now for climate change refugees   
Echonetdaily
As one of the world's worst CO2 emitters on a per capita basis, Australia bears a clear responsibility for changes to the environment brought about by climate change, which is now forcing people from their homes. Simply opposing new international ...
Drum interview: Climate change isn't going to wait for Australia   ABC Online
View from the Street: So, how suss is our new Climate Change Authority board?   Sydney Morning Herald
Drum interview: Climate change isn''t going to wait for Australia   The Budapest Report
SBS   
The Geopolitical and Conflict Report (blog)   
electronicsfeed.com   
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Business Insider Australia
   
Astronomers spotted strange ripples 'unlike anything ever observed' around a ...   
Business Insider Australia
There's something strange and unlike anything we've ever seen or predicted speeding around one of Earth's neighbouring stars. When astronomers pointed the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile at the star called AU Mic, they spotted something in its ...

Unexplained ripples streaking away from neighboring star could hold clues to ...   Gizmag
Never-Before-Seen Speedy Ripples Racing Around Young Star Baffle Astronomers   The Budapest Report
Mysterious ripples found racing through planet-forming disc   Space Daily
NYSE Post   
Ars Technica UK   
Nature World Report   
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electronicsfeed.com
   
Quantum computing will be Reality Soon   
electronicsfeed.com
Quantum computers are much faster and more powerful than existing machines. Now, the prospect of quantum computers has reached a step closer to reality with a 'game changing' breakthrough in silicon chips' development. The chips are based on the .
Quantum computing achieved using silicon   The Geopolitical and Conflict Report (blog)
A major breakthrough has given these Australian engineers everything they need ...   Business Insider Australia
The quantum computer is now closer than ever - but what's all the fuss about?   BT.com

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The Australian Women's Weekly
   
Aurora Australis lights up the Australian night sky with mesmerizing display   
The Australian Women's Weekly
The mesmerizing sight appeared over the skies of Tasmania and Southern Victoria last night, leaving the night sky purples, green, yellow, blue and pink. The spontaneous phenomenon was caused when “electrically charged electrons and protons accelerate ...

Early heat breaks records in southern Aus   The Australian (blog)
PICTURE SPECIAL: Check out these incredible shots of the Aurora Australis ...   WeatherWatch.co.nz

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Northern Star
   
How NASA battles against our fear of planet-killer asteroids   
Northern Star
TWENTY five million kilometres sounds like a lot, but it's a close shave in astronomical terms. That's how close to Earth a 2.6km wide asteroid will come when it flies past us this weekend at close to 60,000 km/h. There are media claims the massive ...
Devastation ... If Asteroid 86666 (2000 FL10) was to impact Earth, giant ...   NEWS.com.au
NASA reveals 2km wide asteroid will 'narrowly' miss earth on the weekend   9news.com.au
NASA announces Asteroid 86666 (2000 FL10), to 2.6km wide, will narrowly miss ...   Herald Sun
Toowoomba Chronicle   
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UPROXX
   
You Shall Not Pass! Watch These Backpackers Survive A Harrowing Bridge Collapse   
UPROXX
Backpacking is hard enough already — what with the walking and the blisters and the improvised toilet paper and the bugs and the bears and the many other ways nature can be a d*ck — but four French hikers in New Zealand encountered an entirely ...

New Zealand suspension bridge snaps as hikers cross – video   The Guardian

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Nature World News
   
Early Human Foot Bones Shed Light On Walking and Tree Climbing Abilities   
Nature World News
Pictured here is a digital reconstruction of the foot of Homo naledi. These bones signify that the early humans were bipedal and still climbing trees. (Photo : Nature Communications). Homo naledi, a new, extinct human ancestor was recently discovered ...
Ancient Human Ancestor Swung from Trees and Used Tools with Their Hands   Seating Chair
The Feet and Hands of Homo Naledi were Similar to those of Modern Humans ...   Ancient Origins
Homo naledi was Prehistoric Parkour Athlete   Fx Report Daily
Jewocity.com (press release) (blog)   
Catholic Online   
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