2015年10月23日 星期五

2015-10-24 Australia Science


The Nation
   
Saltwater crocodiles can rest with one eye open for watching threat   
Daily Times
Saltwater crocodiles can rest with one eye open to watch for threats, Australian scientists said on Friday, with further research likely to show half of the mammal's brain could be conscious even while asleep. The scientists found that crocodiles ...
Never sneak up on a crocodile: research discovers predators can sleep with one ...   ABC Online
Crocodiles sleep with one eye open   Sky News Australia
Australian scientists discover that crocodiles sleep with one eye   International Business Times AU
Gizmodo Australia   
BBC News   
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Live Science
   
Life May Have Begun 4.1 Billion Years Ago on an Infant Earth   
Live Science
Life may have emerged on Earth 4.1 billion years ago, much earlier than scientists had thought, and relatively soon after the planet formed, researchers say. Previous research suggested life may have arisen on Earth 3.83 billion years ago. The new ...
UCLA findings suggest life on Earth started much earlier than we thought   Gizmag
Life on Earth began 4.1 billion years ago, shows Study   The Budapest Report
Life on Earth started 300 million years earlier than previously thought   TV Newsroom
Ars Technica   
American Museum of Natural History   
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The Australian
   
Potholes on the road to Paris   
The Australian
From the sky, a zooming gaze on to the rooftop of Malcolm Turnbull's Point Piper, Sydney, mansion reveals a small collection of solar panels that produce electricity from the sun. As an early adopter of solar, Turnbull has had a first-hand taste of the ...
Everything beats optimal for climate policy   Sydney Morning Herald
Atmosphere of Hope: Solutions to the Climate Crisis by Tim Flannery; The ...   The Guardian
Stern warns: humanity is at climate crossroads   The Ecologist

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Huffington Post Australia
   
Slip, Slop, Stop Polluting The Great Barrier Reef With Sunscreen Chemicals   
Huffington Post Australia
From above, the coral quays and sandy pauses of the Great Barrier Reef appear as the great leopard spots of a luminous beast. Like one living organism undulating from Gladstone to the northern most tip of Australia, the reef can feel enormous and ...

Sunscreen ingredient is toxic to coral, killing off reefs   Junior College
Sunscreen ingredient may be killing off coral reefs: Study   The Budapest Report
Sunscreen a coral killer on FNQ's Great Barrier Reef   NEWS.com.au
Springer   
ResearchGate   
Phenome.eu   
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ABC Online
   
Scientists study arms of dead men, suggest hands evolved so males could ...   
ABC Online
Biologists have used the arms of dead men to punch and slap padded dumbbells in a macabre experiment supporting a hotly debated theory that our hands evolved not only for manual dexterity, but also so males could fistfight over females. Scientists at ...
Human fist evolved to punch, new study says   Stuff.co.nz
Our hands evolved so we could punch love rivals   Times LIVE
Scientists slap stuff with cadaver hands to figure out why fist shape evolved   Miami Herald

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Brisbane Times
   
Imagining the bullockies: a road trip down old tracks   
Brisbane Times
Man filling a mug from a barrel on a bullock team's wagon, New South Wales, 1 October 1933. Photo: supplied. The best road trip comes without a schedule. Simply climb into your car or, better, aboard your motorcycle, and set out, allowing yourself the ...

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Gizmag
   
New Horizons completes "family portrait" of Pluto's moons   
Gizmag
Before NASA's New Horizons spacecraft completed its study of Pluto and continued on its way to the distant reaches of the Kuiper Belt, it took some parting images of Kerberos, Pluto's smallest moon. This completed a series of "family portrait" images ...
Pluto's moon Kerberos finally shows itself   The Nation
Pluto's smallest moon says 'hi' to NASA's New Horizons spacecraft   STGIST
New Research Paves Way For Computer That You Can Control Using Your Mind   Science World Report
Sportnewsbase.com   
Space Ref (press release)   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Australian telescope has detected white dwarf star in the process of ...   
NEWS.com.au
Matthew Dunnnews.com.au. Share; Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter; Share on Google+; Share on Reddit; Email a friend. AN Aussie planet watcher has detected what can only be described as The Walking Dead of the astronomy world. A small ...

Zombie star is destroying a solar system   Perth Now
Robotic telescope captures first-ever footage of death spiral planets   The Australian

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Press Herald
   
Black hole detected obliterating star   
Press Herald
The tidal disruption, as it's called, occurred in a galaxy some 290 million light-years from Earth. By Sophie WodzakTribune News Service. Share. facebook · tweet · email. print Comment. Read Article. A star has just been ripped apart by a black hole ...
This is what it looks like when a black hole tears a star apart   Sydney Morning Herald
Massive Black Hole Shreds Passing Star   The Budapest Report
Bits You Missed: Pluto in 3D, bacteria art, and space is so metal!   Geek
Times Gazette   
Space Ref (press release)   
Capitalberg   
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Treehugger
   
Secrets of the naked mole-rat revealed   
Treehugger
So maybe the lack of fur, beady eyes and exuberant teeth don't exactly make for “cute,” but in terms of nature's design, the naked mole-rat is a splendid creature. Adapted to a life lived in tunnels beneath the hot African desert, their naked skin ...
We've Been Slandering Naked Mole-Rats All This Time   Gizmodo Australia

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