2014年8月19日 星期二

2014-08-20 South Africa Science

  Yahoo News UK   
Science exonerates theft-accused magpies  Yahoo News UK
Magpies, black-and-white birds which for generations have been known as jewellery thieves, are in fact wary of shiny objects, a myth-busting study has claimed. In a series of experiments, British animal behaviourists found that, far from being kleptomaniacs, ...


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  The Space Reporter   
ISS astronauts photograph cargo ship destruction  The Space Reporter
A private cargo ship that delivered supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) in July burned up in Earth's atmosphere on Sunday, August 17, while astronauts on the space station captured images of its destruction. The unmanned Cygnus vehicle ...

Universal Space Network, SSC Satellite Management Services + Telespazio ...   SatNews Publishers
Orbital Completes Third Cargo Delivery Mission to International Space Station ...   Wall Street Journal
Lack of sleep a worry for astronauts   Independent Online
NEWS.com.au   
Hindu Business Line   
eNCA   
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  In These Times   
98% in GTA Concerned about Neonic Pesticides and Bees  NorthumberlandView.ca
TORONTO-A new poll shows 87 percent of Ontarians are concerned about the threat posed by “neonic” pesticides to bees and other wildlife, and 92 percent want the government to take action to protect pollinators. The poll - commissioned by Physicians for ...

Pesticides threaten birds, bees - study   iAfrica.com

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  Channel News Asia   
'Safer' pesticide could create toxic mercury  News24
If you planning on going to Paris, France, this Guide will teach you all you need to know about... Now R296.00 buy now. Paris - A compound in pesticides that replaced another banned for its harmful effects, may threaten humans and wildlife by reacting with ...

Study reveals "safer" pesticide could create toxic mercury   Channel News Asia

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Court delivers three rulings on Burundi Journalists Association; creation of ...  StarAfrica.com
ARUSHA, Tanzania, 18 August 2014 / PRN Africa / — The First Instance Division today delivered three rulings in the Application matters, one allowed and other two dismissed. The First Ruling of the Court. The First Instance Division allowed Civil Society ...

Burundi: Court Delivers Three Rulings On Burundi Journalists Association ...   AllAfrica.com

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  French Tribune   
NASA Plans to Create Foldable Solar Structures  French Tribune
This time, it is not a novel spacecraft or any lunar or Mars mission for which NASA is in the limelight. It is about creating foldable solar structures that could one day be taken into space. To actualize its plans, the agency has joined hands with origami expert ...

NASA creating space solar array that could beam electricity to Earth   Delhi Daily News
NASA creating origami-style solar array: Could beam electricity to Earth   Tech Times
Orbiting solar power plant could unfurl like folded paper, says Nasa   Daily Mail
The Independent   
Mumbai Mirror   
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  Memeburn   
This real-time face mapping projection will make you go 'woah'  Memeburn
This is just the coolest thing we've seen in a very long time. It's a real-time face mapping projection demo and it looks absolutely incredible. The projection effectively follows the model's face around as she moves, changing what it shows along the way.

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Serious damage detected in Brazil's 2015 coffee crop  Reuters Africa
By Caroline Stauffer. LAVRAS, Brazil Aug 19 (Reuters) - Farmers and researchers are detecting serious damage to Brazil's coffee plants after a drought earlier this year and say farmers in 2015 could harvest the smallest arabica crop in a decade. The worst ...


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  Irish Independent   
Airlines on alert over ash cloud fears from Iceland  Irish Independent
Irish airlines have been put on alert amid fears that seismic activity at Iceland's largest volcano could cause a new ash cloud. Share. Go To. Comments. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has said it is "closely monitoring the situation" following notice from the ...

Iceland raises alert after volcanic activity   DAWN.com
Iceland tremors raise fears of new volcanic ash cloud   Telegraph.co.uk
Iceland Warns Airlines About Volcano   Wall Street Journal
Bangkok Post   
Sky News Australia   
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  CBS News   
Earth's resources in "ecological deficit" for rest of 2014  CBS News
According to the Global Footprint Network, today is the day we have used up nature's budget -- the planet's natural resources available for an entire year. From August 19 on, the world will be operating on a deficit. Known as Earth Overshoot Day, the ...

Happy “Earth's Overshot Day”? Humans have Officially Over-Cultivated the Planet   I Love Chile News
Sustainability. Earth at risk! We have exhausted our annual ecological budget   Yareah Magazine
We're in the Red   OnEarth Magazine
Times of India   
Southwales Evening Post   
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