2014年8月26日 星期二

2014-08-27 South Africa Science

  Daily Mail   
Scans Of 'Taung Child' Skull Show Human Ancestor's Brain Didn't Grow Like Our ...  Huffington Post
The "Taung Child" fossil on display at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. The skull of an ancient human ancestor fails to show evidence of the type of brain expansion typically seen in modern human infants, ...

Early Human's Skull Not Human-like   Laboratory Equipment
Taung Child Didn't Have Infant Brain Development Akin to Modern Humans: Study   Maine News Online
Taung Child skull used to prove brain difference in early man   eNCA
News24   
Nature World News   
Tech Times   
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  Citizen   
New rare species of Fynbos found in Plett  News24
The best, greatest, craziest, biggest, and funniest - Awesome South Africa will intrigue you, make... Was R264.00 Now R245.00 buy now. Plettenburg Bay - A new rare species of Fynbos has been discovered near Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, the Robberg ...

A new flower discovered near Plett   eNCA
New species of Fynbos found   The New Age Online

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  Tech Times   
Bardarbunga volcano rumbles to life following 5.7 magnitude earthquake ...  Tech Times
Iceland could soon see a volcanic eruption, that could play havoc with the airline industry in Europe. Increased seismic activity has led to additional monitoring of the area. (Photo : Benedikt G. Ófeigsson). The Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland has experienced ...

Iceland volcano: Magma moving towards new volcanic system   BBC News
Iceland volcano continues to shake ground in possible prelude to coming eruption   Science Recorder
Magma From Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano Moving As Quakes Intensify   Forbes
Mashable   
Christian Science Monitor   
Environment News Service   
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  The Space Reporter   
NASA's Curiosity rover abandons proposed drilling site  Daily Digest
After evaluating a pale, flat rock as a possible site for sample drilling, NASA has decided to abandon it and move on toward Mount Sharp. The rock, dubbed “Bonanza King” was found on August 15 and it was hoped that it would provide information about the ...

Thigh bone on Mars? NASA weighs in   The Space Reporter
Curiosity Rover Packs Up Drill, Hits the Martian Road Again   Space.com
Curiosity rover photographs thigh bone-shaped rock on Mars   CBC.ca
NBCNews.com   
Headlines & Global News   
Uncover California   
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  Thought Leader   
Nene open to partners for Eskom plants  Mail & Guardian Online
Treasury will consider partnerships with the private sector to extend some of SA's infrastructure build despite it being politically impossible. Minister of finance Nhlanhla Nene, said demands from state-owned companies, especially Eskom, did "pose a bit of a ...

Mandela Rhodes Scholars   Thought Leader

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  Lexington Herald Leader   
Tom Eblen: The anniversary of the last passenger pigeon, a bird that once filled ...  Lexington Herald Leader
HOLD for Seth Bornenstein story-- Smithsonian ornithologist Brian Schmidt poses for a photo with Martha, an extinct passenger pigeon, once the most plentiful bird on the planet, who went extinct in September 1914 when Martha died in public at the ...

The Passenger Pigeon's Everlasting Mark: America's Most Infamous Extinction   Huffington Post
Documentary shows How Passenger Pigeon reached Extinction   News Tonight Africa
The enduring history of the passenger pigeon and why we're still talking about it   Tech Times
The Messenger (subscription)   
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FRCN tasked on fight against terrorism  Daily Times Nigeria
Management of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, has been urged to use the medium in the fight against terrorism. The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku who disclosed this in Calabar said the corporation could use its wide outreach to ...

Ogunfowoke: 21st Century Nigerian Radio: A source or a loss?   The Guardian Nigeria
No part of Nigeria'll be used as experimental terror state –FG   Daily Sun
First digital radio in Nigeria underway —Maku   Nigerian Tribune
AllAfrica.com   
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  Design & Trend   
California Drought Situation Not Improving Much  Wisconsin Ag Connection
According to the latest Drought Monitor report, 82 percent of California is in extreme or worse drought, marking the eighth consecutive month with more than 30 percent of the state reported in these conditions. The report showed a minimal shift in conditions ...

Scientists Say The Ground Is Actually Rising Because Of California's Drought   BuzzFeed
Drought caused Rise of Ground Level, Responsible for Quake in California Too?   News Tonight Africa
GPS Technology Helps Measure Drought Conditions   Dumb-Out
The Korea Herald   
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  Blue & Green Tomorrow   
Small island states, facing rising seas, seek economic overhaul  Reuters Africa
... * "Frightening" prospect of rising seas - U.N.. * Islands say overlooked, fault inaction over climate. * Small island summit in Samoa from Sept. 1-4. By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent. OSLO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Small island states facing a ...

Small island states seek economic overhaul   Jamestown Sun
Small island states threatened by rising sea levels call for sustainability   Blue & Green Tomorrow

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  News Tonight Africa   
Isolated droplet combustion experiments aboard ISS lead to discovery of cool ...  News Tonight Africa
An open access publication in the journal Microgravity Science and Technology has provided details about the isolated droplet combustion experiments that were carried out on the International Space Station. The experiment has led to the discovery of new ...

Which US Company Will Help the Government Send Americans to Space?   Nextgov
NASA Enlists Private Space Industry to Break Reliance on Russian Rockets   The St. Petersburg Times
NASA may delay commercial contract award after failed SpaceX launch   The Space Reporter
Space.com   
Geek   
Space Fellowship   
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