2014年10月29日 星期三

2014-10-30 South Africa Science

  New York Times   
Antares Rocket Explosion Leaves Questions and Dead Mosquito Eggs  New York Times
The Wallops Island, Va., launch facilities a day after Tuesday's explosion of an Antares rocket. Credit Terry Zaperach/NASA. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share This Page. Email; Share ...

What caused major US rocket failure?   BBC News
Orbital's Soviet Rocket Engines Had Already Been Slated for Retirement   Businessweek
In US, search for answers after Antares space rocket explosion   Sydney Morning Herald
Irish Independent   
NDTV   
Reuters   
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  The Citizen   
R30m for anti-poaching effort  Moneyweb.co.za
The Peace Parks Foundation will invest R30 million in anti-poaching efforts in Mozambique and game parks in Limpopo, it said on Wednesday. The money would be spent on upgrading field communication technology used by rangers, cross-border radio ...

Millions for anti-poaching effort   Jacaranda FM
Deal bolsters Mozambique's fight against poaching   Eyewitness News
R30 million for anti-poaching effort   The Citizen

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  New York Times   
Google Executive Sets Record for Free Fall: Reporter's Notebook  New York Times
A well-known computer scientist parachuted from a balloon near the top of the stratosphere on Friday, Oct. 24, falling faster than the speed of sound and breaking the world altitude record set just two years ago. The jump was made by Alan Eustace, 57, ...

TIFR balloons helped Google executive set stratosphere skydive world record   Daily News & Analysis
Google exec hit 822 mph during record near-space skydive   The Seattle Times
WATCH: Google exec quietly breaks Baumgartner's space leap record   News24
News Tonight Africa   
Wired.co.uk   
iAfrica.com   
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  BBC News   
Lava nears homes on Hawaii's Big Island  BBC News
Residents of a Hawaiian village threatened by lava have begun evacuating as the flow reaches the first property in its path. Two roads to Pahoa have been closed and a cemetery has already been overtaken by the flow from the Kilauea volcano. People living ...

Lava 100 feet from Hawaii home, nearing main road   Lynchburg News and Advance
Hawaii's slow-motion disaster: How does a community prepare for lava?   Christian Science Monitor
Lava from Hawaii volcano edges closer to dozens of homes on the Big Island   ABC Online
NBCNews.com   
Reuters UK   
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  Sci-Tech Today   
Possible Complete Mammoth Skeleton Found in Idaho  Sci-Tech Today
A portion of a Columbian mammoth skull and tusks have been uncovered in southeastern Idaho, and experts say a rare entire skeleton might be buried there. Experts estimate the mammoth was about 16 years old and lived about 70,000 to 120,000 years ago ...

Possible complete mammoth skeleton found in US   News24
70000-Year-Old Mammoth Skeleton Found in Idaho   Discovery News
Complete mammoth skeleton possibly buried in southeastern Idaho   Tech Times

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  TakePart   
UK and Germany See Good Chances of Early EU Carbon Fix  Businessweek
The EU governments and the European Parliament may finish work on the proposal to introduce the carbon-market stability reserve by the middle of next year, Ed Davey, U.K. secretary of state for energy and climate change, said in an interview today in ...

UK energy minister sees rapid reform of EU carbon market   Reuters Africa
Britain, Germany see good chances of early eu carbon market fix   Chicago Tribune
UK Climate Minister: 'I completely welcome Cañete's appointment'   EurActiv

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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Climate change a 'threat multiplier for farming-dependent nations: report  Sydney Morning Herald
Climate change and food insecurity are "threat multipliers", and 32 countries dependent on farming face an "extreme risk" of conflict or civil unrest in the next 30 years, a global analytics firm said on Wednesday. Food shortages and rising prices have the ...

REFILE-Climate change a "threat multiplier" for farming-dependent states-analysis   Reuters Africa
Climate change a 'threat multiplier' for farming-dependent states   AG Week
Climate change a "threat multiplier" for farming-dependent states   Thomson Reuters Foundation
Businessweek   
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  Entomology Today   
Recent global effort shows four fruitflies most destructive agri pests  fnbnews.com
Four of the world's most destructive agricultural pests are species of fruitflies. These are Oriental, Philippine, Invasive and Asian Papaya fruitflies. This was the result of a recent global research effort. “The findings should lead to the easing of certain ...

International Researchers Find Major Fruit Fly Pests to be the Same Species   Entomology Today
Four in One - New Discovery On Pest Fruit Flies   AllAfrica.com
Researchers say four fruit fly species are the same and can eat more fruit ...   ABC Online
io9   
FoodNavigator-Asia.com   
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  Caj News Africa   
Multilateral agencies to partner with Kenya to stabilize horn of Africa  Shanghai Daily (subscription)
NAIROBI, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Multilateral institutions will partner with Kenya to promote peace, stability and development in the horn of Africa region, according to the statements issued on Wednesday by the United Nations and the World Bank.
UN chief launches major projects in Kenya   Caj News Africa

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  Toronto Sun   
Piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found on Pacific island, says group  Toronto Sun
Amelia Earhart plane piece A piece of metal is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR). Researchers probing the 1937 disappearance of famed American aviator Amelia Earhart's ...

Group says piece of metal found on Pacific island is from Earhart's plane   Firstpost
Amelia Earhart: fragment from aviation pioneer's missing plane identified   NEWS.com.au
Metal patch may point to Earhart's plane   USA TODAY
The Straits Times   
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