2014年12月2日 星期二

2014-12-03 South Africa Science

  htxt.africa   
MeerKAT telescope gets R150 million investment for radio receivers  htxt.africa
The South African MeerKAT radio telescope just received a huge boost from the Max-Planck-Society (MPG) and the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, as SA's Minister for Science and Technology announced that around R150 million ...

Germany invests R150 million in MeerKAT: Pandor   Times LIVE
SKA gets R150m German investment   The New Age Online
German institute's R150m boost for MeerKAT telescope   Mail & Guardian Online
TechCentral   
The Citizen   
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  New York Times   
The Next Big Climate Question: Will India Follow China?  New York Times
For more than 20 years, international climate talks have been dominated by a schism between those who created the problem of climate change (largely the United States and nations of the European Union) and those who would greatly contribute to it ...

Developing nations urge deeper climate cuts to zero emissions   Reuters
UN climate talks begin as global temperatures break records   BBC News
India sticks to its gun during climate talks   Economic Times

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  Irish Times   
Amazon forests at risk from both legal and illegal activities  Irish Times
Released at the Lima climate conference, the peer-reviewed study indicates tropical forests across Amazonia are at risk from legal and illegal logging, construction of new roads and dams, and the expansion of agriculture, mining and petroleum industries.
Amazon indigenous land loss threatens climate – study   Rappler
Amazon indigenous land loss threatens climate, says study   BBC News
Amazon indigenous land loss threatens climate   Yahoo News UK
Reuters Africa   
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  CNET   
Martian meteorite may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life  CNET
A meteorite from Mars that landed on Earth in 2011 contains a carbon compound that is biological in origin. by Michelle Starr · @riding_red; 3 December 2014 2:12 am GMT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email. tumblr.
Meteorite stirs life-on-Mars debate   Economic Times
Traces of Martian biological activity could be locked inside a meteorite   Science Codex
Traces of possible Martian biological activity inside a meteorite   Phys.Org

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  Deutsche Welle   
India, Cambodia, Philippines top Climate Risk Index  Deutsche Welle
Extreme weather from climate change affects poorer nations more than rich ones. Germanwatch's Climate Risk Index found that Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti were worst affected by climate disasters from 1994 to 2013. COP 20 in Lima. Environmental group ...

Philippines most distressed country by extreme events - risk study   InterAksyon
Philippines hardest hit by extreme weather in 2013-report   Reuters Africa

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  Wall Street Journal   
Why We Needn't Fear the Machines  Wall Street Journal
The just-released movie “The Imitation Game” credits mathematician Alan Turing with ending World War II two years early and saving 14 million lives. So it might seem strange to say it undersells Turing's legacy. And yet that's the case. Mathematician Alan ...

Alan Turing's legacy is even bigger than we realise   Phys.Org
Alan Turing's enduring legacy   TechCentral

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  IT-Online   
Nanodiamonds read quantum data  IT-Online
Quantum computing could soon become a mainstream reality, with the news that nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamonds could be used to construct vital components for quantum computers. Before now it has been impossible to read optically-written ...

Nitrogen-Vacancy points in Diamonds could be used to construct Vital ...   Uncover California
Possible read head for quantum computers   Space Daily
A read head for quantum computers? Graphene layer reads optical information ...   Phys.Org

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Indigenous Women Affected by Climate Change  Prensa Latina
02 de diciembre de 2014, 13:09Lima, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Indigenous women take the worst of climate change, asserted Daysi Zapata, Vice President of the Inter-Ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (Aidesep), during the ...

Africa: Fairtrade Farmers Call for Climate Action - Statement By the Fairtrade ...   AllAfrica.com
The South Demands Clarity in Financing and Adaptation at COP20   Independent European Daily Express
U.N. climate conference begins in Lima; Tokyo seen lagging   The Japan Times
Peru this Week   
Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias   
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  News24   
WATCH: Beachgoers deliver 3 baby sharks from dead mother  News24
Cape Town - A family beach day for the photographer of this amazing footage turned into one of the most memorable events ever when they came across a dead pregnant shark and helped 3 young pups take their first swim. The lady filming the episode is ...


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  Irish Independent   
Robots could spell end of human race, Hawking claims  Irish Independent
Stephen Hawking has unveiled his new "life-changing" communications platform, which helps him to speak twice as quickly through a predictive text system. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. He now needs to type ...

Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind   The Nation
Stephen Hawking fancies himself as a Bond villain   Sydney Morning Herald
Stephen Hawking: Artificial Intelligence Could Be the End of Mankind   NBCNews.com
The Globe and Mail   
NEWS.com.au   
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