2014年12月4日 星期四

2014-12-05 South Africa Science


The Guardian
   
Australia won't give to UN Green Climate Fund   
Washington Post
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's foreign minister says her government will continue to directly pay for climate change mitigation in vulnerable South Pacific island nations through its aid budget rather than donate to a United Nations' Green Climate Fund ...

Climate change summit: Countries demand focus on adaptation and finance   The Hindu
TOI at Lima - India sticks to its guns in Peru climate talks   Times of India
China broadens pollution pledge in call for more climate funding   Brisbane Times
CBC.ca   
Daily Times   
The Australian   
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www.sagoodnews.co.za
   
Cheetahs: The Supercar of the Big Cat World   
Huffington Post
Do you remember the first time you ever saw an exotic car in real life? Not just a cool car, or an unusual car, but a supercar ... the kind that adorns the walls of boys' bedrooms, later a few dormitory rooms and eventually the walls of "man caves" around the ...

Breeding Cheetahs For The Wild, Not the Zoo   www.sagoodnews.co.za (blog)

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Philippines Hardest Hit by Extreme Weather in 2013   
Scientific American
LIMA (Reuters) - The Philippines, Cambodia and India were the countries hardest hit by extreme weather events in 2013, according to a study unveiled on Tuesday at U.N. talks in Lima on a global deal to limit climate change. The report by Germanwatch, ...


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Brazil to launch new satellite to track deforestation   
The New Age Online
Brazil will launch a satellite from China Sunday to keep an eye in the sky on deforestation in the Amazon, the National Space Agency (Inpe) said Thursday.Picture:Getty Images. Print. divider. Mail. divider. Bookmarkl and Share Share. divider. share. Rate this ...


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BBC News
   
Does AI really threaten the future of the human race?   
BBC News
The end of the human race - that is what is in sight if we develop full artificial intelligence, according to Stephen Hawking in an interview with the BBC. But how imminent is the danger and if it is remote, do we still need to worry about the implications of ever ...

Stephen Hawking's warning on artificial intelligence long way off   CBC.ca
Eddie Redmayne digs deep to play Stephen Hawking in 'The Theory of Everything'   Newsday
Should we be spooked by the ghosts in the machine?   Times LIVE
Independent Online   
The Daily Star   
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New York Times
   
The Surprising Power of an Electric Eel's Shock   
New York Times
New research has found that electric eels can deploy shocks with remarkable sophistication. Credit Kenneth C. Catania. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Carl Zimmer. MATTER. Continue reading the main story Share This ...

Electric eels 'remotely control their prey'   BBC News
Taser, electric eel use same mechanism   Sky News Australia
How an eel locates and attacks its prey: Remote control   USA TODAY
Newsweek   
Reuters India   
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Times LIVE
   
Asteroids threaten the planet   
Times LIVE
"The ancients were correct in their belief that the heavens and the motion of astronomical bodies affect life on Earth ," Rees said. File photo. Image by: RUBEN SPRICH / REUTERS. Asteroids could wipe out humanity unless more effort is made to track and ...

''We're not prepared for deadly asteroid strike'' Brian Cox and top scientists give ...   Mirror.co.uk
Asteroid Day aims to create awareness about Asteroids and Comets   Voice Chronicle
Experts Warn About Asteroids Threat   Prensa Latina
SFGate   
Telegraph.co.uk   
Financial Times   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Earliest known engravings found on a clam shell   
Los Angeles Times
Scientists say that a series of marks carved onto a freshwater clam shell represent the earliest known engravings made by a human ancestor. The zigzag lines visible in the photo above probably were carved at least 430,000 years ago by a Homo erectus, ...

Homo erectus engraving could re-write human history, and might show art ...   The Independent
Indonesian shell has 'earliest human engraving'   BBC News
Earliest Human Engraving Or Trash From An Ancient Lunch?   NPR
Washington Post   
Nature.com   
Fox News   
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Stuff.co.nz
   
West Antarctic ice sheet melt accelerating   
Stuff.co.nz
SEA LEVELS RISING: The Thwaites Glacier is one of six glaciers in West Antarctica locked in an irreversible thaw linked to global warming as it is eaten away from below by warming of sea waters. For two decades, scientists have kept a close watch on a vast, ...

Why Increasing Antarctic Sea Ice Doesn't Mean Climate Change Isn't Happening   seattlepi.com
Why is Antarctica melting? Scientists reveal clues.   Christian Science Monitor
Rapid Warming Hits Antarctica's Shallow Seas   Live Science
Frontline Desk   
Washington Post   
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BBC News
   
Stegosaurus skeleton to yield dinosaur's secrets   
BBC News
Although stegosauruses are one of the most well-known dinosaurs, it is among those scientists know the least about. There are only six partial skeletons of the creature, which lived around 150 million years ago. This specimen, nicknamed "Sophie", has been ...

'The Last American Dinosaurs' at the Museum of Natural History offers a ...   Washington Post
Dinosaur fossil 'inspires genuine wonder'   Independent Online
Building a dinosaur in 30 seconds: World's most complete stegosaurus   CNN
TVNZ   
CBC.ca   
The Guardian   
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