2014年12月5日 星期五

2014-12-06 South Africa Science


New York Times
   
First Flight Test Is Successful for NASA's Orion Spacecraft   
New York Times
The Orion capsule, atop a Delta IV rocket, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Friday morning. It landed in the Pacific four and a half hours later, just a mile off target. Credit Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle. Continue reading the main story. Continue ...

A 'Perfect flight' for Nasa's Mars rocket marks new era   Irish Independent
NASA's Orion has 'bull's eye' landing after test mission   azcentral.com
Orion test flight lifts NASA spirits for shot at Mars   The Australian
San Jose Mercury News   
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MyNewsLA.com   
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The Hindu
   
Week ends on optimism in Lima   
The Hindu
As the first week of the UN climate talks draws to a close, the initial despair has turned to optimism but there is still a long way to go in terms of finalising key elements for contributions from countries or a draft agreement for Lima. Saleemul Huq, the director of ...

Climate change proposal earns international kudos   New Zealand Herald
Lima climate talks split on role of adaptation, finance in new deal   Reuters
India says 'five pillars of strength' key to clinch climate deal   Times of India
Indian Express   
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Reuters
   
Sea level rise threatening Kennedy Space Center in Florida   
Reuters
The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 5, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Scott Audette. Related Topics. Environment » · Environment ». ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) ...


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Energy Collective
   
Rift widens among greens over burying carbon as climate fix   
Yahoo! Maktoob News
LIMA (Reuters) - A rift is widening among the world's biggest environmental groups over a little-tested technology for burying carbon that might help cut the cost of fighting climate change. A report by the U.N.'s panel of climate scientists last month dismayed ...

IPCC, WMO Event Explores Different Applications of AR5   IISD Reporting Services

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CTV News
   
Amazon Deforestation May Be The Cause Of Brazil Drought   
Huffington Post
SAO PAULO (AP) — Vera Lucia de Oliveira looks to the sky, hoping for any sign of rain. For weeks, the taps in her home have run dry as Sao Paulo has suffered its worst drought in eight decades, with rainfall at one-third the normal level. Without heavy and ...

Deforestation Sparks Brazilian Debate   Wall Street Journal
Brazil's Swap Rates Fall With Currency After Central Bank Signal   Businessweek
Deforestation may be directly causing Brazil's drought   News24
Reuters Africa   
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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 ...

How I Fell In Love With Stephen Hawking   Newsweek
AI could spell end of humanity - Hawking   Independent Online
Should we be spooked by the ghosts in the machine?   Times LIVE
CBC.ca   
TV3.ie   
Irish Independent   
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The Nation
   
Scientist's Nobel medal fetches $4.75m   
The Nation
NEW YORK: The Nobel Prize medal of celebrated American geneticist James Watson sold for $4.75 million in just minutes at auction on Thursday in New York. The sale, the first of a Nobel Prize by a living laureate, was considerably more than the $2.5-$3.5 ...

DNA Laureate James Watson's Nobel Medal Sells for $4.1M   Scientific American
DNA Nobel Prize Sold for $4.1 Million at Christie's   WallStreet OTC
James Watson profile: A human riddle wrapped in a DNA double helix   The Independent
Telegraph.co.uk   
New York Times   
Fox News   
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Discovery News
   
Electric Eels Can Set Charge to Buzz or Stun   
Discovery News
The electric eel is one of those animals that can strike fear into people's hearts, even though it lives a relatively peaceful life in the tepid waterways of South America. Now scientists have figured out how it uses its electric shock to both detect and stun its prey ...


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Sky News Australia
   
Experts call for asteroid strike response   
Sky News Australia
One hundred leading scientists, astronomers, former astronauts and celebrities have called for more to be done to prevent a devastating asteroid strike. TV physicist Professor Brian Cox is backing the campaign, as is Queen guitarist Brian May, who has a ...

Brian May - Brian May Raising Awareness For Asteroid Detection System   Contactmusic.com
Brian May Warns of Asteroid Strikes, Joins Danger Mouse and Others in Call to ...   Billboard
Asteroids could wipe out humanity, warn Richard Dawkins and Brian Cox   Telegraph.co.uk
Financial Times   
The Guardian   
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CBC.ca
   
Death of endangered killer whale J-32 troubling say scientists   
CBC.ca
The death of a young adult killer whale that washed up on the shores of Vancouver Island on Thursday is troubling, said marine mammal researchers from the Vancouver Aquarium Thursday. The whale has been identified as a member of the endangered ...

Endangered female killer whale found dead off Vancouver Island   The Globe and Mail
Orca found dead off B.C. coast was at the 'sunrise of her reproductive life ...   The Province
Endangered orca found dead off Vancouver Island   Kelowna Capital News

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