2015年5月22日 星期五

2015-05-23 South Africa Science


Citizen
   
Why it's been raining spiders in Australia   
Citizen
It's raining….SPIDERS. Thousands of flying baby spiders are falling from the sky in Australia's Southern Tablelands. The town is experiencing what is called an Angel Hair event (spider migration). And some people are freaked out…quite rightfully so.

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Biodiversity Conservation Project Launched   
AllAfrica.com
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism together with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on Wednesday this week launched the Resource Mobilisation for Biodiversity Conservation (ResMob) Project. The project aims to improve ...

Biodiversity for sustainable development   Namibia Economist
3-day International conference begins at MU   E-Pao.net

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News Tonight Africa
   
China has plans to land spacecraft on Moon's dark side   
News Tonight Africa
China, the world's most populous nation, is mulling plans to land a spacecraft on the dark side of Moon by 2020. If communist nation succeeds in the mission, it would become the first nation in the world to do so. While providing information about the country's ...

China Sets Sights On Darker Side Of The Moon By 2020   Morning News USA

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GMA News
   
If you don't want your food genetically modified, tell nature to stop it.   
GMA News
Chipotle hit the headlines last week when the company announced it would no longer serve customers genetically modified foods. This despite the fact that more than a trillion meals containing genetically modified food have already been eaten in the United ...

Genetically engineered crops and the affects on farming   Coshocton Tribune
Gardening: Why non-GMO seeds matter, to me   Maple Ridge News
GMOs distract from legitimate concerns about food   Genetic Literacy Project
Reuters   
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The Market Business
   
Tackling ethics of gene-editing technology is goal of US science leaders   
The Market Business
Tackling ethics of gene-editing technology is goal of U.S. science leaders, The leading U.S. scientific organization, responding to concerns expressed by scientists and ethicists, has launched an ambitious initiative to recommend guidelines for new genetic ...

Scientists question ethics of 'designer babies'   Health24
Newsweek: CRISPR gene editing could 'save world from hunger' if anti-GMO ...   Genetic Literacy Project
MIT Team Develops CRISPR-Based 'Kill Switch' for GMOs   GenomeWeb
WBUR   
BioPharma-Reporter.com   
Medical Xpress   
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Channel News Asia
   
Oil-coated pelicans scrubbed clean at California rehab center   
Channel News Asia
Several petroleum-stained pelicans rescued from the blackened muck of California's latest oil spill spent the day on Friday being gently, painstakingly scrubbed clean at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Los Angeles. POSTED: 23 May 2015 10:45. PHOTOS.

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IT-Online
   
Glacier shows no warming signs   
IT-Online
NASA images show that the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska is advancing. Since measurements began in 1895, Alaska's Hubbard Glacier has been thickening and steadily advancing into Disenchantment Bay. The advance runs counter to so many thinning and ...

Week's Best Space Pictures: Satellite View of Disenchantment   National Geographic
Alaska's Hubbard Glacier Is Doing the Unthinkable | The Weather Channel   The Weather Channel

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Washington Post
   
Yet another Antarctic ice mass is becoming destabilized, scientists report   
Washington Post
The troubling news continues this week for the Antarctic peninsula region, which juts out from the icy continent. Last week, scientists documented threats to the Larsen C and the remainder of the Larsen B ice shelf (most of which collapsed in 2002).
Antarctic Peninsula in 'dramatic' ice loss   BBC News
Antarctic region shows sudden, surprising ice loss   CBS News
10 000-year-old ice shelf fragmenting   Independent Online
The Independent   
Reuters Africa   
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NEWS.com.au
   
An artist impression of the galaxy. Picture: NASA Source: NewsComAu   
NEWS.com.au
ASTROPHYSICISTS have discovered a remote galaxy shining with the light of more than 300 trillion suns. Known as WISE J224607.57-052635.0, it is the most luminous galaxy to ever be discovered and was located using data from NASA's Wide-field ...

Brightest known galaxy shines like 300 trillion suns   The Space Reporter
Most luminous galaxy glows like 300 trillion suns, says NASA   CNET
NASA spacecraft finds the brightest galaxy in known universe   Mashable
USA TODAY   
ABC News   
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Oregon Coast Beach Connection
   
Oregon Astronomy: Startling Hubble Finds Include Odd Star   
Oregon Coast Beach Connection
(Manzanita, Oregon) – Some millions and millions of light years away from the Oregon coast, scientists are seeing some new amazing things in the universe, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope. A freaky kind of star that almost defies explanation has been ...

Hubble spots uniquely strange 'Nasty' star   The Space Reporter
This Is The Star That NASA Has Nicknamed The 'Nasty One'   Gizmodo Australia
Hubble telescope observes freaky antics of 'Nasty 1' star   CNET
Sky News   
Mirror.co.uk   
Toronto Star   
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