2015年6月16日 星期二

2015-06-17 South Africa Science


The Guardian
   
Kimbal Musk takes the tech entrepreneur ethos and applies it to food   
The Guardian
It can be tricky for anyone being the younger sibling, but imagine what it must be like to be the younger brother of Elon Musk, a businessman habitually referred to as a real life Tony Stark. His reputation seems to get more outsized with each fresh headline.
SpaceX and the Russian Rocket Mess   Wall Street Journal
Tesla Leasing Former Solyndra Facility   CleanTechnica
Elon Musk's Space Internet Plan Is Moving Forward   Gizmodo
Gizmodo UK   
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Times LIVE
   
Moths duped into gay sex   
Times LIVE
They are using a system which tricks male moths into thinking that other male moths are females in a bid to stop them mating and producing eggs and larvae. File photo. Image by: Yvonne Esquilin/ Twitter ...

Natural History Museum is trying to make moths turn 'gay'   Daily Mail
Museum tackles its moth problem by turning males gay   The Times (subscription)
How sexually confusing moths could save your clothes from holes   Telegraph.co.uk
RT   
PinkNews   
Gay Star News   
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Huffington Post UK
   
Second thoughts: is a tiny addition in time too much?   
DAWN.com
The answer: At 2359 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on June 30, when the world will experience a minute that will last 61 seconds. The reason for the weird event is something called the leap second. That's when timekeepers adjust high-precision clocks so ...

A minute to last 61 secs, plan your extra moment on June 30   Hindustan Times
World gets a 61-second minute   NEWS.com.au
U.N. to Consider Whether to Cut Earth Time Loose from Greenwich Mean Time   HPPR

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Wired
   
Eruption Update: Japan, Philippines, and Indonesia   
Wired
Asama, one of the volcanoes located near Tokyo, erupted on Tuesday. The weather conditions haven't permitted much of a view of the eruption, but it appears to have been a small explosion that spread ash only on the area near Asama. However, officials ...

Mount Asama Erupts: Five Facts About Volcanoes in Japan   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Mount Asama volcano erupts near Tokyo   Telegraph.co.uk
Light ashfall detected, as Japan's most active volcano erupts   Inside Japan Tours
Reuters Africa   
Business Standard   
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Techie News
   
Researchers reason why we can't remember exact colours   
Techie News
Ever came across a situation wherein you were asked to recollect the colours you had seen in a particular object and were not able to correctly remember them? Well you are not alone as researchers have established through a new researcher that rather ...

Why is it difficult to remember colors exactly?   FitnHit.com
Can't Recall The Color You Saw? Here's Why   Tech Times
Why it's so difficult to remember exact colours   Health24
Economic Times   
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abc27
   
Einstein's letters reel in $420000 at auction   
abc27
Assemblyman Scott Wilk was so busy on Facebook explaining why he intended to vote no on the budget plan, he accidentally voted yes. Police: Man uses torch to cut into ATM. Updated: 5 mins ago. Pa. lawmakers unveil Sunday hunting bill. Updated: 21 ...

Einstein letters fetch more than $420000 at auction   CNN
Einstein letters fetch more than $420000   stjoechannel.com

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Forbes
   
Good Scientists Should Publicly Criticize Tim Hunt's Claims   
Forbes
The vigorous reactions to remarks by biochemist Tim Hunt about women in science on social media and elsewhere are being cast as “internet shaming.” That's a mistake. The reactions are, in fact, exactly part of the way scientists engage with each other to ...

Brian Cox criticises 'disproportionate' reaction to Tim Hunt's comments   The Guardian
Brian Cox attacks 'social media' that forced Nobel scientist Tim Hunt to quit   Daily Mail
Calling Tim Hunt Sexist Won't Help Women in Science   TIME
The Times (subscription)   
Telegraph.co.uk   
Daily Beast   
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BBC News
   
Protect more bee species to safeguard crops, say scientists   
BBC News
Almost 80% of crop pollination by wild bees is provided by just 2% of the most common species, say scientists. In the UK, a small number of bees are vital for crops such as oilseed rape, apples and strawberries, according to the University of Reading team.
Bees contribute more to British economy than Royal Family   Telegraph.co.uk
Just two percent of wild bee species pollinate at least 80 percent of crops   Mashable
Tiny number of bees account for most crop pollination - study   Reuters
Malay Mail Online   
Quartz   
Yahoo News UK   
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The Nation
   
Hot, dry climate long kept dinosaurs out of tropics   
The Nation
An unpredictable, yet scorching and dry climate kept large, grass-eating dinosaurs out of the tropics for some 30 million years after they first appeared on Earth, a study out Monday found. It has been a longstanding mystery: why did long-necked dinosaurs ...

Study Links Untenable Levels of CO2 near the Equator during Triassic to ...   West Texas News
Climate change kept herbivorous dinosaurs away from tropics   The Silver Ink
Equatorial Dino Mystery Solved   Latinos Post
BGR   
Newsy   
SlashGear   
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Irish Independent
   
Thousands of people refusing to leave their homes as volcano poised to erupt   
Irish Independent
Residents ride on a motorcycle as Mount Sinabung volcano erupts in Karo Regency, Indonesia's North Open Gallery 6 Residents ride on a motorcycle as Mount Sinabung volcano erupts in Karo Regency, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, June 16, 2015, ...

More than 10000 flee erupting Indonesian volcano   AsiaOne
10000 Indonesians flee Mt Sinabung eruption   Stuff.co.nz
Thousands flee as volcano erupts in Indonesia   RTE.ie
Arab News   
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