2015年6月18日 星期四

2015-06-19 South Africa Science


New York Times
   
In the Footsteps of Popes Seeking Worldly Change   
New York Times
When an elderly Pope Leo XIII released a document in 1891 on the rights of workers to unionize and of owners to hold private property, European capitalists and socialists alike cried foul. Why should we listen, they fumed, to a pope's pronouncements on ...

Government Catholics will give 'great weight' to Pope's climate views: Malcolm ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Pope Francis calls for action on climate change   Financial Express
Not even the Pope can shake the blind faith of climate sceptics   ABC Online
Wall Street Journal   
Herald Sun   
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News24
   
Photo of Table Mountain wins International Earth and Sky Photo Contest 2015   
News24
Cape Town - A stunning photograph by Eric Nathan was announced as the winning image at the 6th annual International Earth and Sky Photo Contest on Dark Skies in 2015. Nathan, a photographer living in South Africa and the UK, took the contest's winning ...

Photos: What the sky should look like without light pollution   Quartz
Best Nightscapes From Across the World   Sky & Telescope
These award-winning photos will make you fall in love with the night sky all over ...   Businessinsider India
NBCNews.com   
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Times LIVE
   
South African school pupils win CERN science contest   
Times LIVE
Pupils from St John's College and Barnato Park High School in Johannesburg have teamed up to win the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) Beamline for Schools Competition 2015.
South African school pupils win international science contest   BusinessTech
South African pupils win international science contest   MyBroadband

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Free Malaysia Today
   
The Non-Binding International Climate Treaty Process Has Been a Colossal ...   
Huffington Post Canada
From November 30 to December 11, 2015, world leaders will gather in Paris in an attempt once more to negotiate an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and hence global warming. Below I provide my thoughts in the lead up to this ...

Climate Diplomacy Day - EU Envoys Call for Reduction of Carbon Emissions in ...   AllAfrica.com
Filling the gap ahead of 2020 national climate action: Cities?   Citiscope
Britain must walk the walk as well as talk the talk in order to get a global deal on ...   New Statesman
Greenpeace International (blog)   
GhanaWeb   
BuzzFeed News   
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Mashable
   
Scientists develop the world's thinnest light bulb   
Mashable
Imagine a light bulb made from something thinner than paper, but stronger than any other material known to man. Seems impossible — except it isn't. A group of scientists from Columbia University, Seoul National University and the Korea Research Institute of ...

World's thinnest ever light bulb produced   Digital Journal
Graphene light bulb shines bright   physicsworld.com
Tiny Light Bulbs Containing Graphene Filaments Are Finally Here   WCCFtech
HEXUS   
India Today   
Gizmodo India   
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Daily Times
   
Climate change projects in poorest nations lose out in battle for funds   
Daily Times
BARCELONA: Urgent plans to help the world's poorest people become more resilient to extreme weather and rising seas are on hold because of a lack of cash in a UN climate fund set up for least developed countries, amid fierce competition for limited aid.

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Fox News
   
Africa poaching hotspots found in DNA analysis of tusks, dung   
Stuff.co.nz
Researchers are using seized tusks to identify Africa's poaching hotspots in hopes law enforcement can make use of the information. A DNA analysis of elephant tusks seized from poachers has revealed two main hotspots for the crime in Africa, a finding that ...

Elephant poaching hotspots identified   BBC News
Ivory DNA reveals Africa's elephant poaching hotspots, study finds   Mashable
DNA May Help Track Ivory Poachers   New York Times
Reuters Africa   
Newsweek   
Washington Post   
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The Register
   
Are ALIENS hiding on Jupiter's Europa? Let's find out, cry NASA bods   
The Register
Pic NASA has finished sketching out plans to send a probe to Europa, Jupiter's most curious moon, and is ready to put the operation into action. "Today we're taking an exciting step from concept to mission, in our quest to find signs of life beyond Earth," said ...

Search for life: NASA begins work on mission to Jupiter moon Europa   RT
NASA: We Are Going to Europa   Gizmodo
NASA: Europa spacecraft goes into development phase   Minnesota Public Radio News
Universe Today   
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TIME
   
DNA links Kennewick Man to Native Americans   
Washington Post
The skull in the eroded riverbank belonged to a man with a narrow, projecting face. The archeologist who excavated the bones along the Columbia River near Kennewick, Wash., thought he was looking at the remains of a white man, probably a pioneer.
DNA analysis proves Kennewick Man is Native American   CBS News
DNA from ancient skeleton found in Washington shows links to Native ...   Vancouver Sun
DNA from ancient skeleton shows ties to Native Americans   Fox 2 KFXV
Pioneer News   
Christian Science Monitor   
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Bangkok Post
   
Most kangaroos are left-handed: study   
Bangkok Post
WASHINGTON - Kangaroos tend to be lefties, according to a study that sheds new light on the capacity for mammals, particularly those that walk upright, to prefer one paw over the other. Kangaroos tend to be lefties, according to a study that sheds new light ...

Bipedal kangaroos prefer to use their left 'hand'   Los Angeles Times
Kangaroos are Southpaws favouring their left paw over their right   Daily Mail
Most kangaroos are 'left-handed'   BBC News
CNET   
NBCNews.com   
Russia Beyond the Headlines   
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