2015年6月25日 星期四

2015-06-26 South Africa Science


Brantford Expositor
   
Wait a second: Earth is taking a leap in time   
Brantford Expositor
Next week, something extraordinary will take place. The month of June will be longer than usual by one second. As clocks tick down the last moments of June, they will go from 23:59:59, to 23:59:60 before counting to 00:00:00. This is something that almost ...

What does the leap second mean for government IT?   GCN.com
An extra second is coming our way   Nottingham Post
A leap second will be added to time next week but watch out - chaos may ensue   The Independent
Brentwood Gazette   
Gloucestershire Echo   
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The Guardian
   
Dinosaur comes out of closet at South Africa university   
The Guardian
Palaeontologists in South Africa have discovered the fossil of a previously unknown dinosaur dating back 200m years. It was found not on a remote desert plain but in a university storeroom. The specimen had been collected in the late 1930s and for decades ...

Scientists discover dinosaur with cross-shaped ankle bone in South Africa   Livemint
Dinosaur With Cross-Shaped Foot Bones Identified in South Africa   Bloomberg
Dinosaur Discovered in Africa is a New Species of Sauropodomorph   Science World Report
Economic Times   
Headlines & Global News   
Clapway   
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Independent Online
   
New dinosaur species discovered at Wits   
Independent Online
Johannesburg - For years, palaeontologists at Wits University thought the bones they had at their evolutionary centre belonged to the Aardonyx dinosaur. But a chance discovery revealed the bones are in fact of a new species of dinosaur. University of Cape ...

New dinosaur in Wits storeroom   Times LIVE

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Yahoo News
   
EU ministers seek ambitious, binding deal at Paris climate talks: draft   
Yahoo News
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union ministers are seeking an ambitious, durable and legally binding deal to curb global warming, enforced through five-yearly reviews, a draft of their position statement for U.N. climate talks shows. EU environment ...

The climate question in EU-China talks   eco-business.com

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RT
   
​Black hole wakes up after 26yr sleep to feast on star companion   
RT
The “extraordinary behavior” of a massive black hole in our galaxy, has got astronomers thrilled: After staying dormant for over a quarter of a century, it has suddenly awakened and began actively devouring material from its stellar companion. The V404 Cygni ...

Huge black hole wakes up ravenous after decades of slumber   Mashable
Massive black hole wakes up after 26 years   CBS News
ESA satellite spies black hole consuming its companion   The Space Reporter
International Business Times   
eNews Park Forest   
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New York Times
   
Corals may already have the right genes to survive some global warming ...   
Concord Monitor
Warming ocean waters due to climate change have been ravaging coral reefs over the past few decades, but researchers have discovered that, with the help of some breeding, the threat may be kept at bay. Some corals already have the genes needed to ...

Coral breeding may help cooler reefs survive warming —US study   GMA News
Research finds certain corals have DNA to adapt to warmer climate   The Japan Times
Good news for reefs: how corals could survive a heating planet   Christian Science Monitor
Voices   
UPI.com   
Sentinel Republic   
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The Independent
   
Alarming Disappearance Rate of Elephants   
AllAfrica.com
The nationwide census conducted recently by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in Tanzania shows that the elephant population has decreased from 136,000 in 2005 to 43,000 to date. The results show the elephant population has been severely hit with ...

How protecting elephants affects our national security   The Hill (blog)
Where does ivory come from? Now we know, with forensic DNA analysis   The Ecologist (blog)
New Findings Pinpoint Africa's Elephant Poaching Hotspots   Foreign Policy (blog)
Huffington Post   
Ecorazzi   
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PerfScience
   
Efforts to Develop Aphids Resilient Wheat Defeated in Field Trials   
PerfScience
In an era where genetically engineered products have swayed the markets by offering novel features, a genetically modified (GM) wheat has failed in the field-scale tests to live up to its promises. The controversial technology of genetic modification (GM), ...

GM wheat trial funded by taxpayers has failed, GM Freeze claims   Daily Mail
Genetically modified wheat flunks field test for repelling aphids   Science Recorder
'Pointless' £3m GM wheat trial fails   Telegraph.co.uk
BBC News   
Reuters   
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Mashable
   
NASA and Microsoft plan to bring the HoloLens into space   
Mashable
NASA and Microsoft are again teaming up on the HoloLens. But this time, the goal is to bring the augmented reality headset into space. NASA and Microsoft announced Project Sidekick Thursday, a new experiment that aims to bring Microsoft's holographic ...

Microsoft HoloLens Bound for Space   Wall Street Journal (blog)
HoloLens is headed to the International Space Station (Tomorrow Daily 199)   CNET
Microsoft's HoloLens is headed out of this world, with help from NASA   PCWorld
The Register   
BizTek Mojo   
Stuff.co.nz   
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World Report Now
   
Meet the Yeti Crab Dwelling in Antarctic Freezing Waters   
World Report Now
Kiwa Tyleri is the newest addition to the yeti crab family, and unlike its name would suggest, it is in fact a small, interesting crustacean thriving in the cold Antarctica waters. This is the third discovery included in the yeti crab family, and an exciting one at that.
Scientists discover white, hairy Yeti crab in Antarctica   National Monitor
New Animal Species: Hairy-Chested 'Yeti Crab' In Antarctica Grows, Harvests ...   Yibada (English Edition)
Antarctic 'Yeti' Crab Uses Hairy Chest to Grow Food   NBCNews.com
Inferse   
Science Recorder   
Maine News Online   
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