2015年7月13日 星期一

2015-07-14 South Africa Science


USA TODAY
   
Spotlight shining on Pluto on cold outskirts of solar system   
Washington Post
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The spotlight is bright enough to thaw even Pluto. Well, not quite, but the tiny, icy world is getting front-page, prime-time attention as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zooms closer. Tuesday morning's 31,000-mph flyby — with ...

Pluto to Get a Close-Up After a Spacecraft's 3-Billion-Mile Journey   New York Times
As flyby looms, Pluto bigger than scientists thought   CTV News
Why NASA's New Horizons probe to Pluto is a big deal: Bob McDonald   CBC.ca
CNET   
NDTV   
TIME   
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Information Nigeria
   
Environmental Rights Group Urges FG To Invest In Renewable Energy   
Information Nigeria
Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth (ERA /FoEN) Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo has advised the federal government to focus on investment in renewable energy research, green technology, subsidies and zero tarrifs to promote non-grid ...


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Mail & Guardian Online
   
Moving South Africa into the light fantastic   
Mail & Guardian Online
Whereas the 20th century was defined by electronics, this is the century of photonics. “In 2007, the total revenue of photonics exceeded that of electronics and has done so ever since,” says Professor Andrew Forbes from the school of physics at the ...
How to get a photonics education: 10 resources on where to go and why   Laser Focus world

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Liberia's ape island conundrum   
iAfrica.com
A speedboat laden with exotic fruit approaches and four chimpanzees come bounding over from the dense forest, screeching excitedly as volunteers throw them pineapple and mango chunks. The apes are part of a celebrated colony of former research lab ...


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Gizmag
   
Scientists successfully crowdfund black rhino genome sequencing project   
Gizmag
A team of scientists, led by the University of Washinton's Dr Chuck Murray, has successfully crowdfunded a project to sequence the genome of the black rhinoceros – a species that's been poached to near extinction. The effort is an important step in the ...

Extinct black rhinos subspecies could be resurrected with genome project   Newsweek
'Ntombi' the black rhino is critically endangered - but scientists have a ...   Irish Mirror
How to resurrect extinct rhinos? Launch a crowdfunding campaign   Wired.co.uk
htxt.africa   
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Newsweek
   
Scientists connect rat brains to create 'super brain'   
Newsweek
Scientists have directly linked the brains of multiple animals and observed them cooperating on a common task for the first time, creating a "super brain". The study could pave the way for telepathic communication between humans as it shows that brains ...
Researchers use rat brains to predict the weather   Digital Trends
Duke scientists create 'brain-to-brain' networks   Digital Journal
Organic computing device created using four rat brains   HEXUS
Gizmag   
News Tonight Africa   
NY City News   
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The Nation
   
Scientists issue carbon price call to curb climate change   
The Nation
Academics and economists called Friday for a price on carbon and an end to fossil fuel subsidies to help curb rampant greenhouse gas emissions harming Earth's climate system. Rather than an economic burden, such measures offered novel money-making ...

Dot Earth | In Paris, Scientists Chart Varied Paths to a Sustainable Human ...   New York Times (blog)
China's pledge to tackle climate change forceful - expert   InterAksyon
Paris climate deal must signal end to carbon economy: experts   eco-business.com
Financial Express   
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Hindustan Times
   
India may be hotter by 8 degrees, lose $200bn per year: Study   
Hindustan Times
Global warming is at a much faster pace than estimated. The visible impact would be temperature crossing 50-degree mark by the turn of the century and water stress in the northern part of India, a new global study released on Monday in London and ...
UK study warns world leaders on worst-case climate risks   Financial Times
Floods, food scarcity, water conflicts and migration are key risks: report   Livemint
Treat Climate Change As Seriously As National Security: Report   NBCNews.com
Business Spectator   
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CTV News
   
New model of sun's cycles predicts 'mini ice age' in 2030s   
CTV News
A new model explaining variation in the sun's output suggests Earth is due for a “mini ice age” in the 2030s. Astronomers have long observed that the number of sunspots varies over a cycle lasting approximately 11 years. At the peak of that cycle ...
Ice-age prediction shows how the future is uncertain   The Australian (blog)
Calmer sun might not mean new Ice Age   The Press
Mini ice age could hit Earth by 2030, researchers say   Atlanta Journal Constitution
Slate Magazine (blog)   
Huffington Post   
The Register   
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Daily Mail
   
Researchers discover series of terrifying fish off Sydney coast   
Daily Mail
Chief scientist for the voyage, UNSW marine biologist Professor Iain Suthers, said he was amazed they were able to find so many on the tiny critters and the discovery will now change how researchers study juvenile fish. 'We had thought fish only ...
Submerged volcanoes found off Sydney   The Nation
Ancient volcanoes may explain why Australia, NZ separated   Whitsunday Times
Researchers find ancient volcanoes off Sydney coast   PC Advisor
CBS News   
TIME   
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