2015年8月3日 星期一

2015-08-04 South Africa Science


Daily Mail
   
Could genetically modified insects be used by terrorists?   
Daily Mail
David Gurwitz, a geneticist at Tel Aviv University said: 'Just as gene drives can make mosquitoes unfit for hosting and spreading the malaria parasite, they could conceivably be designed with gene drives carrying cargo for delivering lethal bacterial ...
'Gene drives': Government science advisers expected to investigate potentially ...   The Independent
Experts sound alarm on 'supercharged GM'   Independent Online

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Yahoo News UK
   
Glacier melt at 'unprecedented rates' recorded in first decade of century   
Yahoo News UK
Glaciers are melting at rates never seen before in recorded history, with the first decade of the current century seeing thrice the rates over last century, according to the World Glacier Monitoring Service. This glacier melt is a global phenomenon and ...
The big melt: we won't recognise our glaciers   New Zealand Herald
Glaciers melt to lowest level on record   The Nation
Glaciers Melting At Fastest Rate Since Record-Keeping Began   Huffington Post UK
The Straits Times   
Times LIVE   
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News.Az
   
Belarusian students win four medals at International Olympiad in Informatics   
Belarus News (BelTA)
MINSK, 3 August (BelTA) - Belarusian school students Informatics won two silver and two bronze medals at the 27th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), BelTA learned from the press center of the Education Ministry. The Olympiad was held in ...
Medal full house for SA Olympiad team   IT-Online
Baku to host Informatics Olympiad in 2019   AzerNews
Baku to host International Olympiad in Informatics   News.Az

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Climate change set to undermine 50 years of gains in global health   
European Public Health Alliance
"The implications of climate change for a global population of 9 billion people threaten to undermine the last half century of gains in development and global health." This alarming finding by The Lancet illustrates how profoundly climate change ...

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Yibada (English Edition)
   
Researchers Stand Against Militarized Robots   
Yibada (English Edition)
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics researchers from across the world have called on all nations to stop the development of autonomous weapon systems, according to a report by the Want China Times. Experts say that the development of such ...
Elon Musk: We Need a Proactive Approach to Artificial Intelligence   Inc.com
Managers Beware: AI Is Coming For Your Job As Well   Forbes
Why It's Already Too Late to Stop Killer Robots   The Fiscal Times
MIT Technology Review   
MyNorthwest.com   
Businessinsider India   
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News24
   
Five important things to know about the search for aliens   
News24
Johannesburg - With the recent discovery of an earth-like planet, Kepler 452b, about 1 400 light years away, the recent pictures of Pluto, and the return of the Star Wars movies, the debate around space and the existence of extra-terrestrials is ...
5 things you need to know about aliens   MyBroadband

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NBCNews.com
   
Rangeomorphs Could Be Earliest Example of Reproduction in Complex Organism   
NBCNews.com
A soft-bodied, fernlike creature reproduced in Earth's ancient oceans about 565 million years ago, making it the earliest known example of procreation in a complex organism, a new study finds. Many scientists consider the creatures, called rangeomorphs ...
Newfoundland fossils may show earliest reproduction in complex organism   CBC.ca
Scientists discover how some of the world's first animals reproduced   Washington Post
Sex life of ancient Fractofusus organism revealed   BBC News
ABC Science Online   
Nature World News   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
How to tackle flying ants: Watch pest control expert reveal his secrets   
Mirror.co.uk
Even celebs like Eamonn Holmes and McBusted singer Danny Jones have been grumbling about the airborne bugs. But a video by ABC pest control gives a revealing insight into the colony structure behind the gliding menaces - and how to get shot of them ...

Flying Ant Day: the science behind the summer swarms   The Guardian
SIX ways to get rid of flying ants   Folkestone Herald
Hot weather causes invasion of flying ants   Grimsby Telegraph
Dispatch Times   
BT.com   
LOOK   
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The Nation
   
ISS captures moon in rare pass   
The Nation
It is the largest manmade object in orbit around our planet, yet the International Space Station was dwarfed by the moon as it was captured passing in front of the bright lunar surface. Nasa released this stunningly detailed close up of the lunar ...
Houston firm NanoRacks to take Chinese experiment to International Space Station   Examiner.com
International Space Station Fast Facts   KXLF Butte News
PHOTOS: 13 Images Taken From the International Space Station Will Give You ...   RYOT
Houston Chronicle (subscription)   
Space.com   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Buzz Aldrin's $33.31 in expenses for 'business trip' to Moon published   
Telegraph.co.uk
Buzz Aldrin has published his expenses claim for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, revealing that he was reimbursed $33.31 (£21.36) by Nasa. A Travel Voucher Memorandum detailed in very matter-of-fact terms the "schedule of expenses and amounts ...

Joan Archer Aldrin, wife of Buzz Aldrin, dies at age 84   State Column
How much does a trip to the moon cost?   NEWS.com.au
#sarkaribusiness: Astronaut files travel reimbursements to the moon!   Junior College
The Guardian   
Naples Daily News   
Mashable   
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