2015年8月4日 星期二

2015-08-05 South Africa Science


Genetic Literacy Project
   
Some geneticists worry 'gene drive' tech could create bio-weapon or ...   
Genetic Literacy Project
A powerful new technique for generating “supercharged” genetically modified organisms that can spread rapidly in the wild has caused alarm among scientists who fear that it may be misused, accidentally or deliberately, and cause a health emergency or ...

GM mossies 'could be used by terrorists'   Independent Online
New ISIS weapon: 'Supercharged' killer mosquitoes   Daily Star
Could genetically modified insects be used by terrorists?   Daily Mail
The Independent   
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Deutsche Welle
   
German environment agency takes aim at auto sector over climate change   
Reuters
... * Transport makes up 18 pct of German greenhouse gas emissions. * Only sector where emissions continue to rise vs 1990. BERLIN Aug 4 (Reuters) - The German transport sector needs to step up efforts to combat climate change, the Environment Agency ...

Environment agency warns of growing traffic problem in Germany   Deutsche Welle

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Hamilton Spectator
   
Community rallies to save beached whales on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island   
Hamilton Spectator
Residents attempt to help beached whales that that became stuck on the shores of St. George's Bay in Judique, N.S., on Tuesday. next play/pause pre 1/1. Hamilton Spectator. JUDIQUE, N.S. — Residents of a small community on Cape Breton's west coast ...

6 pilot whales dead after beaching in Cape Breton; 10 others saved   CBC.ca
Community rallies to save beached whales on Cape Breton Island   The Globe and Mail
6 pilot whales dead, 10 saved after beaching in Cape Breton   The Weather Network
Kelowna Capital News   
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TIME
   
New Methane Measurements Suggest Pollution is Worse Than Researchers Thought   
TIME
A new study has found that a device widely used to detect methane gas may fail to capture the full scale of leakages, resulting in chronic underestimates of the potent greenhouse gas. University of Texas researchers identified a pattern of measurement ...
Our atmosphere is fartier than we thought: report   Times LIVE
Key Greenhouse Gas Study May Have "Systematically Understated" Methane Leaks ...   De Smog Blog (blog)
Methane Leaks May Greatly Exceed Estimates, Report Says   New York Times
eNews Park Forest   
InsideClimate News   
Newser   
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Huffington Post
   
Africa/Global - Climate Change Roundup   
AllAfrica.com
Coal is the most damaging of fossil fuels, both for human health and for the planet. Although it still dominates in some countries, including South Africa, the case against coal is rapidly gaining ground around the world. On business grounds as well ...
Climate Change This Week: Hillary's Climate Action Plan, a Wind Power Sheet ...   Huffington Post

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Livemint
   
Ancient oceans were rich in gold: study   
Livemint
Researchers have developed a new technique to estimate how much gold was in oceans billions of years ago. Photo: AP. Melbourne: Gold was far more abundant in the oceans three billion years ago—ten times as compared to the modern oceans, a new ...

Scientists believe ancient oceans enriched in gold   Daily Times

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Irish Examiner
   
Vigilance urged as honey bee population falls 20%   
Irish Examiner
Beekeepers across the country need to be more vigilant fighting the parasites that prey on honey bees if they want to keep their colonies alive, warn experts at the University of Limerick (UL). The caution comes as new data reveals the nation's honey ...
Bee problems rise during late summer months   WKBN.com
When Good Bees Go Bad   Mother Earth News
Beekeepers describe challenges facing Cape honeybees   Wicked Local Orleans
Stuff.co.nz   
NyackNewsAndViews   
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Malta Independent Online
   
Sis Issues Book On New Suez Canal   
AllAfrica.com
The State Information Service (SIS) published a new book documenting drilling at the new Suez Canal, carried out throughout a year. The book contains six chapters showing the inception of the Suez Canal and the development of the navigation movement ...

Work completed on new Suez Canal project   Dredging News Online
NGO warns Suez Canal will hit Mediterranean ecosystem   Daily Sabah

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Businessinsider India
   
Here's why we should be building killer robots   
Businessinsider India
Presented at the 2015 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the letter features prominent researchers studying artificial intelligence (AI) including scientists like Google's director of research Peter ...

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Clapway
   
67P Makes Its Closest Pass By the Sun With Rosetta in Tow   
Clapway
On August 13 the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet will be making its closest approach to the sun in its 6.5 year orbit — and it will have Rosetta in tow. This will be the first time a comet has entered perihelion with a human spacecraft present to ...
We Found the Building Blocks of Life on a Comet   Gizmodo
Philae Finds Life's Precursors on Comet 67P   TV Newsroom
PHILAE LANDER FINDS THE 'BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE' ON COMET   The Hullabaloo Online
EarthSky   
Bulletin Leader   
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