2015年8月12日 星期三

2015-08-13 South Africa Science


Montreal Gazette
   
Réunion island is the surfer's paradise where no one is allowed in the water   
Montreal Gazette
ST.-LEU, Réunion — “To see the perfect wave and not be able to surf,” Nicolas Dantec said, shaking his head. “It is too difficult.” Dantec realized a childhood dream when he moved here to Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean that until ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Rich nations' climate plans, including Australia's, fall short of Paris hopes   
Sydney Morning Herald
Developed nations are on track to cut their greenhouse emissions by almost 30 per cent by 2030, Reuters calculations show, falling far short of a halving suggested by a UN panel of scientists as a fair share to limit climate change. Australia became on ...


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Govt to reveal post-2020 emissions targets   
9news.com.au
... * Nations are required to pledge their post-2020 emissions reduction targets and plans to achieve them prior to the United Nations climate change conference in Paris in December. * It is hoped almost 200 nations will come to a global agreement to ...

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FACTBOX-Rich nations' CO2 cuts fall short of halving by 2030   
Reuters
Aug 12 Following is a table showing that developed nations' plans for combating climate change fall well short of cuts outlined by scientists to avert the worst of global warming. Current pledges by developed nations will cut emissions to 9.0 billion ...

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ABC Online
   
Perseid meteor shower to be a star-studded event in the Northern Hemisphere ...   
ABC Online
While people in the Northern Hemisphere will enjoy the stunning sight of the Perseid meteor shower, those in the South of the Equator may not be so lucky. An almost moonless, dark sky will make this year's shower an especially star-studded event, ...

Perseids 2015: Biggest meteor shower of the year peaks tonight   CBC.ca
Perseid Meteor Shower: The Best Way To Watch   Sky News
Perseid meteor shower under way and skies are mostly clear in Northeast Ohio   cleveland.com
CBS Local   
Fox News   
Engadget   
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Irish Examiner
   
Don't freak out, but scientists think octopuses 'might be aliens' after DNA study   
Irish Examiner
Not to send you into a meltdown or anything but octopuses are basically 'aliens' – according to scientists. Don. Researchers have found a new map of the octopus genetic code that is so strange that it could be actually be an “alien”. The first whole ...
Genome of Octopus sequenced for the first time   Youth Independent News
Scientists sequence octopus genome: What could it tell us about cephalopods?   Dispatch Times
Octopuses 'are aliens', scientists decide after DNA study   Press Examiner
Rapid News Network   
The Hullabaloo Online   
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Stuff.co.nz
   
MotherBot builds her own offspring   
Stuff.co.nz
A Cambridge University robot has learnt to make more effective offspring based on how well earlier generations performed. A "mother" robot which can build its own "children", test which ones do best then modify their design, has been developed by ...
Robot mother builds 'cube babies' then watches them take first steps   Telegraph.co.uk
Unnatural Selection: 'Mother Robot' Builds Evolving Baby Bots   NBCNews.com
On the origin of (robot) species   The Hullabaloo Online
Gizmodo   
Xinhua   
Irish Times   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Astronomers discover the smallest known supermassive black hole   
Los Angeles Times
Here's a cosmic contradiction: A tiny supermassive black hole. Astronomers using the Magellan II telescope in Chile and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the smallest supermassive black hole yet found at the center of a dwarf galaxy.
Astronomers find smallest supermassive black hole on record   The Space Reporter
Astronomers spot oxymoronic littlest big black hole   CBS News
U-M astronomers find universe's smallest-known black hole 340 million light ...   MLive.com
Toronto Star   
The Hullabaloo Online   
KRWG News22   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Octopus studies detail strange behavior and genetics   
Los Angeles Times
UC Berkeley marine biologist Roy Caldwell first saw the intriguing octopus in Panama, in 1977. It was pretty, and striped, and about the size of his little finger. He brought a few specimens back to his lab, and one of the females surprised him: Unlike ...
Octopus species that's weirdly social, romantic   Jakarta Post
Odd suckers: Octopus species that's weirdly social, romantic   The Denver Post
This octopus's garden filled with mystery, romance   Press Herald
Winston-Salem Journal   
Gazette Tribune   
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Firstpost
   
Knockin' on heaven's door: Project shows universe experiencing a slow death   
Firstpost
Sydney: The Universe is experiencing a slow death, like a person resting on the sofa awaiting eternal sleep, according to astronomers from a project which measured the energy generated by 200,000 galaxies. The international team carried out the most ...

Scientists have pinpointed when the world will end   New York Post
Scientists confirm the universe is ending. But not quite yet.   Christian Science Monitor
The End of the Universe: A (Slightly Premature) Lament   Wired
The Inquisitr   
NPR   
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