2015年8月13日 星期四

2015-08-14 South Africa Science


Science Recorder
   
Humans at risk of extinction due to climate change, study says   
Science Recorder
Mass Extinction A new study published in the journal Nature Communications finds that even geographically widespread species with large populations, like human beings, may not be spared during a global mass extinction. geralt / Pixabay. 12. SHARES.
Sixth Mass Extinction will wipe out all the Humans & Everything   The Market Business
Next mass extinction event hastened by human activity, scientists say   BABW News
Humans and other species to be wiped off in next global mass extinction event   The Next Digit
University Herald   
Independent Online   
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CNET
   
Dazzling shots of the 2015 Perseid meteor shower (pictures)   
CNET
Often regarded as the best meteor shower of the year, the Perseids have been especially spectacular thanks to a mostly absent moon. Read Less. Perseids show off in 2015. A Perseid meteor sneaks past illuminated windmills near Gemuend, Germany.
Photos: Perseid meteor shower blazes across sky in brilliant cosmic show   The San Diego Union-Tribune
17 Spectacular Photos Of This Year's Perseid Meteor Shower   Gizmodo Australia
Shooting stars show lights up Northants skies   Northampton Herald and Post

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Mail & Guardian Online
   
Earth overshoots its mark   
Mail & Guardian Online
We've used up a year's supply of natural resources in under eight months, going into ecological debt. The impact of this 'ecological deficit' can be witnessed through deforestation, soil erosion, depletion of water resources and the accumulation of ...
Earth Overshoot Day: We Just Entered the Red   Newsweek
Earth's 2015 quota of renewable resources used up   The Nation
We've Consumed More Than the Earth Can Produce This Year   National Geographic
Science Recorder   
Gizmodo   
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NBCNews.com
   
Newly discovered, Jupiter-like planet may sit in a solar system much like our own   
Washington Post
Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet just 100 light years away that seems much like a young Jupiter. And its entire solar system may be similar enough to our own to give us a glimpse into the distant past. The planet 51 Eri b, which is reported ...
Astronomers photograph a baby Jupiter in another solar system   Financial Express
Jupiter assembling: planet 96 light years away hints at how gas giants form   The Guardian
'Young Jupiter' discovered by astronomers: Planet 96 light years from Earth ...   Daily Mail
Herald Scotland   
Los Angeles Times   
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Popular Mechanics
   
Apps in space: Design a smartwatch app for NASA and maybe win money   
Mashable
The NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) is asking members of the public with programing skills to help design a smartwatch app that will assist astronauts living and working in space. See also: Samsung Gear 2 Smartwatch Arrives, Bringing a Friend. "The challenge ...

NASA wants you to design the UI of its upcoming smartwatch app for ISS astronauts   Phone Arena
NASA Wants You to Design a Smartwatch App for Astronauts   Bloomberg
NASA Invites You to Build a Smartwatch App For Astronauts   NBCNews.com
The Verge   
Livemint   
IBNLive   
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Junior College
   
Robot Successfully Evolves By Building Its Own “Children”   
Junior College
Darwin probably didn't expect basic principles of evolution to apply to machines, but here we are: Researchers have created a “mum” robot that independently reproduces “children”, passing beneficial features along to the next generation. In a video ...
Are we safe from self-aware robots?   Computerworld
Mother Robot Creates Baby Bots   Science Times
Robots have learned how to mimic natural selection   Fortune
Christian Science Monitor   
Science Recorder   
Tech Times   
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Engadget
   
NASA fires up engine that will take the SLS to Mars   
Engadget
NASA has successfully tested the RS-25 engine, which will power the Space Launch System (SLS), for the sixth time at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The space agency fired it up for 535 seconds and collected data to determine what needs to be ...

NASA test-fires shuttle engine for SLS rocket   USA TODAY
Milestone Test Firing of NASA's SLS Monster Rocket Engine Advances Human Path ...   Universe Today
Engine test rocks Stennis with sound of progress   WLOX
Orlando Sentinel   
Wired   
WXXV News 25   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Rosetta films first images of comet as it passes close to sun   
Telegraph.co.uk
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko passed 115 million miles from the sun on Thursday morning - the closest it gets during its orbit. The heat caused the comet's surface to spew jets of gas and dust, the matter which form its distinctive tail. Images taken ...

Rosetta hits `milestone` in comet`s run past Sun   Zee News
Rosetta comet makes its closest approach to the sun   CBS News
Rosetta captures images of jet-blasting comet   The Guardian
Irish Examiner   
Christian Science Monitor   
Financial Express   
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The Guardian
   
Scientists get tool to mark online climate science media coverage and it's not ...   
The Guardian
What kind of impulses might rush through climate scientists' minds as they scroll through some of the gumph that gets written on climate change? Perhaps partaking of a violent act at the expense of a computer monitor after reading how they're only ...
'India could lead on Climate Change...'   The Hindu
Move over MoMA, New York's new climate change museum is about to be the ...   Grist
Prime ministerial hopefuls want to 'fix' Canada's reputation in Paris at COP21   National Observer
MarketWatch   
The Canberra Times   
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The Guardian
   
Severe “food shocks” more likely due to extreme weather, experts warn   
Financial Express
Extreme weather such as intense storms, droughts and heatwaves will cause more frequent and severe food shortages as the global climate and food supply systems change, British and American experts warned on Friday. By: Harish Dugh | August 14, 2015 ...

Severe 'food shocks' more likely due to extreme weather, experts warn   STLtoday.com
US; UK vulnerable to 'food shocks' brought on by climate change   Nature World Report

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