2015年8月14日 星期五

2015-08-15 South Africa Science


Independent Online
   
Paint gives clues into ingenuity of ancient culture   
Independent Online
Durban - How do we know when people developed minds capable of solving problems in the way that we do today? Archaeologists cannot excavate human minds from the past: they can only recover the material remains created by those minds. In the case ...


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The Nation
   
Food shocks likely due to extreme weather   
The Nation
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. The pressure on the world's food ...

Extreme weather poses risk of more food shortages, civil unrest   Daily Times
Risk of food shortages to rise with climate change   CBS News
Extreme weather poses risk of more food shortages, civil unrest - UK/US report   Reuters
BBC News   
Livemint   
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Zambia Daily Mail
   
Zambia to host global climate meeting   
Xinhua
LUSAKA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Zambia will host a board meeting of the Worldwide Green Climate Fund (GCF), a financial mechanism of the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Friday.
Zambia to Host Climate Change Indaba   AllAfrica.com
Zambia to host climate meeting   Zambia Daily Mail
Zambia to host GCF meeting   ZNBC

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Times of India
   
Why our brain hates tough grammar   
Times of India
LONDON: Ever wondered why you are not good at adapting Sanskrit but find Hindi learning a comparatively easy task? Blame your brain as it always opts for an easy route, say scientists. The grammar of languages keeps reorganising itself. A prime example ...

Why we prefer easier 'Hindi' over complicated 'Sanskrit' language   Financial Express
Why our brain hates tough grammar decoded   Business Standard
If it's too much effort for your brain to cope with difficult case ...   iAfrica.com

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RT
   
Humans won't survive next mass extinction – scientists   
RT
Despite populating vast swaths of the planet, and appropriating large amounts natural resources in order to survive, human beings are no more likely to survive a mass extinction event than rare or endangered species, scientists say. A team from the ...

Human Beings 'Could Die Out' In New Mass Extinction   Yahoo News UK
Humans at risk of extinction due to climate change, study says   Science Recorder
Next mass extinction event hastened by human activity, scientists say   BABW News
Independent Online   
The Next Digit   
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RT
   
'Young Jupiter' discovered, could reveal clues about our solar system   
RT
Astronomers have discovered a planet in a younger star system 100 light years away that resembles Jupiter in its early development, a new study shows. At twice the size of Jupiter, it can be photographed from Earth by telescope. The newly found ...
Boffins spot a SECOND JUPITER – the gas giant's baby sister   The Register
Astronomers discover baby Jupiter   The Nation
Young Jupiter-like planet found in solar system that looks like Earth's, Stony ...   Newsday
13WMAZ   
Financial Express   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Don't like drones in your backyard? Neither do black bears, study finds   
Los Angeles Times
Just like many humans do, bears freak out when they spot a "UFO" – although they seem to be better at hiding their anxiety. Drones flying near American black bears in Minnesota caused the animals' heart rates to soar, even though few bears showed any ...

Drones Helpful in Catching Poachers, Conservation Efforts But Causes Panic on ...   Times Gazette
Are Drones are really bad for wildlife? Could Drones leave black bears ...   KRWG News22
Bears too get scared by UFO: study   Livemint
Youth Independent News   
Slate Magazine (blog)   
CBS Local   
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TIME
   
Air pollution kills over 4000 every day in China   
Times of India
BEIJING: Outdoor air pollution contributes to the deaths of an estimated 1.6 million people in China every year, or about 4,400 people a day, according to a newly released scientific paper. The paper maps the geographic sources of China's toxic air and ...

Here's How Many People Die Each Day in China Because of Its Filthy Air   VICE News
Air pollution contributes to 1.6mn deaths in China every year, study finds   China Economic Review

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U.S. News & World Report
   
Aiming for Mars, NASA Tests Rocket Engine   
U.S. News & World Report
NASA tests its Space Launch System RS-25 rocket engine at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Thursday. By Max Miceli Aug. 14, 2015 | 2:36 p.m. EDT + More. NASA this week conducted a developmental test on a rocket engine made for traveling to ...

NASA Test 'Ferrari Of Rocket Engines' For Eventual Mission To Mars   Tech Times
NASA's engine for next-generation rocket test-fired   Economic Times
NASA tested RS-25 rocket engine at Stennis Space Center on Aug. 13   NOLA.com
Times of India   
CBS News   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Resource overdraft: Planet Earth crosses into ecological red   
Christian Science Monitor
Large quantities of seaweed lays ashore at the 'Playa Los Machos' beach, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Aug. 8, 2015. Ricardo Arduengo/AP. View Caption. About video ads. View Caption. 1 of 1. Planet Earth crossed into the ecological red Friday. Thursday marked ...

We've Used Up Our Annual Supply Of Earth's Resources -- And It's Only August   Gizmodo Australia
How Humans Used Up a Year of Natural Resources In Under 9 Months   TIME
Earth Overshoot Day – Or How We Are Heading Towards a Barren Future   Vocal Republic
Archinect   
SlashGear   
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