2015年9月16日 星期三

2015-09-17 South Africa Science


Arab News
   
S. Africa basks in scientific glory   
Arab News
Professor Adam Habib, holds a reconstruction of Homo naledi presented during the announcement made in Magaliesburg, South Africa, in this Sept. 10, 2015 photo. (AP). REUTERS. Published — Thursday 17 September 2015. Last update 16 September ...

Palm to Palm with an Ancient Human Relative   The New Yorker
Homo naledi's Nike-Ready Foot   National Geographic
Critics Question Homo Naledi Fossil Find in South Africa   NBCNews.com
Sydney Morning Herald   
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South African Broadcasting Corporation
   
African expert, scientist debate Homo-Naledi   
South African Broadcasting Corporation
The Founding President of the Kara Heritage Institute, Dr Mathole Motshekga, says a recent discovery of a new species is fuelling racial ideologies. A new human species was revealed at the Cradle of Humankind on Gauteng's West Rand, called the ...

Science and religious faith are not compatible - the one negates the other.   News24
Watch: Homo naledi - science, religion, and racism tackled   BusinessTech

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The Independent
   
Scientists have discovered a deadly new species of 'death adder' in Australia   
The Independent
Scientists have discovered a new type of snake - the comfortingly-named Kimberley death adder - in an isolated region of Western Australia. The snake was discovered by a group of scientists from the UK and Australia, and measures around 50cm long.
Yet another deadly snake species discovered in Australia   The Guardian
New deadly snake – Kimberley death adder - discovered in Australia   Irish Independent
New species of deadly 'sit-and-wait' snake discovered in Australia   Telegraph.co.uk
ABC Online   
Mirror.co.uk   
Earth Touch   
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Sci-Tech Today
   
NASA Astronaut Hits Halfway Point of Yearlong Spaceflight   
Sci-Tech Today
Space station astronaut Scott Kelly [pictured left] is halfway home. Kelly marked the midway point of his yearlong space mission Tuesday. He's sharing the voyage with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko [pictured right]; the two experienced fliers ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
World Wide Fund for Nature says nearly half the world's marine animals wiped ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Humanity's mismanagement of the ocean has led to the loss of almost half the world's marine mammals, birds, reptiles and fish in a single generation, a World Wide Fund for Nature report says. The emergency edition of WWF's Living Blue Planet Report ...

Oceans on brink of collapse, says WWF   Times LIVE
Half of marine life wiped out in 40 years: WWF   The News International
Here's some bad news for fans of tuna and mackerel   Fortune
Stuff.co.nz   
NDTV   
New Zealand Herald   
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iAfrica.com
   
Black holes locked in fierce tangle   
iAfrica.com
Researchers have discovered two possible black holes locked in a close dance, spewing out an odd light signal. The discovery was made using information from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and the Hubble Space Telescope. The duo, called ...

Funky Light Signal From Colliding Black Holes Explained   Space Fellowship
Astrophysicist to discuss Hubble Telescope in New Oxford   Evening Sun (subscription)

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Air pollution kills 3.3 million a year globally, but much of it traced to ...   
Yorkton This Week (press release)
WASHINGTON - Air pollution is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, according to a new study that includes this surprise: Farming plays a large role in smog and soot deaths in industrial nations. Scientists in Germany, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and ...

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Toronto Star
   
NASA confirms ocean covers Saturn's moon Enceladus   
Toronto Star
Scientists have long suspected that Enceladus, Saturn's sixth-largest moon, has an ocean sloshing between its rocky core and icy crust. Now NASA scientists say that they've confirmed that the ocean covers the entire moon. A paper published this week in ...
Global ocean discovered under Saturn's moon Enceladus' icy crust, researchers say   The Pasadena Star-News
Ocean found on Saturn's moon   iAfrica.com
Astronomers find Saturn's moon has an ocean underneath its entire   Daily Times
From Quarks to Quasars   
ExtremeTech   
Belfast Telegraph   
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NBCNews.com
   
Air pollution could kill 6.6 million people a year by 2050 | Reuters   
Firstpost
LONDON Air contaminated with pollutants such as ozone and tiny particles could cause the premature death of about 6.6 million people a year by 2050 if nothing is done to improve air quality, scientists warned on Wednesday. In a study published in the ...

Air pollution kills 3.3 million worldwide, may double: Study   TODAYonline
Millions dying around the world due to air pollution   KLFY
Air Pollution Deaths Will Double by 2050, Study Suggests   I4U News
The Punch   
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Wall Street Journal
   
NASA's Deep Space Exploration Program Faces Probable Delay   
Wall Street Journal
NASA said the first manned flight of its Orion capsule, a deep-space vehicle intended to eventually allow human exploration of Mars, is likely to be delayed by two years to 2023. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials revealed that ...
Orion astronaut flight faces delay to 2023   BBC News
NASA delays first manned flight for its Mars spacecraft until 2023   RT
First manned test flight of new deep-space capsule likely delayed – NASA   Reuters
St. Augustine Record   
Washington Post   
Economic Times   
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