2014年8月13日 星期三

2014-08-14 Ireland Science

  The Guardian   
Lifeguards rescue 32 people from rip current at Cornwall beach  The Guardian
Lifeguards have rescued 32 people who fell from a bank of sand at a beach and straight into the path of a rip current. Seven swimmers and 25 bodyboarders – many of them children – were pulled to safety at Polzeath beach in Cornwall by an RNLI team on ...


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  ABC News   
Watch as Diver Screams With Whale Shark Approaching  ABC News
It was all fun and games until the giant whale shark came just a little too close for comfort. That was the experience of a scuba diver in the Atlantic Ocean who let out a whale of a scream when a shark came at him while he was filming underwater. In a video ...

VIDEO: Giant whale shark sneaks up on diver   BreakingNews.ie
Diver screams during close encounter with whale shark   Today.com
Close call: Massive whale shark crashes into photographer   Hawaii News Now

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Anders Jonas Ångström's 200th birthday viewed through the Google Doodle prism  Siliconrepublic.com
Google's homepage today honours a Swedish physicist considered to be one of the founders of spectroscopy, on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Anders Jonas Ångström was born on 13 August 1814 in Medelpad, Sweden. He later moved to Uppsala, ...


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  BreakingNews.ie   
Two-Headed Dolphin Found in Turkey [See Photo Here]  Latinos Post
Gym teacher Tugrul Metin was vacationing in coastal town Dikili in Turkey's Aegean Region when he stumbled across an unusual sight on the beach, turning his day into a most interesting and unforgettable one. Like Us on Facebook ...

A two-headed dolphin washed up on a beach in Turkey   BreakingNews.ie
Man discovers two-headed dolphin on Turkish beach   Tech Times
Two headed-dolphin discovered on beach, but a mystery surrounds creature today   Examiner.com
Island Crisis News   
azcentral.com   
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  BBC News   
First female winner for Fields maths medal  BBC News
An Iranian mathematician working in the US has become the first ever female winner of the celebrated Fields Medal. In a landmark hailed as "long overdue", Prof Maryam Mirzakhani was recognised for her work on complex geometry. Speaking to the BBC's ...

Stanford professor is first woman to win the 'Nobel' for math   SFGate
Iranian is first woman to win 'Nobel Prize of maths'   The Nation
1st Woman Wins Prestigious Math Medal in Seoul   The Chosun Ilbo
Christian Science Monitor   
Washington Post   
The Times (subscription)   
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  National Geographic   
New species of flying dinosaur found in mass grave  CNET
A bed of dinosaur bones found in Brazil contains the skeletons of over 47 individuals of a new species of pterosaur. by Michelle Starr · @riding_red; 14 August 2014 1:46 am BST. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email.
Pterosaurs' desert home is unearthed in Brazil   Irish Independent
Ancient flying reptile's head crest looked like a yacht's sail   Reuters
New species of flying dinosaur discovered in Brazil   Telegraph.co.uk
Toronto Sun   
Big News Network.com   
Washington Post   
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  Aljazeera.com   
Saudis Give $100 Million to UN Fight on Terrorism  New York Times
UNITED NATIONS — Increasingly worried about the spread of Islamist militant extremism reaching its own doorstep, Saudi Arabia donated $100 million to a fledgling United Nations counterterrorism agency on Wednesday and expressed hope that such an ...

Saudis give UN $100m to fight 'terrorism'   Aljazeera.com
Saudi Arabia Gives UN $100M to Fight Terrorism   Voice of America
Saudis give UN $100 million to fight terrorism   PallTimes.com (subscription)

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  NBCNews.com   
High-res photo satellite launched from California  San Jose Mercury News
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A satellite designed to produce high-resolution images of Earth from space has been launched from a military base on California's Central Coast. The commercial satellite known as Worldview-3 was sent into ...

The newest satellite circling Earth can spot everything from tomato plants to ...   Gigaom
Satellite successfully launched from VAFB   Lompoc Record
Decatur-built rocket launches   The Decatur Daily
The Denver Channel   
Northern Colorado Business Report   
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  Economic Times   
Don't adopt UPA approach on cleaning Ganga, SC tells NDA  Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the Narendra Modi government against adopting the UPA regime's approach on cleaning the Ganga and said people were eagerly awaiting the Centre's response on this issue of great national ...

SC Pulls up Centre over Ganga Project   The New Indian Express
Bill afloat, Ganga dip for govt in SC   Calcutta Telegraph
Cleaning one of the world's dirtiest rivers Ganga is a tough task   Hindustan Times
Deccan Chronicle   
Business Standard   
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  The Guardian   
Australian study finds Egyptian mummies may date back to 4500BC  The Guardian
egypt Egypt's pyramids and Sphinx, believed to have been built as tombs. Photograph: Diana Plater/AAP. The ancient Egyptian practice of mummification may date back 1,500 years earlier than previously thought, an Australian-led study has discovered.
Mummification may have happened 'more than a millennium' earlier   Telegraph.co.uk
Who's your mummy? Egyptian mummification older than was thought   Reuters
Embalming study 'rewrites' key chapter in Egyptian history   HeritageDaily
NEWS.com.au   
9news.com.au   
Science 2.0   
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