2014年8月26日 星期二

2014-08-27 Ireland Science

  Irish Independent   
Fota a 'tropical' safe haven for endangered reptiles  Irish Independent
Fota Wildlife Park in Cork is a safe haven for some of the world's most endangered reptile species, a new report has shown. Share. Go To. Comments. The axolotl (a type of salamander), the mountain chicken (a type of frog) and the Morelet's leaf frog are all ...

Fota helps to prevent frogs from leaping into extinction   Irish Examiner
Frog with no croak among reptiles and amphibians facing extinction   Mirror.co.uk

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  The Guardian   
The corncockle kerfuffle, or why Countryfile isn't trying to kill you  The Guardian
The BBC has been criticised after a scheme it promoted on Countryfile distributed packets of wild flower seeds containing a poisonous plant. But the truth is more complicated, and far less alarming. Share · Tweet this. Email. Corncockle: rare, pretty and ...

Project promoted by BBC spreads poisonous wild flowers across Britain   Telegraph.co.uk
Girl guides accidentally plant 'deadly' flowers in national park   Newstalk 106-108 fm
Girl Guides spark health scare after planting deadly flowers - for BBC's Countryfile   Mirror.co.uk
Delhi Daily News   
THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY   
Daily Mail   
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  BBC News   
The relationship between sheepdog and master revealed  BBC News
Researchers have used GPS data to help unravel the mystery of how sheepdogs do their job so well. The research could be used to help develop "shepherd robots" to help in crowd control or cleaning up an oil spill. Claire Marshall met Meiron Owen, ...

Dog's life for robots as key to herding sheep found   Irish Independent
Can robots really do the job of sheepdogs? Scientists unlock secret of how they ...   Daily Mail
Scientists studying sheepdogs' tactics   Stuff.co.nz
Voice of America   
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  New York Times   
Global warming is here, probably dangerous and may be permanent, UN report ...  Washington Post
Global warming is here, human-caused and probably already dangerous — and it's increasingly likely that the heating trend could be irreversible, a draft of a new international science report said. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

Climate change may disrupt global food system within a decade, World Bank says   Brisbane Times
UN Draft Report Lists Unchecked Emissions' Risks   New York Times
U.N. Panel Concludes Global Warming Must Be Stopped   Dumb-Out
Hamilton Spectator   
Daily Digest   
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  Aviation International News   
U.S. Army Terminates Second Flight of Hypersonic Weapon  Aviation International News
The Army terminated the second test flight of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon soon after it lifted off. (Photo: Sandia National Laboratories). August 26, 2014, 10:08 PM. The U.S. Army terminated the second test flight of its Advanced Hypersonic Weapon ...

Hypersonic weapon destroyed after launch   GMA News
Two explosive reminders that the US and China are in a hypersonic arms race   Quartz
Experimental US hypersonic weapon destroyed seconds after launch   Reuters
CBS Local   
Tech Times   
Christian Science Monitor   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Outback station to track space junk  The Australian
SPACE junk has become a real-life worry of the kind depicted in the hit Hollywood movie 'Gravity', where a storm of debris rips through a spacecraft in orbit, leaving the surviving crew stranded. Now, US defence giant Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT +0.05% has ...

EOS, Lockheed to track space junk from Oz   Register
Laser-Based Space Junk Tracking Site Planned in Australia   NBCNews.com
Lockheed and Australia's EOS Develop Space Junk Tracking System   Latin Post
Photonics.com   
Signal Magazine   
Defense Systems   
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  BBC News   
Iceland volcano: Magma moving towards new volcanic system  BBC News
Data recorded by a team from the University of Cambridge suggests that 50 million cubic metres of molten rock has moved in the last 24 hours. If it continues on a northern trajectory it could feed into the Askja volcanic system, potentially triggering a large ...

Iceland volcano continues to shake ground in possible prelude to coming eruption   Science Recorder
Magma From Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano Moving As Quakes Intensify   Forbes
Largest Tremor Yet Jolts Area Near Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano   Mashable
Christian Science Monitor   
Environment News Service   
University Herald   
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  The Space Reporter   
Four possible landing spots chosen for Rosetta probe  The Space Reporter
With the Rosetta probe in orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, mission team members now face the challenge of choosing a landing site. The probe's Philae lander will land on the comet in November, from where it will take images of its surface ...

Landing on a comet is hard: Rosetta searches for the sweet spot   CNET
Five potential Rosetta probe landing sites identified on comet P67   Geek
ESA braces for Philae's landing on comet   Delhi Daily News
Tech Times   
New Scientist   
Gizmodo Australia   
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  Daily Mail   
Scans Of 'Taung Child' Skull Show Human Ancestor's Brain Didn't Grow Like Our ...  Huffington Post
The "Taung Child" fossil on display at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. The skull of an ancient human ancestor fails to show evidence of the type of brain expansion typically seen in modern human infants, ...

Early Human's Skull Not Human-like   Laboratory Equipment
Taung Child Didn't Have Infant Brain Development Akin to Modern Humans: Study   Maine News Online
Ancient Taung Child's Brain Not Human-Like   Nature World News
Tech Times   
Chinatopix   
eNCA   
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  The Space Reporter   
Thigh bone on Mars? NASA weighs in  The Space Reporter
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover recently spotted a Red Planet rock that looks like a femur thigh bone. According to the space agency, its unusual shape is probably formed by erosion, either wind or water. NASA points out that if life ever existed on Mars, ...

Curiosity Rover Packs Up Drill, Hits the Martian Road Again   Space.com
Curiosity rover photographs thigh bone-shaped rock on Mars   CBC.ca
Mars Curiosity Cancels Drilling Plan for Bonanza King Rock   Headlines & Global News
Uncover California   
NBCNews.com   
Zee News   
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