2014年12月8日 星期一

2014-12-09 Ireland Science


Nature World News
   
Scientists reveal the hidden stories in archives' parchment   
Yorkshire Post
Millions of documents stored in archives could provide scientists with the key to tracing the development of agriculture in the British Isles over the last 700 years, according to new research. But the crucial information the documents hold is not contained in their ...

The Secrets of Parchment: Hints of Agriculture History   Nature World News
TCD scientists develop unique method for tracing historical agricultural ...   RTE.ie
Irish DNA research on ancient parchment reveals historic agriculture   Siliconrepublic.com
Irish Times   
Motherboard   
Firstpost   
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New York Times
   
A One-Way Trip to Mars? Many Would Sign Up   
New York Times
When Seth Shostak, an astronomer who scans the cosmos for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, asks middle school students how many of them want to go to Mars, all hands shoot up. When he asks how many would rather design robots that go to Mars, ...

The 2nd Round Of Mars One Candidate Selection Kicks Off   Clapway
Round 2 of Mars One candidate selection begins today   Siliconrepublic.com
Former Hudsonite one of 663 semifinalists for mission to Mars   Hudson Star Observer

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ENGINEERING.com
   
Earliest known engravings by a human ancestor found on a clam shell   
Sydney Morning Herald
Scientists say marks carved onto a freshwater clam shell represent the earliest known engravings by a human ancestor. The zigzag lines in the shell probably were carved at least 430,000 years ago by a Homo erectus, an extinct hominid with a brain only ...

Another Ancient Discovery For Indonesia, and Human History   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Zigzag on Shell Sign of Greater Ancestral Intelligence   Beta Wired
500000-Year-Old Engraving Found On Shell, Crafted By Homo Erectus ...   The Inquisitr
Tech Times   
Latinos Post   
New Historian   
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CNET
   
Curiosity discovers how water shaped the landscape of Mars   
CNET
Much like how the flow of water on Earth has carved out the shape of the land, so too did it sculpt the surface of Mars, once upon a time. by Michelle Starr · @riding_red; December 8, 2014 7:12 PM PST. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus.
Mars apparently had massive lake, NASA's Curiosity rover finds   Los Angeles Times
Curiosity Rover's Quest for Clues on Mars   New York Times
NASA Mars rover finds key evidence for lake at landing site   Reuters
NDTV   
USA TODAY   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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TIME
   
Here Are 5 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Pluto   
TIME
On Saturday, the New Horizons space probe was roused from hibernation for the last time before its July close encounter with Pluto. TIME caught up with mission's principal investigator, Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute, and asked him to come ...

NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Turned Up For Rendezvous With Pluto System   CrazyEngineers
December 8, 2014 in News: New Horizons awake for Pluto encounter   Spaceflight Now
New Horizons Heads Toward Pluto   Sci-Tech Today
The Westside Story   
FanIQ   
Viral Global News   
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Daily Times
   
EU presses for accountability, opening rift at UN climate talks   
Reuters
LIMA (Reuters) - European Union insistence on a right to challenge nations about their plans for fighting climate change, in the run-up to a United Nations summit in 2015, opened a rift at U.N. climate talks in Lima on Monday. Washington said a review of ...

Major carbon producers should pay for damage to planet, say scientists   Irish Times
Washington takes heat at UN talks over targets   Washington Post
Climate talks divided on eve of ministers' arrival   BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Guardian   
Economic Times   
Brisbane Times   
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BBC News
   
Huge sperm whales found dead on South Australia beach   
BBC News
A pod of sperm whales has been found dead after becoming stranded in shallow water on a South Australia beach. The animals were seen swimming in the area by local people according to reports, but six whales were discovered dead on Monday morning.
Whale carcasses could be left to rot on SA beach after mass stranding   ABC Online
Whales left to rot on SA beach   9news.com.au
Video: Seven dead sperm whales found dead on beach in South Australia   The Independent
Irish Independent   
The Australian   
NEWS.com.au   
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Daily Sabah
   
Climate finance report: Poorest countries 'left behind'   
Daily Sabah
LIMA — The top recipients were Morocco, Mexico and Brazil, which each received more than $500 million (406 million euros) out of the $7.6 billion total, according to an analysis of spending over the last decade in 135 countries. The report of the Overseas ...

Most countries left out of $8b climate finance   Oman Tribune
Poor states 'left behind' in climate finance help   BusinessWorld Online Edition
Poorest countries 'left behind': climate report   The Daily Star
AsiaOne   
The Sun Daily   
International Business Times   
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St. Louis Public Radio
   
From Missouri To The Stars: Paul Friz Works On Rosetta Project   
St. Louis Public Radio
There is a St. Louis-area connection to the mission that recently landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time. Philae Lander on Comet. Rosetta's lander Philae is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two CIVA images ...

From Landing on a Comet to Curing Hep C: Final Round Candidates for Top ...   Tech Times
New Official Name of Rosetta Landing Site is Agilkia   French Tribune
NASA Heard UFO Signals From Comet 67P — Real Reason For Landing On ...   The Inquisitr

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World Bank Group
   
Transforming the Economy to Achieve Zero Net Emissions   
World Bank Group
To stabilize warming at less than 2 degrees Celsius, as the international community agreed in 2009, the world will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero before 2100. Economic policy will be the key to mobilizing that global response, World Bank ...

World Bank's Kim Calls for Binding Targets on Carbon Next Year   Businessweek
Stern warning: Legally-binding climate deal 'not necessary'   BBC News
Nicholas Stern: New Climate Change Approach Needed   CleanTechnica
Sydney Morning Herald   
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