2015年5月14日 星期四

2015-05-15 Ireland Science


AOL News
   
You Can Be the Solution for Endangered Species   
Huffington Post
Ten years ago, the United States Congress declared the first observance of Endangered Species Day -- an opportunity to turn our national attention to the wildlife and wild places that need our help the most. Today, we ponder what our planet might look like if ...

These beautiful animals are 17 of the most critically endangered in the world   Irish Examiner
Celebrate Endangered Species And America's True Conservationists, Not The ...   Daily Caller
6 Ways to Celebrate Endangered Species Day   TakePart
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RTE.ie
   
Physicists prove another piece of Standard Model jigsaw   
RTE.ie
After nearly three-decades of searching, scientists have detected a telltale change in a sub-atomic particle, further backing a key theory about the Universe. Researchers at the world's biggest particle collider in CERN said they have observed an extremely ...

Epic study backs key universe theory   The Japan Times
CERN discovery backs physics' Standard Model   ABC Science Online

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Huffington Post
   
We May Have Robot Pets In The Not-So-Distant Future   
Huffington Post
For better or worse, robots seem poised to take over all sorts of human jobs in the not-too-distant future -- replacing us in factories and offices and maybe even in the bedroom. And people may not be the only ones facing stiff competition from the cyborgs.
Robot Dogs Will Replace Pets in Super-Dense Cities   Gizmodo India
Get ready for robot pets   The Asian Age

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Irish Examiner
   
Dead as a dodo? Over a quarter of Brits don't think the flightless bird is extinct yet   
Irish Examiner
Despite the common saying, a new survey by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has found that a quarter of those polled didn't think the dodo was quite as dead as its proverbial fame suggests. Dead as a dodo? Over a quarter of Brits don. It was just one result in ...

Admit it, were you one of the quarter of Brits who thought this still existed?   Grimsby Telegraph

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News Tonight Africa
   
University student creates cookery kit to cook insects   
News Tonight Africa
AnEdinburgh student has developed a cookery kit in order to encourage people to eat insects, which is a part of a meal in many parts of the world. Experts pointed out that beetles, caterpillars and grasshoppers are a part of staple food in several nations ...

“Entopod” could help make insects the food of the future   New Food (press release)
Cookery Kit By Scottish Student Encourages People To Include Insects In Their ...   International Business Times
Insect cookery kit makes Edinburgh Napier university degree show   BBC News
Scottish Daily Record   
Edinburgh Evening News   
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State Column
   
Robotic octopus arms: the latest in "soft" technology   
State Column
This prototype robotic arm moves like an octopus, but it could change surgery as we know it. The BioRobotics Institute in Italy has released a prototype of a robotic arm inspired by the octopus. Scientists hope the design may one day lead to less-invasive ...

Out on a limb: Octopus inspires medical robotics   The Star Online
Octopus inspires medical robotics   The Nation
Octopus tentacles inspire new robotic arm for surgery   Irish Times
BBC News   
HardOCP (press release)   
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Siliconrepublic.com
   
Bitcoin in space: Spacechain world's first decentralised space agency   
Siliconrepublic.com
Bitnation, an organisation working with bitcoin, has decided that now is the time to highlight the virtues of decentralisation, with Spacechain to expand the human race throughout the universe. Based off the organisation's virtues of decentralisation and ...


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The Independent
   
Tens of thousands of bees invade the Surrey town of Farnham in 'biblical' swarm ...   
The Independent
In Ancient Egypt, it was crop-destroying of locusts. In 17th century London, it was rats carrying the plague. Now Farnham, Surrey, has been hit with its own “biblical" animal invasion after tens of thousands of bees converged on the town on Monday afternoon.
Swarm of bees 'turned the sky black' in British town   UPI.com
Swarm of bees turns sky black in Farnham   Get Surrey
'Biblical' swarm of bees sweeps through Surrey town   Yahoo News UK

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Irish Examiner
   
Scientists unravel mystery of the dress   
NEWS.com.au
IT was a brain teaser that took the internet by storm and led people to doubt the colours in front of their eyes. FOR some, the stripes of #TheDress were blue and black, for others gold and white. Yet the original photo, posted on the Tumblr social media site in ...

Science explains how time spent outdoors colors your view of #thedress   Los Angeles Times
What we can learn from #thedress   Stuff.co.nz

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The Guardian
   
Opah, the world's first warm-blooded fish species, flaps fins to generate heat   
The Guardian
Opah are found in waters off the US, Australia and several other countries. Photograph: Ralph Pace/NOAA. Oliver Milman · @olliemilman. Thursday 14 May 2015 23.31 EDT Last modified on Thursday 14 May 2015 23.33 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on ...

Deep in the ocean, a warm-blooded fish   Los Angeles Times
Scientists Discover the First Fully Warm-Blooded Fish   TIME
First warm-blooded fish identified   USA TODAY
Chicago Tribune   
Newsmax   
Washington Post   
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