2015年11月4日 星期三

2015-11-05 Ireland Science


Survivor fronts lifejacket initiative   
Irish Examiner
A man who credited his survival to wearing a lifejacket is to front an RNLI campaign in Ireland and Britain, aimed at shore anglers. Colm Plunkett was tossed into the sea while fishing from rocks at Dursey Sound on the Beara Peninsula, in West Cork ...

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Mashable
   
The oldest tree in Britain may be switching sex   
Mashable
LONDON — A part of Britain's oldest tree appears to be changing sex from male to female, according to scientists. Although the Fortingall Yew — which is located in Perthshire and thought to be up to 5000 years old — is male, botanist Dr Max Coleman ...

Is The UK's Oldest Tree Changing Sex?   98FM
Tree Sex Change: Oldest Tree In Britain Is Changing Gender, Researchers Say   Headlines & Global News
European tree is changing its sex   AOL News
RYOT   
NDTV   
Times of Malta   
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Irish Mirror
   
Dozens of people mistake robot for real woman - and they think she's 'sexy'   
Irish Mirror
A robot has been created that is so life-like it fooled one-in-two people into thinking it was a real human. But not only has the lifelike device been mistaken for a real person - she's also been deemed 'sexy' by those who have seen her. Named Actroid ...
Meet Actroid F, the robot that people find lifelike and sexy   seattlepi.com (blog)
Geminoid robots make people uncomfortable, study finds   E&T magazine
'Terrifying' life-like robot fools people in to thinking it's human   Western Daily Press

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AmeriPublications
   
Hidden desert ecosystem blossoms in spectacular flower show   
AmeriPublications
The Atacama desert, the driest desert in the world, bloomed with flowers twice over the past year, something that hasn't happened before. El Niño is responsible for this phenomenon. El Niño usually causes floods and droughts on other parts of Earth ...
Photos: The Driest Place On Earth Has Been Transformed Into A Sea of Pink Flowers   Her.ie
El Niño Paints the World's Driest Place with Color   National Geographic
Chile's Atacama Desert, Earth's Driest Area, Blooms With Rare Flowers   Counsel & Heal
Digital Journal   
Decoded Science   
NEWS.com.au   
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Mashable
   
The majesty and misfortune of the world's polar bears, in photos   
Mashable
The total population of the iconic Ursus maritimus is currently between 20,000 and 25,000, spread across 19 subpopulations in the Arctic. Polar bears in the U.S. Arctic have been listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act since 2008, and ...

Cruising: Where the wild things are   New Zealand Herald
Polar bear plays with a pair of shorts after finding them near Eskimo enclave   Daily Mail
Nature Nut: Manitoba trip an eye-opening experience   Post-Bulletin
Discovery News   
Irish Mirror   
AOL Travel UK   
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Newstalk 106-108 fm
   
Australian man, who survived six days in the outback, credits Bear Grylls ...   
Newstalk 106-108 fm
A 62-year-old Australian man who survived for almost a week without water in the outback by eating black ants has revealed that he learned the tip after watching celebrity survivalist Bear Grylls on TV. Reg Foggerdy, a diabetic who had suffered a heart ...
Australian 'Ant Man' Details His Terrifying Ordeal While Lost In The Outback   Tech Times
Australian 'ant man' survived outback ordeal by copying Bear Grylls   Jewocity.com (press release) (blog)
Grandfather ate ants to survive in the Australian Outback   Newzy
Minneapolis Star Tribune   
Tribble Agency (blog)   
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Daily Mail
   
Video shows centipede devouring a cockroach alive   
Daily Mail
Well suited to the Halloween season, the footage, filmed in Corsicana, Texas, shows the stealth like technique the multi-legged creepy crawly uses to overcome its prey. The insect is perched on what appears to be a small rock when the centipede slowly ...

Gruesome video captures barbaric moment centipede feasts on live cockroach ...   Irish Mirror

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The Weather Space
   
Will We See an Aurora Tonight?   
The Weather Space
The Met Office has said the Northern Lights could dazzle over Britain tonight - just a month after the last sighting of the incredible natural phenomenon over the UK. This has prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to ...

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IBNLive
   
NASA is hiring astronauts   
IBNLive
NASA issued a hiring call on Wednesday for space explorers that may fly on future missions aboard commercially built spacecraft or NASA's deep-space Orion capsule. The agency will begin accepting applications from December 14 through mid-February.
Calling all wannabe astronauts. NASA's hiring for first time in 4 years (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Wanted: Astronauts. Got the right stuff?   USA TODAY
Got the right stuff? NASA is hiring astronauts   Inquirer.net
Pulse Headlines   
WDJT   
ValueWalk   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Poorer Nations' Demand for Climate-Change Aid Weighs on Paris Talks   
Wall Street Journal
Poorer nations' demand that wealthier countries help bankroll their transition to cleaner energy has emerged as the biggest obstacle for world leaders seeking to reach an agreement on emissions at a summit that begins this month. World leaders arrive ...
International negotiations aren't the main game in the climate change fight ...   The Age
UN chief calls on member states to increase ambition ahead of climate conference   Xinhua
California revs up for Paris climate change summit   Los Angeles Times
UN News Centre   
Fox News   
Huffington Post   
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