2014年12月8日 星期一

2014-12-09 Pakistan Science


Wired
   
The time to tackle killer asteroids is now: scientists   
Daily Times
Astronomers and rockstars alike are joining forces to warn the world of the threat posed to the planet by asteroids. More than 100 leading scientists and astronauts from Dr Brian May to Chris Hadfield have signed a declaration asking for increased action to ...

Asteroid Mining Could be a Trillion Dollar Business   Top Secret Writers
Is That an Asteroid or a Comet? It's Getting Harder to Tell   Wired

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Daily Times
   
Climate talks divided on eve of ministers' arrival   
BusinessWorld Online Edition
NEGOTIATORS BATTLED it out Monday over draft text for a UN pact to curb global warming, on the eve of ministers and the UN chief arriving in Lima to shift the talks into higher gear. With under five days of negotiating time left, parties remain deeply divided ...

Global warming threat cut slightly, still severe: Study   Economic Times
Hot seat at UN climate talks: US delegation challenged over targets on ...   Minneapolis Star Tribune
Goal to end fossil fuels by 2050 surfaces in Lima UN climate documents   The Guardian
Irish Times   
The Age   
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Daily Times
   
ESA to begin building $1.3bn Extremely Large Telescope   
Daily Times
A space telescope so huge it could spot sign of alien life has been given the go ahead. The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will have a primary mirror 39 metres in diametre, allowing it to gather around 15 times more light than the largest optical ...

Building of World's Largest Telescope is Finally a Go   Tech Times
Construction Of World's Largest Telescope In Chile Begins   Christianity Daily
World's Biggest Telescope Gets Long-Awaited Green Light   Huffington Post
Independent Online   
Product Design & Development   
Construction Dive   
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cbsport
   
Electric eels control their prey without touching it   
Daily Times
Electric eels use shocking tactics not just to incapacitate prey, but also control them, research has shown. The creatures vary their electrical discharges either to fire a single stunning zap, or high voltage volleys that cause fish to have massive involuntary ...

Taser or electric eel? Both use same mechanism   Pune Mirror
Surprising power of an electric eel's shock   San Antonio Express-News
Electric eels deliver Taser-like shocks   Business Standard
The Seattle Times   
Times of Malta   
The Inquisitr   
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ABC Online
   
Divvying climate funds   
AG Week
As important food producers, small-scale farmers in the developing world should get a significant share of funds raised to help poorer countries adapt to climate change impacts and curb emissions, agriculture officials said at U.N. climate negotiations in Peru.
Smallholder Farmers Can Help Meet Climate Challenges   Voice of America
Smallholder farmers could have big impact on climate change   ABC Online
Small-scale farmers are important in the fight against Global Warming   Voice Chronicle

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
China reaches for the stars   
Hong Kong Standard
China's next "Great Leap Forward" will probably take it to the moon - and way beyond. Far from contented with Jade Rabbit, currently roving the moon's surface, Beijing envisages launching its first manned mission to the moon one day in the not- too-distant ...

China Readies Rocket for Manned Mission to Moon   MINA
China develops new rocket for manned moon mission   Telegraph.co.uk
China developing super heavy launch vehicle for manned moon mission   Business Standard

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National Post
   
How will the world end? From 'demonic' AI to nuclear war — seven scenarios ...   
National Post
Humanity may have already created its own nemesis, Professor Stephen Hawking warned last week. The Cambridge University physicist claimed that new developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) mean that within a few decades, computers ...

The march of artificial intelligence is a long way off   Financial Times
Eddie Redmayne explodes into Oscar contention with 'The Theory of Everything'   gulfnews.com
Artificial intelligence: Hawking's fears stir debate   The Nation

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Capitalberg
   
2D camera captures 100 billion frames per second   
Futurity: Research News
The world's fastest receive-only 2D camera can capture events up to 100 billion frames per second. That's orders of magnitude faster than any current receive-only ultrafast imaging techniques, which are limited by on-chip storage and electronic readout ...

Meet The World's Fastest 2D Camera   Med Device Online (press release)
Researchers Develop World's fastest Camera   PerfScience
World's fastest camera can capture 100 billion frames per sec   Daily Times
Gizmodo India   
Beta Wired   
West Texas News   
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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.
Sediment Yields Clues on Martian Lake Effect   NDTV
Curiosity Rover finds new indications of water on Mars   Sydney Morning Herald
NASA Photos Show New Signs Of A Lake On Mars   NPR (blog)
Christian Science Monitor   
Frontline Desk   
New York Times   
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Beta Wired
   
Ice Sheet in West Antarctic Retracting Faster   
Beta Wired
Antarctic_Sea_Ice_-_Amundsen_Sea1 With all of this talk about global warming, there is much to be concerned about. One item of major concern is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Scientists warn that it is of the utmost importance to keep this Ice Sheet intact and ...

A Study Of Antarctica Ice Glaciers Reveals Cause For Concern   The Inquisitr
Researchers are troubled due to undue ice runoff in Western Antarctica   The Westside Story
Melt rate of Antarctica glaciers speeding up   Business Recorder
The Daily Star   
ValueWalk   
Delhi Daily News   
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