2015年3月4日 星期三

2015-03-05 Pakistan Science


Daily Times
   
Climate-resilient urban planning must for sustainable cities: minister   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Climate Change, Federal Minister, Mushahid Ullah Khan on Wednesday said urban flooding phenomenon is becoming common in Pakistan because of erratic weather patterns caused due to global warming, which has been leading to ...

Climate-resilient urban planning must for cities: minister   Pakistan Today
National economy faces Rs 365b loss annually due to environmental degradation   Customs Today Newspaper
Climate-resilient urban planning must for sustainable cities: Mushahid Ullah   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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BBC News
   
Lucky Earth survived cosmic pinball   
BBC News
Rogue alien planets are forcing astronomers to rethink the birth of our Solar System. What's emerging is a tale of hellfire, chaos and planetary pinball - and it's a miracle our Earth survived. Hunting for alien planets is big business. Since the first exoplanet was ...

MIT scientists develop method of detecting the presence of clouds on exoplanets   Gizmag
Up close, 'Earth-like' planets are still wildly unfamiliar worlds   PRI
New Technique Reveals a Planet with Liquid Rock in Its Atmosphere   Science World Report
Customs Today Newspaper   
Scientific Computing   
Next Big Future   
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EarthSky
   
Dusty galaxy in the early universe   
EarthSky
The discovery suggests that, early in the history of the universe, galaxies contained elements such as carbon and oxygen, raw materials for making planets. This is the galaxy cluster Abell 1689. It's so massive that its gravity bends and magnifies light coming ...

Mysterious, dust-filled galaxy seems very mature for its age   Los Angeles Times
Astronomers Find a Mysterious Galaxy That Is Too Mature for Its Age   WallStreet OTC
Mysterious, Dusty Galaxy Puzzles Scientists   ValueWalk
Customs Today Newspaper   
Nature World Report   
GMA News   
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KSL.com
   
2 new spider species dubbed 'Sparklemuffin' and 'Skeletorus'   
KSL.com
AUSTRALIA — Peacock spiders are popular for their bright colors and intricate dances, and two new species received quirky names to match. A recent report introduced “Sparklemuffin” and “Skeletorus” to the world. The two species, which both belong to the ...

Two new spider species: 'Skeletorus' and 'Sparklemuffin'   Christian Science Monitor
Meet two spider species: Skeletorus and Sparklemuffin   CBS News
'Skeletorus' and 'Sparklemuffin' the Newest Spiders   Discovery News
Mother Nature Network (blog)   
Customs Today Newspaper   
Pioneer News   
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TechFrag
   
Europe's First Spaceport For Commercial Spaceflight Is To Be Built By 2018   
TechFrag
The US of America can be regarded as pioneer for opening the first spaceport in New Mexico, the respective government from the United Kingdom tries to move further ahead by backing up plans for the construction of their own spaceport. The government ...

Britain Will Build Europe's First Spaceport by 2018   Popular Mechanics
UK narrows down list of locations for first spaceport   Mashable

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Express.co.uk
   
Major coastal cities face inundation because of global warming   
euronews
According to scientists, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet contains enough ice to cause a rise of between three to four metres in global sea levels, inundating heavily populated coastlines. In the worst case scenario, this could occur over just a few centuries.
I'm hungry Dad' Incredible photos reveal devoted male Emperor penguins ...   Express.co.uk
Research Shows Antarctic Conditions Perfect For Emperor Penguins Unlike In ...   International Business Times AU
Secret Hideout Helped Penguins Survive the Ice Age   Live Science
Customs Today Newspaper   
Pioneer News   
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ABC Online
   
Plastic choking coral in Great Barrier Reef   
ABC Online
Microplastics are clogging up the stomachs of coral in the Great Barrier Reef and contributing to their poor health. There are 5 trillion pieces of microplastics floating in the ocean, with another 4 million tonnes entering waters every year. Senior Lecturer in ...

Corals face 'slow starvation' from ingesting plastics pollution, experts find   environmentalresearchweb
New Heat-Tolerant Species Of Algae Discovered In Arabian Gulf   Tech Times
Coral reef harmed by eating micro plastic   Customs Today Newspaper

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Brock Press
   
Black hole 12 billion times larger than sun discovered   
Brock Press
A black hole as depicted by Christoper Nolan in Interstellar. Nolan's depiction of the black hole is based of the work of theoretical physicist Kip Thorne. According to a report published by Nature Journal, scientists from China have discovered a black hole that ...

Black Hole 12 Billion Times Larger Than Our Sun Discovered By Scientists   The Christian Times
Scientists discover black hole 12b times massive than sun   Customs Today Newspaper

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Mirror.co.uk
   
There's A Mixed Message In Russia's ISS Plans   
Aviation Week
News that Russia plans to stay with NASA on the International Space Station (ISS) until 2024 and then split off modules for its own station in low Earth orbit can be taken in two ways. Given the dysfunctional state of relations between Russia and most of the ...

Inside the cabin: International Space Station astronauts talk to viation Week's ...   Customs Today Newspaper
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: Meet astronaut Michael Foale and send ...   MK News
Green space: plants in zero gravity   Varsity Online
Express.co.uk   
Huffington Post UK   
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Spaceflight Now
   
March 4, 2015 in Mission Reports: Liftoff of Indian navigation satellite postponed   
Spaceflight Now
File photo of an Indian navigation satellite attached to the fourth stage of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle before a launch in 2014. Credit: ISRO. The launch of a satellite for India's indigenous navigation network has been postponed to resolve a problem with ...

ISRO defers satellite launch   The Hindu
Glitch puts off launch of fourth IRNSS-1D   Nagaland Post
Launch of IRNSS-1D Postponed   GPS World magazine
Business Standard   
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