2015年5月27日 星期三

2015-05-28 Pakistan Science


The Express Tribune
   
Tackling wildlife smuggling: Better coordination with provinces needed: minister   
The Express Tribune
The federal climate change minister has urged provincial wildlife departments to boost efforts to control the smuggling of endangered species, particularly turtles and tortoises. “It is a matter of grave concern that wildlife smuggling has significantly escalated in ...

Mushahidullah urges better coordination among provinces for tackling wildlife ...   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Mushahidullah urges to control smuggling of wildlife species   Radio Pakistan (press release)

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Hindustan Times
   
'Over 70% of glaciers in Everest region could be lost by 2100'   
Hindustan Times
Glaciers in the Everest region could shrink at least 70 percent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century as a result of climate change, say scientists in Nepal, the Netherlands and France, who studied weather patterns on the roof of the world and ...

Scientists: Mount Everest glaciers could totally diasppear in 85 years or less from ...   Empire State Tribune
Mount Everest Could Look Very Different By The End Of The Century   ThinkProgress

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Castanet.net
   
Effects of climate change   
Daily Times
Sir: I wonder what will destroy the earth first, climate change or humans? Climate change is a defining issue and one of the most important global environmental challenges facing humanity in the contemporary world. Changing climate is affecting the ...

Sun, not CO2, to blame   Castanet.net

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Mashable
   
Approved to launch Air Force satellites, Elon Musk's SpaceX ends a monopoly   
Mashable
Elon Musk's spaceflight company SpaceX can now compete to launch national security missions for the Air Force, and that's a sea change in the world of commercial space. The authorization of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for these missions effectively opens up ...

SpaceX cleared for US military launches   New Zealand Herald
SpaceX can Launch Spy Satellites; Government Ensures Children Don't ...   Nature World Report
Air Force certifies SpaceX to compete for military launches   Daily Democrat
Air Force Link   
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Discovery News
   
NASA selects celestial Nasa toolkit ready to look for life on Jupiter's moon   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Nasa, on Tuesday, said it has chosen a trove of instruments to send to Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa, as it moves ahead press forward with its search for evidence if the orb could support life. The nine gadgets - from cameras to radars to ...

Nasa selects celestial tool box for Jupiter moon   Times LIVE
Can Europa Support Life? NASA Picks Tools to Study Jupiter's Mystery Moon   NBCNews.com

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BBC News
   
Evidence of 430000-year-old human violence found   
BBC News
Human remains from a cave in northern Spain show evidence of a lethal attack 430,000 years ago, a study has shown. Researchers examined one skull from a site called the Pit of Bones, which contains the remains of at least 28 people. They concluded that ...

Spanish cave Sima de los Huesos reveals first known murder victim   The Australian (blog)
430000-Year-Old Murder Mystery: Broken Skull Hints at Earliest Homicide   NBCNews.com
World's first murder victim? Skull is evidence of 430000-year-old crime   Los Angeles Times
CBS News   
The Independent   
Smithsonian   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Scientists discovered 139 new species in the Greater Mekong in 2014: WWF report   
Sydney Morning Herald
Before eating its prey alive, the ampulex dementor wasp paralyses its prey not by locking up its muscles but by stealing its free will. A single sting of the wasp's venom, injected into the belly of a cockroach, blocks the receptors of the neurotransmitter involved ...

'Dementor' wasp among new Mekong finds   The Nation
Soul-sucking Dementor Wasp using unique technique to kill prey   NYC Today
Bizarre and beautiful: 139 new species discovered in Myanmar and the Greater ...   Myanmar Times

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Live Science
   
Self-healing robots take step towards disaster relief   
ABS CBN News
PARIS, France - Scientists on Wednesday said they had created a small robot that can recover from damage, in a step towards machines that mimic the remarkable adaptive powers of humans and animals. The feat could one day lead to first-responder robots ...

Scientists create self-healing robots with 'Borg-like' ability to adapt to damage   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Amazing new robots self-repair in minutes   State Column
Scientists Develop Robots That Adapt to Damage, Keep Working   Voice of America
Yibada (English Edition)   
Gazette Herald   
Live Science   
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BBC News
   
'New species' of ancient human found   
BBC News
A new species of ancient human has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia, scientists report. Researchers discovered jaw bones and teeth, which date to between 3.3m and 3.5m years old. It means this new hominin was alive at the same time as ...

World Watch: News Digest   Wall Street Journal
Adding Branches to the Human Family Tree   New York Times
Scientists discover a new human ancestor that roamed with 'Lucy'   Washington Post

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Daily Mail
   
Nasa's next mission to Mars is GO: Radical lander could finally find out what lies ...   
Daily Mail
Rovers on Mars have drilled, hammered and dug into the surface of the red planet – but so far, none have been able to get very far. That's may all change in September 2016, when Nasa's newest mission to the red planet, InSight, arrives on the alien world in ...

NASA Begins Testing Mars Lander for Next Mission to Red Planet: NASA   Focus News
Mars missions help nations build scientific capabilities   Emirates 24/7
Sky is no longer the limit for the UAE   gulfnews.com
Empire State Tribune   
Space.com   
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