2015年6月10日 星期三

2015-06-11 Pakistan Science


The Express Tribune
   
Sindh faces rapid urbanisation, deforestation due to climate change   
Daily Times
KARACHI: Due to climate change, Sindh is facing various problems, including rapid urbanisation, overpopulation, deforestation and discharge of untreated effluents, which have given rise to numerous hazards, speakers said at a workshop on Wednesday.
Eco responsibility: Workshop highlights the pitfalls of climate change   The Express Tribune

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Daily Times
   
Glass found on Mars may hold important clues about life on the Red Planet   
Daily Times
Talk about shattering expectations! NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has circled the Red Planet more than 40,000 times since arriving there in 2006. During that time, the spacecraft has spied everything from avalanches to dust devils to buried glaciers.
NASA craft finds impact glass on mars that may hold evidence of past life   AOL News
The Glint of Martian Glass   SkyandTelescope.com
Impact Glass Found On Mars Could Contain Ancient Life   Design & Trend
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)   
Softpedia News   
WBIW.com   
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Aaj News
   
Water woes for Coastal communities deepen   
Aaj News
KARACHI: The global climate changes are not only affecting the nature but gravely hitting the human life, especially the vulnerable communities of Coastal areas, leaving them in quest for freshwater and making the necessity a far cry for them.

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Daily Times
   
Asteroid to wipe out humanity by September?   
Daily Times
Yet again, conspiracy theorists have claimed that a cataclysmic climate event will destroy civilisation in just three months time, Zee News reports. As predicted on various blogs and websites, Earth will crash into giant space rocks and asteroids on September ...

NASA denies internet rumours that a giant asteroid will 'destroy the earth' in ...   International Business Times UK
Is an asteroid ensuring the imminent demise of humanity aimed at the Earth right ...   Fusion
End of the world coming in 3 months: Asteroid impact scare gets NASA response   Examiner.com
Ahmedabad Mirror   
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Twinfinite
   
Ark: Survival Evolved has Already Generated Over $10 Million   
Twinfinite
Back in early May, a dinosaur themed open-world survival game appeared out of nowhere. Now, less than a month later, Ark: Survival Evolved has already generated over $10 million strictly in revenue since the game's Steam Early Access release last week.
Studio Wildcard Unveils Jurassic ARK Week   Gamasutra
'Ark: Survival Evolved' (ALL) Celebrates Jurassic Park Movie With In-Game ...   WorthPlaying.com
Studio Wildcard Announces Jurassic Ark Week Events and Update   Shacknews
SegmentNext   
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Los Angeles Times
   
NASA has setback in developing parachute for landing people on Mars   
Washington Post
A parachute designed to help spacecraft land on Mars inflated during a test and then disintegrated immediately afterward, NASA officials said Tuesday. The parachute appeared to tear after it deployed, said Steve Jur-czyk of NASA's Space Technology ...

Supersonic Nasa parachute torn to pieces in latest test   The Nation
NASA to study supersonic parachute shredded in 'flying saucer' test   Los Angeles Times
NASA: Mars test parachute failed soon after inflating   Economic Times
Clapway   
NBCNews.com   
The Hindu   
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NDTV
   
Japan Rescuers Search For Missing Climbers   
Prensa Latina
10 de junio de 2015, 14:22Tokyo, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) A search team today began to climb the Japanese Mount Ontake to look for the bodies of six climbers still missing since the eruption of the volcano in last September, local media reported. The team ...

Japan body searchers return to volcano eight months on   China Post

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IANS
   
Wi-Fi signals can help count people in a crowd   
IANS
Washington, June 9 (IANS) A Wi-Fi signal can be used to count the number of people in a given space, leading to diverse applications such as energy efficiency to search-and-rescue operations. Researchers from University of California-Santa Barbara have ...


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NBCNews.com
   
Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt Apologizes for 'Trouble With Girls' Remark   
NBCNews.com
LONDON — A Nobel Prize-winning British scientist apologized Wednesday for saying the "trouble with girls" working in laboratories is that it leads to romantic entanglements and harms science. But Tim Hunt stood by his assertion that mixed-gender labs are ...

Nobel laureate Tim Hunt apologises for comments that female scientists 'can't ...   ABC Online
Nobel laureate Tim Hunt resigns after 'trouble with girls' comments   The Guardian
Nobel Laureate Walks Back Sexist Comments After Backlash   TIME
Express.co.uk   
Herald Scotland   
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NBCNews.com
   
LightSail Team Declares Solar Sail Success as Mission Nears Its End   
NBCNews.com
The team members behind the LightSail experimental solar sail spacecraft say that they've accomplished their mission and are counting down to the satellite's fiery, fatal plunge through the atmosphere this weekend. "I am so excited because this mission is a ...

Privately funded Lightsail mini-spacecraft spreads its solar sails   Sydney Morning Herald
LightSail spacecraft declared a success after unfurling solar sail in orbit   The Guardian
Planetary Society's solar sail test a success in space   The San Luis Obispo Tribune

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