2015年6月29日 星期一

2015-06-30 Pakistan Science


The Express Tribune
   
Sweltering Karachi: Fact-finding committee set up as death toll rises   
The Express Tribune
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: As 16 more people died of heat exhaustion in Karachi on Monday, the climate change ministry set up a committee to look into the causes of the current heatwave and possibly why so many deaths had occurred in the port city this ...

Govt sets up body to probe heatwave deaths in Karachi   The News International
Climate Change Ministry forms body to probe into heat spell   Daily Times
Ministry notifies heat-wave probe body   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Pakistan Today   
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Pak academic wins UNESCO Avicenna Prize of Ethics 2015   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: The winner of the 2015 UNESCO Avicenna Prize of Ethics in Science is Pakistani Professor of Biotechnology and bioethicist Zabta Khan Shinwari. The prize, which includes a diploma, a UNESCO Avicenna Gold Medal and a cheque of $10,000, ...

Pak bioethicist wins UNESCO Avicenna Prize   The Nation

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Mashable
   
Now comes the SpaceX rocket whodunit: A complex mystery   
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — A rocket's dead, blown to bits in public view. Now it's time for “Rocket Science CSI.” After 18 straight successful launches, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket broke apart Sunday morning minutes after soaring away from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
National Security After the SpaceX Explosion   Wall Street Journal
SpaceX explodes minutes after launch   The Hindu
NASA Says SpaceX Failure Won't Affect Plans for New Crew Spaceships   NBCNews.com
TechCrunch   
Reuters   
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Daily Times
   
8500 arrested for environmental crimes in 2014   
Daily Times
BEIJING: Chinese police arrested around 8,500 suspects in more than 4,500 environment-related criminal cases in 2014, as the country waged war against pollution, environment minister Chen Jining said on Monday. Addressing lawmakers during a ...

China's Overall Air Quality Improved in 2014 And Early 2015   Beijing Review
More than 8400 arrested in China for environmental crimes in 2014   Al Jazeera America
China says thousands arrested suspected of environmental crimes   AG Week
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
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Forbes
   
Microsoft HoloLens Destroyed In SpaceX Launch Explosion   
Forbes
After announcing NASA NASA as a HoloLens partner at its Windows 10 launch event back in January, Microsoft Microsoft revealed genuine plans to send its AR headset into space last week. “Sidekick uses Microsoft HoloLens to provide virtual aid to ...

NASA taking Microsoft's VR headsets to space   Times of India
HoloLens Trip to the International Space Station Doesn't Go as Planned   SegmentNext
NASA is taking Microsoft's HoloLens to space   India Today
IT PRO   
Gizmag   
VRFocus   
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West Texas News
   
Climate change a medical emergency: Report   
West Texas News
A new study has declared climate change as a medical emergency though people generally refer it as a nature problem that is caused by pollution, fossil fuels and other human activities. The study revealed that its impact would be worse than high ...

GUEST EDITORIAL: Humanity's unhealthy future   Northwest Georgia News
Protecting the world's children from climate change   Huffington Post (blog)
New Study Suggests Climate Change is an Alarming Threat to Human Health   The Monitor Daily
NY City News   
KRWG News22   
Albany Times Union   
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Red Flag
   
Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment: Boon or Bane of the Biosphere?   
CO2 Science Magazine
Is the human-induced increase in the atmosphere's carbon dioxide concentration good or bad for the earth and its inhabitants? A number of scientists who base their opinions primarily on the predictions of climate models vociferously claim that it's bad.
CO2 Solutions Welcomes Government Of Alberta Initiative To Reduce Carbon ...   Pollution Online (press release)

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Irish Independent
   
Tech companies braced for 'leap second' chaos   
Irish Independent
Airlines, trading floors and technology companies are braced for chaos tonight as world timekeepers prepare to add a leap second to global clocks. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Immediately before midnight ...

Extra 'Leap Second' Worries Markets   Wall Street Journal
'Leap second' added for first time in three years   BBC News
Happy Leap Second! Why This Tuesday Is Going to Be Exactly One Second ...   People Magazine
The Hindu   
The Straits Times   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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CBS News
   
Venus, Jupiter come together   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The two brightest planets in the sky , Venus and Jupiter, will appear so close to each other over the next couple of evenings that they would almost seem like a single super-bright star. The rare celestial event that is generating a buzz ...
Watch Venus and Jupiter come together   The Hindu
That's not an airplane in the western sky. It's Venus and Jupiter   NOLA.com
Jupiter, Venus to converge in Star of Bethlehem moment   CBS News
OregonLive.com   
AL.com   
FOX 40 News WICZ TV   
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iFreePress.com
   
'Community-oriented activity must to tackle climate change'   
Financial Express
Expressing concern over the scale and frequency of disasters taking place globally, experts today said the world is at an "important stage" to deal with climate change and laid stress on "very strong" community- oriented activity to tackle the issue.
Climate change plans require urgent action, warn MPs   BBC News
Britain Must Give More Incentives for Clean Energy, Adviser Says   Bloomberg
Britain needs to extend policies to reduce emissions - adviser   Reuters UK
The Australian Financial Review   
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