2015年8月12日 星期三

2015-08-13 Pakistan Science


Forests a major line of defence against negative climate change: Mushahidullah   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan on Wednesday said that forests are a first major line of defence against negative impacts of climate change, particularly floods, droughts, groundwater depletion and sea intrusion.
Forests help slow down climate change, says Mushahidullah   The Nation
Chemical Industry Skeptical of Clean Power Plan   Jewocity.com (press release) (blog)

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BBC News
   
Cosmonauts cleaning windows in space   
BBC News
Even space stations need their windows cleaning, but it's a big task when you're floating in space. Two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took a spacewalk to clean a porthole window, 250 miles above the Earth's surface.
How do you wash a window 250 miles from Earth's surface?   Christian Science Monitor
Cosmonauts embark on six-hour spacewalk outside ISS   The Daily Star
Cosmonauts complete spacewalk outside space station   The News International
Russia Beyond the Headlines   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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ABC Online
   
Perseid meteor shower to be a star-studded event in the Northern Hemisphere ...   
ABC Online
While people in the Northern Hemisphere will enjoy the stunning sight of the Perseid meteor shower, those in the South of the Equator may not be so lucky. An almost moonless, dark sky will make this year's shower an especially star-studded event, ...

Perseids 2015: Biggest meteor shower of the year peaks tonight   CBC.ca
Perseid Meteor Shower: The Best Way To Watch   Sky News
VIDEO: Stargazers gear up for the 'best shooting star show in years'   Irish Examiner
cleveland.com   
CBS Local   
Fox News   
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National Post
   
New 'mother' robot can design, build, test and improve its own 'children'   
National Post
A “mother” robot which can build its own “children,” test which ones do best then modify their design, has been developed by scientists at Cambridge University. In a video released by the university, the robot was shown building its own “cube babies ...
MotherBot builds her own offspring   Stuff.co.nz
Unnatural Selection: 'Mother Robot' Builds Evolving Baby Bots   NBCNews.com
On the origin of (robot) species   The Hullabaloo Online
Gizmodo   
Xinhua   
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Irish Examiner
   
Don't freak out, but scientists think octopuses 'might be aliens' after DNA study   
Irish Examiner
Not to send you into a meltdown or anything but octopuses are basically 'aliens' – according to scientists. Don. Researchers have found a new map of the octopus genetic code that is so strange that it could be actually be an “alien”. The first whole ...
Scientists sequence octopus genome: What could it tell us about cephalopods?   Dispatch Times
Octopuses 'are aliens', scientists decide after DNA study   Press Examiner
First Fully Sequenced Octopus Genome Reveals Secrets Of Cephalopod Intelligence   Rapid News Network
The Hullabaloo Online   
NPR   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Astronomers discover the smallest known supermassive black hole   
Los Angeles Times
Here's a cosmic contradiction: A tiny supermassive black hole. Astronomers using the Magellan II telescope in Chile and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the smallest supermassive black hole yet found at the center of a dwarf galaxy.
Astronomers find smallest supermassive black hole on record   The Space Reporter
Astronomers spot oxymoronic littlest big black hole   CBS News
U-M astronomers find universe's smallest-known black hole 340 million light ...   MLive.com
Toronto Star   
The Hullabaloo Online   
KRWG News22   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Octopus studies detail strange behavior and genetics   
Los Angeles Times
UC Berkeley marine biologist Roy Caldwell first saw the intriguing octopus in Panama, in 1977. It was pretty, and striped, and about the size of his little finger. He brought a few specimens back to his lab, and one of the females surprised him: Unlike ...
Odd suckers: Octopus species that's weirdly social, romantic   The Denver Post
This octopus's garden filled with mystery, romance   Press Herald
This one species of octopus plays with its food and has really weird sex   Winston-Salem Journal
National Geographic   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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Times of India
   
NASA probe discovers new planet orbiting two stars   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: NASA's Kepler mission has discovered a new planet orbiting two stars and located within its host stars' "habitable zone", the area around the stars in which life could potentially exist. The planet, known as Kepler-453b, is the 10th such ...


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CNET
   
PHOTOS: Humpback Whale Spotted Off Cornwall   
Pirate FM
Marine Discovery were on a wildlife trip out of Penzance when the humped back appeared. The team says it is the first one that they have 'got a good look at' in ten years. Humpback whales are known for their song and are found near coastlines, feeding ...
Pictures capture humpback whale off Cornwall coast   Plymouth Herald
Drone Footage Captures Sighting of a Rare White Humpback Whale (VIDEO)   One Green Planet
Rare White Whale Spotted, But It Ain't The Famed Migaloo And That's The Good ...   The Inquisitr
Western Morning News   
The Australian   
Newsmax   
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Daily News & Analysis
   
Stripes don't save zebras from predators: New Study   
Daily News & Analysis
New study reveals stripes do not help zebras evade predators as it makes the animals easier to catch. Zebra Getty Images. Contrary to popular opinion, stripes do not help zebras evade predators and in fact, the distinctive pattern may make the animals ...
Stripes don't save zebras from predators: study   Business Standard
Zebras' Stripes Won't Offer Protection From Predators Like Once Thought   Science World Report
Zebra stripes: No black and white answer to mystery   Horsetalk
Laboratory Equipment   
Irish Independent   
Jewish Business News   
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