2014年9月17日 星期三

2014-09-18 Malaysia Science

  New York Times (blog)   
Final Days for Yangtze's 140 Million-Year-Old Sturgeon  New York Times (blog)
In the English naturalist Isabella Bird's 1899 account of her travels on the Yangtze River, she noted that fishermen regularly caught sturgeon “weighing from 500 to 700 pounds” off the port in the town of Jingzhou. Such abundance is now a distant memory.
Wild Chinese Sturgeon Population May Get Extinct   Austrian Tribune
Chinese Sturgeon Is on the Brink of Extinction After 140 Million Years   Smithsonian
Wild Chinese Sturgeon On Periphery Of Getting Extinct   Capital OTC
Chinatopix   
Inferse   
Auto World News   
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  Patheos (blog)   
Of 'croco-ducks' and the Zeno's paradox shell-game of creationism  Patheos (blog)
Spinosaurus, a new analysis suggests, was “The First Dinosaur Adapted for Swimming.” It was really big and really scary — on land or in the water: At 50 feet long, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus exceeded the size of Tyrannosaurus rex by 9 feet. Its spines were at ...

Scientists Discover Predatory, Swimming Dinosaur   Sci-Tech Today
Dinosaur that can be swim…   iStreet Research
The Spinosaurus was a beast of both worlds   The Star Online

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  Daily Mail   
Season's first dolphins killed in Japan  News24
A brief guide to the Japan's Fesitivals, which include the history, geography, culture and the Loud... Now R309.00 buy now. Tokyo - The first dolphins of the season were slaughtered on Tuesday in the small Japanese town of Taiji, campaigners said, ...

Season's first dolphins killed in Japan, say activists   Business Insider

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  TIME   
Scientists Find Giant Black Hole Inside One of the Tiniest Known Galaxies  TIME
NASA said Wednesday that astronomers have found one of the smallest known galaxies ever using the Hubble Space Telescope–but the mini-discovery came with a surprising twist. The tiny galaxy has a massive black hole at its center, nearly five times the ...

Supersized black hole found in ultra small galaxy   UQ News
Surprise! Giant Black Hole Discovered in Dwarf Galaxy   NBCNews.com
Hubble Space Telescope finds smallest known galaxy with supermassive black ...   Boing Boing
Maine News Online   
Nature World News   
CNET   
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  Irish Independent   
Humans and chimps share killer instinct say scientists  Irish Independent
According to new research chimpanzees will fight and kill over resources such as territory, food or even mates. Photo credit: SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images. Chimpanzees and humans have one key trait in common - both are natural born killers, scientists ...

Why chimpanzees kill   WXYZ
Chimpanzees are naturally violent, WARRING humans have no role: Study   Northern Voices Online
Study: Chimps, like humans, are natural-born killers   ITV News
Daily Digest   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
NASA mission about to reach Mars  Sydney Morning Herald
In just four days, after a 10-month journey across the inner solar system, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft will finally reach the Red Planet. The orbiter could provide the elusive answer to a simple question: If Mars once had enough atmosphere to allow for liquid ...

MAVEN spacecraft close to entering Mars orbit -- and it won't be alone   CNN
NASA's Maven spacecraft reaches Mars this weekend   CBS News
NASA spacecraft to reach Mars this weekend   Zee News
TVNZ   
Xinhua   
Christian Science Monitor   
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  WallStreet OTC   
Meteorite Killed the Dinosaurs and Left Forests blooming  WallStreet OTC
As per a report from the Arizona University, the impact of meteorite owing to which dinosaurs were doomed 66 million years ago razed the evergreens among flowering plants to a greater extent as compared to deciduous peers, as per a study led by the UA ...

Dinosaur-Killing Meteorite Helped Deciduous Plants Bloom, Say Scientists   Viral Global News
Meteor That Wiped out Dinosaurs Revamped Earth's Plants Also   Capital OTC
Dinosaur-killing meteorite impact caused forests bloom   Delhi Daily News
Fox News Latino   
Northern Voices Online   
Capital Wired   
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  Slate Magazine (blog)   
If Fixing Global Warming Is Free, What's the Holdup?  Slate Magazine (blog)
A new report released Tuesday said an ambitious global plan to rid the world of fossil fuels—and generate half of the world's new energy from renewable sources in just 15 years—could produce more economic benefits than costs, considering the anticipated ...

Dot Earth | Can the US and China Find Harmony in Pursuing Climate Progress?   New York Times (blog)
Investing in climate change battle 'will pay off'   The Straits Times
Combating global warming: good for economic growth, after all? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
The Guardian   
Voice of America   
Livemint   
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  Philippine Star   
Rush to flee as volcano spews lava  NEWS.com.au
The Philippines' most active volcano has sent more huge lava fragments rolling down its slopes in an ongoing gentle eruption that has prompted authorities to evacuate thousands of villagers, officials said Wednesday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology ...

Evacuation of residents living near Mayon continues   GMA News
Mount Mayon volcano in Philippines threatens to erupt: Thousands of villagers ...   Tech Times
Evacuations begin near volcano town   Peninsula On-line
Oman Tribune   
InterAksyon   
Western Journalism   
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  New York Times   
Busy Days Precede a March Focusing on Climate Change  New York Times
Organizers for the People's Climate March are using a warehouse to create and store their large creations. Credit Kirsten Luce for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share ...

We must embrace climate for real change   Irish Examiner
A Climate Week to Change Everything   Truthdig
EU wants India to to show “flexibility” on climate change talks   Economic Times
Huffington Post   
Phys.Org   
Maine Public Broadcasting   
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