2014年9月30日 星期二

2014-10-01 Malaysia Science

  Wildlife Extra   
World wildlife populations have declined by half since 1970  Wildlife Extra
Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon. In the Living Planet Report, species in Latin America were found to show the sharpest decline. A new report undertaken by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has revealed that ...

Has Half of World's Wildlife Been Lost in Past 40 Years?   National Geographic
Protected areas offer glimmers of hope for wildlife   Yahoo News UK
Disappearing wildlife and why it matters   The Hindu
Irish Times   
ITV News   
Daily News & Analysis   
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  The Space Reporter   
Report envisions vacations in space and underwater in ten years  The Space Reporter
Vacationers' destinations in 2024 will include spaceflight in low Earth orbit and visits to underwater hotels, according to a report entitled “The Future of Travel 2024.” Compiled by a group of 56 people including researchers, editors, travel industry experts, and ...

Space Tourism by 2024 a strong possibility   Beta Wired
The final tourism frontier? Space and underwater vacations to become reality in ...   New York Daily News
Skyscanner Report Says There Will Be Space And Underwater Vacations By 2024   KpopStarz

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  The Independent   
The anti-pollution suit that cleans the air around you  The Star Online
Living in polluted urban environments is becoming the norm for many of us, but what if your clothes could clean the air around you? Such is the idea behind "BB.Suit 0.2: Wearable Clean Air", a garment which improves air quality. The suit uses 'cold plasma' ...

3D-Knitted Onesie Doubles as Air Purifier   PSFK
A onesie that purifies polluted air? Beijing Design Week exhibits wearable filter ...   The Independent

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  International Business Times AU   
Dust Storm In Mars: Mars Orbiter Sends Pictures [Watch Video]  International Business Times AU
On Sept 30, Indian Space Research Organisation's Mars orbiter sent out its first few images of the Red Planet. The pictures seem to show a regional dust storm happening above the northern hemisphere of the planet. View Full Image. Reuters Indian Space ...

Check out this gorgeous Mars picture, courtesy of India's orbiter   Los Angeles Times
US-India to collaborate on Mars exploration   Yahoo News
India's low-budget Mars probe snaps an iconic photo of the red planet   PRI

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  The Nation   
Fourth largest lake disappears  The Nation
It was once the fourth largest lake in the world, but what used to be an expanse of water in the basin of the Kyzylkum Desert now lies almost completely dry. The Aral Sea has been retreating over the last half-century since a massive Soviet irrigation project ...

Chunk of Aral Sea, one of the largest lakes, dries up   Times of India
Aral Sea: How one of the world's largest lakes turned into a ship cemetery ...   RT
NASA images reveal shocking scale of Aral Sea disaster   Fox News
TIME   
Washington Post (blog)   
CNN   
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  CBC.ca   
Chimpanzees develop cultures in the wild like humans  Telegraph.co.uk
Chimpanzees develop cultures in the wild which distinguish them from other groups, scientists have found. A community of Sonso chimpanzees living in Uganda's Budongo Forest was filmed using crushed leaves and moss to collect water. During six days of ...

Watch the 'extraordinarily rare' moment that chimpanzees teach each other new ...   Daily Mail
Wild chimps learn from others to make new tools   CBC.ca
Researchers Observe Wild Chimpanzees Teaching Each Other Tool Use For ...   The Inquisitr
Yahoo News   
Science Codex   
The Independent   
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  New York Times   
Thailand Government to Use Taste-Testing Robots to Ensure Consistency of ...  Design & Trend
(Photo : Commons) The Thailand government disapproves of the lack of uniformity at restaurants serving dishes claiming to represent authentic Thai food. They will be solving this problem via taste-testing robots. The Thailand government disapproves of the ...

Thailand builds taste-testing robots to ensure uniformity of Thai dishes   Science Recorder
Bad Thai? Thailand creates taste-testing robot to authenticate cuisine   The Globe and Mail
Thailand's ex-PM develops food robot to test Thai food   BBC News
National Post   
Headlines & Global News   
Fox News   
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  Slate Magazine   
NASA: Mysterious disappearing object on Titan has scientists stumped  seattlepi.com (blog)
It's probably not a giant whale-like creature that swims in Titan's hydrocarbon seas … but scientists don't know what it is that appears to float in and out of focus of NASA's Cassini spacecraft that's cruising around Saturn and its moons. “Science loves a mystery ...

It's back!: 'Mystery Island' in Titan sea makes unexpected reappearance   Examiner.com
Titan's Disappearing “Magic Island” Reappears in New Images   Universe Today
Mystery island on Saturn's moon Titan reappears with a new look   CNET
Popular Mechanics (blog)   
io9   
Forbes   
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  TIME   
Dolphins Are Apparently Attracted to Magnets  TIME
According to a French study released Monday, dolphins are attracted to magnets. Platonically, of course. To find out if dolphins are magnetosensitive—or able to sense Earth's magnetic field—researchers tested how six bottleneck dolphins swimming freely ...

Dolphins Are Magneto-Sensitive: Researchers Revealed!   Capital Wired
Study finds that dolphins may be able to detect magnetic fields   The Week Magazine
Bottlenose Dolphins Can Sense Magnetic Fields   Sci-News.com
WRTV Indianapolis   
Headlines & Global News   
Science AAAS   
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  Forbes   
Huge Primordial Stars Disappeared Without So Much As A Supermassive Black ...  Forbes
Stars are pretty lucky – usually when they die, they get to stick around in their galaxies in their new form, as supermassive or regular black holes. However, scientists have recently discovered that not all stars catch such a break. Some primordial stars, among ...

Unusual Death of Primordial Stars Discovered by Scientists   Chinatopix
Simulations reveal unusual death of ancient stars   T4 Magazine
How some ancient stars met with an unusual death   Zee News

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