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2015-09-19 Malaysia Science


EU reports solid progress on phase-out of ozone-harming chemicals   
Business Green
Europe is making steady progress on the phasing out of chemicals that damage the ozone layer, according to a new report. The report, published by the European Environment Agency earlier this week, considered more than 200 ozone-depleting substances ...


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National Post
   
How long does it take to pee? Harvard's Ig Nobel Prize honours the year in ...   
National Post
Have you ever wondered what a dinosaur walked like? How often a man would have to have sex to have hundreds of sons? Or how to unboil an egg? These and other weighty scientific questions have been answered by researchers who were honoured this ...

25yrs of Ig Nobel awards: 10 of the world's most trivial scientific discoveries   RT
Student suffers 25 stings to net IgNobel   Irish Examiner
Osaka doctor wins tongue-in-cheek Ig prize for study on kissing as allergy relief   Asahi Shimbun
Arab News   
The Escapist   
Washington Post   
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nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper
   
Are we ready to preserve the Ozone Layer?   
nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper
Thirty years ago, in 1985, we were shocked by the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer, mainly because the decline in the ozone layer was far larger than what anyone had expected. Much has happened since then. Today, we mark the 30th anniversary ...

Minister - Jammeh's Efforts in Environmental Protection Recognised By UNEP   AllAfrica.com
Ozone day celebrated with song and various activities globally   News Hour (press release) (subscription) (blog)
Seminar urges global community to protect ozone layer   Daily Times

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Independent Online
   
Blue planet report highlights losses   
Independent Online
Cape Town - WWF's Living Blue Planet Report has highlighted enormous losses in the world's oceans – but this was not just about “losing some fish and turtles”, according to John Tanzer, director of WWF International marine programme. “It is about the ...

Half of the Ocean's Wildlife Faces Extinction   Wall Street Hedge
Half of marine life wiped out in 40 years: WWF   The Sun Daily
Half of ocean life has died out in the last 45 years, says the WWF   Irish Independent
The Guardian   
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Malay Mail Online
   
World Bank economist proves Pythagorean Theorem (2600 years late)   
Malay Mail Online
World Bank Group Chief Economist Kaushik Basu said he had assured his boss that the mathematical achievement was 'weekend work'. — AFP picNEW YORK, Sept 18 — News flash: World Bank economist Kaushik Basu has proved that when it comes to ...

World Bank economist Kaushik Basu proves Pythagorean Theorem   Times of India

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The Star Online
   
Now you see it, now you don't: invisibility cloak nears reality   
The Star Online
Ultra cool: A handout pic depicting how light reflects off the cloak (red arrows) as if it were reflecting off a flat mirror in this 3D illustration of a metasurface skin cloak made from an ultrathin layer of nanoantennas (gold blocks) covering an ...
Can't believe your eyes? Scientists build tiny invisibility cloak   Los Angeles Times
Quirky World: Harry Potter invisibility cloak comes closer to reality   Irish Examiner
Harry Potter's invisibility cloak becomes a reality (sort of)   Daily Mail
Times of India   
South African Broadcasting Corporation   
RT   
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Rappler
   
Climate change, the Syrian refugee crisis, and PH governance   
Rappler
A deluge of climate refugees will be yet a new challenge, if world leaders fail to forge an ambitious, robust, and binding global climate deal in Paris this December. This was how European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker set the mood during ...
Roadmap for India Ahead of Paris Climate Talks   The New Indian Express
India will not pay to clean up 'world polluted by the West'   TODAYonline
EU ministers unite on climate mandate ahead of Paris summit   Thomson Reuters Foundation
Gulf Times   
Wall Street Journal   
TV Newsroom   
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Rapid News Network
   
Pre-reptile first to walk on all fours?   
Rapid News Network
It may be the earliest known creature to do so, according to a new study. Some 260 million years ago, the thinking went that most creatures were scampering around like lizards on the ancient supercontinent known as Pangea. However, pareiasaurs usually ...

Fossil of pre-reptile may have been first to walk upright   Youth Independent News
Pre-reptile may be first animal to walk upright on four legs   Science Recorder
First Pre-Reptile to Walk on Four Legs Discovered   I4U News
CBS News   
Times of India   
Bulletin Leader   
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Malay Mail Online
   
Is the global warming 'pause' theory finally dead?   
Malay Mail Online
In a 20-page report earlier this week called “Big changes underway in the climate system?”, Britain's weather agency confirmed the existence of the notorious 'pause'—if only to say that it was probably over. — AFP picPARIS, Sept 19 — A study ...
Global warming 'pause' theory is dead but still twitching   The Star Online
Global Warming 'Hiatus' Never Happened, Stanford Scientists Say   Newsroom America
The Climate Change 'Pause' Skeptics Love to Cite Never Happened   Yahoo News
The Heartland Institute   
Bustle   
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Daily Mail
   
September 28 to see rare 'super blood moon eclipse' inviting 'apocalypse'   
Daily Mail
A rare astrological event later this month could herald the end of days, according to a pastor. The fourth lunar eclipse in just two years, known as a 'tetrad', will take place on September 28, and each one has taken place on Jewish holy days. The ...
Spectacular supermoon eclipse is coming very soon   The Market Business
Supermoon Eclipse: How and When to see it   Ledger Gazette
“Supermoon” Lunar Eclipse occurs Sunday, September 27   Bulletin Leader
TV Newsroom   
Dispatch Times   
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