2015年1月22日 星期四

2015-01-23 Canada English Science


Toronto Star
   
Doomsday Clock pushed ahead by climate change, nuclear threat   
Toronto Star
The Apocalypse isn't now. But it's two minutes closer. For the first time in three years the hands of the Doomsday Clock have moved forward, and now point at only three minutes to midnight. The move brings them the closest they have been to the ultimate ...

The Short List: Doomsday clock ticks again; Brady on Deflategate; today in Davos   USA TODAY
Countdown to catastrophe: Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight   Reuters
Three minutes to midnight: Climate and nuclear threats see Doomsday Clock ...   South China Morning Post (subscription)
SFGate   
Christian Science Monitor   
Frontline Desk   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Webcam captures huge volcano eruption in Mexico   
Telegraph.co.uk
A webcam in Mexico has captured the moment that the Colima volcano erupted violently. The blast happened at 9.13am Wednesday morning, local time. The Colima volcano is an active stratovolcano which has erupted several times over recent weeks.
Two incredible eruptions of Volcán de Colima caught on webcam   Washington Post (blog)
Incredible timelapse film shows Mexico volcano eruption   BBC News
MUST-SEE: Incredible time lapse shows intensity of Colima volcano eruption in ...   The Weather Network
Mashable   
News24   
New York Daily News   
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Times of India
   
Scientists create 'genetic firewall' for new forms of life   
Times of India
NEW YORK: A year after creating organisms that use a genetic code different from every other living thing, two teams of scientists have achieved another "synthetic biology" milestone — they created bacteria that cannot survive without a specific manmade ...

Self-destructing bacteria could lead to artificial life: Scientists build 'kill' system ...   Daily Mail
'Safer GMOs' made by US scientists   BBC News
Scientists Work to Contain Modified Organisms to Labs   New York Times
Los Angeles Times   
Washington Post   
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The Province
   
Cloudy weather means B.C. residents may not be able to spot Comet Lovejoy for ...   
The Province
If you don't check out Comet Lovejoy soon, you'll have to wait a long time to see it again — like about 8,000 years. The comet was discovered by Australian astronomer Terry Lovejoy last year and is currently in prime viewing time for us, except the current ...

Still hunting for comet Lovejoy? Well this is what you need to look for   Full-Time Whistle
Comet Lovejoy visible to the naked eye-barely-this week   Nantucket Island Inquirer

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Inside Science News Service
   
Making Sense Of The Predatory Pitcher Plant   
Inside Science News Service
Many types of pitcher plants are only occasionally slippery, which may help them trap more insects overall. Pictured above is Sarracenia purpurea. Image credit: ggallice via flickr | http://bit.ly/1E74lHh. Rights information: http://bit.ly/NL51dk. Design flaw in a ...

Plants versus ants: Voracious vegetation is victorious   BusinessWorld Online Edition
Pitcher plants switch traps on and off, by the weather   Digital Journal

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CBS Local
   
Planet Formation Re-Created In Lawrence Livermore Lab   
CBS Local
LIVERMORE (CBS SF) – Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are using lasers to create the pressure and temperatures needed for planet formation as a way to calculate how bodies in our solar system have evolved. The experiments are ...

Zap! Laser Blasts Shed Light on Cores of Alien Planets   Yahoo News UK
New research re-creates planet formation, super-earths and giant planets in the ...   Phys.Org

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First Coast News
   
Giant squid caught alive near Japan   
First Coast News
Fishermen in central japan captured a giant squid in their nets this morning (thursday), and this one was alive. Giant squids inhabit deep waters and. Loading… Post to Facebook. Giant squid caught alive near Japan Fishermen in central japan captured a ...

VIDEO: Another Giant Squid Was Hauled Up Alive In Japan, And It's Starting To ...   Business Insider Australia
Giant squid captured alive   WPTV.com

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Efimov States: Gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls   
Science Codex
scientists have experimentally observed for the first time a phenomenon in ultracold, three-atom molecules predicted by Russian theoretical physicsist Vitaly Efimov in 1970. "Quantum theory makes the existence of these gigantic molecules inevitiable, ...

Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls   (e) Science News
Exotic, giantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls   Phys.Org

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ABC Online
   
Andromeda Galaxy up close   
WA today
NASA release the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy by the ESA Hubble Space Telescope showing over 100 million stars. 23/01/15. The ancient archaeological site of Pompeii is pictured in front of Mount Vesuvius in this April.
NASA shows largest image ever of Andromeda Galaxy   USA TODAY
Hubble captures most detailed image ever seen of Andromeda galaxy   ABC Online
The largest ever Hubble photo shows Andromeda's glory   SlashGear
Canada News   
NBCNews.com   
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The Columbian
   
Hawking: Beware artificial intelligence   
The Columbian
Associated Press files Stephen Hawking says he is still fond of his old technology and chooses not to change his robotic-sounding voice. (SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press writer/AP). By Peter Holley, The Washington Post. Published: January 22, 2015, ...

Will super-intelligent machines kill us all?   Channel 4 News
Why the world's most intelligent people shouldn't be so afraid of artificial ...   Washington Post (blog)
Robots are getting more like us and famous scientists are concerned   Quartz

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