2014年8月12日 星期二

2014-08-13 Zimbabwe Science

  The Hindu   
Iranian Becomes First Woman to Win Math's Top Prize  Voice of America
An Iranian-born mathematician has become the first woman to win the prestigious mathematics prize known as the Fields Medal. Maryam Mirzakhani will receive the award, widely considered the Nobel Prize for math, at a ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, ...

Iranian-born Stanford professor first woman to win top maths prize   swissinfo.ch
Major mathematics awards to two Indian origin scientists   The Hindu
Meet the winners of the Fields medal – the 'Nobel prize of maths'   The Conversation
The Guardian   
Waterloo Record   
NEWS.GNOM.ES   
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  NBCNews.com   
Saving the Elephants? State Bans on Ivory Trade Gather Steam  NBCNews.com
New York's new ban on the trade in elephant ivory was signed into law Tuesday — World Elephant Day — on the heels of a call by a major conservation group for a total global clampdown. But can such bans help save the world's elephants from extinction?
Battling the Ivory Trade   New York Times (blog)
Despite severe poaching, hopeful signs on World Elephant Day   Christian Science Monitor
12 Shocking Numbers That Reveal Grim, Gruesome Truth Behind Elephant ...   Huffington Post
New York Daily News (blog)   
SFGate   
National Geographic   
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  National Geographic   
Perseid meteors light up skies tonight, despite supermoon  CNET
These showers are so stunning that Google even dedicated an animated Doodle to the celestial show. by Dara Kerr · @darakerr; August 12, 2014 7:30 PM PDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email. tumblr. stumble.
WATCH LIVE: Perseid meteor shower should be at its peak tonight   The Denver Channel
Perseid meteor shower peaks Tuesday night: How and when to watch this rare ...   Tech Times
Perseid Meteor Shower May Be Visible Despite 'Super Moon'   Big Island Now
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  Brisbane Times   
Climate change, industry threaten reef  Echonetdaily
Climate change is the most serious issue it faces, a federal government report says, with fears of 'far reaching consequences in the decades to come'. Coastal development, poor water quality from land-based run-off and fishing continue to threaten ...

Climate change, industry threaten reef – report   Cowra Community News
Bank Ducks Challenge Over Australia's Great Barrier Reef   Courthouse News Service
Report points to bleak outlook   Mackay Daily Mercury
My Sunshine Coast (press release)   
Salon   
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  Sky News Australia   
What yawning bonobos can teach us about empathy  Concord Monitor
To figure out what makes humanity so distinctly human, it's helpful to identify how we differ from our closest relatives. Whether or not apes experience empathy is an ongoing question. In a study published yesterday in PeerJ, researchers compare the “yawn ...

Study finds empathy depends on relationships not species   Examiner.com
Yawning contagious among apes too   The Australian
Want to know if someone likes you? See if they YAWN: Contagious yawning is a ...   Daily Mail
Science 2.0   
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  The Guardian   
Weather in a warming world  Oman Tribune
SUMMER heatwaves and downpours have become more frequent in the northern hemisphere this century, apparently because extreme weather can get trapped for weeks in the same place in a warming world, a study showed on Monday. Disruptions to the ...

Blame the trapped air waves and Arctic warming for the extreme-weather events   Tech Times
Extreme Weather Causing Rise in Arctic Temperature   Upstart Magazine
Extreme summer heat, rain on rise as weather gets trapped-study   Thomson Reuters Foundation
iStreet Research   
Science Recorder   
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  Tech Times   
Chilean earthquake in 2010 triggered icequakes in Antarctica  Tech Times
Icequakes in Antarctica may have been triggered by an earthquake that took place on 27 Feb. 2010, according to a new study. Chile was devastated by a magnitude 8.8 quake four years ago that created vast property damage around the nation.
Chile's massive 2010 earthquake caused Antarctica glaciers to calve and ...   MercoPress
Chile quake provoked Icequakes   Upstart Magazine
Earthquake in Chile Triggered Icequakes in Antarctica   Guardian Liberty Voice
Discovery News   
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  CTV News   
Would you send your pet's ashes into space?  CTV News
The cremated remains of your pet can now be sent to the moon on a special "Memorial Spaceflight," thanks to a new initiative from Celestis Pets. The company is launching a service this fall that will allow cremated remains or DNA to be placed in individual ...

You can send your dog's ashes into space   The Malay Mail Online
​Want To Honor Your Late Pet? Send Its Remains into Deep Space!   Jezebel

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  Dumb-Out   
Supermoon: What Is It?  Dumb-Out
The name SuperMoon was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. On August 10th 2014 the world saw a super moon or as scientist refers to them as “perigee moon,”. How does this happen? Well, this occurs when the moon's orbit comes dangerously ...

Spectacular Supermoon Lights Up the Night Sky (PHOTOS)   Science World Report
2014 Second supermoon: August 10 perigee moon brightest, next on Sep 9   WallStreet OTC
Sunday's Supermoon was brightest and biggest in 20 years   Uncover California
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  International Business Times UK   
Can Radio Waves Lead to Exomoons?  Universe Today
An artist's conception of a distant exomoon blocking out a star's light. Credit: Dan Durda. I firmly believe that our next greatest discovery will be detecting an exomoon in orbit around a distant exoplanet. Although no one has been able to confirm an exomoon ...

A new way to detect alien moons   Science AAAS
Radio Waves of Alien Moons Offer Best Odds of Detecting Life   The Daily Galaxy (blog)
Extraterrestrial Life More Probable on Exomoons   Chinatopix
Science World Report   
R & D Magazine   
Zee News   
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