2014年12月2日 星期二

2014-12-03 Zimbabwe Science


The Nation
   
Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind   
The Nation
Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain's pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to our very existence. He told the BBC:'The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.
Robots could spell end of human race, Hawking claims   Irish Independent
Stephen Hawking fancies himself as a Bond villain   Sydney Morning Herald
Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end humankind   The Australian (blog)
NEWS.com.au   
Bangkok Post   
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New York Times
   
NASA set to launch Orion spacecraft, paving way for human Mars visit   
Los Angeles Times
NASA is preparing for the maiden launch this week of its new Orion spacecraft, which could help jump-start America's return to human exploration of space, including a journey to Mars. This unmanned mission is relatively simple, less than five hours long and ...

Nasa to test spaceship that could take humans to Mars   Stuff.co.nz
NASA Sees Capsule Test as a Step Toward Mars   New York Times
Testing NASA: How Space Exploration Will Work in the Orion Era   NBCNews.com
Science Recorder   
The Age   
Voice of America   
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BBC News
   
DNA analysis of Richard III brings up questions about royal legitimacy   
The Week Magazine
DNA has positively identified the bones found under an English parking lot as belonging to King Richard III, and has also called into question the legitimacy of some royals. It's been 527 years since Richard III died, and this is the first genetic identification of a ...

King Richard III's DNA questions bloodline of royal family   Irish Independent
Richard III DNA test finds sex scandal undermining Tudor Dynasty's claim to throne   The Australian (blog)
DNA confirms King Richard's bones   USA TODAY
Voice of America   
ABC Online   
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The Denver Post
   
Developing nations urge deeper climate cuts to zero emissions   
Reuters
LIMA (Reuters) - Developing nations called on the rich on Tuesday to do more to lead the fight against climate change in line with scientific findings that global greenhouse gas emissions should fall to net zero by 2100 to avert the worst impacts. About 190 ...

COP20 showcases emission-free, electric car   Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias
India sticks to its gun during climate talks   Economic Times
Hotter, weirder: How climate has changed Earth   Chron.com
Hindu Business Line   
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Irish Times
   
Amazon forests at risk from both legal and illegal activities   
Irish Times
Released at the Lima climate conference, the peer-reviewed study indicates tropical forests across Amazonia are at risk from legal and illegal logging, construction of new roads and dams, and the expansion of agriculture, mining and petroleum industries.
Amazon indigenous land loss threatens climate – study   Rappler
Amazon indigenous land loss threatens climate, says study   BBC News
Amazon indigenous land loss threatens climate   Yahoo News UK
Reuters Africa   
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The Nation
   
Mastodons vanished before humans reached Alaska   
The Nation
Mastodons, the giant lumbering cousins of mammoths and elephants, likely disappeared from Alaska and the Yukon long before humans arrived across the Bering Land Bridge from Asia, researchers said Monday. Mastodons were once believed to have ...

Cold climate may have led to American mastodon's demise   Science Recorder
Mastodons Disappeared from Beringia before Ancient Humans Arrived   Sci-News.com
What doomed the American mastodon? Was it over overkill or overchill?   Los Angeles Times
CTV News   
The Globe and Mail   
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The Space Reporter
   
Could this newly discovered Super-Earth be the next home for humans?   
The Space Reporter
Depending on how the Earth's atmosphere behaves, the strange planet 40 light-years away could be seen by the naked eye. On the Island of La Palma, astronomers observed from a ground based 2.5 meter Nordic Optical Telescope, Super-Earth passing in ...

Queen's University astronomer leads international team to detect a Super Earth   Belfast Telegraph
In a first, a telescope on Earth spots a 'super-Earth' transiting a sunlike star   Christian Science Monitor
First detection Surface Transit super Earth   cbsport
Auto World News   
Capitalberg   
Frontline Desk   
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InterAksyon
   
Philippines most distressed country by extreme events - risk study   
InterAksyon
LIMA, Philippines -- It is no surprise that the Philippines, a small, low-lying country with a population of more than 100 million visited by an average of 20 typhoons each year, has been tagged as the most vulnerable to climate-related extreme weather events ...

Philippines hardest hit by extreme weather in 2013: report   Reuters

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Gizmodo
   
Humans Have Been Able to Perceive Infrared Light This Whole Time   
Gizmodo
The human eye is a more complex and mysterious thing than we thought. Recently, a group of scientists were puzzled by flashes of green light they saw from an infrared laser, whose light should have been far outside the visible spectrum. Like scientists do ...

The human eye can see 'invisible' infrared light   Pune Mirror
Under the Right Conditions, Humans Can See Infrared   io9
Human eye can see 'invisible' infrared light   Times of India
New Hampshire Voice   
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Fox News
   
Human ancestors had a taste for alcohol 10 million years ago   
The Seattle Times
Roughly 10 million years ago — long before humans began to store food harvested by agriculture, and long, long before they intentionally fermented food — a new study finds that the guts of our primate ancestors evolved the ability to metabolize alcohol.
Here's to alcohol and the human brain: a 10 million year relationship   Science Recorder
Study: Primates have been boozing for millions of years   myfoxny.com
Drinking Alcohol Is A 10 Million Year-Old Human Practice   The Utah People's Post
Frontline Desk   
Scientific American   
Salon   
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