2014年12月1日 星期一

2014-12-02 U.K. Science


The Independent
   
Artificial ingredients for a primordial soup and recipe for life   
Financial Times
Sometimes it can be the most unexpected things – watching a glorious sunrise or feeling the touch of your son's small clammy hand – that make you feel truly alive. Alas, the scientific definition of being alive is rather less romantic. A living thing, in order to ...

Major synthetic life breakthrough as scientists make the first artificial enzymes   The Independent
Scientists make enzymes from scratch   BBC News
Synthetic enzymes hint at life without DNA or RNA   New Scientist
The Pharma Letter   
Bioscience Technology   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Booze culture may date back 10 million years, say scientists   
Telegraph.co.uk
Alcohol was thought to have been first brewed by Neolithic farmers around 9,000 years ago when northern Chinese villagers made the happy discovery that fruit and honey could be fermented into an intoxicating liquor. But new evidence suggests our ...

Why Humans Drink Alcohol: It's Evolution, Plus Bad Fruit   NBCNews.com
Our boozy history explained   New Zealand Herald
Human ancestors developed a taste for alcohol 10 million years ago   Los Angeles Times
RT   
UPI.com   
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CBS News
   
The father of DNA is selling his Nobel prize because everyone thinks he's racist   
The Age
James Watson, known to many as one of the "fathers of DNA" for his scientific discoveries, is putting his Nobel prize on the auction block this Thursday with a reserve price of $2.5 million. Why part with the prestigious award now, more than 50 years after ...

What's a Nobel Prize worth?   Al Jazeera America
Why the Scientist Who Discovered DNA Is Selling His Nobel Prize   The Atlantic
James Watson, renowned geneticist and racist, to sell his Nobel Prize   Examiner.com
The Guardian   
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Reuters
   
At climate talks, UN calls fossil fuels 'high risk' investment   
Reuters
Aerial view of a factory in Callao, November 30, 2014. Peru will host the annual United Nation's Climate Change Conference (COP20) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Lima from December 1 - 12. Credit: Reuters/Mariana ...

Obama Puts Climate on the 2016 Ballot   Wall Street Journal
Climate talks to seek way to historic Paris pact   The Nation
UN climate talks open with hopes for deal, warning time short   Sydney Morning Herald
Los Angeles Times   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
A Large Shark Photobombed A Mother's Surf Comp, Jumping Out Of The Water ...   
Business Insider Australia
A group of mothers surfing at Coffs Harbour, on the New South Wales north coast, had the shock of their lives on the weekend when a large shark leapt from the water about 30m from shore, right next to where they were competing. The moment was captured ...

Shark reportedly leaps out of water near surfers during competition at Coffs ...   Rippa.com
Shark Leaping From Sea Terrifies Surfing Mums   Sky News
Shark leaps into air during Australian mothers' surfing competition   Telegraph.co.uk
ABC Online   
Daily Mail   
The Daily Telegraph   
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Daily Mail
   
Surfer pictured riding mammoth wave   
Metro
This photo shows the incredible moment that a surfer attempted to conquer the waves at a popular Portuguese beach. Praia do Norte beach in Nazare, 75 miles north of Lisbon, attracts surfers from all four corners of the globe, and this snap was taken on ...

Monster Waves Return to Portugal's Praia do Norte Beach | The Weather Channel   The Weather Channel
Surfers ride huge Atlantic Ocean swell off Praia do Norte beach in Portugal   Daily Mail
Amazing photos of daredevil surfers riding giant Atlantic Ocean waves   AOL Travel UK

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Firstpost
   
The Big Picture: a laser-beamed satellite image of Berlin   
Engadget
At first glance, the satellite image above may seem like one of the many that have been shared in the past. What you're looking at, though, was delivered in a much more timely manner than the imagery which came before it. For the first time ever, the ...

ESA and Airbus test LASER data networks IN SPAAACE   The Register
Space data highway experiment delivers first images   E&T magazine
First image download over new gigabit laser space connection   Air Traffic Management
Gizmodo Australia   
Digital Ship   
Aerospace Technology   
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CBC.ca
   
Mastodons were long gone from North when humans arrived   
The Globe and Mail
When humans were first crossing the Bering land bridge and pushing into the New World, the elephantine beast known as the American mastodon was already long gone from the region. That is the key result of a detailed a re-analysis of bones from 36 ...

Mastodons were likely killed off by 'global cooling,' expert says   CTV News
Mastodons disappeared from Yukon before humans arrived: study   CBC.ca
Mastodons disappeared long before humans reached Alaska   Channel News Asia
Digital Journal   
Orangeville Banner   
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Sea turtles released near Great Barrier Reef after rehabilitation – video   
The Guardian
Two sea turtles have been released into the waters of Queensland's Great Barrier Reef after being rehabilitated in captivity. One of the animals was thought to have been hit by a boat and attacked by a crocodile. Both spent time in a dedicated turtle hospital at ...

Great Barrier Reef shipping highways open   IHS Maritime 360

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The Inquisitr
   
Blast Fishing: Chinese Anglers Under Fire For Using Homemade Bombs   
The Inquisitr
A group of fishermen in China are facing an official crackdown for their use of blast fishing techniques, in which homemade bombs are employed to stun and kill unsuspecting sea life. As the Daily Mail notes, blast fishing is outlawed in many countries due to ...

Tourists offered sick 'fishing action' trips where anglers use dynamite and bombs ...   Mirror.co.uk
Dayawan Bay fishermen under fire for using home-made bombs to blast fish   Daily Mail
Tourists offered 'sick' fishing trips using dynamite in China   AOL Travel UK

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