2015年6月21日 星期日

2015-06-22 Israel Sci/Tech


CNN
   
A new mass extinction could be underway, researchers say   
CNN
Sudan is not just any rhino. He's the last known male northern white rhino left in the world. As the only male, the fate of the subspecies rests on his ability to conceive with two females at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya. Sudan, 42, has ...

Holocene Extinction: Sixth Mass-Extinction Has Been Triggered   Immortal News
Sixth Mass Extinction Is Here, Earth Losing Species 100 Times Faster In Than ...   Headlines & Global News
'Sixth mass extinction': Earth's species disappearing at frightening rate, new ...   Daily Democrat
WPXI Pittsburgh   
Thrasher Backer   
Mongabay.com   
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New York Times
   
Few Echo Pope's Environment Plea in Sunday Sermons   
New York Times
On the first Sunday after Pope Francis issued a landmark document on the environment, Roman Catholics attending Mass in Kenya, France, Mexico, Peru and the United States said they were thankful that he was using his pulpit to address climate change, ...

Resignations reflect Pope Francis's hard line on sex abuse cases   Irish Times
Can Pope end bickering on climate change?   U-T San Diego
Cardinal Wuerl backs pope on global warming but says Bush's response was ...   Fox News
Philly.com (blog)   
azcentral.com   
Toronto Star   
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The Hindu
   
Science behind summer solstice   
The Hindu
While jokes about the summer solstice including the one that said our planet would be only 5 km away from the Sun had been trending on the Internet, the northern hemisphere welcomed the first day of the summer on June 21. What is solstice? A solstice ...

Thousands mark summer solstice at UK's Stonehenge   DAWN.com
Father's Day summer solstice: Dads get the longest day of the year (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
From Print Edition   The News International
Kansas City Star   
Washington Post (blog)   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Why would you do this? Men surf on the back of a rare shark (+video)   
TVNZ
Footage of two men surfing on the back of a rare whale shark has sparked outrage. The video, thought to have been filmed in Venezuela, shows the men standing on to the flat-backed shark while holding a rope attached to a boat, the Mirror reports. The stunt ...

VIDEO: Pair slammed for 'surfing' whale shark   Coffs Coast Advocate
Conservationists call for prosecution of whale shark riders   The Guardian
Video: Pair caught surfing on whale shark   3News NZ
Sky News   
Telegraph.co.uk   
Brisbane Times   
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Irish Examiner
   
Google to block revenge porn images in search   
Irish Examiner
The internet giant said it would censor “nude or sexually explicit” content shared without the subject's consent from results on its search engine if it received requests to do so. The move comes two months after the law was changed in the UK, making it a ...

Google To Remove Explicit Images Of People Posted Without Consent From ...   CBS Local
Google has made a change to its policy about revenge porn and it's really ...   ELLE
Google Cracks Down on 'Revenge Porn'   The Chosun Ilbo
malaysiandigest.com   
Yibada (English Edition)   
New York Daily News   
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Moneycontrol.com
   
Honda confirms eighth death linked to Takata airbags   
Moneycontrol.com
Honda, in a statement, said the 2001 car had been issued a salvage title in October 2011, and then purchased by a rental car agency in San Diego, California. The car was rented to Ms. Brangman in August 2014. Honda did not elaborate on the statement, ...

Asia Corporate Watch   Wall Street Journal
Takata air bags linked to 8th death   WDSU New Orleans

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Orlando Sentinel
   
Study: Lakes on Titan could be similar to sinkholes on Earth   
Orlando Sentinel
Close-up radar image showing both empty and liquid-filled depressions (coloured blue) on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.A new study suggests that the moon's surface dissolves in a similar process that creates sinkholes on Earth. The radar image was created ...

Polar Winds On Saturn's Moon Titan Makes It More Earth-Like Than Previously ...   Huffington Post
These moons are better than planets   Khaleej Times
Cassini captures detailed images of Saturn's moon Dione   Engadget

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The Land Newspaper
   
Climate: elephant in room for northern Aus   
The Land Newspaper
THE RECENTLY recently released white paper on developing northern Australia ignores an elephant in the room: climate change. While the paper sees a bright future for the north (roads, rail, dams and food), without considering climate change we can't be ...

Climate for change: our action plan to save the future   Sydney Morning Herald
Australia military 'unprepared' for climate impacts – experts   RTCC
Defence planners can't ignore security threat of climate change   The Australian

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Engadget
   
Amazon integrates artificial intelligence for its new customer reviews/rating system   
The Next Digit
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has launched a new machine-learning system that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), to bring up more helpful and newer reviews at the top of the list. The new machine-learning algorithm will start to rank customer's reviews ...

Amazon Tweaks Review/Rating System   PC Magazine
Amazon Updates Ratings System with Machine Learning Algorithms   Vocal Republic
Amazon introduces new tool to show you more helpful product reviews   IBNLive
TechnoBuffalo   
The Register   
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SuperSport (blog)
   
Haslam pleased with race two result   
SuperSport (blog)
Red Devils Aprilia rider Leon Haslam was thrilled to have finished third in race two at Misano on Sunday. Haslam did not live up to expectations in race one and admitted that a number of small mistakes cost him a possible podium finish and instead led to him ...


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