Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Does Pluto have an ocean hiding beneath its surface? and other top stories.

  • Does Pluto have an ocean hiding beneath its surface?

    Does Pluto have an ocean hiding beneath its surface?
    Space Does Pluto have an ocean hiding beneath its surface? David Szondy June 21, 2016 If there's one place in our solar system you would expect to be as frozen solid as a box of forgotten ice lollies, it would be Pluto. However, PhD student Noah Hammond at Brown University says that data returned in 2015 by NASA's unmanned New Horizons deep-space probe indicates that the dwarf planet may have..
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  • Discovered: newborn exoplanets far, far away

    Discovered: newborn exoplanets far, far away
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Young star and its infant planet An artist's impression of the young star and its infant planet. (Vision credit: NASA, JPL, Caltech) PT0M40S 620 349 Scientists have unearthed two distant infant worlds, among the youngest ever found, that shed light on how planets form.The two newborn exoplanets, as orbs outside our solar system are called, are estimated to be less than 10 million years old and orbit embryonic stars hundreds of billions of kilome..
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  • The Global Price of Invasive Species

    The Global Price of Invasive Species
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  • New Way To Create Fuel From Waste Plastics

    New Way To Create Fuel From Waste Plastics
    The researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of California in the US hope to scale up the technique to allow for it to be used in actually reducing plastic trash. (File photo)Washington:  Scientists have found a way to use plastic trash to create a cleaner diesel-like fuel that could power vehicles, an advance that may turn landfills into potential energy sources in future. The researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of C..
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  • Great Barrier Reef: Queensland Government buys $7m cattle station in 'unprecedented' protection bid

    Great Barrier Reef: Queensland Government buys $7m cattle station in 'unprecedented' protection bid
    Great Barrier Reef: Queensland Government buys $7m cattle station in 'unprecedented' protection bid Updated June 22, 2016 17:18:40 The Queensland Government has bought a massive Cape York cattle station in a bid to stem hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sediment pollution flowing into the Great Barrier Reef every year. Key points:The cattle station cost taxpayers $7 millionEnvironment groups say the purchase is unprecedentedIt is hoped reducing sediment will help the ..
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  • Brisbane now home to Australia's coldest fridge

    Brisbane now home to Australia's coldest fridge
    Brisbane is now home to Australia's coldest fridge, worth a cool half a million, but warm beers are the last thing you would want to put in it.The cooling appliance is being housed at the University of Queensland and is hoped to help improve navigation capabilities for submarines, planes and ships within the next 10 years. From left: Professor Warwick Bowen and members of the UQ Superfluid Team with the new fridge. Photo: University of Queensland The Dilution Refrigerator can almost reac..
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  • China tops list of world's supercomputers - again

    China tops list of world's supercomputers - again
    China has the world's fastest supercomputer for the seventh year in a row. Tamara Voninski by John Markoff A new list of the world's fastest supercomputers provides more evidence that the once-yawning technology gap between the United States and China is closing.China dominates a ranking of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers, called the Top500, that was published Monday. Not only does China have the world's fas..
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  • Federal election 2016: Polls point to rising support for climate change action

    Federal election 2016: Polls point to rising support for climate change action
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Heatwaves in Australia Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick explains the ins and outs of this sweltering weather phenomenon. Produced in collaboration with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (UNSW). PT1M44S 620 349 Political parties that dither on tackling climate change do so at their own electoral peril if two polls out this week pointing to rising voter concern are any guide.The Lowy Institute's annual poll on Australian Attitude..
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