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Description BBC Knowledge Asia Edition - September 2015 English | 100 pages | True PDF | 32.2 mb FEATURES 27 How We’ll Build A Real Jurassic World The movie Jurassic Park has captured our imaginations for a close encounter with dinosaurs of all manner of shapes and sizes. But can scientists really bring back these ancient animals that have long disappeared from the face of the Earth? 36 The Robotic Race To The Moon The Google Lunar XPRIZE is a race to the moon but rather than nations competing against each other, the competitors are non-government funded and are private companies vying for the US$20 million grand prize 40 When The Well Runs Dry In some parts of the World, droughts strike with alarming regularity and are extremely destructive. Fresh clean water is a valuable commodity all around the World; we look at tech that may help alleviate the scarcity 46 Finger Food One of the World’s most mysterious animals, the peculiar aye-aye lives in the remote forests of Madagascar and numbered fewer than 50 at one time. They suffer from persecution and are hunted for food in certain localities 54 Where Are All The Habitable Planets The current total number of planets known to us stands at 1,918, and that figure increases all the time as different space programmes are constantly making new discoveries. The hunt for alien life and Earth’s twin is on 60 Can You Catch The Plague? If you think the Bubonic plague, like smallpox has been relegated to the annals of medical history, think again. Because outbreaks still occur fairly regularly and in the US, there are seven cases a year on average 64 Waste Not Want Not Disgusting, revolting, sickening, filthy, nauseating are but some words we use to describe human waste. But there are ways in which we could harness our collective wastes to fuel rockets as well as generate electricity 70 Rising From The Ashes The devastation was cataclysmic, the earth was scorched and melted, and any flora and fauna within the area were incinerated. We look at how Hiroshima recovered after the 1945 atomic bomb 78 Should America Have Dropped The Bomb? Seventy years on, historians offer their views on one of the most controversial decisions of the Second World War. We present arguments for as well as against the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 83 The Future Of Gadgets It rolls up! You can stick it on a wall! It looks good! But you’ll have to wait a while… And perhaps more importantly, could robot journalists steal our jobs? 96 Hollywood Science This issue we look at brain transplants in the movie Self/less and how if ever, human head transplants might happen REGULARS 6 Welcome A note from the editor sharing his thoughts on the issue and other ramblings 8 Snapshot Stunning images from the fields of science, history and nature 86 Q&A This month: why do we forget our dreams, why do animals like being stroked, are fitness trackers accurate, do animals form different regions speak the same language, plus many more! RESOURCE 94 Reviews The latest, and perhaps more fascinating, books reviewed by experts 97 Time Out Stretch your brain cells with our tricky crossword 98 Last Word Don’t use the Argument from Omniscience UPDATE 14 The Latest Intelligence A rat biolimb could offer new hope to amputees, researchers picking through the ‘pit of bones’ have made a gruesome discovery, warm-blooded fish discovered, new evidence shows climate change not slowing down 23 Comment & Analysis Water your plants regularly or face their wrath! Related Torrents
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