2014年8月4日 星期一

2014-08-05 U.K. Science

  West Briton   
Climate change boost to Cornwall's wine makers like Camel Valley and Polgoon ...  West Briton
The possible positive effects of climate change on Cornwall's wine industry are to be at the centre of a major study at the county's university campus. Cornish producers Camel Valley Vineyard in Bodmin and Polgoon Vineyard and Orchard of Penzance have ...


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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Tortoises Show Off Smarts Mastering Touch-Screen Tech  Discovery News
Touch-screen technology has ventured into the world of reptiles. Red-footed tortoises have learned how to use the device in exchange for a strawberry, a new study reports. Researchers taught the tortoises a few touch-screen basics in order to learn about the ...

Tortoises learn to use touchscreens   Telegraph.co.uk
Tortoises learn how to use touchscreens   Zee News

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  Dumb-Out   
NASA to Revolutionize Spacelift, Claims 'Impossible' Space Engine Could Work  Dumb-Out
The researchers at NASA's Houston established Johnson Space Centre, have recently confirmed about a revolutionizing concept to take place. The space agency has claims that the space propulsion technology which was cited as “impossible” earlier is ...

Nasa approves 'impossible' space engine design that apparently violates the ...   The Independent
NASA 'impossible' propulsion system breakthrough has Chinese roots   Northern Voices Online
NASA Successfully Tests The 'Impossible' Microwave Thruster   ValueWalk
Counsel & Heal   
Mother Nature Network   
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  Mirror.co.uk   
Talk about jaw-dropping: Watch daredevil divers remove hook from mouth of 6ft ...  Mirror.co.uk
This incredible footage shows the heart-stopping moment when a pair of divers removed a hook from the deadly jaws of a six-foot shark. Friends Cameron Nimmo, 26, and Mickey Smith, 25, performed the rescue operation after the huge silky shark had been ...

Divers pull fishing hook from jaws of 6ft shark   Telegraph.co.uk
Jaws free! Divers pull fishing hook out of 6ft shark's MOUTH by turning it upside ...   Daily Mail
Brave divers remove hooks from sharks   MSN UK

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  The Guardian   
Giant penguin fossil shows bird was taller than most humans  The Guardian
Emperor Penguin walking on ice in Prydz Bay, eastern Antarctica Palaeeudyptes klekowskii would have dwarfed today's biggest living penguin, the emperor penguin. Photograph: Tui De Roy/Corbis. A penguin species that lived millions of years ago would ...

Giant penguins roamed Antarctic 40 million years ago   Telegraph.co.uk
Researchers Unearth Six-Foot Colossus Penguin Fossils   Design & Trend
The mega penguin that was taller than a MAN: 40-million-year-old 'colossus' was ...   Daily Mail
NEWS.com.au   
Science AAAS   
The Independent   
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  The Independent   
Golden bat in Bolivia classified as a new species  The Independent
Scientists have classified a Bolivian bat as a new species, and taken inspiration from its short, woolly golden-yellow fur to name it after King Midas. The bat was previously identified as a Myotis simus – a type of mouse-eared bat which lives in South America.
Bolivian golden bat revealed as 'new species'   BBC News

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  Daily Mail   
Sandstorm reveals unseen Nazca Lines  gapyear.com
High winds and sand storms in Peru have uncovered previously unseen ancient Nazca lines within the Nazca plains. The new lines, known as geoglyphs, were spotted by pilot Eduardo Herran and researcher Gomez De La Torre whilst flying over the ...

Pilot Reports New Nazca Lines Discovery   Andean Airmail & PERUVIAN TIMES
Mystery of the Nazca Lines deepens: Gales and sandstorms reveal geoglyphs of ...   Daily Mail
New Nazca Lines geoglyphs uncovered by gales and sandstorms in Peru   The Independent

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  The Independent   
Save the Tiger: Meet the hunters tasked with protecting Russia's rare Amur tiger  The Independent
The first drinks appear in a bottle, the vodka crisp and clear. It is when the alcohol starts being delivered in plastic tubs that the conversation turns to the wildlife subject those present love the most: how best it can be killed. One man, dressed in a battered ...


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  The Local.fr   
Steep Riviera beach has tourists on all fours  The Local.fr
Normally the hard part is getting into the sea but when it comes to the beach at the famous French Riviera resort of Nice, the problem has been trying to get out. The steep shoreline is causing chic beachgoers to have to crawl out of the water on all fours.
Riviera chic? Safety fears as erosion at Nice beach forces holidaymakers to ...   Daily Mail
Concerns over steep Nice beaches   The Connexion
Nice beach erosion leads to complaints from swimmers   The Guardian

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  The Independent   
Revealed - the secrets of how horses communicate  The Independent
Horses have more sense than many people realise, according to scientists who have shown they are able to communicate with one another by moving their eyes as well as their ears. A study has found that domestic horses are aware of the direction in which ...

Forget neighing! Horses talk with their EARS: Creatures use subtle body ...   Daily Mail
In horse communication, twitchy ears may be key   Washington Post
How Do Horses Communicate? New Signals Found   National Geographic
Phys.Org   
Discovery News   
Science AAAS   
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