2014年8月12日 星期二

2014-08-13 U.K. Science

  Herald Scotland   
Hopes that 12th will be the start of a glorious season  Herald Scotland
The start to the Scottish grouse shooting season yesterday sparked a race to put the birds on to Scottish restaurant tables. The start to the Scottish grouse shooting season yesterday sparked a race to put the birds on to Scottish restaurant tables. BIRDS IN ...

The Glorious Twelfth: What is it and is it really glorious?   The Independent
Weather boosts spirits as Grouse season begins   Scotsman
Get your game on for the Glorious Twelfth   CITY A.M.
BBC News   
GQ.com   
Aberdeen Press and Journal   
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  The Guardian   
Weather in a warming world  Oman Tribune
SUMMER heatwaves and downpours have become more frequent in the northern hemisphere this century, apparently because extreme weather can get trapped for weeks in the same place in a warming world, a study showed on Monday. Disruptions to the ...

Blame the trapped air waves and Arctic warming for the extreme-weather events   Tech Times
Extreme summer heat, rain on rise as weather gets trapped-study   Thomson Reuters Foundation
Extreme Weather Causing Rise in Arctic Temperature   Upstart Magazine
Businessweek   
The Independent   
iStreet Research   
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  BBC News   
UK satellite's view of 'Blue Planet' Earth  BBC News
This video of Planet Earth was acquired by TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1) just moments after being released by its launch rocket high above the Pacific. It is thought to be the first such movie ever captured by a wholly British-built spacecraft. TechDemoSat - funded ...

Surrey Satellite Technology...Dazzling Footage Taken From TechDemoSat-1 ...   SatNews Publishers
Blighty in SPAAAACE: Brit-built satellite films the Earth   Register
Earth In Orbit Video Taken By TechDemoSat-1 Is Just Immaculate   Huffington Post UK

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  Manufacturing.net   
CO2 Sponge Could Help In Gradual Move From Fossil Fuels To Cleaner Energy  OilPrice.com
You can't just flip a switch and immediately shift the world's energy use from fossil fuels to something cleaner like hydrogen. Such change takes time. But a team of scientists reports that we can use a common plastic to make that transition easier. The polymer ...

Sponge-like plastic to soak up CO2, reduce pollution   Times of India
'Sponge' helping clean energy quest   Times of Malta
Researchers create Sponge-Like CO2 Absorbent   Maine News
Nature World News   
Gizmag   
Daily Mail   
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  News Tonight Africa   
Animal Trainer Awarded Master's Degree for Research into Sea Lions' Whiskers  News Tonight Africa
Alyx Milne, 27, an animal trainer at Blackpool Zoo, has become the first person to be awarded a master's degree for her research into sea lion whiskers. It was quite interesting that Milne combined her work at the zoo with her MSc degree at Manchester ...

Research into sea lion's whiskers earns zoo animal trainer masters' degree   Delhi Daily News
Animal trainer gets Masters degree for her research into how sea lion ...   Daily Mail
Zoo animal trainer awarded masters' degree for research into sea lion's ...   Irish Mirror
Orange UK News   
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  BBC News   
Genetically modified flies 'could save crops'  BBC News
A type of genetically engineered fly which eventually kills itself off could be an effective method of pest control, according to new research. These male mutant flies have a lethal gene which interrupts female development. They were trialled in a greenhouse ...

Modified flies 'could help crops'   Daily Mail
Genetically engineered fruit flies could save crops, study finds   Click Green
Genetically engineered fruit flies could save crops   Phys.Org

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Horses Trapped On Tiny Island In Surreal Photos From Flooded Scottish River  Huffington Post UK
A local photographer has captured the surreal moment four horses were stranded on a shrinking island after a river burst its banks in Scotland. The River Dulnain in Inverness-shire flooded after heavy rains over the weekend, leaving the horses trapped for a ...

Horses stranded on tiny island in Scotland after river floods   AOL Travel UK
Horses stranded on tiny island in Highland floods   Aberdeen Press and Journal

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  Sky News Australia   
A friend's yawn is more catching than a stranger's: Copying instinct 'is a sign of ...  Daily Mail
If you yawn and the person next to you follows suit, don't worry – you are not boring them. Rather, it is a good sign, for it means they really like you. A scientific study suggests 'contagious' yawns are a sign of deep empathy. They are caused by an irrepressible ...

What yawning bonobos can teach us about empathy   Concord Monitor
Study finds empathy depends on relationships not species   Examiner.com
Yawning contagious among apes too   The Australian

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  BBC News   
Scientists prove grouse shooting and hen harries can co-exist  ShootingUK
Scientists have shown that hen harriers and grouse shooting can successfully co-exist by rearing the chicks in captivity and releasing them in areas where they won't pose a significant impact to shoots. The research, led by Professor Steve Redpath of the ...

Protest group fight to save hen harriers   Clitheroe Today
Search for a resolution as hen harriers face extinction in North   The Journal
Ecology Could End The Wildlife Management Versus Conservation War   Science 2.0
ITV News   
Aberdeen Press and Journal   
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  BBC News   
Seagrass fish feeding grounds 'lost like rain forests'  BBC News
Underwater fish "meadows" are being lost at the same rate as the Amazon rain forests, researchers have warned. Seagrass is a key habitat for feeding and sheltering young fish, including plaice, haddock and pollock. But every hour an area the size of two ...

​Swansea University research reveals seagrass being lost at same rate as ...   Southwales Evening Post
Save the seagrass   Planet Earth

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