2014年8月15日 星期五

2014-08-16 U.K. Science

  The Space Reporter   
Tumbling asteroid held together by forces other than gravity  The Space Reporter
Asteroid is kept whole by van der Waals forces, never before documented in an asteroid. By Andrew McDonald, The Space Reporter Friday, August 15, 2014. Tumbling asteroid held together by forces other than gravity ...

Asteroid will end life on Earth–in year 2880   Angle Chronicle
'Impossible' asteroid hurtling towards Earth is defying the laws of physics - and ...   Daily Mail
Threatening asteroid a gravity-defying ball of rubble   WBIR-TV
The Inquisitr   
Metro   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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  Scotsman   
Seabirds enjoy best breeding season in years  Herald Scotland
SEABIRDS at some of Scotland's most important colonies have recorded their best breeding season in a decade, according to new figures. SEABIRDS at some of Scotland's most important colonies have recorded their best breeding season in a decade, ...

Endangered seabirds making comeback in Scotland   Scotsman
Puffins, shags and razorbills doing well, says NTS   BBC News
Seabirds enjoy population boom after a summer of good breeding   Aberdeen Press and Journal

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  Daily Mail   
University casts light on shady reputation of thieving magpies  Herald Scotland
A magpie is unlikely to take a shine to your jewellery and might even be frightened by it, research has shown. A magpie is unlikely to take a shine to your jewellery and might even be frightened by it, research has shown. In a series of experiments, scientists ...

Magpies 'don't steal shiny objects'   BBC News
Magpies: Not the collectors of shiny trinkets we think   ITV News
Magpies DON'T like shiny objects: Study finds the birds are actually scared of ...   Daily Mail
Telegraph.co.uk   
Washington Post   
Science 2.0   
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  BBC News   
Dolphins squeal with delight  BBC News
A study of trained dolphins has suggested that the marine mammals express pleasure with squeals of delight. Researchers first noticed these squeals when they rewarded the animals with fish for successfully completing tasks. A new study published in the ...

Whales and dolphins 'squeal with delight like children', researchers claim   The Independent
Whales and Dolphins Simply Like to 'Squeal with Delight'   Science World Report
Whales and dolphins squeal in pleasure, confirm scientists   Tech Times
Times of Malta   
NTNews.com.au   
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  Toronto Star   
Space Aliens Are Already Here  Huffington Post
Imaginary aliens abound on TV and in the movies while we listen hopefully for radio signals from other intelligent civilizations and fantasize about the bizarre forms of life that might exist on the thousands of newly found exoplanets. Yet aliens are probably ...

Star dust brought to Earth originated beyond our solar system   RT
Stardust team reports discovery of first potential interstellar space particles   Astronomy Magazine
Specks Returned from Space May Be Alien Visitors   Sci-Tech Today
Science Codex   
Dumb-Out   
Gizmodo Australia   
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  The Nation   
Thousands of reshaping robots built  The Nation
Washington - Engineers in the US have built a swarm of 1,000 little robots that can shuffle into specific formations on command. Each of the identical robots is given a picture of the required shape, and then they work together to make it happen. It takes up to ...

Harvard Researchers Build Robot 'Army'   CBS Local
Kilobots Are Harvard's Tiny, Swarming Robot Army — And Yes, They're Terrifying   Bustle
Robot Self-Organizing Flash Mob Swarms Developed   SavingAdvice.com
Los Angeles Times   
Voice of America   
PBS NewsHour   
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  ExtremeTech   
Giant fish cannon shoots 40 salmon per minute, is actually saving the environment  ExtremeTech
Whether you are a sport fisherman, a conservationist, or simply like to eat good fish, the havoc wreaked by massive dams on river-spawning fish (like salmon) should concern you. Salmon are incredible athletes, able to propel themselves several feet vertically ...

This 'Salmon Cannon' Could Save Fish Populations in Washington State   Yahoo Food
'Salmon Cannon' Fires Fish Over Dams At 22mph   Sky News
'Salmon cannon' invention to help fish breed upstream (VIDEO)   The Malay Mail Online
Sky News Australia   
International Business Times UK   
The Independent   
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  Responding to Climate Change   
Solomons town first in Pacific to relocate due climate change  Reuters
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Under threat from rising sea levels and tsunamis, the authorities of a provincial capital in the Solomon Islands have decided to relocate from a small island in the first such case in the Pacific islands. Choiseul ...

Township in Solomon Islands Is 1st in Pacific to Relocate Due to Climate Change   Scientific American
Solomon Islands town to relocate as climate pressures mount   Responding to Climate Change

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  Inter Press Service   
Investment in Climate Change Adaptation Can Help Promote the Livelihoods of ...  AllAfrica.com
Nairobi — Investment in climate change adaptation can help ensure that the impacts of climate change - including a projected 20-50 per cent decline in water availability - do not reverse decades of development progress in Africa, according to a new report ...

Investment in Climate Change Adaptation can Help Promote African's livelihood ...   Kuwait News Agency
Climate change adaptation can boost investment and job creation in Africa   Thomson Reuters Foundation
Climate change adaptation can help promote sub-Saharan African livelihoods ...   StarAfrica.com
THISDAY Live   
Independent European Daily Express   
CleanTechnica   
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  BBC News   
Smell of dollars may help border police catch smugglers  Science Now
Every year, billions of dollars hidden in clothing, baggage, and vehicles flow across the border into Mexico to pay for Americans' drug habits. Now, chemists have devised a way to literally sniff out that smuggled cash. All U.S. bank notes emit a mixture of ...

Sniffing out the smugglers: The smell of dollars could catch criminals   CITY A.M.
U.S. Border Patrol Sniffs Out Money With New Detection System   Headlines & Global News
'Smell of dollars' could catch smugglers   BBC News

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