2014年8月16日 星期六

2014-08-17 U.K. Science

  Delhi Daily News   
Seabirds enjoy bumper breeding season  Delhi Daily News
An iconic Scottish seabird, which was driven to extinction on Hebridean Island by rats, has returned to nest in what is proving to be a bumper year for several internationally important species. The discovery that manx shearwater has returned to nest comes as ...

Seabirds enjoy best breeding season in years   Herald Scotland
Endangered seabirds making comeback in Scotland   Scotsman
Puffins, shags and razorbills doing well, says NTS   BBC News
Aberdeen Press and Journal   
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  Metro   
Magpies may not like shiny things after all  Metro
The old adage Magpies like to steal shiny things may actually be wrong, with a new study suggesting they're afraid of bright objects. It had long been rumoured the birds liked to decorate their nests with sparkly jewels but this has now been disputed by ...

Exeter research clears magpies of theft   Exeter Express and Echo
Shine taken off 'thieving magpie' claim   Western Daily Press
Magpies 'don't steal shiny objects'   BBC News
Herald Scotland   
Delhi Daily News   
Daily Mail   
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Investment in Climate Change Adaptation can Help Promote African's livelihood ...  Kuwait News Agency
GENEVA, Aug 15 (KUNA) -- 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 ...


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  CBBC Newsround   
A high-speed salmon cannon that can fire fish upstream has been revealed.  CBBC Newsround
It was designed by scientists in the United States to help fish get where they want to go. The fish swim to the sea as adults, but head back up rivers and streams to lay their eggs. Scientists say things like dams and water pipes mean many salmon lose their way ...

Giant fish cannon shoots 40 salmon per minute, is actually saving the environment   ExtremeTech
'Salmon Cannon' Fires Fish Over Dams At 22mph   Sky News
This 'Salmon Cannon' Could Save Fish Populations in Washington State   Yahoo Food
The Malay Mail Online   
The Independent   
Sky News Australia   
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  Blue & Green Tomorrow   
Soloman Islands town to relocate 1000 people to escape climate change  Blue & Green Tomorrow
A town in the Soloman Islands is preparing to relocate its whole population to escape from rising sea levels caused by climate change. The authorities of Choiseul, home to around 1,000 people on Taro Island in Choiseul Bay, have elected to build a new town ...

Climate change forces Solomons town to relocate   Delhi Daily News
Solomons town first in Pacific to relocate due climate change   Reuters
Solomons town to relocate to escape climate change, tsunamis   TrustLaw

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  n3rdabl3   
You'd Most Probably, Definitely be Dead Before you Saw the Same Thing Twice ...  n3rdabl3
We already know that Hello Games' procedurally generated exploration game, No Man's Sky is going to be massive thanks to the way the game is built, but how massive exactly is it going to be? Thankfully for those interested in numbers, we have the answers ...

gamescom 2014: Visiting Every Planet in No Man's Sky Will Take Over Five ...   PlayStation LifeStyle
No Man's Sky Preview - First Impressions at GamesCom   TrustedReviews
No Man's Sky Will Be One Very Huge Game With An Insane Number Of Planets   Attack of the Fanboy
SegmentNext   
Gamepur   
IGN   
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  The Independent   
Huge asteroid that 'could end human life' defying gravity as it moves towards ...  The Independent
Scientists have moved closer to being able to stop a huge asteroid colliding with the Earth and potentially wiping out human life. Researchers at the University of Tennessee have discovered that blowing the space rock up could make the collision worse by ...

In The Year Of 2880 Gaint Asteroid To Collide With Earth   Your-Story.org
Now We Know How This Giant, Earth-Bound Asteroid Is Held Together, We Can ...   TIME
Human life could be wiped out on March 16, 2880 because a huge asteroid is ...   Daily Mail
Latino Post   
Telegraph.co.uk   
Mirror.co.uk   
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  Techsonia   
Tibet Glaciers Facing Warmest Temperature In 2000 Years  Techsonia
In the past fifty years, there has been a dramatic increase in the humidity and temperature of the earth that has influenced glaciers also. This temperature is the warmest that has been faced by the Tibet Glaciers for the first time in two thousand years. According ...

Tibetan glaciers are warmer than they've been for 2000 years   Tech Times
Tibet's Glaciers at their Warmest in 2000 Years   Nature World News
Tibet's glaciers are warmer than they've been in 2000 years   UPI.com
Design & Trend   
Auto World News   
Angle Chronicle   
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  BBC News   
Beetles' whiteness understood  BBC News
Scientists say the secret behind the super-whiteness of some beetles lies in the complex molecular geometry of their scales, which are able to scatter light with supreme efficiency in spite of their thinness. Cyphochilus beetles are whiter than paper or any ...

Beetles so bright, you gotta wear shades   New Scientist
Scientists Find The Purest, Whitest White In Beetles   Design & Trend
The Purest White Ever Seen, Found in Beetles   Nature World News
Science Codex   
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  The Space Reporter   
Rosetta shows comet's surface structures diversity  Delhi Daily News
Rosetta spacecraft has sent an image showing the weird structure of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The diversity of surface structures on the comet's nucleus can be seen in the new image, which was taken on August 7, 2014. Rosetta had captured the ...

New Comet Photo Shows Fascinating Textures And Landscapes   Gizmodo Australia
Rosetta Shows Diversity of Surface Structures on Comet   Austrian Tribune
As Seen by Rosetta: Comet Surface Variations   Space Fellowship
Dumb-Out   
Yahoo News UK   
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