2014年8月25日 星期一

2014-08-26 U.K. Science

  Daily Mail   
Oops-a-daisy! Guides plant poisonous flowers in the park as part of project ...  Daily Mail
A group of Girl Guides unwittingly planted poisonous wild flowers in a public park as part of a project backed by the BBC's Countryfile programme. Council groundsmen were called in to clear the rare toxic corncockles after being alerted by an amateur ...

Girl guides 'accidentally plant deadly flowers' in Royal Wootton Bassett park   Metro
Gardeners aren't wild about BBC's killer seeds   The Times (subscription)
Project promoted by BBC spreads poisonous wild flowers across Britain   Telegraph.co.uk
Express.co.uk   
Western Daily Press   
Swindon Advertiser   
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  The Independent   
Urinating in the sea can help to feed marine wildlife, scientists claim  The Independent
Swimmers who can't face wading back to a bathroom on the shore and instead urinate in the sea may be helping marine wildlife to grow, according to a US chemistry organisation. When a person urinates in the sea a number of compounds that plants needs ...

You're Officially Allowed To Pee In The Ocean — Here's Why   Refinery29
Ever been for a pee in the sea? Don't worry, it's a good thing: Compounds in ...   Daily Mail

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  The Independent   
Page 3 Profile: BabyX, computer-generated infant  The Independent
Who's the adorable little nipper? This toddler can read basic words, recognise symbols and, like many infants, soaks up information like a sponge. Unlike most of its peers though, this baby could help unlock the secrets of the human brain. Oh, and the child, ...

Virtual Toddler Could Unlock Brain's Secrets   Sky News
AI learns like a real toddler   CNET
Artificial Intelligence: Children's Brain Development Inspires Researchers   Headlines & Global News
The Drum   
HITC   
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  Daily Mail   
British tourist rescues sea turtles destined for meat traders after he spots them ...  Metro
A couple of Loggerhead sea turtles, which were destined for the meat traders, have been rescued and returned to sea after being discovered laying on their backs and suffocating. The endangered animals were found by Chris Skone-Roberts in the garden of ...

Tourist rescues endangered turtles that were tied up and left to die as demand ...   Daily Mail
Hunters drag turtles to suffocate on the shore in Nicaragua   Western Daily Press

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  BBC News   
Northern Lights filmed from International Space Station  BBC News
The European Space Agency has released time-lapse footage of the Aurora Borealis - better known as the Northern Lights - that was filmed from the International Space Station. The footage of the "aurora australis" at the South Pole was shot on 23 July.
See what it's like to fly through an aurora in orbit   CNET
ISS releases rare vision of Northern Lights   Sky News Australia
ISS astronauts capture aurora footage   3News NZ
Sky News   
Key 103 Manchester   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Experimental US hypersonic weapon destroyed seconds after launch  Sydney Morning Herald
A hypersonic weapon being developed by the US military was destroyed four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early on Monday after controllers detected a problem with the system, the Pentagon said. The weapon is part of a program to ...

UPDATE 2-Experimental US hypersonic weapon destroyed seconds after launch   Reuters
Pentagon's top-secret hypersonic weapon explodes in mystery Alaska fireball ...   Daily Mail
US Army's Hypersonic Weapon Explodes in Alaska   Chinatopix
Science Recorder   
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  Metro   
'Pussy cat', 'marvellous' and 'cheerio' – just some of the words that no longer ...  Metro
Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? What's new, Pussycat? The Owl And The Pussycat – just three examples of how the cute name for one of our favourite pets has entered the language. But now it looks like 'pussy cat' may have been put out for good ...

No longer marvellous - now we're all awesome: Britons are using more ...   Daily Mail

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  Sky News Australia   
Euro space boffins narrow down lander sites on comet doing 135000km/h ...  Register
The European Space Agency has identified five possible sites where its Rosetta spacecraft could probe comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Over the past twenty days, spent in the vicinity of the 29 by 25 Brontosauruses (3.5 x 4 km) rock, the craft has taken ...

Rosetta: Landing site search narrows   Jet Propulsion Laboratory
European Probe Has 5 Potential Drop Zones for Historic Comet Landing   Yahoo News UK
European Space Agency: Potential Comet Landing Sites Down to Five   Latin Post
euronews   
Chinatopix   
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  Austrian Tribune   
Robots Should be Taught Human Values  Austrian Tribune
A leading futurist and CEO of Poikos, Nell Watson, at The Conference in Malmo Sweden, said that as robots get smarter and more capable, they should also be taught human values so that that they don't end up destroying humans. According to Watson, there ...

Robots should be taught human values, so they don't kill us out of 'kindness'   Free Press Journal
Robots must learn to value humans or 'they could kill us out of kindness'   The Independent
Robots could destroy humanity – but they'll do it out of kindness, says leading ...   Metro
Delhi Daily News   
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  Design & Trend   
Two Ancient Mayan Cities Discovered In The Jungles Of Mexico  Design & Trend
(Photo : Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts) Archaeologists have discovered two ancient Mayan cities in the jungles of Mexico - prompting them to speculate it could be the first of 'dozens' of ancient cities in the area.
Lost Ancient Mayan Cities Discovered in Mexican Jungle   Nature World News
Archaeologists uncover two ancient Mayan cities in Mexican jungle   Daily Mail
Archaeologists Uncover Two Large Ancient Mayan Cities in Mexico   RIA Novosti

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