2014年8月30日 星期六

2014-08-31 U.K. Science

  Mirror.co.uk   
Blue is the colour, in Irish eyes  The Sunday Times
THERE really is a twinkle in Irish eyes. The most common eye colour in Ireland is now blue, with more than half of Irish people blue-eyed, according to new research. The change is occurring across Europe, says The Blue Eyes Project, a research initiative, ...

Map of blue-eyed Britain: As scientists suggest colour is more attractive, study ...   Daily Mail
Britain now has more blue-eyed boys and girls 'because they are more attractive'   Mirror.co.uk
Blue Eyes Are More Common Than Any Other Colour in Britain   International Business Times UK
The Times (subscription)   
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  Daily Mail   
Whisky blasted into space three years ago is set to make its return to Earth  Daily Mail
The Ardbeg Distillery on the Scottish island of Islay, sent compounds of unmatured malt to the International Space Station (ISS) in an unmanned cargo spacecraft in October 2011, along with particles of charred oak. The Ardbeg Distillery on the Scottish island ...

We'll Soon Know What Space Whisky Tastes Like   Gizmodo Australia
Ardbeg 'space whisky' set for return to Earth   BBC News
Want to Taste Whisky Aged in Space?   Chinatopix
Scotland Now   
4ni.co.uk   
The Drinks Report   
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  The Guardian   
Why are all our wagtails vanishing? Scientists baffled by long-term decline of ...  Daily Mail
The wagtail is no longer a regular visitor to Britain's gardens as its populations is in long-term decline, warns a new report. The latest Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) annual report revealed that numbers are falling of all three UK breeding wagtail species.
Yellow peril as wagtail population in serious decline   Yorkshire Post
Wagtail Population Declines in UK   Austrian Tribune
Scientists baffled by decline of wagtails in Britain   Delhi Daily News
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Guardian   
Wildlife Extra   
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  International Business Times UK   
'Yeti' Photos Expected to Fetch £5000 at Christie's Auction  International Business Times UK
Photographs taken by a Himalayan explorer of a 'yeti's' footprint, could be sold for thousands of pounds at auction next month. The four pictures were taken by Eric Shipton, a British climber in 1951 and apparently show a 13in-long footprint in the snow.
Yeti footprint photos up for grabs at Christie's   Delhi Daily News
Footptint that gave legs to story of yeti   The Times (subscription)
'Yeti footprint' pictures that sparked debate on mythical creature's existence ...   Daily Mail
Spear's WMS   
Yahoo News UK   
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  Citizen   
Briton Lewis Pugh becomes first person to swim the Seven Seas  Telegraph.co.uk
British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh has completed long-distance swims in each of the Seven Seas to campaign for marine protected areas. Mr Pugh has become the first person to complete long-distance swims in each of the classical Seven Seas, the ...

Plymouth man becomes first person to swim the Seven Seas, but warns that "the ...   Plymouth Herald
We must protect our oceans, says seven seas swimmer Lewis Pugh   The Independent
Lewis Pugh becomes the first person to swim the Seven Seas   ITV News
Western Morning News   
Independent Online   
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  Scottish Daily Record   
Scots scientist endures ultimate ice bucket challenge.. by taking a soaking in ...  Scottish Daily Record
MALCOLM Airey and his pal don T-shirts, shorts and sandals before dousing themselves in freshly-dug ice more than 10,000 miles from home in Antarctica. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Email. Malcolm Airey, left, and English chef Chris Walton endure the ultimate ...

Scot does ice bucket challenge in Antarctica   Scotsman
British scientists take the ultimate ice bucket challenge in the SOUTH POLE   Daily Mail

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  UN News Centre   
SAMOA: Business execs build partnerships with small islands at UN forum  UN News Centre
UN High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Gyan Chandra Acharya. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard. Print. 30 August 2014 – Small island developing states offer ...

The Pacific islands are drowning, we need the world's help   The Guardian
Fiji joins small island States   Fiji Times
FIJI ATTENDS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES   The Jet Newspaper
Huffington Post   
SciDev.Net   
Big News Network.com   
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  Maine News   
Japan to revive Gundam Robot  Maine News
Japanese engineers and animators have revealed their plans to bring a huge 18m-tall Gundam robot back to life. They have started working on a project, Gundam Global Challenge (GGC), and planned to revive the robot by 2019. Gundam, Japanese anime ...

Japan to bring Gundam Robot Back to Life   French Tribune
Japan plans to bring massive Gundam robot to life   Delhi Daily News
Transformers Watch Out: Japan Aims to Bring a $1bn Gundam Robot to Life   International Business Times UK
SlashGear   
Computerworld Australia   
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  Nature.com   
NASA to reformat Opportunity rover's memory from 125 million miles away  Register
IT administrators at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are preparing to perform an interplanetary remote wipe and reboot on its Martian Opportunity rover after the decade-old explorer began to get a bit senile. The latest view from Mars sent by Opportunity.
NASA extends Mars rover and Moon orbiter missions   Nature.com (blog)
NASA reports Mars Opportunity Rover to perform flash memory reformat   Clarksville Online
"Our Curiosity" piques science interest online   The Denver Post
Space Fellowship   
EE Times   
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  Times of India   
From Kerala to France: Brainwaves emailed  Times of India
Here's a story that sounds like science fiction but actually happened. A man in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, thought the words `hola' and `ciao' (hello or goodbye in Italian) and another man in Strasbourg, France, received the two greetings in his brain.
Scientists find way to email brainwave   Delhi Daily News
Scientist transmits message using brain waves   Aysor
Mind over matter: Scientists find way to email brainwave   Pune Mirror
Gizmodo UK   
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