2014年9月11日 星期四

2014-09-12 U.K. Spotlight

  BBC News   
Greenhouse gas levels rising at fastest rate since 1984  BBC News
A surge in atmospheric CO2 saw levels of greenhouse gases reach record levels in 2013, according to new figures. Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between 2012 and 2013 grew at their fastest rate since 1984. The World Meteorological ...


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Cool students are more toxic than rich ones  Financial Times
When I arrived at university in 1978 I was driven by my mother in an orange Citroën Dyane with a cardboard trunk containing a few books and my Patti Smith and Talking Heads LPs in the back. This year students starting university can make a bigger entrance ...


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When America leads, the world is a safer place  Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Tuesday's major Washington Post-ABC News poll was one of the most significant surveys of public opinion released in the United States this year. It revealed a pronounced shift in thinking on America's role in the world, which for a number of years had been ...


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Training computers to understand the language of music  BBC News
We often describe songs using terms like "warm" and "dreamy" - but do these words mean anything to a computer? New software presented at the British Science Festival aims to give music producers the power to manipulate sounds more intuitively.

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How a Yes would make enemies and alienate peoples  Financial Times
The small minority of British people who live in Scotland have been receiving an unnatural degree of attention this past week from the more than 90 per cent who do not. For months we have been comforted by opinion polls pointing to a convincing victory for ...


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Jet2 flight in emergency landing at East Midlands Airport after 'plane catches fire'  AOL Travel UK
A plane packed with holidaymakers returning from Ibiza had to make an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport on Wednesday night - after smoke filled the cabin. Jet2 said there had been a "minor electrical problem". Malcolm Yates, a passenger from ...


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  BBC News   
Sports concussion 'breathalyser' proposed  BBC News
Experts who want tighter regulation of concussion in sport are trialling new medical tests that could provide rapid, pitchside diagnosis. The "return to play decision" after a head injury is a serious problem that has caused tragedy and controversy. Among the ...


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Our skies will not be safe until nations share their knowledge  Financial Times
Fifty-five aircraft flew over eastern Ukraine on July 17, carrying the flags of nine nations. They flew in airspace declared safe by air traffic controllers, and on flight paths approved by European regulators appointed by the UN's global aviation body. But out of a ...


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  CarBuyer   
Jaguar XE 2015: price, specs & release date  CarBuyer
The new Jaguar XE was revealed at a star-studded launch event at London's Earls Court last night, ahead of the car's on-sale date next spring. The XE will be the British brand's first BMW 3 Series rival since the Jaguar X-Type was discontinued in 2009.

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Top 20 places where people live the longest  Telegraph.co.uk
Here's a question: where in Britain is life expectation highest? And don't worry, your chances of getting this right are about one in a million. Answer: the Northburn estate in Cramlington, 10 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne. A girl born there today could expect ...


   

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