2014年10月21日 星期二

2014-10-22 U.K. Science

  Peterborough Telegraph   
Halley's Comet set to light up Cambridgeshire night sky  Peterborough Telegraph
Halley's Comet is set to light up the Cambridgeshire sky over the next two nights. The comet, pictured, left, which is usually seen once every 75 years, was not due to make an appearance again until 2061. However, a trail of Halley's cosmic dust is expected to ...

Keep eyes peeled for comet dust over Ulster   Belfast Newsletter
Halley's Comet to light up the skies   Sleaford Today
Halley's Comet set to light up Midlothian's night sky   MidLothian Advertiser
Milton Keynes MKWeb   
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  Shocking Times   
Brazilian Wandering spider found in Waitrose home delivery  Shocking Times
Not exactly what you thought you may find from Britain's top supermarket Waitrose, but it does go to show that when they say their bananas are from Brazil, well they surely are. It all happened to a shocked South London family that had received a home ...

Aagh! Save me from torture by Waitrose ready meal, writes CRAIG BROWN   Daily Mail
Deadly spider found in family's bananas   WXIA-TV
Brazilian spider emerges from Waitrose online delivery order   Shopsafe
Time Out London   
The Guardian   
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  New York Times   
In a Dome in Hawaii, a Mission to Mars  New York Times
The members of NASA's Hi-Seas team are staying in a dome on the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii for the next eight months. Credit Sian Proctor/University of Hawaii at Manoa. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue ...

Long-term Mars simulation begins in Hawaii dome   The Space Reporter
Scientists prepare for an 8-month mission to Mars - on Earth soil   Beta Wired
Mock Mars mission to test 'astronauts' mettle   SFGate
The Post-Standard - syracuse.com   
Examiner.com   
Design & Trend   
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  Irish Examiner   
'Passive Prozac' may affect birds' mating and eating  Irish Examiner
Increasing consumption of anti-depressant drugs may be helping humans, but damaging the health of the bird population, according to a new study. With 50m prescriptions written for anti-depressant drugs each year in the UK, traces of them are present in the ...

Prozac may be harming bird populations, study suggests   The Guardian
Prozac Doesn't Make Birds Happy   Smithsonian
Prozac is killing starlings' lust for life   The Times (subscription)
Daily Star   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Agatha Christie island and the divisive solar plot  Telegraph.co.uk
A remote island that inspired some of Agatha Christie's best-known novels could be used as a site for 200 solar panels. The crime author wrote books such as And Then There Were None and Evil Under The Sun while staying on secluded Burgh Island in ...

Solar panels at Christie hotel branded evil under the sun   The Times (subscription)
Is solar panel plan Evil Under The Sun?   Torquay Herald Express
Application for 200 solar panels on Burgh island off the south Devon coast is ...   Daily Mail

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  BBC News   
Slumbering lions win top wildlife photo prize  BBC News
A stark image of lions resting on a rock outcrop in the Serengeti has won the 2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) Award. Continue reading the main story. Lions in the Serengeti A classic WPY winner in the 50th anniversary year of the competition.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 winners announced   Natural History Museum
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Intimate image of resting lions claims top prize   The Independent
Lazing lions take pride of place   ABC Science Online
National Geographic   
Telegraph.co.uk   
Amateur Photographer   
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  Business Green   
Big business and trade unions lead calls for bold EU climate change package  Business Green
Big business groups and Europe's trade unions are united in urging EU leaders to deliver an ambitious new energy and climate change strategy for the post 2020 period, as the CBI and the European Trade Union Confederation both stepped up calls for ...

CBI calls for 'bold' 2030 targets   reNews
Europe needs the will to build an energy union   Financial Times
For EU Climate Meeting, Deep Divisions and High Stakes   New York Times
The Guardian   
Tech Times   
Kuwait News Agency   
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  Yahoo News UK   
Vegetarian Dinosaur Stegosaurus Used Spiky Tail as Lethal Weapon  Yahoo News UK
The stegosaurus was not the slow-witted creature previously thought, but a ferocious fighter capable of killing even predatory dinosaurs, according to new research. Scientists have discovered fossil evidence of a dinosaur which was attacked and killed by a ...

Stegosaur used spiked tails as a killer weapon, archaeologists find   Daily Mail
New evidence that stegosaur tails were thigh-goring killing machines   Washington Post
Dinosaur stabbing reveals dexterity of stegosaurs, study finds   World Science
Nature World News   
Phys.Org   
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  BBC News   
Tractor beam breaks distance record  BBC News
Scientists have created a tractor beam that can drag objects for distances of up to 20cm - around 100 times further than in previous experiments. The doughnut-shaped laser is also reversible - so it can either repel or attract objects. In future, these beams ...

Tractor beam technology isn't just a science-fiction trope any more   Beta Wired
Yes, Tractor Beams Are Real... And Getting Better   Forbes
Laser tractor beam moves objects further than ever before: Sci-fi becomes reality   Tech Times
Daily Digest   
Design & Trend   
Mirror.co.uk   
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  CNET   
Once in million years: Comet buzzing Mars on Sun.  Long Beach Press Telegram
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The heavens are hosting an event this weekend that occurs once in a million years or so. A comet as hefty as a small mountain will pass mind-bogglingly close to Mars on Sunday, approaching within 87,000 miles at a speed ...

NASA Mars orbiter Odyssey survives comet Siding Spring flyby, sends back ...   Tech Times
NASA captures images of Siding Spring from Mars   Beta Wired
Comet makes extremely rare close approach to Mars   The Space Reporter
CNET   
Design & Trend   
cbsport   
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