2014年11月3日 星期一

2014-11-04 U.K. Science

  The Nation   
421m birds left Europe in 30 years  The Nation
Europe has an estimated 421 million fewer birds than three decades ago, and current treatment of the environment is unsustainable for many common species, a study released on Monday said. The population crash is related to modern farming methods and ...

Europe's bird population falls by 421 million in 30 years, Exeter study finds   Exeter Express and Echo
European Birds Are Disappearing: Populations Down 20 Percent Since 1980   Newsweek
European birds have declined by nearly half a billion since 1980   Science Recorder
Nature World News   
Salon   
Washington Post (blog)   
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  BBC News   
Rover dressed as a penguin aids conservation  BBC News
It looks comical - a remote controlled car zipping around a penguin colony dodging irritated snaps from the birds. But using the diminutive vehicle to study penguins, researchers have found, has has much less impact on their behaviour than being approached ...

Robot baby penguin infiltrates Antarctic colony   Los Angeles Times
Penguin-bot is a happy feat for science   The Star Online
Robotic baby penguin helps researchers get closer to shy adults   The Independent
Businessweek   
Sky News   
Christian Science Monitor   
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  Reuters   
Pilot actions examined in US crash of Virgin Galactic spacecraft  Reuters
MOJAVE Calif. (Reuters) - A human-factors expert will join the investigation of the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic's passenger spacecraft to study why the co-pilot prematurely unlocked a pivoting tail section of the ship during a test flight, the National ...

Branson still plans to take family on Virgin space trip   Herald Scotland
Richard Branson: We owe it to test pilot to continue Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo   Sydney Morning Herald
Lever under scrutiny in Virgin spaceship disaster   Channel News Asia
The Globe and Mail   
BBC News   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Let your lawns grow wild to save Britain's bees, gardeners told  Telegraph.co.uk
Gardeners should put away their lawn mowers and allow their gardens to become wilder to help save Britain's dwindling bee population, ministers will say today. Elizabeth Truss, the environment secretary, will unveil a Government strategy which will set out ...

Environment minister Liz Truss urges Britain to stop mowing lawns as it's bad for ...   Daily Mail
Liz Truss: leave lawnmower in the shed to protect UK's bees   The Guardian
Bee action plan due: Last chance for bees   Farming UK
The Courier   
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  The Northern Echo   
Vote for your favourite waterways in County Durham  The Northern Echo
HIGH FORCE: Countryside lovers in County Durham are being given an opportunity to speak up for the rivers, lakes, ponds, beaches and wetlands they love. share on Facebook; share on Twitter; share on Google+; email; (0) comments; print. First published ...

North Yorkshire countryside lovers urged to “Save Our Waters”   Gazette & Herald

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  New York Daily News   
SEE IT: Scientists say Baltimore facility infested with more than 107 million spiders  New York Daily News
This world wide web is second only to the Internet. A wastewater treatment plant routinely operates despite a massive spider infestation that was so bad the managers once asked a group of entomologists for help. A 2010 paper in American Entomologist ...

Afraid of spiders? Then don't visit this waste treatment plant which is home to ...   Irish Mirror
4-ACRE spider web found in Baltimore teeming with 107 MILLION arachnids   Daily Mail
Four Acre Spiderweb Discovered In Baltimore Wastewater Plant   The Inquisitr

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  Daily Mail   
Secret vault discovered underneath Amphipolis tomb  Daily Mail
It was feared that a mysterious Alexander the Great-era tomb in northern Greece would never reveal who was buried there. But now are fresh hopes that the ancient burial will give up its secrets, because archaeologists have found an 'underground vault,' ...

Have archaeologists come to a dead end?   Daily Times
Hunt for fourth chamber   New Zealand Herald

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  The Guardian   
Coal is the future, insists Tony Abbott as UN calls for action on climate change  The Guardian
The Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, has stood by his defence of coal, saying it is the foundation of Australia's foreseeable future, just days after a United Nations climate report called for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions. “For the foreseeable ...

Australia PM defends coal after UN warning on climate   The Star Online
Australia is 'holding back' global climate change fight   eco-business.com
Coal is 'the foundation of prosperity' for foreseeable future, says Prime Minister ...   Sydney Morning Herald
The Sunshine Coast Daily   
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  ZME Science   
Study shows Dark Energy is erasing Dark Matter  ZME Science
A newly published study has revealed that dark matter is being swallowed up by dark energy, offering valuable data not only about the nature and structure of these mysterious entities, but also about the future of the Universe.
'Dark Energy' Slowly Gobbling Up The Universe   Headlines & Global News
Is Universe Being Swallowed Up By Dark Energy?   NDTV
​Dark energy devouring dark matter to leave 'big empty Universe' – study   RT

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  CNET   
European SPACEMAN exposes EERIE snaps of ISS in Twitter feed  Register
An astronaut has posted a series of eerie images showing the International Space Station after nightfall. Entitled "Spooky Space Station", the creepy shots show the claustrophobia and isolation of life in orbit. They were taken by the German ESA astronaut ...

The ISS At Night Is As Terrifying As Any Horror Film   Huffington Post UK
These Nighttime Photos Of The International Space Station Look Like Something ...   Businessinsider India
The ISS at night turns spooky   CNET

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