2014年12月4日 星期四

2014-12-05 U.K. Science


Los Angeles Times
   
Earliest known engravings found on a clam shell   
Los Angeles Times
Scientists say that a series of marks carved onto a freshwater clam shell represent the earliest known engravings made by a human ancestor. The zigzag lines visible in the photo above probably were carved at least 430,000 years ago by a Homo erectus, ...

Homo erectus engraving could re-write human history, and might show art ...   The Independent
Indonesian shell has 'earliest human engraving'   BBC News
Zigzag design on shell called landmark feat for early humans   Daily Mail
Nature.com   
NPR   
The Guardian   
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The Guardian
   
Australia won't give to UN Green Climate Fund   
Washington Post
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's foreign minister says her government will continue to directly pay for climate change mitigation in vulnerable South Pacific island nations through its aid budget rather than donate to a United Nations' Green Climate Fund ...

China says climate aid inadequate, especially Australia   Reuters
Climate change summit: Countries demand focus on adaptation and finance   The Hindu
Hottest year on record as climate talks heat up   Sydney Morning Herald
Business Green   
Times of India   
Brisbane Times   
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Popular Archaeology
   
Archaeologists Discover First Evidence of Frankincense in British Roman Burials   
Popular Archaeology
The first scientific evidence of frankincense being used in Roman burial rites in Britain has been uncovered by a team of archaeological scientists led by the University of Bradford. The findings - published today in the Journal of Archaeological Science - prove ...

Frankincense found in the graves of wealthy Romans buried across the UK - and ...   Daily Mail
Dirt provides new insight into Roman burials   HeritageDaily
Soil Analysis Reveals Traces of Frankincense in Roman Burials   Archaeology
The Guardian   
Bradford Telegraph and Argus   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
''We're not prepared for deadly asteroid strike'' Brian Cox and top scientists give ...   
Mirror.co.uk
Leading astronomers and scientists including physicist Brian Cox have called for more to be done to prevent a deadly asteroid strike. One hundred well-known names, including astronauts, the Astronomer Royal and rock guitarist Brian May, have called for a ...

Asteroid Day aims to create awareness about Asteroids and Comets   Voice Chronicle
Asteroids threaten the planet   Times LIVE
Experts Warn About Asteroids Threat   Prensa Latina
Telegraph.co.uk   
Sky News   
Daily Mail   
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Sky & Telescope
   
Warm Up with December's Geminid Meteors   
Sky & Telescope
The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the best shooting-star displays each year, returns to our skies late this week. Despite interference from moonlight, plenty of bright meteors should still shine through. Bright Geminid meteor. During the 2004 Geminid ...

Look to the skies over the North East from this Sunday for a chance to glimpse a ...   ChronicleLive
Geminids: Spectacular meteor shower lets you see 100 shooting stars per hour ...   Irish Mirror
Keep eyes on the skies as meteors predicted   Belfast Newsletter
Grimsby Telegraph   
Exeter Express and Echo   
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Cabume - Cambridge technology news
   
Chances of nurturing life off Earth improved following world's first synthetic ...   
Cabume - Cambridge technology news
CGI of a dna helix flowing into a spiky cell like shape Scientists at the same Cambridge laboratory that pioneered the production of fully human monoclonal antibodies have created the world's first enzymes made from artificial genetic material, a feat they say ...

XNA breakthrough in synthetic enzymes could lead to manufacture of organisms   Daily Mail
Scientists synthesize enzymes from artificial genetic material   Medical News Today
Cambridge creates synthetic 'XNA' enzymes   tce today
Times of India   
New Zealand Herald   
Island Crisis News   
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BBC News
   
Stegosaurus skeleton to yield dinosaur's secrets   
BBC News
Although stegosauruses are one of the most well-known dinosaurs, it is among those scientists know the least about. There are only six partial skeletons of the creature, which lived around 150 million years ago. This specimen, nicknamed "Sophie", has been ...

Sophie the Stegosaurus debuts at London's Natural History Museum   The Guardian
Stegosaurus skeleton finds new home   Daily Mail
Meet Sophie: The world's most complete stegosaurus skeleton standing tall at ...   Mirror.co.uk
The Independent   
Metro   
Washington Post   
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The Guardian
   
Alan Turing Institute for Data Science to be based at British Library   
The Guardian
A new world-class research institute for big data will be dedicated to second world war codebreaker Alan Turing. Photograph: Sherborne School/AFP/Getty Images. Caroline Davies. Thursday 4 December 2014 12.26 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on ...

George Osborne announces Alan Turing Institute for Data Science to be based ...   Computing
£42m Alan Turing Centre to open in London for big data and algorithm research   V3.co.uk
Location confirmed for Alan Turing Institute   Insider Media
Research Information (press release)   
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BBC News
   
Electric eels 'remotely control their prey'   
BBC News
A study, reported in the journal Science, has now shown that eels can use their electric organs to remotely control the fish they hunt. A researcher from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Texas, found that the electric discharges from eels made the muscles of ...

The Surprising Power of an Electric Eel's Shock   New York Times
Shocking news: Electric eels exert remote control over prey   Reuters UK
Taser, electric eel use same mechanism   Sky News Australia
USA TODAY   
cbsport   
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New York Times
   
Huge Trove of Albert Einstein Documents Becomes Available Online   
New York Times
Albert Einstein writing out an equation relating to the density of the Milky Way at the Carnegie Institute in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 14, 1931. Einstein left a scattered collection of letters, notebooks and diaries. Credit Associated Press. Continue reading the ...

Albert Einstein's writings, correspondence to be featured on new website   The Pasadena Star-News
Albert Einstein archive reveals the genius, doubts and loves of scientist   The Guardian

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