2014年12月8日 星期一

2014-12-09 U.K. Science


Forbes
   
Female Vikings? That's Just 'Vrøvl'   
Forbes
One could almost see the Viking women, clambering from the longships to the sounds of battle while pecking their menfolk on the cheek and admonishing them to watch out for Saxons with pointy sticks. “And bring home a nice horse to sacrifice at the ...

DNA shows Viking women also colonized new lands   Digital Journal
Think again about the pillaging Viking warriors - it wasn't just the men who ...   The Independent
Raping and pillaging? Viking conquests were more like 'romantic breaks': DNA ...   Daily Mail
Discovery News   
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cbsport
   
Exotic butterflies could make 2015 a memorable year, say experts   
cbsport
Next year could be an exciting one for lepidopterists if exotic butterfly species which appeared in the UK in 2014 are able to survive the winter here,say experts. Editor : cengiz. Category : SCIENCE08 Aralık 2014 Pazartesi - 13:12 ...

Exotic butterflies could make 2015 a memorable year, say conservationists   The Guardian
Exotic butterflies may spread their wings to Northern Ireland   Belfast Telegraph
Exotic butterflies could colonise the North East - if they manage to last the winter   ChronicleLive
Telegraph.co.uk   
Yorkshire Post   
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Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
   
Meteor sightings over Norfolk   
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
A large meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Geminid meteor shower in America. The same shower is believed to have swept across Norfolk tonight. (AP Photo/ AL.com, Mark Almond). Rosa McMahon Monday, December 8, 2014 11:57 PM ...

What time can you see the Geminids meteor shower? 7 things to know   Essex Chronicle
Geminids meteor shower: how to photograph the UK's shooting stars   The Independent
Jimmy Westlake: Get ready for the Geminid meteor shower   Steamboat Pilot & Today
Mirror.co.uk   
Prensa Latina   
Belfast Telegraph   
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The Independent
   
Stephen Hawking right about dangers of AI... but for the wrong reasons, says ...   
The Independent
It is one of our biggest existential threats, something so powerful and dangerous that it could put an end to the human race by replacing us with an army of intelligent robots. This may sound like a bad film but in fact it came from Stephen Hawking, the world's ...

Eddie Redmayne: 'To play Hawking I had to train my body like a dancer'   The Guardian
How will the world end? From 'demonic' AI to nuclear war — seven scenarios ...   National Post
Artificial intelligence: Hawking's fears stir debate   Yahoo News UK
Financial Times   
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The Independent
   
Lunar Mission One: A Chance To Reserve Your Place In Space [Video]   
The Inquisitr
Lunar Mission One is scheduled to go deep below the surface of the moon in 2024. This scientific lunar exploration will include a time capsule, or digital memory box of the history of humankind on Earth, including a species database that chronicles earth's ...

Lunar Mission One: A chance to bury your DNA on the dark side of the Moon   The Independent
Crowd-funded lunar bid would drill deep into the moon's surface   New Zealand Herald
UK's Lunar Mission One will explore moon's south pole, scientists reveal   The Upcoming
Metro   
Deccan Herald   
BBC News   
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The Guardian
   
Heat Waves in Europe Will Increase, Study Finds   
New York Times
PARIS — In June 2003, a high-pressure weather system took hold over Western Europe and hovered there for weeks, bringing warm tropical air to the region and making that summer the hottest since at least 1540, the year King Henry VIII discarded his fourth ...

Europe now 10 times likelier to get heatwaves: Study   Channel News Asia
European heatwave frequency underestimated   3News NZ
Extremely warm summers will become the new normal for Britain   The Independent
The Guardian   
Reuters   
Businessweek   
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World Bank Group
   
Transforming the Economy to Achieve Zero Net Emissions   
World Bank Group
To stabilize warming at less than 2 degrees Celsius, as the international community agreed in 2009, the world will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero before 2100. Economic policy will be the key to mobilizing that global response, World Bank ...

World Bank's Kim Calls for Binding Targets on Carbon Next Year   Businessweek
Stern warning: Legally-binding climate deal 'not necessary'   BBC News
Lima conference: Stern pushes for new climate agreement to be not legally binding   Sydney Morning Herald
edie.net   
CleanTechnica   
Business Green   
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BBC News
   
Australia worst performer on climate change - report   
BBC News
Australia was the worst performing industrial country in terms of climate change in 2014, a new report has said. The report by two non-government organisations said the poor ranking was due in part to policy changes made by the current coalition government ...

Australia the worst performing country in the world for fighting climate change   Daily Mail
Australia ranked worst-performing developed nation on climate performance   Sydney Morning Herald
New Zealand rated 'poor' in climate change report, ranked just above China   TVNZ
SBS   
Junkee   
Fusion   
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Science AAAS
   
Rajkot one of 40 global cities to cut carbon emissions   
Times of India
AHMEDABAD/RAJKOT: Gujarat's 'solar city — Rajkot in Saurashtra — is being globally recognized as a case study for reducing carbon emissions. As per report by World Resources Institute (WRI), a US-based organization, presented at the UN Climate ...

Giving cities a road map to reducing their carbon footprint   Science AAAS
Global cities sign up to standardised carbon reporting   edie.net

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Daily Mail
   
ideo reveals technology that could be used to build a space elevator to the MOON   
Daily Mail
Creating a space elevator on Earth has been considered as a possible way to cheaply and easily get things into space - either for building structures or providing supplies to a space station. But a team of experts are instead suggesting we should build one on ...

NASA moon samples from Apollo missions land at Hamilton College   Scottish Daily Record
Race For Space Travel Will Fuel Technological Advances   ValueWalk
Orion, a small step toward our future in space   Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
In Defense of Marxism   
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