2015年1月19日 星期一

2015-01-20 U.K. Spotlight


BBC News
   
US 'tapped N Korea computers in 2010' report claims   
BBC News
The US knew North Korea was behind the Sony Pictures hack because it had secretly infiltrated the country's computer networks in 2010, according to the New York Times and Der Spiegel. The newspapers cited US officials and leaked documents from the ...


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Soviet Union fall helped drug-resistant TB to take off   
New Scientist
It happened more than 20 years ago, but we're still feeling some unexpected consequences today. The political collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s seems to have spurred on the killer strain of tuberculosis that is now spreading around the world.

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Financial Times
   
Conservatives can bore their way to general election victory   
Financial Times
The quote is better known than understood: “Once again, the facts of life have turned out to be Tory.” Margaret Thatcher did not say it as a smug prime minister, surveying her achievements. It appears in a pamphlet published by her party in opposition in 1976, ...


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BBC News
   
Soviet Union collapse 'affected region's wildlife'   
BBC News
The socioeconomic shocks following the collapse of the Soviet Union also affected the region's wildlife, researchers have suggested. A study of large mammal species in Russia found that most experienced a sharp decline in numbers from 1991. The authors ...


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Radio Times
   
Broadchurch: where we left the characters at the end of series one   
Radio Times
Alec Hardy, Ellie Miller, the Latimers and Reverend Paul Coates are all back for a second outing – here's their story so far... Like this? Share it. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Tumblr · Pinterest · Blogger · Reddit · VKontakt; Print; Email. 0. Broadchurch: where we ...


   


Financial Times
   
Joe Sixpack, the jihadis and the US presidential election of 2016   
Financial Times
The new trend in US politics is stealing each other's clothes. Given how polarised America has become, there is a remarkable consensus on the main topics of debate. After years of ignoring it, Republicans are suddenly worried about the middle-class ...


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BBC News
   
Commercial bees threaten wild bees, say researchers   
BBC News
The trade in bees used for honey or to pollinate crops could have a devastating impact on wild bees and other insects, say scientists. New measures are needed to stop diseases carried by commercial bees spilling over into the wild, says a University of ...


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Radio Times
   
Broadchurch series two: meet the new cast   
Radio Times
Charlotte Rampling, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Eve Myles, James D'Arcy and Meera Syal have joined the ITV drama – here's what we know about their characters... Like this? Share it. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Tumblr · Pinterest · Blogger · Reddit · VKontakt ...


   


Financial Times
   
The 'war on terror' is going backwards   
Financial Times
The “global war on terror” was shot down in a hail of ridicule. Sceptics scoffed that President George W Bush's GWOT was not global and it was not a war — since terrorism is a tactic, not an enemy. On taking office as US president in 2009, Barack Obama ...


   


See chicken develop on drugs through a cracked eggshell   
New Scientist
This is a chick, and this is a chick on drugs. By cracking open a window into these chicken eggs, you can see how a drug affects the developing embryo inside – making the second chick much more active than the first. The drug, called 4-aminopyridine, is a ...


   

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