2015年1月20日 星期二

2015-01-21 U.K. Spotlight


Financial Times
   
Even libertarians can appreciate that the fight is over money, writes Jeffrey Sachs   
Financial Times
The announcement that last year was the warmest on record puts another nail in the coffin of climate denial. Not that one was needed. The pseudo-debate about climate science has always been about politics, not science, writes Jeffrey Sachs. There are two ...


   


BBC News
   
X-ray technique 'reads' burnt Vesuvius scroll   
BBC News
For the first time, words have been read from a burnt, rolled-up scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius in AD79. The scrolls of Herculaneum, the only classical library still in existence, were blasted by volcanic gas hotter than 300C and are desperately fragile.

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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
   
Sky to block pornography by default to protect children   
BBC News
Broadband provider Sky will block adult content by default, unless users opt out, it has revealed. The decision was announced in a blog post and will be phased in over coming weeks. In 2013 Prime Minister David Cameron put pressure on internet service ...


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World leaders in Davos to focus on risks to humanity   
New Scientist
Emerging threats to humanity will be on the agenda when the world's political and business leaders meet in Davos, Switzerland, this week. The 45th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum aims to find solutions for global risks – including environmental ...


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Financial Times
   
Bolder steps from Europe's central bankers   
Financial Times
These are exciting times in European central banking. Last Thursday the Swiss National Bank suddenly terminated its successful peg to the euro. This week the European Central Bank is expected to announce its programme of quantitative easing. The SNB ...


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BBC News
   
Warning by spending watchdog over forensic science work   
BBC News
Forensic science standards risk slipping since work was transferred to in-house police labs and private firms, the spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office said many forces now used their own unregulated experts, and experienced firms ...


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Ukraine is left struggling as health workers flee   
New Scientist
Many of Ukraine's healthcare workers have died or fled, leaving the country struggling with TB and at risk of polio and measles infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The WHO says that between 30 and 70 per cent of the country's ...


   


NS&I pensioner bonds go on sale – here's how to apply   
Telegraph.co.uk
Pensioner Bonds, issued by the Government through National Savings & Investments (NS&I), are now on sale. This morning NS&I announced the bonds, which pay 2.8pc for the one-year bond and 4pc on the three-year bond, are now open to investment.

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