2015年2月3日 星期二

2015-02-04 U.K. Spotlight


BBC Sport
   
McLaren-Honda together again as wraps come off 2015 challenger   
BBC Sport
McLaren have unveiled the new car they hope will see them return to competitiveness this season. The first car of their new engine partnership with Honda has been built by a restructured design team following changes made after two poor seasons.

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International Business Times UK
   
The original Les Paul guitar goes up for auction   
International Business Times UK
Owning a piece of rock and roll history is now possible as the very first Les Paul guitar is scheduled to hit the auction block. On February 19, Guernsey's in New York City will sell the priceless instrument known as "Black Beauty." "Auctions are unpredictable ...


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Financial Times
   
Free science from ecclesiastical myth-makers   
Financial Times
n ordained worldview does not sit easily with progress. And so it has proved, with both the Church of England and the Catholic Church opposed to the creation of so-called three-parent babies. Today, the UK parliament will decide whether to permit further ...


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BBC News
   
Raspberry Pi 2 unveiled with faster processor and more memory   
BBC News
A new budget-priced Raspberry Pi computer has been unveiled, offering child coders and others a faster processor and more memory than before, but at about the same price. The Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is roughly six times more powerful than the prior ...


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International Business Times UK
   
The Stig: Giant statue of Top Gear star unveiled in Poland   
International Business Times UK
A giant statue of Top Gear driver The Stig has been unveiled in Poland to celebrate the launch of new BBC Worldwide channel, BBC Brit. The 24ft (10 metres) high statue has been positioned adjacent to The Palace of Science and Culture in the centre of ...


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Queen Elizabeth prizewinner: Put pharmacies on chips   
New Scientist
Chemical engineer Robert Langer has won the £1 million 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. The prize celebrates the engineers behind "ground-breaking innovation that has been of global benefit to humanity". The announcement was made today ...


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BBC News
   
MPs say yes to three-person babies   
BBC News
MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in an historic move. The UK is now set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people. In a free vote in the Commons, ...


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International Business Times UK
   
Prehistoric skull a key 'piece of the puzzle' in story of humanity   
International Business Times UK
Scientists said on Wednesday (January 28) the upper part of the skull, the domed portion without the face or jaws, was unearthed in Manot Cave in Israel's Western Galilee. Scientific dating techniques determined the skull was about 55,000 years old.

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Financial Times
   
Tyrants will find the key to the internet's back door   
Financial Times
hould the citizens of a democratic state be free to communicate over electronic networks hardened against any government surveillance? To some the answer will seem obvious: No. Ever since telephony was invented, solving or preventing violent crime has ...


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New Urbanist: The ghosts that keep your house safe   
New Scientist
Last month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Edith Ramirez, chairwoman of the US Federal Trade Commission, warned her audience that "2015 will be the year we start hearing about smart-home hacking". Indeed, as internet-connected ...


   

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