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2015-02-08 U.K. Science


BBC News
   
Chimps 'learn local grunts' to talk to new neighbours   
BBC News
Chimpanzees can change their grunts to communicate better with new companions, according to a study of two groups that were housed together in Edinburgh. In 2010, nine new arrivals from a Dutch safari park used an excited, high-pitched call for apples ...

The bilingual CHIMPS: Video reveals apes learning new 'words'   Daily Mail
Chimpanzees change accent to fit in with friends   Telegraph.co.uk
Listen to Dutch chimpanzees speaking in Scottish accent: 'first evidence' of ...   The Independent
Mirror.co.uk   
New Scientist   
Market Business News   
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Gizmag
   
"Robot scientist" Eve to save time and money in drug development   
Gizmag
Modern pharmaceuticals are a wonder of our age, but they also take years to develop at incredible cost. To shorten development time and increase economy, scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Manchester have built Eve, an artificially-intelligent ...

'Robot scientist' holds key to new drugs   BBC News
Eve the robot scientist discovers new drug candidate for malaria   Engadget
Eve the robot scientist discovers new drugs on her own   Market Business News
Full-Time Whistle   
Royal Society of Chemistry   
Scientific American   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
Vintage Nasa photos up for auction in £500k collection   
Daily Mail
A collection of vintage Nasa photographs - including some of the first ever images from space and the first cosmic 'selfie' - are set to fetch a whopping £500,000 ($760,000) at auction. The archive of more than 600 photographs, many of have never be ...

Buzz Aldrin space 'selfie' among vintage NASA photos up for auction   Mirror.co.uk
Rare, Vintage NASA Astronauts' Photos Capture 'Voyages Beyond Our Home'   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Awe-inspiring collection of vintage NASA photos on sale for whopping £500000   Express.co.uk
UPI.com   
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BBC News
   
'Corkscrew' seal deaths due to cannibalism not boats   
BBC News
Marine scientists have said they may have solved the mystery surrounding the deaths of seals whose carcasses were discovered with distinctive corkscrew wounds. The finds sparked suggestions ships' propellers had struck them. Researchers now think the ...

Cannibal seals behind mystery deaths in Scotland   Full-Time Whistle
Seal cannibalism is likely cause of mysterious injuries   Aberdeen Press and Journal
Cannibal seals responsible for mystery 'corkscrew' pup deaths in Scotland ...   International Business Times UK
Discovery News   
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Indian Country Today Media Network
   
China's lunar probe tests orbit for moon sampling   
Xinhua
BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The service module of China's unmanned test lunar orbiter has finished tests of orbiting technologies needed in a future sampling mission on the Moon. The orbiter conducted three times of tests between Friday and Saturday to ...

The not so dark side of the moon: Stunning animation shows lunar phases in a ...   Daily Mail
Full moon - Nasa unveils video imagery of the far side of the moon using Lunar ...   Metro
Moon has more hydrogen on its Pole-facing slopes   Market Business News
Techie News   
Aerospace Technology   
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Market Business News
   
Lemmings use loud barks, ferocious bites and bold colors to scare off predators   
Market Business News
Lemmings scare off predators by emitting a very loud bark, an extremely ferocious bite, and giving the false impression it is poisonous with its gold colors, says a Swedish researcher. This ferocious behavior is unique among small rodents, Professor Malte ...

Lemmings use multicoloured fur and loud shrieks to warn predators to stay away   Daily Mail
Ferocious lemming roars at predators to scare them off   New Scientist
Angry Norwegian lemmings are the bravest of them all   Yahoo News UK
Discovery News   
Science World Report   
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The Independent
   
Northern Lights: Incredible Nasa footage shows rising sun meeting Aurora ...   
The Independent
Stunning footage released by Nasa reveals the glory of the Northern Lights meeting the sunrise over the north east coast of the US. The video clip – which was taken from the International Space Station on Thursday – shows a haze of green, yellow and ...

Spectacular Northern Lights video footage taken from the International Space ...   Market Business News
ISS video captures stunning footage of Northern Lights meeting sunlight   Techie News
Northern Lights meet sunlight; NASA releases stunning video   The News Reports
Telegraph.co.uk   
Wall Street Journal   
The Conversation US   
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The Times (subscription)
   
New Horizons returns birthday gift to Tombaugh   
The Times (subscription)
The image of Pluto and its moon Charon, taken by NASA�s New Horizons spacecraft, was magnified four times to make the objects more visible. Posted: Friday, February 6, 2015 9:49 pm | Updated: 11:00 pm, Fri Feb 6, 2015. New Horizons returns birthday ...

New Horizons celebrates Clyde Tombaugh's birthday with new Pluto images   SpaceFlight Insider
NASA spacecraft snaps Pluto after nine-year journey to the dwarf planet   Mirror.co.uk
Pluto? Pah! 6 far crazier space missions we are planning right now   Metro
New Scientist   
9news.com.au   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
Evolution continues despite low mortality and fertility rates in the modern world   
Full-Time Whistle
Researchers say even medical advances don't trump 'survival of the fittest.' THURSDAY, Feb. 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Natural selection still drives human evolution even though overall death and birth rates are lower than at any time in history, a new ...

Evolution Continues Despite Low Mortality And Fertility Rates In The Modern ...   FailedMessiah.com
Human evolution is still going on   Times of India
Darwin's theory continues to shape human evolution   Popular Archaeology
International Business Times UK   
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Full-Time Whistle
   
West Highland wildcat project to be extended   
Full-Time Whistle
An animal sanctuary home to one of the world's most endangered species is set to double in size. Last year, conservationists established a sanctuary for the Scottish wildcats across 250 square miles of Highland countryside. There are believed to be fewer ...

Scottish wildcat 'safe haven' expanding into Morvern   BBC News

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