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2015-02-18 U.K. Science


BBC News
   
Limpet teeth set new strength record   
BBC News
Engineers in the UK have found that limpets' teeth consist of the strongest biological material ever tested. Limpets use a tongue bristling with tiny teeth to scrape food from rocks and also to carve out scars, which they nestle in when the tide goes out. The teeth ...

Does Humble Limpet Hold Key To Future F1 Cars?   Sky News
The strongest biological material known to man? Limpet teeth   The Independent
Strongest known natural material - spider silk or limpet teeth?   Reuters
Daily Mail   
Mirror.co.uk   
expressandstar.com   
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The Guardian
   
Corporate Climate Leaders Redefine Business As Usual   
CleanTechnica
Over the past year or so, corporate climate leaders have begun to take responsibility when international agreements can only provide useful answers, not actions. We saw this demonstrated visibly last September when many Fortune 500 CEOs joined ...

BP's two-word fix for global climate change   Christian Science Monitor
As China gets richer, the world gets dirtier — it will have to choose more growth ...   The Independent
The CIA asked me about controlling the climate – this is why we should worry   The Guardian
Blue & Green Tomorrow   
Rocklin and Roseville Today   
Business Green   
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Forbes
   
Penguins Can Taste Only Salty And Sour: A Quick Guide To Animal Tasting Quirks   
Forbes
I'm the author of the new book Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat, which explores the science of taste, culinary history, and the future of food. There's a lot written about the food system, but a great deal less about the inner workings of taste and flavor ...

According to new research, Penguins can't taste the fish they eat   National Monitor
Penguins cannot taste fish, say experts   Telegraph.co.uk
PENGUINS are just SO TASTELESS say boffins   The Register
Daily Mail   
BBC News   
Washington Post   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Mars One project: Meet the five Brits who have made it onto the shortlist to space   
Mirror.co.uk
Plenty of people aspire to great things... but the ambitions of five intrepid Britons really are in a completely different world. The four women and one man have made it on to the shortlist of 100 hopefuls vying to be chosen to attempt a historic mission – to live on ...

Mars One picks first 100 morons to suffocate, er, settle on Red Planet   The Register
Mars trip volunteer hopes project will inspire women in science   Herald Scotland
Britons seek one-way ticket to Mars   The Times (subscription)
IBNLive   
Express.co.uk   
CTV News   
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The Register
   
MYSTERY of GLOWING 'PLUMES' above MARS: Boffins baffled   
The Register
A group of amateur astronomers has discovered a tricky conundrum for the professionals, documenting an atmospheric plume - or some sort of thing - above Mars where it shouldn't happen. The observations, made in March 2012 and written up for Nature ...

Strange 'double blob' atop Martian atmosphere puzzles scientists   CNET
Mysterious Martian 'plumes' baffle scientists   Christian Science Monitor
Mysterious haze on Mars puzzles scientists   KSL.com
Science Times   
TIME   
BBC News   
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Blastr
   
Tiny metal disc may be prelude to real-life alien invasion   
Blastr
According to the Huffington Post, scientists in the U.K. recently retrieved a tiny metal object (photo above), circular in shape, that could actually contain micro-organisms sent by another race to seed new life on our planet. The minuscule sphere, said to be ...

Microscopic metal sphere may contain microorganisms from aliens, claims ...   Daily Mail
Is this tiny metal ball a 'seed' from space which will grow into an alien?   Full-Time Whistle
Mysterious metal globe 'may be proof aliens are watching us and created life on ...   Mirror.co.uk
Techie News   
Metro   
International Business Times UK   
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The Monitor Daily
   
What driverless cars could mean for engineers   
New Civil Engineer
Driverless cars could eventually be programmed to run complete journeys at the press of a button, radically altering the type of transport infrastructure needed across the UK, a key figure has predicted. Nick Jones, transport technologist at public body Innovate ...

The great driverless car race: Where will the UK place?   Techworld.com
Driverless cars: most folks aren't scared of them   ITProPortal
Public 'Wary' Of Driverless Cars   Yahoo Cars UK
Post Online   
TravelPulse   
Greenwich Conservatives   
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Market Business News
   
Wonderful Milky Way photos taken by Devon photographer   
Market Business News
Lloyd W.A. Cosway, a British amateur photographer, took some spectacular photographs of the Milky Way over Dartmoor, an area of moorland in south Devon in England. According to Mr. Cosway, who has an extensive portfolio of photographs, these ...

Glowing in night sky, these stunning photos show Milky Way galaxy over Dartmoor   Mirror.co.uk
Breathtaking images show Milky Way over Dartmoor   Plymouth Herald
Photographer captures stunning images of the Milky Way   Techie News

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The Independent
   
The black hole imagery of 'Interstellar' is now helping astrophysics   
Engadget
You may have heard that the representation of a black hole in Interstellar was not only based on real science, but might tackle researchers' problems depicting these gravitational points. Well, that just happened -- physicist Kip Thorne and visual effects outfit ...

Interstellar's Black Holes Are Good Enough for Real Scientists   Full-Time Whistle
The Truth Behind Interstellar's "Scientifically Accurate" Black Hole   io9
After celluloid treat, Interstellar team steps into scientific research   International Business Times UK
ZME Science   
The Hindu   
MicroCap Observer   
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South Wales Evening Post
   
Black rhinos heading to Folly Farm as part of new attraction and conservation ...   
South Wales Evening Post
The west Wales attraction has gained planning permission for a new enclosure from Pembrokeshire County Council, paving the way for the new spectacle. There are thought to be fewer than 650 eastern black rhinos left in the wild and just 66 in zoos across ...

Three critically endangered eastern black rhinos to move to Folly Farm in ...   WalesOnline
Folly Farm to welcome endangered black rhinos   Western Telegraph

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