2015年3月11日 星期三

2015-03-12 U.K. Science


BBC News
   
Anthropocene: New dates proposed for the 'Age of Man'   
BBC News
The Anthropocene - a new geological time period that marks the "Age of man" - began in 1610, a study suggests. Scientists believe that the arrival of Europeans in the Americas had an unprecedented impact on the planet, marking the dawn of this new epoch.
The anthropocene era of man's dominance began in 1610, claim scientists   The Independent
Anthropocene, new geological epoch driven by humans started in 1610   Market Business News
Are we in a human epoch and if so, when did it begin?   National Monitor
SMN Weekly   
The Guardian   
Daily Mail   
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BBC News
   
Chameleon colours 'switched by crystals'   
BBC News
Swiss researchers have discovered how chameleons accomplish their vivid colour changes: they rearrange the crystals inside specialised skin cells. It was previously suggested that the reptiles' famous ability came from gathering or dispersing coloured ...

Chameleon's colour magic revealed   Telegraph.co.uk
​Chameleons' color-changing secret revealed   CBS News
Mystery of how chameleons change their colours solved   Daily Mail
The Independent   
The Guardian   
Los Angeles Times   
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Market Business News
   
Ultra-fast star hurtling at 745 miles per second through Milky Way discovered by ...   
Market Business News
A star whizzing through the Milky Way at 745 miles per second (1,200 kps) has been discovered by astronomers at Queen's University Belfast and scientists from across the world. The white dwarf, named US708, has broken the recorded speed record for ...

Unbound star travelling at 1200 km/s to escape the Milky Way   Techie News
Queen's scientists find galaxy's fastest moving star   Belfast Live
Star sent hurtling across space at record speed following supernova explosion   International Business Times UK
Belfast Newsletter   
The Guardian Nigeria   
NDTV   
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Techie News
   
Rare solar eclipse set to dazzle UK on March 20   
Techie News
With just 9 days to go for a rare solar eclipse – the largest since 1999 – UK is getting ready for a dual celestial and rare phenomenon of supermoon total solar eclipse on March 20. The spectacular solar eclipse is said to be the biggest solar eclipse for 15 ...

Solar Eclipse On March 20, 2015 — Deepest Eclipse In UK In Last 16 Years   PlanetSave.com
Solar eclipse in Retford - here's when it will happen   Retford Times
Solar eclipse 2015: Start your day with an interesting view on astronomy   Tiverton Mid Devon Gazette
Donside Piper and Herald   
mirror.co.uk   
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The Conversation UK
   
What will we find next inside the Large Hadron Collider?   
The Conversation UK
Ticking off subatomic particles one by one, now let's see what an LHC upgrade will do. Author. Gren Ireson. Professor of physics at Nottingham Trent University. Disclosure Statement. Gren Ireson receives funding from the European Union and Particle Physics ...

CERN Large Hadron Collider Restart: Press Briefing Webcast Scheduled March ...   Headlines & Global News
Life, the universe and everything? World's largest machine gets ready to restart   CNN
Hopped-Up Particle Accelerator Poised to Venture into the Realm of Exotic Physics   Scientific American
UC Santa Cruz   
ExtremeTech   
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Click Green
   
UK Gov not tackling priority climate risks   
The Weather Network
The government is not doing enough to tackle priority climate risks, according to a committee of MPs. Despite the Government's National Adaptation Programme putting the UK ahead of other countries in preparing for the impacts of climate change, the ...

The Tories' woeful lack of leadership on climate change   Left Foot Forward
UK Govt is not tackling priority climate risks, MPs' report warns   Click Green

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Hebdenbridge Today
   
MPs demand tougher rules on flood plains   
Hebdenbridge Today
Developers should be forced to do more to make new housing estates resilient to flooding, according to MPs. A gap in planning rules means around 12,000 houses a year are built on the flood plain without measures to limit flood risk, the Environmental Audit ...

Flood risk amplified by 'foolhardy' building, MPs say   Business Green

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Daily Mail
   
See extraordinary first pictures of newly-formed island discovered in the Pacific ...   
mirror.co.uk
These are the first pictures of a newly-formed volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean. The new island began forming off the coast of Tonga last month, with experts believing a volcano exploded underwater before expanding into the island. Three men have now ...

Images reveal new volcanic land mass near Tonga that could soon disappear   Daily Mail
Beautiful Pictures Show Newly Created Volcanic Island Off Tonga   Huffington Post UK
New island in the Pacific will soon disappear   Telegraph.co.uk
ABC Online   
TravelPulse   
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Belfast Telegraph
   
Babirusa piglet makes public debut   
Belfast Telegraph
As one of the rarest piglets in the world, Matano has been watched by zookeepers since her birth in December, but has now been unveiled for all to see. Babirusa are native to the Indonesian Island, Sulawesi, where numbers are in serious decline. Chester ...

VIDEO: Rare Indonesian piglet born at Chester Zoo   Wirral Globe
WATCH: Rare piglet to make debut at Chester Zoo   Daily Post North Wales

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Pulse
   
Planets Mars and Uranus meet in the evening sky   
Astronomy Now Online
The late winter juxtaposition of inner and outer planets continues with a close conjunction of Mars and Uranus in the evening twilight of Wednesday, March 11th. Timing your observation will be important, as you want the sky dark enough to see the pair — but ...

Attention star-gazers: look to the skies at 7.53pm tonight!   Derby Telegraph
Mars meets Venus, Uranus in the evening sky   Customs Today Newspaper

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