2015年4月1日 星期三

2015-04-02 U.K. Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Tiny songbird flies over the Atlantic in autumn migration   
Sydney Morning Herald
A songbird weighing the equivalent of three teaspoons of sugar can fly over the north Atlantic, scientists say. The tiny superbird is the blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata). Tipping the scale at 12 grams, the white-throated, black-capped bird migrates from ...

Not a man, not a plane. Supersongbird!   Times LIVE
Scientists Say Tiny Blackpoll Warbler Travels Thousands Miles on End   American Register
Tiny Songbird, Weighing Only Half Ounce, Makes Epic Transatlantic Nonstop ...   Tech Times
Empire State Tribune   
WCAX   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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The Independent
   
Scientists discover world's first-known 'werewolf plant'   
The Independent
The world's first-known “werewolf plant” has been identified after scientists accidentally discovered that a shrub relies on the lunar cycle for survival. The species, a non-flowering relative of conifers known as Ephedra foeminea, secretes globules of sugary ...

"Wereplant" Releases Its Pollen By the Light of the Full Moon   Smithsonian
Plant releases its pollen in the full moon   Science Now
Conifer cousin produces insect-attracting droplets at full moon   Daily Mail

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BBC News
   
Red admiral numbers soar   
Herald Scotland
THE population of a common butterfly has soared in the past year, with numbers increasing substantially in some parts of Scotland. THE population of a common butterfly has soared in the past year, with numbers increasing substantially in some parts of ...

One of UK's most threatened butterflies records best year for a decade following ...   ITV News
Native species find their wings again   The Times (subscription)
Under-threat butterfly sees record boost   Yorkshire Post
BBC News   
Daily Mail   
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Stephen Hawking to trademark his name   
The News International
LONDON: World-renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking is set to trademark his name, joining the ranks of celebrities such as JK Rowling and David Beckham who have turned their names into brands. Dr Hawking, 73, has applied to the Intellectual ...


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The Independent
   
Novelist Jonathan Franzen: Renewables are 'a threat to wildlife'   
The Independent
The award-winning novelist Jonathan Franzen has argued that the natural world should be protected from renewable energy schemes because he cares “more about birds in the present than about people in the future”. The author of Freedom and The ...

Jonathan Franzen: climate campaigns killing the birds?   The Guardian

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Express.co.uk
   
Mystery radio waves from space could be 'produced by alien technology'   
Express.co.uk
MYSTERIOUS sounds from outer space that bear remarkable mathematical patterns are baffling scientists – leaving some convinced they can only be the result of extraterrestrial life. By Tom Batchelor. PUBLISHED: 22:55, Wed, Apr 1, 2015. Earth GETTY.
Study finds freak frequencies outside the Milky Way ALL form unexplained ...   Daily Mail
Aliens May be Producing Mystery Radio Waves in Space, Scientists Suggest   BizTek Mojo
Mysterious signal from space: Is it alien or an unknown phenomenon?   Globalnews.ca
Digital Journal   
The Independent   
Metro   
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mirror.co.uk
   
Rosetta spacecraft snaps stunning shots of Earth and Mars - taken on decade ...   
mirror.co.uk
The European Space Agency has released an incredible series of pictures captured by the Rosetta probe during it's 10-year journey towards comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta launched back in 2004 carrying the Philae space probe. It had to ...

Rosetta reveals incredible images of comet 67P after flyby - and shares unseen ...   Daily Mail
ESA reveals Rosetta's snaps of MARS and EARTH   The Register
Here are some stunning images of Earth, Mars clicked by Rosetta   Hindustan Times
Sen (subscription)   
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TIME
   
Isotope Study Shows Which Urban Ants Love Junk Food   
Stanly News & Press
Research from North Carolina State University finds that some – but not all – of the ant species on the streets of Manhattan have developed a taste for human food, offering insight into why certain ants are thriving in urban environments. The findings stem from ...

Urban Ants are also Junk food addicts like many of us according to in depth ...   Empire State Tribune
Urban ants love junk food, new study reveals   Techie News
NY Ants Eat Human-Like Junk Food Diet: Study   Sky News
mirror.co.uk   
Market Business News   
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The Market Business
   
High temperature in Antarctica Peninsula indicates what?   
The Market Business
With the rising temperature in Antarctica Peninsula arguments are holding pace, if the temperature can lead to changes in climate or normal warm days can be expected in southern hemisphere. Record breaking temperature reading was logged at the ...

Climate change Ice shelves shrink fast in Antarctica   Nature.com
From the archive, 31 March 1995: First ozone hole found over Arctic   The Guardian
Antarctica's Record High Temp Is Bad News for Ice   Discovery News
environmentalresearchweb   
Climate Central   
UK Progressive Magazine   
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Leek Post & Times
   
Update: ​JCB uncovers prehistoric dinosaur skeleton - April Fools!   
Leek Post & Times
JCB diggers excavating the site of the company's new £30 million golf course have unearthed a prehistoric secret – the skeletal remains of a dinosaur. The stunning discovery was made last week but has only today been made public after archaeology ...

Worker's shock as dinosaur remains unearthed at JCB   Derby Telegraph

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