2015年4月7日 星期二

2015-04-08 U.K. Science


NEWS.com.au
   
So will the term Brontosaurus be resurrected?   
NEWS.com.au
BRONTOSAURUS: It's an iconic name that has inspired generations of dinosaur lovers. But then we were told it was wrong — that the dinosaur was a “mistake” that never really existed. Now, science is having second thoughts. It started to go wrong back in ...

Besmirched brontosaurus brought back TO LIFE by brilliant bone boffinry ...   The Register
Brontosaurus is back: Beloved dinosaur deserves his old name, experts say   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Welcome back, Brontosaurus!   CNET
New York Times   
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Irish Examiner
   
Gibbons WHISPER secrets to each other: Apes found to communicate with soft ...   
Daily Mail
It is seen as extremely rude in most human societies, but it appears apes also use whispers to pass on information they do not want others to hear. Gibbons - better known for their deafening songs that reverberate around the forests they inhabit - have been ...

The key to the evolution of speech could be unlocked by.....GIBBONS   mirror.co.uk
Gibbon whisper 'hoo' calls provide clues to human speech evolution   Market Business News
Funky gibbons 'could shed light on evolution of human language', scientists claim   ITV News
The Independent   
Irish Examiner   
Phys.Org   
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Daily Mail
   
Spanish cannibal slugs invading Britain   
Daily Mail
Britain is in the grip of an invasion from six-inch-long Spanish cannibal slugs - nicknamed killer slugs - that have been spotted 50 miles inland for the first time. The Spanish slugs have a voracious appetite and gardeners and growers fear their crops and prize ...

Giant cannibal slugs invade UK   Express.co.uk
Will Spanish cannibal slugs make their way to Grimsby?   Grimsby Telegraph
​Are six-inch cannibal slugs heading to Cornwall?   West Briton
mirror.co.uk   
Plymouth Herald   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Fish farmers make peace with seals   
The Times (subscription)
Seal culling has fallen to the lowest level on record as fish farmers find other ways to protect their stock from predators, says a conservation group. The number of seals shot around the coast of Scotland has more than halved, from 459 in 2011 to 205 last year.
Hundreds of seals are secretly being shot along British coasts   Daily Mail
Outrage as hundreds of seals secretly slaughtered by Britain's fish farming industry   mirror.co.uk
Seal shot off North East coast highlights calls to protect much loved animals   ChronicleLive
Scottish Daily Record   
Express.co.uk   
The Independent   
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Bustle
   
Why Are We Scared Of Spiders? Blame Our Ancestors — Science Says It's ...   
Bustle
There's a good reason we shriek when we spot a spider — it's in our DNA. According to new research from New York's Columbia University, humans' fear of spiders, or arachnophobia, might just be a part of evolution. During our species' early evolutionary ...

Fear of spiders an evolutionary advantage   Stuff.co.nz
Op-Ed: Ever wonder why you're afraid of spiders? Evolution provides clue   Digital Journal
Scared Of Spiders? Blame It On Your Genes   Tech Times
Headlines & Global News   
Phys.Org   
The Westside Story   
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Herald Scotland
   
Balmy weather brings out the sunscreen, ice cream and basking sharks   
Herald Scotland
WARM weather and sunshine is forecast to continue across Scotland after Easter, with temperatures hitting over 20C on the Bank Holiday. WARM weather and sunshine is forecast to continue across Scotland after Easter, with temperatures hitting over 20C on ...

Basking sharks sighted in Scottish waters much earlier than usual   Market Business News
First basking shark of the season spotted in Cornwall   The Cornishman
Basking sharks arrive off west Scotland   Divernet
Scotsman   
Aberdeen Press and Journal   
Island News & Advertiser   
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Daily Mail
   
Dr Milton Wainwright says he has found organisms 25 miles above Earth   
Daily Mail
Since 2013, Dr Milton Wainwright has been trying to convince the scientific community that he has found aliens in Earth's stratosphere. Now the controversial British professor claims he has new evidence of these 'extra-terrestrial organisms' floating 25 miles ...

Aliens on Earth – British scientist stands by his findings   Market Business News
British Scientist Claims Alien Life Exists Just 25 Miles Above Earth   Tech Times
'ALIENS' found just 25 miles above Earth could hold the secret to the origin of LIFE   Express.co.uk
Gloucester Citizen   
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Daily Mail
   
Europeans were dark-skinned until 8000 years ago   
Daily Mail
It has been at the root of division and persecution for centuries, but it seems that the white skin of most modern Europeans did not evolve in Europe at all. Now genetic research has revealed that ancient European populations were dark skinned for far longer ...

Anthropologists: Europeans' white skin may have developed as recently as 8000 ...   The Week Magazine
Humans in Europe Only Recently Developed Light Skin   New Historian
Europeans have only had white skin for 8000 years   Central Queensland news

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mirror.co.uk
   
Robot spiders to build giant webs in space that could eventually help humans ...   
mirror.co.uk
Humans could soon send giant robotic spiders into space to build huge, web-like structures. That's the plan of a NASA-funded company called Tethers Unlimited, which wants to create robots that weave webs in the way that spiders do in order to build large ...

Robot spiders to build spacecraft and stations in space   Market Business News
Nasa funding spider robots to lower the costs of bringing huge structures to space   International Business Times UK
Robo-spiders in space can spin 'webs' in orbit to built spacecraft   Daily Mail
Defense One   
West Texas News   
Nextgov   
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Market Business News
   
Chins are unique to humans because of cooking and softer food   
Market Business News
The chin is a unique human feature, other animals, including chimps and gorillas, do not have chins. The human chin evolved because we started to cook – softer food meant we did not need to spend so long chewing and our jaws and teeth shrank, according ...

Here's why humans have a chin and others don't!   Techie News
Development of chins linked to cooking   BBC News
Cooking may have helped humans evolve chins   Business Standard
Tech Times   
Empire State Tribune   
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