2015年4月24日 星期五

2015-04-25 U.K. Science


Science /AAAS
   
Chinese paper on embryo engineering splits scientific community   
Science /AAAS
The announcement that a Chinese team had altered the genetics of a human embryo for the first time has ignited a firestorm of controversy around the world and renewed recent calls for a moratorium on any attempt to establish a pregnancy with such an ...

Editing humanity: Genetic science creates thrilling opportunities – and risks, too   The Independent
Chinese scientists modify human embryos in effort to combat genetic illness   National Monitor
Chinese Scientists Announce They Have Modified The Human Genome   Western Journalism
Design & Trend   
American Live Wire   
National Post   
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New York Times
   
Rays From Exploding Stars May Help Measure Strength of Thunderstorms   
New York Times
Scientists measure electric fields in thunderclouds with instruments aboard airplanes and weather balloons, but during violent conditions these methods can be difficult, even dangerous. Now researchers may have found a better way to measure these ...

Scientists measure electric fields within thunderclouds using cosmic rays   Techie News
Exploding stars help measure lightning on Earth   Daily Mail
Focus: Cosmic Rays as Thunderstorm Probes   Physics
Market Business News   
Nature.com   
Business Standard   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Deforestation tripled in the Amazon, say researchers as experts warn more ...   
Telegraph.co.uk
Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon almost tripled last month compared with March 2014, say researchers. Scientists from Imazon, a Brazilian non-profit reseach institution fear that the true figure may be higher. They use a programme developed by Google ...

Amazon rainforest destruction making climate change problem worse   Market Business News
Amazon Rainforest Deforestation: 10 Percent Caused by Human Activity, Study ...   Headlines & Global News
Amazon forest's carbon levels hit by loggers   Times of Malta
Men's Journal   
Techie News   
French Tribune   
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Times Gazette
   
Can Bees Become Addicted to Nicotine?   
International Environmental Technology
The bee population in the UK has been falling dramatically over the last decades for several different reasons. Some of these, such as climate change, disease and alien species, are harder to avoid than others… but some are entirely manmade; namely, ...

Nicotine-laced pesticide causing a buzz in declining bee population   KLTV
Popular Pesticide Harms Wild Bees - And They Are Drawn To Food Coated In It   Design & Trend
Bees may become 'addicted' to neonics   Genetic Literacy Project
Techie News   
The Week UK   
Wall Street Journal   
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Mashable
   
Hubble telescope's successor should change how we see the universe   
Mashable
NASA expects that the Hubble Space Telescope will keep beaming back amazing data and photos for at least the next five years. But what happens after the long-running space telescope gets put out to cosmic pasture? Don't worry. NASA has a plan. By 2018 ...

Halifax space enthusiasts create winning Hubble tribute video   CBC.ca
Space awareness event marks 25 years of Hubble telescope   Times of India
UA scientists celebrate Hubble's 25 years   KVOA Tucson News
CBS Local   
WJLA   
Valley News Live   
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Irish Independent
   
What happens when computer science conferences go 'Gangnam Style'   
PCWorld
Those who hand out the Ig Nobel prizes, awarded for the most outlandish scientific research, would do well to check up on CHI. At the 2015 Computer-Human Interaction Conference (CHI) in Seoul this week, there was no shortage of bizarre projects and ...

YouTube celebrates 10 years: Gangnam Style, Baby by Justin Bieber, Charlie Bit ...   International Business Times UK
Here are the most popular videos in YouTube history   Deccan Chronicle

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Mongabay.com
   
Ocean contributes $2.5 trillion to economy annually   
Mongabay.com
A new study attempts to place a value of goods and services afforded by the ocean, estimating that if the planet's seas were classified as a country, it would rank as the world's seventh largest economy. Reviving the Ocean Economy, commissioned by ...

Oceans are 'world's seventh largest economy' worth trillions   Telegraph.co.uk
Ocean output rivals big nations' GDP, but resources eroding   Daily Mail
Oceans are world's seventh largest economy worth $24tn, says WWF report   The Guardian
WWF International   
CNBC   
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Daily Mail
   
NASA's Curiosity rover seen by Mars Orbiter on surface 200 MILES away   
Daily Mail
For the first time this year, Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted its robotic companion on the surface of the red planet. The orbiting spacecraft captured a shot of Curiosity near the base of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater. But interestingly, the rover's ...

Mars Rover Curiosity Spotted from Space (Photo)   Space.com
NASA probe searching for signs of life above Mars snaps robot doing same job ...   Express.co.uk
Mars Might Have Salty Liquid Water   The Guardian
KNPR   
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Los Angeles Times
   
NASA gathers scientists to help find life beyond Earth   
Los Angeles Times
The search for life beyond our solar system is about to get a boost of brain power. lRelated NASA: We'll find alien life in 10 to 20 years · Science Now · NASA: We'll find alien life in 10 to 20 years. See all related. 8. This week NASA convened the first meeting ...

NASA reading team 'NEXSS' to hunt for aliens in outer space   The American Bazaar
The real X Files: NASA assembles elite team of alien hunters to find life on other ...   mirror.co.uk
Nasa's search for aliens steps up: agency puts together crack coalition to search ...   The Independent
Daily Mail   
Belfast Telegraph   
Huffington Post   
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Discovery News
   
This Week in Science   
GenomeWeb
In Science this week, a team of Italian researchers reports on the results of a study of mitochondrial DNA obtained from the teeth of ancient humans, giving new insights into the downfall of Neanderthals in Europe. The Protoaurignacian culture appeared in ...

Alleged Human Evolution Cannibalism, Did Modern Humans Eat Neanderthals ...   iSchoolGuide
Teeth Indicate Modern Humans Reached Europe 41000 Years Ago   Latin American Herald Tribune
Fossil Teeth Suggest Humans Played Role in Neanderthal Extinction   Live Science

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