2015年5月19日 星期二

2015-05-20 U.K. Science


BBC News
   
Study to help ash mapping for flights   
BBC News
New discoveries about ash clouds could help predict where planes can safely fly following volcanic eruptions, Edinburgh researchers have said. Experts have studied ash grains taken from Icelandic eruptions to compare satellite-based measurements of ash ...

Study of ash clouds aims to avoid future air disruption   Irish Examiner
Volcanic ash found in Yorkshire could help to improve flight safety forecasts   Phys.Org

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Scotland Now
   
Leading conservation charity calls for beavers to be released at more sites in ...   
Scotland Now
ORGANISATION Trees for Life claim the country could enjoy huge benefits from the reintroduction of beavers – including an estimated £2million tourism boost every year. Share; Share; Tweet; +1. Rob Munro. The Scottish Beaver Trial has attracted visitors ...

Rejecting extinction: beaver reintroduction offers major benefits to Scotland   Wildlife News
Charity in plea to bring back the beaver across Scotland   The National
Beavers could generate millions says charity   Aberdeen Press and Journal
BBC News   
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Gloucestershire Echo
   
How to protect your dog from toxic blue-green algae   
Gloucestershire Echo
Here is some information about the potentially deadly bacteria and how you can protect your dog from it. What is blue-green algae? It is a naturally-occurring bacteria which is usually found in freshwater ponds and lakes, like the brook in Benhall Park.
Warning for dog owners over a toxic green algae which killed a Spaniel in ...   Western Daily Press
Cheltenham park stream tested after dog death claim   BBC News

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Los Angeles Times
   
Evolution abandoned giant pandas after they switched to a bamboo diet   
Los Angeles Times
A giant panda may look like a vegetarian on the outside, but it definitely looks like a carnivore on the inside. A genetic analysis of 121 samples of panda poop finds that the community of microbes living inside these animals' guts is optimized to digest meat.
Why Pandas Eat So Much Bamboo: They Can Bear-ly Digest It   Newsweek
Giant Pandas Have not Evolved to Eat Bamboo: Study   NDTV
Despite million of years eating bamboo, giant pandas still cannot digest it   Malay Mail Online
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Nature.com   
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Tech Times
   
Last-Ditch Effort To Save World's Rarest Ape: Only 25 Hainan Gibbons Still Exist   
Tech Times
Conservationists are in a race to save the Hainan gibbon, as only a tiny population still lives in China. One plan is to build artificial tree bridges in the forest canopy to help the gibbons expand their range. (Photo : Jessica Bryant/ZSL). Plans are under way for a ...

Plan to build treetop bridges to save critically-endangered Hainan gibbons   The Guardian
Last chance plan to save world's rarest ape, the Hainan gibbon   New Scientist
Action plan launched to save world's rarest primate from extinction   Click Green

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New York Times
   
Data Suggests Legs and Toes in Ancestor of Living Snakes   
New York Times
From the robust boa constrictor to the venomous rattlesnake, all of the more than 3,400 snake species that slither today may have descended from the same prehistoric forest prowler, whose sinuous body had two small hind legs with toes and ankles, ...

DNA reveals early reptiles were nocturnal, evolved on land and had long LEGS   Daily Mail
Snake ancestor had tiny ankles and toes and hunted with dinosaurs   Herald Scotland
What the First Snake Looked Like   Discovery News

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OCRegister
   
How does it look? Earth now has a flag designed to plant for when we reach Mars   
OCRegister
A design student from Sweden has come up with one idea - interlocking circles of white on a stately blue background. Oskar Pernefeldt of the Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm designed the flag as part of his graduation project and illustrated its ...

Planet Earth now has a flag for interplanetary relations   Irish Examiner
The 'International Earth Flag' is ready for humans to plant on Mars - could YOU ...   mirror.co.uk
This could be the flag Earthlings fly while colonizing space and battling alien races   GlobalPost
Flavorwire   
The Verge   
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Metro
   
Space probe spots 'Stonehenge' standing stones on passing comet   
Metro
Cameras on the Rosetta space probe have spotted what appears to be a huge Stonehenge-style circle of 'standing stones' – on the surface of a comet. No white-robed figures have been seen nearby, but the probe is still looking. One of the rocks – a huge ...

Mystery objects spied on famed comet, scientists debate what   The Weather Network
What's up with the balancing rocks on this comet?   RedOrbit
Mysterious balancing rock found on Comet 67P   AOL News
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Mashable   
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BBC News
   
Pi and a pint of science experiments in pub project   
BBC News
Scientists in the UK are "taking science to the pub", in a series of lectures and experiments in bars across the country. More than 500 scientists are swapping the lecture hall for the local, sharing research with the public over a drink. Topics include the study of ...

Welcome to the world of TED Talks - with beer   Business Insider

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Ars Technica (blog)
   
Engineered virus protects bacteria while eliminating antibiotic resistance   
Ars Technica (blog)
Editing the sequence of bases in a DNA molecule is pretty straightforward in a test tube. Until recently, editing the DNA of a living organism had been a very large challenge, one that was more often avoided than taken up. But a system bacteria use to defeat ...

Time to Talk   GenomeWeb
US science leaders to tackle ethics of gene-editing technology   Yahoo News

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