2015年6月11日 星期四

2015-06-12 U.K. Science


Stuff.co.nz
   
boy discovers new planet   
Stuff.co.nz
Tom Wagg was 15 when he spotted a tiny dip in the light of a distant star during his week-long placement at Keele University. A teenager on work experience discovered a new planet 1000 light years away. Tom Wagg was 15 when he spotted a tiny dip in the ...

Teen finds new planet   Times LIVE
17-year-old discovers a huge alien planet 1000 light-years from Earth   Mashable
15 year old discovers a new planet 1000 light years away   National Monitor
Christian Science Monitor   
The Inquisitr   
BBC News   
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VICE News
   
Polar Bears Are Now Eating Dolphins in the Arctic   
VICE News
The good news: Polar bears, imperiled by climate change, appear to have found something new to eat. The bad news: It's dolphins. Scientists studying bears on the Arctic shores of Norway found several of the white-coated predators feasting on the remains of ...

What a messy eater! Polar bear left red-faced after devouring its walrus lunch in ...   Mirror.co.uk
Norway polar bear puts dolphin in the freezer   The Local.no
Polar bears seen eating an unprecedented meal of dolphins   AOL News
Grist   
io9   
The Independent   
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RT
   
Chimps communicate by smiling like humans, share common ancestor   
RT
Not only are they partial to a drink and have been proven to enjoy cooking, chimpanzees have also been found to share the human trait of communicating by smiling, according to University of Portsmouth researchers. Their study shows chimps and humans ...

We can thank hairy ancestors for our grin: study   New Zealand Herald
Chimpanzees have the same types of smiles as humans when laughing and do ...   Irish Independent
Study Suggests Human Ancestors Smiled   Archaeology
Business Standard   
Sydney Morning Herald   
Tech Times   
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The Independent
   
UK weather: 'Warmest day of the year' could bring severe thunderstorms and ...   
The Independent
Temperatures could hit 28C on what is expected to be the warmest day of the year tomorrow, but the heat will be bringing severe thunderstorms as well as swarms of giant jellyfish. The south coast of England will be among the hottest parts of the UK on Friday ...

Summer Is Here – And So Are The Giant Jellyfish   Yahoo Weather UK
​Swarms of giant jellyfish are being found in the seas off the South West coast   Western Daily Press

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BT.com
   
Experts plan barkcloth research   
BT.com
The ancient art of barkcloth-making in the Pacific Islands will be explored in a new research project. 0. Share this. Facebook; Twitter; Google plus; Email; Share. 0. Inhabitants of Tonga, Samoa and Fiji have produced barkcloth for about 5,000 years (PA.
New research to explore ancient art of barkcloth making   Western Morning News

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The National
   
Donkey callers horsing around   
The National
ANIMAL welfare officers called to an incident of donkey neglect were surprised to find it was a life-sized garden ornament. Animal welfare officers were called out to investigate on Tuesday after a call to the charity's helpline. The ornament, owned by Reverend ...

Heinous neglect? Joshua the donkey is doing just fine, thank you   Horsetalk
Plastic donkey tied to fence sparks animal welfare alert   BBC News
Scottish SPCA called to case of neglected donkey find it was just ornament   Daily Mail
Metro   
Herald Sun   
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Huffington Post
   
Fossil Fragments Reveal Traces of 75 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Blood and ...   
Huffington Post
Researchers at the Imperial College of London have discovered remnants of blood and collagen fibers from 75 million year-old dinosaur fossils. Using micro-analytical techniques, researchers found traces of soft tissues from eight poorly preserved fossils.
Scientists hunt for dinosaur blood   Times of Oman
Real Jurassic World: Scientists Just Found a Way to Make Dinosaurs   Daily Beast
Dinosaur blood cells, proteins found in crummy Alberta fossils   CBC.ca
The Week Magazine   
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Western Morning News
   
Ratty released into the wild in Devon water voles trial   
Western Morning News
If successful, the creatures - who were immortalised in the form of Ratty in Kenneth Graeme's children's classic book The Wind in the Willows - could see a more widespread re-introduction. The humble vole, was once a common sight on waterways of Devon ...

Water vole relocation project to help struggling numbers   ITV News
Water voles make a comeback in Magor   South Wales Argus

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Metro
   
Couple introduce pet frog to his new fish friends and he eats them straight away   
Metro
Putting small fish in the same aquarium as a frog is probably not a smart idea. A couple found that out the hard way when they decided to get some friends for their pet amphibian. Jameson, who did not give his last name, had a gut feeling his African Clawed ...

Pictures of the day: 11 June 2015   Telegraph.co.uk

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Geek
   
Next generation of robot vision could be based on insect eyes   
Geek
A dragonfly has a brain the size of a grain of rice, and eyes that can't resolve nearly as much detail as ours. However, when it comes to tracking a moving object, it is nearly unmatched. These insects can chase prey at up to 60 miles per hour and have a ...

Robot Eyes will Benefit from Insect Vision   I-Connect007
Robots get superhuman vision from insect algorithm   E&T magazine
Robotic visual systems could benefit from insect vision   Techie News
The Stack   
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