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2015-06-29 U.K. Science


Discovery News
   
Stargazing in July: Space probe set to reveal Pluto's secrets   
The Independent
“Save Pluto!” cried the T-shirts. The slogan “stop planetary discrimination” screamed out on bumper stickers all over the States. “Honk if Pluto is still a planet!”, they urged. Pluto has long been every child's favourite planet. Discovered in 1930 by the American ...

You Have a Date with Pluto on July 14, Don't Miss it!   Weekly Observer
Much variety on Pluto's Close Approach Hemisphere, and a Charon dark pole   Space Daily
Scientists ready for brief view of Pluto   Stuff.co.nz
Clapway   
Empire State Tribune   
Space.com   
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Empire State Tribune
   
Rodents Dream Of The Journey To Their Next Meal   
Newsy
Researchers at the University College London used food to figure out what rodents dream about. June 28, 2015 by Leah Becerra. Researchers at the University College London have discovered what rodents dream about. And it turns out Disney Pixar wasn't ...

It turns out rats have dreams about the places they'd like to go   Examiner.com
Study on Rats show importance of hippocampus in imagining the future   Inferse
Rodents dream of the route to get access to food   Times Gazette
Yibada (English Edition)   
Design & Trend   
Times Gazette   
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Stornoway Gazette
   
World's smelliest plant blooms after 12 years   
Stornoway Gazette
The world's smelliest plant finally bloomed yesterday in the glasshouses of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh after a 12-year wait. And it is a phenomenon never seen before in Scotland. The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh expects up to 4,000 ...

Arum flowers at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for the first time   Horticulture Week
Corpse flower: World's smelliest plant blooms in Edinburgh   BBC News
Gigantic 10-Foot Corpse Flower Blooms After 12 Years   Tech Times

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Metro
   
'Corpse flower' spreads smell of rotting meat in park   
Metro
This might look like an impressive flower – but we bet you wouldn't want one in your garden. It's finally blossomed at a zoo in Devon, and it smells truly awful. The Titan Arum is thought to be the world's smelliest flower, with visitors treated to the stench of ...

World's smelliest flower blossoms in Edinburgh   Herald Scotland
Botanics beaten in race to see flower bloom first   Edinburgh Evening News
Rare flower that smells like rotting meat is ready for bloom at Devon zoo   Exeter Express and Echo
Times of Malta   
Aaj News   
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WallStreet OTC
   
Genetically Modified Wheat Fails to Reduce Aphid Attacks   
WallStreet OTC
Britain's Rothamsted Research Institute's genetically engineered wheat meant to repel aphids did not pass the tests out in the field. Scientists working on the project are not discouraged by the unsuccessful attempt to put this wheat in the field and out on the ...

Anti-GM protesters don't understand how science works   Telegraph.co.uk
Designer wheat fails anti-aphid field test   The Asian Age
Genetically Modified Wheat designed to Repel Aphids Fails   NY City News
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)   
Pioneer News   
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Empire State Tribune
   
Nobel-prize winning scientist Tim Hunt lands in hot water with UCL after making ...   
Empire State Tribune
Think before you speak… particularly if you plan on saying something condescending about women scientists. This ain't the 17, or 18th century when men could get away with their bigoted, sexist statements about women in their field. Times are changing for ...

University College London won't take back Sir Tim Hunt   Daily Mail
UCL: regrettable but right for 'sexist' scientist to go   The Times (subscription)
Sacked Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt will not be reinstated at UCL   International Business Times UK
BBC News   
Evening Standard   
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Irish Examiner
   
Chimps ape the moral values of humans   
Herald
Chimpanzees may have a sense of right and wrong that echoes human concepts of morality, a study has found. John von Radowitz – 29 June 2015 03:00 AM. Ads by Google. Two groups of the apes paid more attention to film clips of an infant chimp being ...

Violent videos show apes may have sense of right and wrong   The Guardian
Chimps 'ape moral values of humans'   Epping Forest Guardian

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Blackmore Vale Magazine
   
Do not disturb the reptiles - warning given to heath walkers after shelters moved   
Bournemouth Echo
WALKERS on Dorset's heaths are being urged not to lift up tin sheets providing shelter for legally protected reptiles. Dorset Wildlife Trust and Amphibian and Reptile Conservation are warning that disturbing protected species could result in breaking the law.
Please don't disturb reptile shelters!   Dorset Echo
Dorset Wildlife Trust warns: Don't lift up tins on nature reserve   Blackmore Vale Magazine

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Financial Times
   
US space assumptions explode along with cargo   
Financial Times
It was a puff of smoke 139 seconds into the Falcon 9 rocket's voyage towards the International Space Station that indicated something had gone wrong. Moments later, with the rocket operated by SpaceX nearly 45km above the Atlantic Ocean, smoke began ...

String of cargo disasters puts pressure on space industry   Economic Times
SpaceX rocket explodes after lift-off on resupply mission   Computerworld
SpaceX rocket destroyed on way to space station, cargo lost   STLtoday.com
Chicago Tribune   
Irish Independent   
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Al-Arabiya
   
Why Muslims should read the Pope's Encyclical   
Al-Arabiya
I have a lot to thank Twitter for. The most recent cause of gratitude is Pope Francis' encyclical: Laudato Si' (Care of our common home). Just a week ago I wasn't even aware of the word 'encyclical'. I follow the Pope on Twitter and last week his account was ...

The Pope and technology   The Times (subscription)
Pope's enviro-encyclical too fallible   Toronto Sun
Column: Summertime, and the livin' isn't quite so easy anymore   Eagle-Tribune
Alaska Dispatch News   
Spectator.co.uk (blog)   
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