2015年7月1日 星期三

2015-07-02 U.K. Science


The Independent
   
Forget little green men - aliens will look like humans, says Cambridge ...   
The Independent
They are often portrayed on screen as little green men with elongated limbs and saucer-like eyes. From E.T to the X-Files, aliens from outer space have captured our imagination for decades. Yet a new book from a leading evolutionary biologist argues ...
We are not alone says biologist   Irish Independent
Human-like aliens are likely to have evolved on other planets – just as we did ...   Irish Examiner
Aliens are real and they look just like HUMANS, claims top scientist   Mirror.co.uk
Mix 96   
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Irish Examiner
   
Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not in danger   
Irish Examiner
The heritage committee of Unesco has said the outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef is poor due to threats including pollution and climate change but stopped short of listing it as “in danger”. Environmental campaign-ers had urged the committee to ...

Unesco spares Great Barrier Reef 'in-danger' listing but issues warning   The Guardian
World Heritage Committee decides against declaring reef as 'in danger'   ABC Online (blog)
Qld takes to social media to promote reef   9news.com.au
CTV News   
Queensland Country Life   
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The Globe and Mail
   
UBC study sheds light on bizarre plankton with 'eyes'   
The Globe and Mail
In biology there is nothing quite as elegant as the eye, an organ so impressive in its design that two centuries ago Christian philosopher William Payley held it up as evidence for a divine creator. God only knows what Rev. Payley would have made of ...
Single-celled plankton evolves tiny, human-like eye   Telegraph.co.uk
Plankton evolves human-like eye   Irish Independent
Scientists baffled by tiny sea creature which uses a human-like eye to hunt ...   Mirror.co.uk
UPI.com   
Sci-News.com   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Watch: Venus and Jupiter align in breathtaking illusion   
Telegraph.co.uk
Venus and Jupiter, two of the brightest planets in the solar system came together in the night sky on Tuesday night. The two planets appeared to glide close together similar to a full moon. with Jupiter appearing directly above Venus. Although the ...
Venus and Jupiter become the 'Star of Bethlehem' in rare celestial illusion   Daily Mail
Jupiter and Venus have a close encounter over Echo Park Lake   The Eastsider LA
Venus and Jupiter Put on a Celestial Show This Month   Space.com
Burnley Express   
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Daily Mail
   
UCL has one rule for hate preachers and another for Tim Hunt by Bel Mooney   
Daily Mail
We used to meet in the cloisters of University College London, by the glass case containing an effigy of the great 19th-century reformer Jeremy Bentham — famous for his radical views on women's equality and the abolition of slavery, among many other ...
UCL fellows criticise Sir Tim's 'mistreatment'   The Times (subscription)
Nobel Laureate forced to resign after making sexist remark - TeCake   Dispatch Times
Tim Hunt's Case gets another Robust Backing, Jonathan Dimbleby Resigns from ...   NY City News
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Guardian   
BBC News   
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Scotsman
   
Robots to help research into deep sea life   
Herald Scotland
Custom byline text: David Ross. SCIENTISTS based near Oban will use custom-built robots, capable of operating at depths of seven miles, to explore the deepest parts of the ocean in a bid to discover how life is sustained there. The research team led by ...

Scot scientists to explore 'Hades' ocean depths   Scotsman
Purpose-built robots to explore deepest ocean   FIS
New SAMS research will see robotic landers go to hell and back in the ocean ...   For Argyll

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Daily Mail
   
Can YOU see the 'third property' of light? Scientists reveal human supersense ...   
Daily Mail
The ability lets us see a mystery third property of light known as 'polarisation', which tells us the orientation in which light waves are oscillating. Animals, like bees and ants, use the polarisation patterns in the sky as a navigation aid. And with ...
Did you know we share the same 'super-vision' found in bees and octopuses?   Irish Examiner
The Sixth Sense You Didn't Know You Had   Discover Magazine (blog)
Humans 'can see polarised light'   Herald Sun
Tech Times   
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Livemint
   
Scientists says 'top predator' humans causing catastrophic ecosystem shifts   
Livemint
The biggest immediate losers will be large predators like tigers and lions while creatures domesticated by humans, including house cats, will thrive in the new world. Photo: AFP. Rome: Never before has a single species become the top predator on land ...
Extreme makeover: mankind's unprecedented transformation of Earth   environmentalresearchweb
Study: 'Top predator' humans causing catastrophic ecosystem shifts   Daily Sabah
Humans have reached total domination on Earth, becoming the top predator on ...   ABC Online

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Nasdaq
   
“Fairy Lights”: Floating, Responsive 3D Holograms   
Nasdaq
Haven't we had those for a while, you might ask? I seem to remember CNN going all-out during the 2008 election-coverage arms race when it beamed correspondent Jessica Yellin into Wolf Blitzer's Situation Room. And for that matter, didn't Coachella ...

You Can Feel These Plasma Holograms Made With Femtosecond Lasers   Gizmodo
What touching Fairy Holograms in mid-air looks like   ZME Science
Fairy Lights: Hologram-Like 3D Images In The Air That You Can Touch   Hacked
PanARMENIAN.Net   
Ubergizmo (blog)   
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Discovery News
   
Gigantic Sinkholes Dot Surface of Rosetta's Comet   
Discovery News
Scientists have found gigantic sinkholes more than 200 yards (183 meters) in diameter -- twice the length of a football field -- and just about as deep breaking the surface of the comet being studied by the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft. Play Video ...
Rosetta spacecraft spots enormous sinkholes on comet 67P   The Guardian
Rosetta spacecraft finds massive sinkholes on comet's surface   Reuters
Rosetta spies cometary sinkholes   BBC News
Los Angeles Times   
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