2015年7月15日 星期三

2015-07-16 U.K. Science


CBC.ca
   
NASA New Horizons Pluto mission finds ice peaks, massive canyons   
CBC.ca
Mankind's first close-up look at Pluto did not disappoint Wednesday, as NASA's new pictures showed ice mountains on Pluto about as high as the Rockies and chasms on its big moon Charon that appear six times deeper than the Grand Canyon. QUIZ | 10 ...

Pluto mountains   BBC News
Behold: Pluto's 11000ft ICE MOUNTAINS and signs of cryovolcanoes   The Register
New detailed Pluto photographs reveal 'young' mountain range   Irish Independent
India Today   
The Straits Times   
CBS Local   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Genetically engineered moths could be released in Britain to save crops   
Telegraph.co.uk
Genetically engineered moths could be released in Britain to prevent devastating damage to broccoli and kale crops, scientists have claimed. Researchers from Oxford University spinoff Oxitec, have tweaked the genes of the insects so that they only ...
Genetically modified diamondback moth offers pest control hope | Reuters   Firstpost
Genetically modified diamondback moth offers pest control hope   Reuters Africa
Scientists breed GM moth to protect cabbages   Yahoo News UK

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Irish Examiner
   
Air pollution kills 9500 in London every year: Study   
Times of India
LONDON: Nearly 9,500 people are dying in London each year due to long-term exposure to air pollution, more than twice as many as previously thought. The premature deaths are due to two key pollutants, fine particulates known as PM2.5s and the toxic gas ...

Air pollution costs thousands of London lives   The Times (subscription)
Air pollution in London caused early deaths of nearly 9500 people in a single ...   The Independent
Nearly 9500 people die each year in London because of air pollution – study   The Guardian
Financial Times   
Daily Mail   
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Business Green
   
Scientists warn geo-engineering is not the answer to climate change   
Business Green
Climate-engineering techniques such as recapturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reflecting solar radiation will not help tackle climate change in the short term, research finds. A new EU-wide analysis - published yesterday by a group of 14 ...

Climate change costing airlines millions of dollars in extra fuel and flying time   The Guardian
Climate change Changing winds mean longer flights   Nature.com
How global warming is delaying flights   Daily Mail
Stuff.co.nz   
Ars Technica   
CNN   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Environmentalists' call to give up land and bring back wolves and lynx   
The Times (subscription)
Landowners should give up their estates to allow new national parks to be created, allowing wild animals such as wolves and lynx to be reintroduced to Scotland, a coalition of environmentalists has claimed. The new body, Rewilding Britain (RB), wants ...
Rewilding Britain wants to bring wolves, lynx, boar and beavers to Scotland   stv.tv
Rewilding Scotland: green and public bodies unite to bring back wolves, lynx ...   Herald Scotland
Call for lynx and wolf reintroduction   BBC News
The Guardian   
Deadline News   
West Texas News   
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The Scientist
   
Our Primitive Hands   
The Scientist
New research suggests that the form of the human hand has been around for a lot longer than previously thought. By Bob Grant | July 15, 2015. WIKIMEDIA, WURDBENDURThe human hand has long been considered a recently derived feature of our species, ...

Human hands 'less evolved'   Yahoo News UK
Surprising data: are human hands are primitive or chimp hands?   The Market Business
Human hand more primitive than chimp's: study   Free Malaysia Today
USA TODAY   
RedOrbit   
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Hampshire Chronicle
   
Hundreds of butterflies on show at reserve's family day   
Hampshire Chronicle
A WINCHESTER nature reserve famed for its array of butterflies is celebrating its 25th anniversary. More than 10,000 butterflies are seen at Magdalen Hill Down every year. Families have been invited to an activity day on Sunday to join a national count.
Sir David Attenborough calls on Dorset residents to help save butterflies.   Bridport and Lyme Regis News
Free advice to support Big Butterfly Count   Plymouth Herald

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NBCNews.com
   
This 50-million-year-old worm sperm is a scientific treasure   
Engadget
Scientists in Antarctica have come across one of the rarest specimens on record: ancient, fossilized worm sperm. "Because sperm cells are so short-lived and fragile, they are vanishingly rare in the fossil record," explains Benjamin Bomfleur, one of ...
50-Million-Year-Old Sperm Found in Antarctica   Newsweek
Oldest sperm ever is discovered in Antarctica, by accident   Washington Post
Oldest fossilised animal sperm discovered in Antarctica   BBC News
NBCNews.com   
Chinatopix   
Science Recorder   
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The Scientist
   
Mental Speedometer Cells   
The Scientist
Studies in rats and mice suggest that in order to maintain an updated internal map of an animal's position in the world, the brain needs to constantly integrate information about its context, borders, direction, space, and speed. Neurons representing ...
'Speedometer' neurons discovered in rat brains   Nature.com
Scientists discover brain cells that specialize in speed   PBS NewsHour (blog)
'Speed cells' in brain track how fast animals run   Science /AAAS

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Toronto Star
   
Climate scientists find tropical storms behind faster Arctic meltdown   
Toronto Star
Relatively few tropical storms ever make it as far north as Greenland, the ice-covered island that straddles the Arctic Circle east of Canada. But the ones that do appear to be inflicting serious damage — and not just to Greenland. A study published ...
Climate scientists find surprising reason for faster Arctic meltdown   Alaska Dispatch News
Tropical storms accelerating ice sheet melt   Press Herald
Could a little warming raise oceans by 20 feet?   Ars Technica
Weekly Observer   
AlterNet   
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