uk-hotdailynews: 2015-07-20 U.K. Science

Scientists create modified moth for pest control
Herald Series
A GENETICALLY-modified moth, right, has been bred by Oxfordshire scientists to reduce serious pest damage to cabbages, kale and broccoli. Male diamondback moths with a “self limiting gene” produce female offspring that do not survive to reproduce, ...

Genetically modified moths only sire defective daughters   PPP Focus.com
Scientists breed genetically modified moths to curb global pest problem ...   The Independent
A New Pesticide-Free Way to Control Diamondback Moths   Entomology Today
AG Week
Genetic Literacy Project
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World's smelliest flower pulls in the crowds
The Times (subscription)
A flower in Cambridge is causing a stink after blooming for the first time in ten years. Nicknamed the 'corpse flower', the rare titan arum from Indonesia has excited botanists after it released a potent stench of rotting flesh in its decennial appearance.
Rare 'corpse flower' blooms for the first time in 11 years   The Independent
Rare, pongy titan arum flower at Cambridge University Botanic Garden opens ...   Cambridge News
'Corpse' plant flowers for the first time in over a decade   ITV News
Observer News
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Mining firm aims for platinum-loaded asteroid
Sky News Australia
An asteroid has sped pass Earth at a distance of just 1.5 million miles away, with some onlookers interested in more than just its scientific importance. Asteroid 2011 UW-158 passed 30 times closer than our nearest planet, according to Slooh Community ...

Platinum-rich 'trillion dollar baby' asteroid worth $5 trillion whooshes past ...   Zee News
Asteroid Passing By Earth May Be Worth $5.4 Trillion   CBS Local
UW-158: Asteroid to pass tantalisingly close to Earth tonight - here's ...   Mirror.co.uk
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Guardian Liberty Voice
Bharat Press
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World's oldest sperm discovered in Antarctica – 50 million years after its ...
The Independent
Scientists from Sweden have found a fossilised cocoon in Antarctica containing the world's oldest sperm. The discovery of the fossilised sperm found inside the walls of a 50 million-year-old worm cocoon has been branded "remarkable" by scientists.
Researchers Discover 50-Million-Year-Old Worm in Antarctica   Ledger Gazette
50-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Sperm in Antarctica   New York Times
Oldest fossil sperm found in Antarctica   CBC.ca
National Post
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Travel chaos escalates in Indonesia
Times of India
SURABAYA: Thousands of Indonesians were spending a miserable Eid on Friday after failing to make it home to see their families after erupting volcanoes closed six airports, including in the country's second-biggest city. The international airport ...
Volcano shuts major Indonesian airport during holiday rush   CCTV
Thousands still stranded in Indonesia as airports remain closed   TV Newsroom
As Indonesia volcanoes shuts airports Eid holiday passengers are marooned   The Market Business
Sentinel Republic
The Straits Times
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Volunteers At The Beach Collect 75000 Shark Egg Cases
Clapway
Thousands have gathered along beaches in the UK picking souvenirs from the sand as they go, but these helping hands aren't gathering shells, and they certainly aren't picking up trash either. More than 75,000 shark egg cases will be gathered along ...

More than 75000 shark egg cases get collected from British beaches   Western Daily Press
Britain on shark watch as beachgoers are asked to take part in huge nature survey   Express.co.uk

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A team member's view of all the work on Earth it took to get New Horizons to Pluto
New Zealand Herald
Science is hard and good science is harder - it takes persistence and tons of patience. When we began planning a mission to Pluto over 15 years ago, we knew it was going to be, as they say, a long haul. But we also knew it had a huge potential payoff.
On the edge ... Pluto and Charon display striking colour and brightness ...   NEWS.com.au
Good week for science, amazing week for Pluto   Orlando Sentinel
New Horizon offers new outlook on Pluto   FOX CT
CDA News
Scienceline
Gizmodo Australia
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Shropshire pine marten sighting is the first in a century – News
Observer News
The to start with verified sighting of a wild pine marten in England for about a century has been recorded in a Shropshire woodland. An amateur photographer noticed the mammal, assumed to be extinct, in early July, and handed images to the Shropshire ...

Fund set up to help Shropshire pine marten research   shropshirestar.com
First Pine Marten Spotted In UK After 100 Years   Tech Times
Environment: Protecting pine martens in the north   the Irish News
Yahoo News
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This Cyborg needs only a bacterial brain to move and stalk prey
International Business Times UK
Future robots can function with a bacterial brain that helps control the device and renders it capable of higher order functions, shows a mathematical model developed by a Virginia Tech scientist. "Basically we were trying to find out from the ...
Scientists Develop Bacteria That Can Control Robots   World Report Now
AI Development: Bacteria That Can Manipulate Robot Unfurled   Times Gazette
Robots with Bacteria-Controlled Brains: Scientists Explore Synthetic Biology   Ledger Gazette
Apex Tribune
Vocal Republic
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Researchers Test Robots that they Believe are as Intelligent as Humans
NY City News
Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York are examining three robots to infer if they exhibit the quality of self-awareness. They did this via an experiment that tested if the robots had the power of reasoning and analysis, which ...
World's First, Robots That Exhibit Self-awareness Via Basic Logic Experiment   Echo Examiner
Scientists Discuss Current and Future AI Technology   Pioneer News
Robots are becoming self-aware   iFreePress.com (blog)
The Next Digit
Ledger Gazette
Telegraph.co.uk
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