2015年8月14日 星期五

2015-08-15 U.K. Science


The Independent
   
Humans definitely killed off woolly mammoths, giant armadillo and sabretooth ...   
The Independent
Scientists can now say definitively that humans are responsible for the death of ancient megafauna like the sabretooth tiger, the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhino and the giant armadillo, according to new research. Researchers have long argued about ...

Scientists Are Definitely Sure Mankind Is to Blame for Mammoths and Giant ...   RYOT
Woolly Mammoths And Other Ancient Beasts Were Wiped Out By Humans   Headlines & Global News
What drove those giant ancient mammals to extinction? Humans.   The Hindu
West Texas News   
The Budapest Report   
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The Guardian
   
Climate Change Authority head says Coalition's $600bn carbon bill claim 'weird'   
The Guardian
Environment minister Greg Hunt claims the Climate Change Authority's modelling shows 'the cumulative hit to GDP from Labor's carbon tax would be more than $600bn by 2030'. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP. Lenore Taylor Political editor. @lenoretaylor.
Emission target 'near the bottom'   The Australian
Govt stands by emissions reduction target   Sky News Australia
Climate Change Authority says Australia not doing its fair share   ABC Online
Sydney Morning Herald   
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The Nation
   
Food shocks likely due to extreme weather   
The Nation
Extreme weather such as intense storms, droughts and heatwaves will cause more frequent and severe food shortages as the global climate and food supply systems change, British and American experts warned on Friday. The pressure on the world's food ...

Extreme weather poses risk of more food shortages, civil unrest   Daily Times
Risk of food shortages to rise with climate change   CBS News
Global warming increases 'food shocks' threat   BBC News
Reuters   
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KRWG News22
   
Here's Your First Opportunity to Officially Name an Alien Planet: Lets Find A Name   
KRWG News22
Although people have been naming celestial objects for millennia, the global Astronomical Union (IAU) is the authority responsible for assigning official names to celestial bodies. Editor : Sophia Clarke Category : SCIENCE14 August 2015 / Friday 15:39 ...
Want to name a planet?   Metro
A planet could be named after famous Scottish Munro: Reports   NYC Today
Perthshire mountain Schiehallion could get galactic namesake thanks to planet ...   Scottish Daily Record
Telegraph.co.uk   
Scientific Computing   
Junior College   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Volcano erupts in Ecuador for the first time in 140 years   
Telegraph.co.uk
A volcano in Ecuador that has not erupted in nearly 140 years belched a column of ash eight kilometres high on Friday, prompting officials to raise the alert level. In addition to the five-mile plume, several explosions erupted in the course of the day ...
One of the world's most dangerous volcanos erupts back into life   TVNZ
Live: Ecuador on Alert as Cotopaxi Volcano Erupts after Over 70 Years [Photos ...   International Business Times, India Edition
Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano spews ash just south of Quito   TV Newsroom
Dispatch Times   
TravelMole   
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Daily Mail
   
Warming threatens tourism in Spain, Italy   
Times of India
The tourism industry in southern European, countries like Spain and Italy, could be under threat due to climatic change, an European Union report has warned. In a study, entitled 'Time is of the essence: adaptation of tourism demand to climate change ...
Climate change will make the Mediterranean too hot for British holidaymakers ...   Daily Mail
Costa's last stand: climate change could see tourists swap the Med for the Baltics   The Guardian
Climate change will 'stop Britons holidaying in the Med', says shock new EU ...   Express.co.uk
Famagusta Gazette   
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HEXUS
   
Major step forward in quantum computing taken with optical chip   
HEXUS
Researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in Japan have developed an optical chip that "can process photons in an infinite number of ways". Thanks to this capability it is a possible contender to ...
New optical chip lights up the race for quantum computer   University of Bristol
New Optical Chip Opens Doors for Quantum Computing   Scicasts (press release) (blog)
The Toil Toward Quantum Computers Just Turned Into a Sprint   Hacked
Photonics.com   
Techie News   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Plastic straw removed from turtle's nose by marine biologists in heartbreaking ...   
Telegraph.co.uk
A group of marine biologists in Costa Rica were horrified to discover an endangered sea turtle with a 10-12 cm plastic straw lodged in its nostril. Christine Figgener, a field biologist with a research interest in conservation filmed the excrutiating 8 ...
VIDEO: Good Samaritans Assist Sea Turtle With Plastic Straw Stuck In Nose   SpaceCoastDaily.com
Video of a turtle having a drinking straw pulled from its nose in Costa Rica   Daily Mail
Sea turtle found with 12cm straw in its nose off the coast of Costa Rica   Metro
Inside Costa Rica   
9news.com.au   
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BBC News
   
Media caption Meridian line 'inaccuracy' explained   
BBC News
Researchers have revealed how the Prime Meridian line came to be placed about 100 metres away from the true divide between east and west. It was worked out in the 1980s using GPS technology that the famous landmark at Greenwich was in the wrong ...

Greenwich Royal Observatory: How the Prime Meridian line is actually 100 ...   The Independent
Scientists Explain Why Greenwich Prime Meridian Moved   Sci-News.com

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Shazam for birds: new app Warblr can identify songs of 220 British birds   
Telegraph.co.uk
A new app that can identify the songs of 220 British birds is launched today. Warblr, has been developed by two scientists, Florence Wilkinson and Dan Stowell, using a grant from Queen Mary University of London's Innovation Fund. The app which costs ...


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