2015年8月16日 星期日

2015-08-17 U.K. Science


The Guardian
   
Owls use 'stealth technology' to help capture prey   
The Guardian
Owls are equipped with highly developed stealth technology that helps them swoop on prey undetected, a study has shown. The nocturnal hunters have feathers that absorb aerodynamic sound and suppress the vibrations that occur when a bird beats its ...

Incredible extent of owls' stealth uncovered by study   Irish Examiner
The owl is 'king of stealth' thanks to its sound-absorbing feathers   Daily Mail

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NDTV
   
Cambrdge academic warns climate change will cause global food shortage   
TV Newsroom
Industry experts from United States and UK have warned that threat of more frequent and severe food shortages are posed by extreme weather events like intense storms, droughts and heat waves. If climate change continues at its current rate, major food ...

Food Shortages Expected by 2040 Due to Climate Change   Pioneer News
Prepare: Experts Warns About Expected Food Shortages By 2040   Times Gazette
Global warming increases 'food shocks' threat   BBC News

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BizTek Mojo
   
Global Warming Could Make Spain and Italy Too Hot to Comfortably Visit in Summers   
BizTek Mojo
A new EU-funded study has warned that climate change and global warming could make southern European countries like Italy and Spain so hot by the year 2100 that hardly traveler would prefer to visit these countries for a leisure trip. The study titled ...
Climate Change Could Spell Disaster For Tourist Hotspots In The Mediterranean   Tech Times
Shock EU Report: Mediterranean to Become Burning Hell by 2100   Breitbart News
Spain, other Mediterranean countries may lose their allure as holiday destinations   Techie News
The Hullabaloo Online   
The Independent   
The Guardian   
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The Hullabaloo Online
   
Man not the weather killed off woolly rhinos and armadillos, new research reveals   
The Hullabaloo Online
New research claims to prove that early man was the main reason most of the largest mammals ever to roam the Earth became extinct. Scientists claim the cutting edge analysis ends debate over how ancient animals including the woolly rhino and giant ...

Humans responsible for extinction of ancient animals, study claims   Daily Times
New Study: Climate Change Did Not Kill The Woolly Mammoth   The Inquisitr
Humans definitely killed off woolly mammoths, giant armadillo and sabretooth ...   The Independent
The Week Magazine   
Dispatch Times   
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Scottish Daily Record
   
Perthshire mountain Schiehallion could get galactic namesake thanks to planet ...   
Scottish Daily Record
A Perthshire mountain could soon have a galactic namesake after being shortlisted in a competition for distant planets. Schiehallion has been put forward by Ayrshire Astronomical Society as the new name for upsilon Andromedae d. The planet is in ...
Want to Name an Alien World? Now's Your Chance   From Quarks to Quasars
A planet could be named after famous Scottish Munro: Reports   NYC Today
Want To Name A Planet?   American Live Wire
KRWG News22   
Junior College   
Science Recorder   
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BBC News
   
Bug-killing book pages clean murky drinking water   
BBC News
A book with pages that can be torn out to filter drinking water has proved effective in its first field trials. The "drinkable book" combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. Its pages contain ...
This book can make filthy water drinkable   Press TV
Could This ''Drinkable Book'' Provide Clean Water to the Developing World?   The Hullabaloo Online
'The Drinkable book' packs special paper that can purify drinking water   Techie News
Weird Asia News   
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The Independent
   
Sea turtle winces in pain as a straw is removed from its nose in video   
The Independent
A video showing the long, painful removal of a straw from the bleeding nostril of a sea turtle has been posted online to highlight the environmental danger posed by plastic litter. The excruciating eight-minute video shows the male Olive Ridley turtle ...
Good Samaritans Assist Sea Turtle With Plastic Straw Stuck In Nose   PPP Focus.com
Researchers remove a plastic straw from the nose of a sea turtle   The West Australian
You may swear off straws after seeing this poor sea turtle   Mashable
Techie News   
Mirror.co.uk   
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Deccan Chronicle
   
Inflatable 'space elevator' invented   
New Zealand Herald
A Canadian firm has been granted a patent for a 'space elevator' which will shoot cargo 20km into the stratosphere from where it can be launched more easily. Photo / iStock / Getty Images. It is an idea that every small child has had at some point ...
Inflatable 'space elevator' invented by scientists   Telegraph.co.uk
You could soon travel into space via this space elevator – and it would be 20 ...   City A.M.
Inflatable space elevator 20 times taller than Burj Khalifa planned by ...   The Hullabaloo Online
Economic Times   
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The Inquisitr
   
Anti-Science Extremists' War On Wikipedia, New Study Examines   
The Inquisitr
Anti-science extremists have declared war on Wikipedia. While Wikipedia is usually a reliable source for scientific information these days, a new study has found that anti-science zealots have been conducting a terrorist campaign on controversial ...
Anti-Science Trolls are Starting "Edit Wars" on Wikipedia   Gizmodo
Wikipedia Unreliable On Scientific Topics Like Global Warming, Acid rain   Focus News
Wikipedia can be misleading, says study   Bangladesh News 24 hours
The Hullabaloo Online   
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Newsweek
   
500-Year-Old Chinese Cave Writings Could Predict Droughts   
Newsweek
Researchers have used centuries-old Chinese cave inscriptions and stalagmite analyses to predict how much rain a region will get in the future. L. Tan. Filed Under: Tech & Science. Near the Hanjiang River in central China, amid the lush, pine-covered ...

Unique inscriptions in Chinese cave reveals record of ancient droughts   The Hullabaloo Online
The Writing's on the Wall: Graffiti Discovered in Chinese Cave Tells Story of ...   Clapway
Cave wall depicts 500-year-old climate change   Irish Examiner
Techie News   
Tech Times   
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