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Huge declines in woodland birds

date: 2009-06-30 10:51:48 | Huge, declines, woodland, birds

The numbers of 18 woodland bird species including nightingales have plummeted, according to a 30-year survey.

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Huge sperm of ancient crustaceans

date: 2009-06-18 18:52:56 |

Limits of quantum world stretched

date: 2010-03-17 19:16:59

Scientists have created the largest-ever "quantum state", a result that has implications for quantum physics and computing.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Monkeys learn more from females

date: 2010-03-17 10:56:21

Groups of monkeys pay more attention to females than to males when learning a task, say scientists.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Honeybee mobs overpower hornets

date: 2009-07-03 15:48:02

Bees smother hornets in a "bee ball" that kills the giant predators with heat and carbon dioxide.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

No safe haven for rarest antelope

date: 2009-07-03 14:40:19

Hopes are dashed that some of the few remaining hirola antelope have managed to colonise new, safer territory.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Evolution and climate change: Survival of the less fit

date: 2009-07-03 04:53:46

The mystery of Scotland’s shrinking sheep may have been solvedON THE remote island of Hirta, in the St Kilda archipelago beyond the Outer Hebrides, live hundreds of wild Soay sheep. Over the past 20 years biologists studying this primitive ...

source: www.economist.com


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The beauty of wind power

date: 2010-03-11 12:00:00

A collection of images that show the beauty of wind power

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Japan protest over tuna ban plan

date: 2010-03-11 10:46:45

Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Metabolic syndrome: A game of consequences?

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:54

One of the scourges of modern life may have been profoundly misunderstoodBEING fat is bad for you. On that, almost everyone agrees. It is just possible, though, that almost everyone is wrong. In fact, getting fat may be ...

source: www.economist.com

Advances in pain relief: Agony column

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:54

Body, mind and genes all play a role in influencing the perception of painPAIN, unfortunately, is a horrible necessity of life. It protects people by alerting them to things that might injure them. But some long-term ...

source: www.economist.com

Connecting to the brain: Thinking about it

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:54

Advances in brain-to-machine connectionsTHE possibility of operating a machine using thought control has long fascinated researchers. It would be the ultimate video-game controller, for one thing. On a more practical ...

source: www.economist.com

Analysing the web: Blog mining

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:54

Scouring blogs for useful information“I NOTICED that the doormat was at a slightly crooked angle. I reached down and moved the mat back into its correct place.” Thus began a recent entry on The dullest blog ...

source: www.economist.com

EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban

date: 2010-03-10 20:57:43

EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

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