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Wednesday, 9 October 2013

I'm getting all scientific


cience news.

Following the summer heatwave and mild autumn, Britain has seen a huge influx of exotic moths and butterflies from North Africa and the Continent.

I wonder if they can carry disease.

 

 Scientists will soon be able to design and print simple organisms using biological 3D printers says J. Craig Venter, the scientist who led the private-sector's mapping of the human genome.

 

A rare egg of an endangered bird from India has been discovered at the University of Aberdeen, and it is hoped it could help save the species.

“Oh, so let me get this right, a rare egg just happens to be found? What, in the fridge?”

 

Hidden cameras have captured images of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino on the Indonesian part of Borneo Island, where it was thought to have long ago died out, according to the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF).

“Great.

 

Now, the Japanese town Taiji has unveiled controversial new plans to open a marine park where visitors can swim with dolphins - while the annual hunt of the animals continues in a nearby bay.

“How can anyone with a heart kill these beautiful creatures?

 

Pollution with plastic waste is not confined to the oceans but poses a growing threat to lakes as well. That is the view of researchers who found significant concentrations of the substance in Italy's Lake Garda.

“Such a shame. As I visited that place and to me it is so beautiful.

 

 

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