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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