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Showing posts with label a new world. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

SCIENCE TODAY: BRAIN'S ATLAS OF WORDS REVEALED


BrainImage copyrightAlexander Huth

Scientists in the US have mapped out how the brain organises language.

Monday, April 25, 2016

TECH NEWS: EE TO IMPROVE 4G AND RELOCATE CUSTOMER SERVICES

woman holding smartphoneImage copyrightThinkstock
Mobile phone operator EE is aiming to bring 4G to 95% of the UK landmass by 2020 as well as relocating its customer services to the UK and Ireland.

Friday, April 22, 2016

TECH TODAY: VR HEADSET SHIPMENTS 'TO BOOM' IN 2016

Screenless VR usersImage copyrightReuters
Image captionScreenless VR systems that use a smartphone as a display would prove most popular, said IDC
More than nine million virtual reality (VR) headsets will be shipped in 2016, suggests research by analyst firm IDC.

SCIENCE TODAY: SEED CLUE TO HOW BIRDS SURVIVED MASS EXTINCTION


Some groups of beaked birds may have been able to survive the extinctionImage copyrightDanielle Dufault
Image captionSome groups of beaked birds may have been able to survive the extinction

Modern birds owe their survival to ancestors who were able to peck on seeds after the meteor that wiped out most dinosaurs, say scientists.

A NEW WORLD: HAPPY EARTH DAY: HISTORY


Each year, Earth Day—April 22—marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

SCIENCE TODAY: EVOLUTION IN ACTION DETECTED IN DARWIN'S FINCHES

The medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) diverged in beak size from the large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) on Daphne Major Island, Galápagos following a severe drought.
Credit: Copyright Peter R. Grant

Monday, April 18, 2016

Sunday, April 17, 2016

THE EARTH: ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE: 233 PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD


Media captionAmateur video shows the moment the earthquake struck
Rescue efforts are under way in Ecuador after the country suffered its worst earthquake in decades, with at least 233 people confirmed dead.

Thursday, January 21, 2016