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2008-01-22 04:32 pm

BBC Science & Nature Newsletter - 15 January 2008

Newsletter
15 January 2008
http://bbc.co.uk/sn
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2007-12-23 03:23 pm
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2007-03-22 04:50 pm
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2006-11-12 01:15 am
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Cometh the hour, cometh the plane

The embedded engines of the futuristic SAX-40 aeroplane design hark back to the very first jet airliner, the 1950s British De Havilland Comet.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** High hopes **
** Trail blazing **
** Newsletter changes **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-11-09 03:37 pm

White Poppies...?

This was on the radio this morning, and it made me think... Personally, I will still wear red because I was brought up believing that the red symbolised the blood shed, and I can't turn my back on that.


Red poppy 'less Christian' claim
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/history/poppy.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/closeup/qa_poppies.shtml
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2006-11-03 09:15 pm

The journey continues

If you have enough patience, you can film the moment when a squabble breaks out in an Antarctic penguin colony and they collectively 'exhale' warm air.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Planet Earth **
** Planet Earth Explorer **
** Best foot forward **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-10-24 10:04 pm

The brain's behind...

Some scientists believe computers will be more intelligent than humans within 25 years or so.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Where computers go next **
** Technological evolution **
** Devon's king fisher **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-10-05 09:40 pm
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2006-10-05 09:38 pm
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Winging your way

A flock of starlings preparing to roost could have over a million birds in it.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Your Autumn **
** Nobel Prizes **
** Horizon **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-10-02 08:26 pm
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Shell sufficient

Galapagos giant tortoises can store enough fat in their 250kg bodies to live for a year without eating anything.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Galapagos **
** Autumnwatch **
** Horizon **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-09-23 01:11 pm

Humanity's infancy

The latest fossil find of a human ancestor had a brain volume less than one quarter that of a full-grown modern human.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Brain gain **
** Woodwork**
** In all honesty **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-09-15 09:00 pm
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In hot water

The major 1997-8 El Nino climate event in the Pacific Ocean is blamed for the deaths of 2,000 people.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** El Nino 2007 **
** Countryfile photo competition **
** Going dishy **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-09-11 03:05 pm
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Altitude fitness

Your lungs usually function at about 5% of their maximum capacity for oxygen absorption.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Higher education **
** Big Cat's Little Diary **
** Crashing on cue **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-09-01 07:24 am

Going, going, gone

Pulsars are super-dense stars, cramming as much mass as our Sun has into a volume just 10km or so in diameter.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Supernovae **
** Flying ants **
** Festival of Science 2006 **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-08-11 03:26 pm

Amateur science; dramatic results

The world record for spotting supernovae is held by an amateur astronomer from Suffolk.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Trumpeting voluntaries **
** Lend an ear **
** A night shower **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-08-04 01:17 am
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Bees' needs

A bumblebee has to warm its body up to 30 degrees C before it can fly.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Maximum flower power **
** Breathing Places **
** Memory masters **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-07-06 10:59 pm

Cue the cats

A leopard can haul prey three times its own weight up a tree to avoid scavengers.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Big Cat Diary **
** A climate of uncertainty **
** Comfortably numb **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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2006-07-04 08:00 pm
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Through hell to low water

The world's saltiest lake - Lake Asal in Ethiopia - is ten times as salty as seawater.
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In this week's Science & Nature newsletter

** Salt and source **
** Shape shifting **
** Big Cat Week **
** TV & Radio choices this week **

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