Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
By ROB GRIFFITH 2010-09-08T11:35:10ZCHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) -- A strong aftershock rocked terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage following nearly 300 temblors in five days.... hosted.ap.org |
'Ghost particle'
UK-built detector installed at heart of Japanese neutrino experiment. bbc.co.uk |
Q & A: Training Flights for Bees
Researchers have described how worker bees make training flights to learn to navigate from hive to pollen and back. feeds.nytimes.com |
Warning on poor seabird breeding
Seabird breeding has been "terrible" in some northerly areas such as Orkney and Shetland, RSPB Scotland warns. bbc.co.uk |
[news] Climate change clues in the rough seas of the Southern Ocean
On 30th November 2010 scientists aboard the RRS James Cook will be leaving Punta Arenas, Chile to study the movement of water in the Southern Ocean — from the surface to the deep abyss. Dr Mike Meredith of the British Antarctic Survey and Dr Alberto Naveira Garabato of the UK’s National Oceanography Centre, Southampton will be leading an international team to study how different water ... antarctica.ac.uk |