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190-Million-Year-Old 'Sword Dragon' Found On Britain's Jurassic Coast
A skeleton found on Britain's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the seas, scientists said Friday.
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Iceland Plume Discovery Reveals Ancient Volcanic Funnels Across North Atlantic
Sixty million years ago, Iceland’s deep plume fueled massive eruptions across the North Atlantic. Cambridge scientists discovered hidden weak zones in Earth’s crust that funneled the plume’s heat, explaining volcanic fields like the Giant’s Causeway. These ancient scars still shape today’s earthquakes and geothermal energy across Britain ...
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Scientists Reconstruct Bust Of Woman From 10,500 Years Ago
Reborn via a close partnership between science and art, Mos'anne's bust was created at Belgium's Ghent University as part of a project to explore how the region's last hunter-gatherers lived during the Mesolithic era.
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AI Can't Be Patent 'Inventor', Says UK Supreme Court In Landmark Ruling
A US computer scientist on Wednesday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent rights.
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Europe's 'Largest Predatory Dinosaur' Found By UK Fossil Hunter
A giant crocodile-faced dinosaur, discovered on the Isle of Wight by one of Britain's best fossil hunters, was probably the largest predator ever to stalk Europe, scientists said on Thursday.
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A Green Milestone: UK Scientists Set Record In Fusion Energy Generation
Scientists in Britain announced Wednesday they had smashed a previous record for generating fusion energy, hailing it as a "milestone" on the path towards cheap, clean power and a cooler planet.
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New COVID-19 Variant Most Significant Yet Found, Says Britain
Britain said on Friday that a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa was considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found and so it needed to ascertain whether or not it made vaccines ineffective.
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Give The Dog A Phone: This Device Will Allow Pets To Call Their Owners
Lonely dogs could soon be able to call their absent owners using a new device invented by animal-tech scientists in Britain and Finland, they said Wednesday.
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UK Offers Booster Jabs To Over-40s; Second Dose To 16, 17-Year-Olds
Britain's booster programme for Covid-19 vaccinations is to be expanded to younger people after scientists gave the green light on Monday.
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The Climate Project That Changed How We Understand Extreme Weather
When a handful of scientists tried to publish rapid research into the role of climate change in record rainfall that lashed Britain in 2015, they were told their high-speed approach was "not science".
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Early Signs COVID-19 Vaccines May Not Stop Delta Spread, UK Warns
There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, scientists at Public Health England (PHE) said on Friday.
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New British Note Featuring World War 2 Codebreaker Alan Turing Enters Circulation
A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank of England first unveiled the design.
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Past Ice Melts May Have Caused Seas To Rise 10 Times Faster Than Today: Study
Ice sheet melting at the end of the last ice age may have caused sea levels to rise at 10 times the current rate, a study published Thursday by a team led by scientists from Britain's Durham University said.
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Why Scientists Think UK Variant of Coronavirus Could be Deadlier
The announcement that the coronavirus strain sweeping Britain could be more deadly as well as more transmissible has raised fresh concerns about the variant that has spread to dozens of countries.
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Astrazeneca To Test Combining COVID-19 Vaccine With Russian Shot
Britain's AstraZeneca said on Friday it would investigate combining its experimental COVID-19 vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine candidate, a move Russian scientists have suggested could sharply boost efficacy.
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190-Million-Year-Old 'Sword Dragon' Found On Britain's Jurassic Coast
A skeleton found on Britain's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the seas, scientists said Friday.
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Iceland Plume Discovery Reveals Ancient Volcanic Funnels Across North Atlantic
Sixty million years ago, Iceland’s deep plume fueled massive eruptions across the North Atlantic. Cambridge scientists discovered hidden weak zones in Earth’s crust that funneled the plume’s heat, explaining volcanic fields like the Giant’s Causeway. These ancient scars still shape today’s earthquakes and geothermal energy across Britain ...
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Scientists Reconstruct Bust Of Woman From 10,500 Years Ago
Reborn via a close partnership between science and art, Mos'anne's bust was created at Belgium's Ghent University as part of a project to explore how the region's last hunter-gatherers lived during the Mesolithic era.
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AI Can't Be Patent 'Inventor', Says UK Supreme Court In Landmark Ruling
A US computer scientist on Wednesday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent rights.
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Europe's 'Largest Predatory Dinosaur' Found By UK Fossil Hunter
A giant crocodile-faced dinosaur, discovered on the Isle of Wight by one of Britain's best fossil hunters, was probably the largest predator ever to stalk Europe, scientists said on Thursday.
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A Green Milestone: UK Scientists Set Record In Fusion Energy Generation
Scientists in Britain announced Wednesday they had smashed a previous record for generating fusion energy, hailing it as a "milestone" on the path towards cheap, clean power and a cooler planet.
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New COVID-19 Variant Most Significant Yet Found, Says Britain
Britain said on Friday that a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa was considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found and so it needed to ascertain whether or not it made vaccines ineffective.
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Give The Dog A Phone: This Device Will Allow Pets To Call Their Owners
Lonely dogs could soon be able to call their absent owners using a new device invented by animal-tech scientists in Britain and Finland, they said Wednesday.
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UK Offers Booster Jabs To Over-40s; Second Dose To 16, 17-Year-Olds
Britain's booster programme for Covid-19 vaccinations is to be expanded to younger people after scientists gave the green light on Monday.
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The Climate Project That Changed How We Understand Extreme Weather
When a handful of scientists tried to publish rapid research into the role of climate change in record rainfall that lashed Britain in 2015, they were told their high-speed approach was "not science".
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Early Signs COVID-19 Vaccines May Not Stop Delta Spread, UK Warns
There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, scientists at Public Health England (PHE) said on Friday.
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New British Note Featuring World War 2 Codebreaker Alan Turing Enters Circulation
A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank of England first unveiled the design.
-
Past Ice Melts May Have Caused Seas To Rise 10 Times Faster Than Today: Study
Ice sheet melting at the end of the last ice age may have caused sea levels to rise at 10 times the current rate, a study published Thursday by a team led by scientists from Britain's Durham University said.
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Why Scientists Think UK Variant of Coronavirus Could be Deadlier
The announcement that the coronavirus strain sweeping Britain could be more deadly as well as more transmissible has raised fresh concerns about the variant that has spread to dozens of countries.
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Astrazeneca To Test Combining COVID-19 Vaccine With Russian Shot
Britain's AstraZeneca said on Friday it would investigate combining its experimental COVID-19 vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine candidate, a move Russian scientists have suggested could sharply boost efficacy.
