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Category: Science/Nature
Bluetongue virus warning as midges blown into UK
[ad_1] Midges blown from northern Europe could spread a serious virus across farms in England, experts warn. [ad_2] Source link
Tourist influx turns Lake Windermere green, researchers say
[ad_1] Matt Staniek from the Save Windermere campaign, says treated sewage from places like the Langdale Wastewater Treatment Plant are part of the problem. It has a permit to emit more than 1m litres a day of treated effluent into the River Brathay, which feeds into Lake Windermere. There are other similar outflows around the...
Starliner: Nasa to fly new craft to space station
[ad_1] Two Nasa astronauts are due to set off to the International Space Station in a new spacecraft in the early hours of Tuesday morning UK time. [ad_2] Source link
Squirrels may have given medieval Britons leprosy
[ad_1] It’s the first time a medieval animal has been identified as a host for the disease. [ad_2] Source link
Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant
[ad_1] It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound. [ad_2] Source link
Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed
[ad_1] Scientists build a 3D model of one of our evolutionary cousins from the pieces of a shattered skull. [ad_2] Source link
Scientists work to make healthier white bread
[ad_1] The research aimed at lovers of white bread has been funded by the government to improve the health benefits of UK food. [ad_2] Source link
Plastic-eating bacteria can help waste self-destruct
[ad_1] Scientists make a self-destructing plastic using plastic-eating bacteria in a sci-fi like development. [ad_2] Source link
Clean Water Alliance: Sports urge government water pollution action
[ad_1] The Alliance wants regulators to be funded adequately to monitor, investigate and hold polluters to account, while it is also asking for accurate access to real-time water quality information all year round. It also wants a change from ‘bathing waters’ to ‘recreation waters’ within government policy to recognise the wide range of activities that...