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Dorset Wildlife Trust said visitors to Brownsea Island were using apps to imitate nightjar calls to entice birds so they could photograph them. The RSPB [Royal Society for the Protection of Birds] said birds could be diverted from vital tasks, and said people might be ‘devastated’ if they realized.
If we are to continue to live with birds about us we need bird poems as much as the RSPB [Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]
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Winner: Alexander Orlov
OrlovAssistant professorAlexander Orlov of Smithtown has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in Britain for his "outstanding contributions to the advancement and application of chemical science," the organization said. Orlov is an assistant Read more »
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Seven days: 14–20 June 2013
Events | Policy | People | Research | Facilities | Funding | Trend watch | Coming up EVENTS G8 science summit Five years since their last meeting, science ministers from the G8 countries met last week at the Royal Society in London, for the first time al 12:30 PM from Nature.com Read more »
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Atomic bomb factory recognised in health and safety awards
Picture uploaded onto his personal Instagram account this afternoon shows him giving the camera the thumbs up Hottie Henry Cavill is sincere and likeable in the title role, alongside a superb line-up of actors including Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Kevin Cost 10:12 AM from Get Reading Read more »
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Clapping Contagion: Applause Spreads Like a Disease
Applause spreads like a disease, according to research published June 18, 2013 in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. CREDIT: Pressmaster, Shutterstock How do you decide when to start clapping after a virtuoso performance? And when do you stop? " 6/18/13 from LiveScience.com Read more »
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Wireless research panel criticized for chair’s potential conflict-of-interest
The Royal Society of Canada will reconsider its decision to appoint a University of Ottawa professor and former Health Canada employee to chair a wireless research panel due to a potential conflict-of-interest, the Canadian Medical Association Journal sa 6/18/13 from Canoe Read more »
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I believe in Science but please dont be dull @The Royal Society
The Royal Society describes itself as ‘a Fellowship of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence’. So going to a RS event ‘The post-2015 development agenda: what do civil society and policymakers wan from Humanitarian News Read more »
