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06/01/20
« on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 02:05:27 »
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Ferry ran on rocks, breached, Greece

Ferry PROTEUS ran on rocks of a small island Daskalonisi in Skiathos harbor, Skiathos island in the northwest Aegean Sea, in the afternoon Jan 5, with 45 passengers on board, shortly after leaving Skiathos. Ship’s hull was breached, water ingress reported. Understood passengers and crew are in no danger, passengers were to be transferred back to Skiathos by patrol/SAR boats.
http://maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/05/ferry-ran-on-rocks-breached-greece/

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #1 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 02:07:41 »
Light snowfall up on Aenos.

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #2 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 02:17:11 »
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Rewilding the UK: movement aims to tackle climate change – by reintroducing bears, wolves and eagles into Britain
Restoring vast tracts of land to nature would help reduce carbon emissions and allow long-gone species to return – but not everyone supports ambitious proposals

Professor Alastair Driver looks out across Burbage Moor in the Peak District and imagines this brown and bracken-covered landscape in 25 years’ time. “Beavers, hen harriers, golden eagles,” he says. “There’s no reason we shouldn’t see them here. Wildcat too, in small numbers. How special to come here and experience that: a beaver chugging across a brook or an eagle overhead. Wonderful.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/rewilding-britain-restoring-nature-climate-emergency-bears-wolves-eagles-beavers-in-uk-global-a9263906.html

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #3 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 10:05:21 »
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Scientists Uncover a Never-Before-Seen Type of Signal Occurring in The Human Brain

Researchers from institutes in Germany and Greece uncovered a mechanism in the brain's outer cortical cells that produces a novel 'graded' signal all on its own, one that could provide individual neurons with another way to carry out their logical functions.
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-newly-discovered-signal-in-neurons-hints-at-the-power-of-the-human-brain

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #4 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 10:09:53 »
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Helen Sharman: 'Aliens exist and could be here on Earth'

Aliens exist and it is possible they are among us on Earth, the first Briton to go into space has said.

Dr Helen Sharman told the Observer Magazine that extra terrestrial life is bound to be somewhere in the universe.

"Aliens exist, there's no two ways about it," she said, adding that "there must be all sorts of different forms of life" among the billions of stars.

Dr Sharman, 56, made history when she travelled to the Soviet space station Mir in May 1991.

The chemist, who now works at Imperial College, London, added that although aliens may not be made up of carbon and nitrogen like humans "it's possible they're here right now and we simply can't see them".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51003374

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #5 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 10:14:19 »
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Test using smartphone camera can diagnose UTIs in 25 minutes
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-01-06/test-using-smartphone-camera-can-diagnose-utis-in-25-minutes/

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #6 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 16:35:27 »
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Gale-force winds keep ferries moored as cold front sweeps in, bringing snow

Strong winds reaching speeds of 11 Beaufort in parts of the Aegean prevented ferry boats from sailing from the capital’s ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio on Monday morning and have even affected shorter routes to the Saronic Gulf island of Salamina, between the eastern port of Volos and the Sporades, and even the [mainland] Igoumenitsa-Lefkimi [Corfu] service in the Ionian Sea.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/248142/article/ekathimerini/news/gale-force-winds-keep-ferries-moored-as-cold-front-sweeps-in-bringing-snow

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #7 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 16:39:09 »
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Ferry ticket price hike on the horizon

Ferry companies are preparing to raise ticket prices this year following their new obligation to use types of fuel with a lower sulfur content than previously (down from 3.5 percent to 0.5 percent).

The new International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulation, which is aimed at reducing air pollution and came into force last Wednesday, will raise operating costs by 25 percent, according to coastal shipping firms, which do not rule out an imminent increase of 7 to 10 percent in ticket prices.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/248125/article/ekathimerini/business/ferry-ticket-price-hike-on-the-horizon

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #8 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 16:43:37 »
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CES 2020: Restaurant cat robot meows at dining customers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51003084

Hm, not sure what it resembles but doesn't look much like a cat

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #9 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 16:46:23 »
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Top UK bosses earn average worker's yearly salary in just three days
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-01-06/top-uk-bosses-earn-average-worker-s-yearly-salary-in-just-three-days/

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #10 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 22:19:11 »
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Nasa could find alien planets that host life after new oxygen breakthrough
New technique could allow scientists to find out whether distant planets are 'alive'
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/aliens-nasa-extraterrestrial-oxygen-planet-james-webb-telescope-a9272796.html

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #11 on: Monday, 06 January, 2020 @ 22:25:10 »
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Dog tied to heavy rock and thrown into river

A 31-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty offences, after a dog was found drowning in the River Trent.

Police say the dog was thrown into the River Trent in Nottingham, with a carrier bag containing a large rock tied to her lead.
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2020-01-06/dog-tied-to-heavy-rock-and-thrown-into-river/

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday, 07 January, 2020 @ 11:05:13 »
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CES 2020: Restaurant cat robot meows at dining customers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51003084

Hm, not sure what it resembles but doesn't look much like a cat

 :oki:
It would definitely put me off my tea! Bonkers!  :bleh:

Tony

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday, 07 January, 2020 @ 16:34:18 »
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CES 2020: Restaurant cat robot meows at dining customers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51003084

Hm, not sure what it resembles but doesn't look much like a cat

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"Let's sit down and have a nice cup of tea.  Shall I purr, or will you?"  ;)

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Re: 06/01/20
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday, 07 January, 2020 @ 16:40:43 »
As the panto season finishes I guess next year it's Puss in Bots.............. :dunno: