Senior UK medic confident "R" contagion number below 1 across country

‘Can’t afford to go back, & can’t afford to stay in UK’ - Times of India

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The sudden lockdown announcement, an uncertain future, concern for family pushed him to walk to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh hundreds of kilometres away

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UK government's fracking 'ban' has a convenient loophole  The Conversation UK

Leading scientists set out resource challenge of meeting net zero emissions in the UK by 2050  The Natural History Museum

Fracking in the UK was doomed a decade ago – Tories have wasted precious time on a fossil fuel fantasy  The Conversation UK

True North to align with Magnetic North at Greenwich for first time in 360 years  Telegraph.co.uk

Coronavirus shock: Pandemic lockdowns have changed how the planet SOUNDS and vibrates  Express.co.uk

Impacts on groundwater quality from abandoned hydrocarbon wells  GOV.UK

UK's only active fracking site near Blackpool records largest ever earth tremor as homeowners complain of windows shaking  iNews

Viewpoint: UK government should pump money into computers for science  Science Business

Tsunami warning: Britain could be hit by 30m wave - Professor warns of hazards to Britain  Express.co.uk

UK Geothermal: boiling beneath the surface?  Power Technology

Fracking: UK shale gas reserves 'significantly lower than previous estimates'  Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy

Surrey named as one of the UK's earthquake hotspots  Surrey Live

Ancient underwater landslides help Brit scientists predict tsunamis  Metro.co.uk

Why the UK's streets have turned silent during coronavirus lockdown  Express.co.uk

UK sees notable reduction in seismic noise caused by human activity – experts  Aberdeen Evening Express

Dramatic Fossil Shows a Squid-Like Creature Crushing a Fish in Its Jaws  Gizmodo UK

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The male’s fluke design helps it overcome the drag caused by their long tusks, the scientists determined. The female’s fluke design gives them increased speed for diving while foraging.

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Aukeran is a professional dance troupe from Basque country founded in 1997 by Edu Muruamendiaraz. The beautiful and graceful professional dancers have backgrounds in both […]

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UK-based banks have received around 100,000 applications in a single day after The Bounce Back Loans scheme for small businesses was released.

Recipients of the 10th annual Communication Awards were announced today by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine.

The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident should serve as a wake-up call to nuclear plant operators and regulators on the critical importance of measuring, maintaining, and restoring cooling in spent fuel pools during severe accidents and terrorist attacks, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Some Marine and Coastal have been altered over long periods of time, resulting in a loss of knowledge of their true healthy state, new research suggests. In this UK study, researchers used historical records, samples of sediment and present-day diving surveys to reconstruct the true history of shellfish beds on the east coast of Scotland.

The development of Green Infrastructure (GI) in a UK case study has been researched in a recent study. Some issues caused by an imbalance in stakeholder power and conflicting roles played by major stakeholders were identified with the project. Stakeholder participation is central to the concept of GI and the research reiterates the importance for those implementing GI to ensure that participation is effective and balanced.

Exposure to environmental noise levels above recommended levels results in 1169 cases of dementia, 788 strokes and 542 heart attacks every year in the UK alone, new research suggests. Valuing a year of healthy life at £60 000 (€74 002) means that these health impacts together have a ‘cost’ of £1.09 billion (€1.34 billion), the study’s authors conclude.

The Fukushima accident in Japan has sparked international debate on nuclear energy. A new study has identified five factors which may have influenced the contrasting energy policy responses to the incident in the UK and Germany. Following the disaster, the UK is continuing to back nuclear power generation, whilst Germany is withdrawing support.