August 2008
22 posts
Arctic ice ‘is at tipping point’
– Arctic ice ‘is at tipping point’ - BBC NEWS
This is your chance to join in a completely peaceful protest to celebrate the...
– The Climate Rush - Monday 13th October
Attacks in the wild are under way against Linux systems with compromised SSH...
– CERT: Linux servers under ‘Phalanx’ attack | The Register
Bats are at risk from wind turbines, researchers have found, because the...
– Wind farms put pressure on bats - BBC NEWS
Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way?...
– Cattle shown to align north-south - BBC NEWS
Magpies can recognise themselves in a mirror, scientists have found - the first...
– Magpie can ‘recognise reflection’ - BBC NEWS
Advocates of open source software have hailed a court ruling protecting its use...
– Legal milestone for open source - BBC NEWS
I am responsible for reading most of the help requests sent to Slashdot. Most of...
– idle.slashdot.org
Fifty people have been arrested during a day of action at Kingsnorth power...
– Arrests in power station protest - BBC NEWS
A new class of cosmic object has been found by a Dutch schoolteacher, through a...
– Teacher finds new cosmic object - BBC NEWS
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop ISP’s from...
– Petition to: Stop ISP’s from breaching customers privacy via advertising technologies.
A “gravity tractor” could deflect an Earth-threatening asteroid if...
– ‘Gravity tractor’ could deflect asteroids - space - 28 July 2008 - New Scientist Space
China’s rapid investment in low carbon technologies has catapulted the...
– China’s ‘rapid renewables surge’ - BBC NEWS
The UK has been living under a delusion over its claim to be cutting greenhouse...
– UK in ‘delusion’ over emissions - BBC NEWS