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Attack of the killer shrimps
Photo:Heyrocker/Flickr
The story
It may have been killer piranhas hitting our cinema screens this summer but now something not quite as scary but potentially devastating to British wildlife has hit our water ways.
Dikerogammarus villosus is a tiny shrimp of between 3 and 30mm but has been given the moniker the killer shrimp because of its aggression and nasty habit of killing and maiming other small invertebrates which it often doesn’t eat. More
Hot news for chilli-heads
The story
Britain is home to a new world-record breaker.
The Infinity chilli developed by Fire Foods in Lincolnshire is the world’s hottest chilli More
Kill germs dead to stop the spread
The story
Now the new school year is in full swing how long will it be before the latest nasty pathogen sweeps through the corridors causing illness in both staff and students? Fingers crossed that the latest antibiotic resistant superbug decides not to further its education and stays out of schools. More
Seismic shocker
Image: Schwede66
The story
This photo shows some of the devastation caused by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit New Zealand’s South Island on September 4th. More
A home from home? Solar system discovered like our own
Credit: ESO/L Calcado
The story
Another space post from me this week – seems those astronomers are hard at work at the moment.
This story comes via the European southern Observatory (ESO), where astronomers have found a Solar System 127 light years away More
The incredible shrinking Moon
The story
Astronomers studying pictures from a NASA orbiter have announced that wrinkles on the surface of the Moon is evidence it is still geologically active and that it is not the dead, inactive lump of rock that we have previously thought. More
Plastic fantastic?
Credit: Recycled island
The story:
Netherlands-based firm WHIM Architecture has announced plans to take all of the plastic waste currently floating around in the Pacific Ocean and turn it into an island the size of Hawaii. More
What’s the beef? Is cloning cows cruel?
The 7,000 people who signed a petition against cloning certainly think so. This was delivered to 10 Downing Street on Friday by 35 activists from Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) and was in response to the recent news that cloned cows have entered the British food system. More
Can you think of anything more exciting than a red-fleshed apple?
Yes – okay, so can I, but fruit enthusiasts across the world are getting quite hot under the collar at the thought of tasting this new variety of apple – the Redlove. More