Improving Bee Biodiversity
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online With beekeepers around the world still reporting a high rate of colony collapse, a new study from the University of Leeds comes as an encouraging sign for those worried about the level of bee...
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Katherine Legge to Carry Girl Scout Logo on Helmet INDIANAPOLIS, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Indianapolis 500 driver Katherine Legge will honor millions of Girl Scouts by wearing the Girl Scout logo on her helmet this Sunday when she competes for the second time in the greatest spectacle in motorsports. The first woman to win a major open-wheel race in North America, Legge attributes much of her success to the confidence and character she developed while growing up in...
LONDON, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- - Record-breaking weekend about to hit UK - 44% increase in stag & hen parties - 1.3 million additional pints consumed over the weekend - Night clubs, organised activities, bars and strip clubs thrive - Over GBP18m spent on pre-wedding partying Biggest weekend ever! The UK braces itself for three days of revelry as record numbers of stags and hens get set to descend. More than...
LONDON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After 3 hugely successful womenswear collaborations, River Island's Design Forum initiative sets it sights on menswear talent, this time handing the reigns over to British Designer T. Lipop for Autumn/Winter 2013. The 16 piece collection, which will include men's t-shirts [http://www.riverisland.com/men/t-shirts--vests ], trousers and men's jackets [http://www.riverisland.com/men/coats--jackets ], will be available to buy in...
Richard Branson, Olivia Wilde and Bono join Water.org Co-founder Matt Damon to protest lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation for 2.5 billion people LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Richard Branson, Olivia Wilde and Bono are the most recent set of celebrities to publicly declare their support for Matt Damon's Toilet Strike in a PSA, released today. In doing so, they announced their protest of the global water crisis and pledged "...not to go to the...
BARROWFORD, England, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of restoration experts is currently hard at work salvaging a unique World War II aircraft from the floor of the English Channel. Using cutting edge restoration techniques within a purpose-built polytunnel from First Tunnels [http://www.firsttunnels.co.uk ], the team hopes to have the rare Dornier 17 ready for exhibition within two years. British television viewers may have enjoyed a BBC News 24 documentary aired...
NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a joint effort to safeguard and bolster the Caribbean region's tourism-dependent economy, fifteen Caribbean governments and seventeen corporations met on Necker Island, home of Sir Richard Branson, in the British Virgin Islands this weekend and committed approximately $64 million USD to preserve and protect the region's marine and coastal environment, and accelerate efforts to transition to renewable...
LONDON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A ground breaking global competition to bring a high-growth technology company to London with GBP1 million of investment has been launched today at London's Digital Shoreditch 2013 festival. The Million Pound Startup aims to showcase London as a prime location for building global digital and technology businesses. Today the official start of the global competition went live at http://www.millionpoundstartup.com. The competition is...
The study presents a mixed picture of cloud services in UK schools: while a majority of schools expect to adopt such services, school staff are deeply concerned by the threat to student privacy posed by data mining of student email and online documents for profit by cloud providers LONDON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SafeGov.org, in partnership with the Ponemon Institute, today released the results of a survey of UK schools designed to measure the views of school staff on the...
Leading international call provider, Localphone, is saving customers up to 83 percent in the Incoming Numbers sale. Sheffield, United Kingdom (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 One of the world’s leading international call providers, Localphone, is helping customers to save money by waiving the setup fees on its Incoming Numbers service once again. Following the popularity and positive response to March’s Incoming Numbers special, Localphone has decided to waive the setup fees on its Incoming...
Disruptive changes in the structure of the Wholesale Travel Agencies industry have given rise to unprecedented competition from upstream and downstream markets. For this reason, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on Wholesale Travel Agencies in Australia to its growing industry report collection. Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 The Wholesale Travel Agencies industry in Australia has faced periods of extreme volatility over the five years through 2012-13....
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Megalaosaurus, meaning “Great Lizard”, from Greek megalo, meaning ‘big’ or ‘tall’ and sauros, meaning “lizard”, is a genus of large and meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period of Europe. It’s significant as the first genus of dinosaur, outside of birds, to be described and named. Megalosaurus might have been the first dinosaur to be described in scientific literature. Part of a bone was recovered from a limestone quarry at Cornwell by Chipping Norton,...
The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), known as the gray seal in the United States is a species that can be found on shores on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. Its other common names include the Atlantic grey seal and the horsehead seal, because of its elongated nose. It has a large range on the shores of Ireland and Great Britain, with larger populations residing in areas including the Farne Islands near the Northumberland Coast, North Rona near northern Scotland, and Ramsey Island near...
Anthony Wayne "Tony" England is an American geochemist selected by NASA as an astronaut in 1967. England logged 7 days, 22 hours, and 45 minutes in space as well as numerous support contributions before his retirement. England was born May 15, 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended primary school in Indiana but his family relocated and made his new hometown West Fargo, North Dakota. England graduated from high school in North Dakota. England’s academic achievement allowed him to...
Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and a NASA astronaut. He was born, with dual citizenship, Colin Michael Foale on January 6, 1957 in Louth, England to an English father and an American mother. He was brought up in Cambridge and attended The King's School in Canterbury. He then continued his education at Queens' College in Cambridge, where he was a member of the Air Training Corps. In 1980, Foale was involved in a tragic car accident in Yugoslavia that killed his girlfriend...
Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) is a Eurasian bat that can be found from Britain to the Hokkaido region of Japan, as well as Korea. It prefers a habitat within woodlands and will typically roost near water sources such as canals or rivers. Colonies choose to roost in cellars, caves, tunnels, or mines during the summer, and can also be found hibernating in these areas between the months of September to March or April. This species was named after Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, a French...
