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Spring rain fed mortal plant

October 5, 2015 at 21:03 clock Last updated BST

A carnivorous pitcher plant uses raindrops for energy to throw ants their fate, the researchers found.

Biologists at the University of Bristol have discovered that rain helps the plant ants "movie" in the glass case where they drown and be consumed by the plant.

The team used high-speed cameras to capture the movement, showing this short clip.

The results are published in PNAS.

(Video courtesy of Dr. Ulrike Bauer from the University of Bristol)

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Indonesia newfound rat "like no other"

6 October 2015 Updated at 08:27 BST

A team of scientists has discovered a new species of rats in Indonesia.

The species name Hyorhinomys stuempkei - rat flat nose - a "rare to other rats different and unique properties," she said.

Five rodents were discovered in Sulawesi early January of researchers from Australia, Indonesia and the US.

"Enormous ears for an animal of this size increased body," said Dr. Jake Esselstyn Museum of Natural Sciences.

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Laboratory tests show vehicle emissions are imperfect

6 October 2015 Last updated at 00:03 BST clock

An experiment at the University of Manchester - the performance of the diesel engine in a laboratory - shows how far among the manufacturers of emission testing.

By channeling engine emissions in an atmosphere chamber, can re-create the computer, what happens when pollutants in our environment clean engines.

Dr. Rami Alfarra, University of Manchester, explains how his research team demonstrated that the engines are much cleaner when really driving that car manufacturers disclose standard tests.

The research is a collaboration with researchers of atmospheric chemistry at the University of York.

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VIDEO: Farmers are the mammoth skeleton

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Woolly Mammoth Skeleton discovered by farmers in Michigan

October 3rd, 2015 at 20:58 clock Last updated BST

Two farmers in Michigan have made a surprising discovery, as the remains of a mammoth unearthed while digging in a field of soybeans.

Experts say it is one of the most complete sets always found in the state.

University of Michigan researchers say there is no evidence of mammoths lived from 11.700 to 15.000 years ago.

Video courtesy of Reuters.

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VIDEO: How plastic can be found in food

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As plastics in the ocean in the food chain

October 5, 2015 at 00:13 clock Last updated BST

To reduce waste, England has introduced a tax on plastic bags 5p.

Scientists have warned that contamination could be done in the food chain to humans the effects of plastic waste in the marine environment.

They found small pieces of plastic in the guts of zooplankton - microscopic organisms feed the many species of marine.

The biologist Dr. Pennie Lindeque Plymouth Marine Laboratory says more.

You can read more about micro-plastics in the BBC Inside Out West, Monday, September 21 at 19:30 clock BST and nationwide for 30 days afterwards on iPlayer Read

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St Albans sinkhole: studied link Brickyard

October 2, 2015 Updated at 07:18 clock BST

The British Geological Survey said a large sinkhole that opened in St. Albans, Herts, Thursday may be to an old brick factory that will be used on the site correlated.

Helen Reeves explained that this meant that there was a soft clay layer, which was extracted in the production of bricks.

This tone, and a layer of gypsum dissolves in water, they have contributed to the opening of the hole.

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Plastic food chain threatening the oceans'

1 October 2015 Last updated at 20:11 BST clock

As Britain prepares to introduce a load of plastic bags, reported science editor David Shukman about the possible threat to the food chain of plastic into small fragments divided into our oceans.

Tests that. From the Plymouth Marine Laboratory has shown that when the tiny plastic particles in water, the creatures are taken up at the bottom of the food chain

An estimated eight million tons of plastic waste is added in the oceans every year.

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