Brits scan skies for impact threats
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Is it a bird? A plane? A planet-levelling asteroid?
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The &quot;critical&quot; alert status imposed Saturday across Britain is the maximum level of warning and is designed by authorities to show that the country faces the threat of an imminent attack.
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The hunt for extraterrestrial life has a new tool: a system of "fingerprints" scientists will use to compare alien worlds with Earth as it has appeared over the eons.
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Britain said on Thursday it was monitoring five planes for radiation and pledged to contact every country they had visited in a widening investigation into the poisoning of a former Russian spy.
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A new airport security system relies on human judgment
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UK technology that will safely guide a spacecraft to Saturnâs largest moon is being adapted to land aeroplanes, help emergency services reach accidents quickly and improve safety on our roads.
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Tools from Google Earth and Amazon.com are being applied by users to help in the effort to find missing aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett.
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Iris, fingers, head, shoulders, knees and toes The UK, Europe and the US are planning to belt and brace their border databases by using multiple forms of biometrics to identify people.â¦
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A new tool based on satellite data shows trends in the way Europeans use our landscape.
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New methods are employed around Britain to check for possible outbreaks of bird flu in at-risk areas.
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UK space scientists and engineers design a mission to investigate a potentially hazardous asteroid.
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Thousands of wildlife sleuths are being recruited for an inquiry into the affects of climate change on wildlife.
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LONDON - Europe is stepping up efforts to explore the use of eye scans and other biometric technology to screen airline passengers who volunteer for background security checks. The goal is to see whether airport security can be enhanced and congestion eased by encouraging frequent fliers to undergo pre-screening.
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Scientists looking into air quality and climate change have found pollutants from as far as Asia over New England and the Atlantic.
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes will be trained on the skies on Friday, searching for planets similar to our own from a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands.
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Emissions from aviation and shipping could be included in UK's targets for first time.
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FORT WORTH -- Airline meteorologist Mark Mabey stares at four computer screens on his desk. They are filled with data, charts and radar images. All seem to suggest a different potential for thunderstorms -- the airlines' enemy during the hectic summer travel season.