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Marshall islanders move to US as living costs soar Majuro (AFP) July 1, 2009 
The migration of Marshall islanders from the tiny nation in the Pacific to the United States has risen to an eight-year high due to the impact of soaring living costs, officials said. A total of 1,503 people left the Marshall Islands for the United States in 2008, nearly triple the number in 2007, according to US Department of Transportation statistics. "The dramatic increases in fuel ... read more54-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains 
Gainesville FL (SPX) Jun 29, 2009Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ancestors relied on smell more than sight. The analysis of a well-preserved skull from 54 million years ago contradicts some common assumptions about brain structure and evolution in the first prim ... more
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UNESCO names 16 World Heritage sites
Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2009Locations from the ancient city of Caral-Supe in Peru to China's sacred Buddhist mountain of Wutai were among 16 that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, while a German area was removed. The 16 sites, with half located in Europe, were named at UNESCO's World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain, the UN agency announced Sunday. All the committee's choices however ... more Brain Represents Tools As Temporary Body Parts 
Villeurbanne, France (SPX) Jun 26, 2009Researchers have what they say is the first direct proof of a very old idea: that when we use a tool-even for just a few minutes-it changes the way our brain represents the size of our body. In other words, the tool becomes a part of what is known in psychology as our body schema, according to a report published in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. "Since the origin of the concept ... more Underground Cave Dating From The Year 1 AD 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jun 23, 2009An artificial underground cave, the largest in Israel, has been exposed in the Jordan Valley in the course of a survey carried out by the University of Haifa's Department of Archaeology. Prof. Adam Zertal, who headed the excavating team, reckons that this cave was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era and was one of its kind. Various engravings were uncovered in the ... more American Indians defend border rights 
Niagara Falls, N.Y. (UPI) Jun 18, 2009 Canadians and Americans see each other as closer than neighbors, more like allies and friends. But stricter U.S. security measures along the U.S.-Canadian border are testing that relationship. Among them are American Indian citizens living in both countries who say their rights are being squeezed by ever tightening security rules. At a meeting at Rainbow Bridge, near Niagara Falls, N.Y. ... more |
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No tweets from many Twitter members: report
San Francisco (AFP) June 11, 2009Barely a peep is heard from most Twitter members despite the soaring popularity of the micro-blogging service, according to a pair of freshly-released reports. Web analytics firm HubSpot found that nearly 55 percent of 4.5 million Twitter members monitored have never "tweeted" -- fired off concise text messages to others using the micro-blogging service. More than half of Twitter members ... more Climate Change Could Drive Vast Human Migrations 
New York NY (SPX) Jun 11, 2009By mid-century, people may be fleeing rising seas, droughts, floods and other effects of changing climate, in migrations that could vastly exceed the scope of anything before, says a major new report. The document, authored by researchers at Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), the United Nations University and CARE International, was ... more Archeological Evidence Of Human Activity Found Beneath Lake Huron 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jun 11, 2009More than 100 feet deep in Lake Huron, on a wide stoney ridge that 9,000 years ago was a land bridge, University of Michigan researchers have found the first archeological evidence of human activity preserved beneath the Great Lakes. The researchers located what they believe to be caribou-hunting structures and camps used by the early hunters of the period. "This is the first time we ... more US parents rearing a gadget generation: NPD Group 
San Francisco (AFP) June 9, 2009Research released Tuesday indicates that US parents are rearing a young gadget generation that is at home with smartphones, laptop computers, and videogame consoles. US households with children between the ages of four and 14 have an average of 11 electronic gizmos, according to a Kids & Consumer Electronics report from industry tracker NPD Group. One third of parents surveyed for the ... more |
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