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The Genius Of BacteriaNew York NY (SPX) Jan 27, 2011 IQ scores are used to assess the intelligence of human beings. Now Tel Aviv University has developed a "Social-IQ score" for bacteria - and it may lead to new antibiotics and powerful bacteria-based "green" pesticides for the agricultural industry. An international team led by Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob of Tel Aviv University's Department of Physics and Astronomy and his research student Alexandra Sirota-Madi says that their results deepen science's knowledge of the social capabilities of bacteria, one ... read more |
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  What Impact Would Sun Dimming Have on Earth's Weather Solar radiation management projects, also known as sun dimming, seek to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth to counteract the effects of climate change. Global dimming can occur as a sid ... more | .. |
  Studying Cycles: Chemistry And Climate Climate modeling is an inexact science, and scientists have long known that the models don't account for everything, even though precision and accuracy is a big goal. But the limitations of climate ... more | .. |
  Human Ability To Throw Long Distances Aided By An Illusion Can't help molding some snow into a ball and hurling it or tossing a stone as far into a lake as you can? New research from Indiana University and the University of Wyoming shows how humans, unlike ... more | .. |
  Scientists Find That Debris On Certain Himalayan Glaciers May Prevent Melting A new scientific study shows that debris coverage - pebbles, rocks, and debris from surrounding mountains - may be a missing link in the understanding of the decline of glaciers. Debris is distinct ... more |
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  Global Pacts Like REDD Ignore Primary Causes Of Destruction Of Forests A new study issued by some of the world's top experts on forest governance finds fault with a spate of international accords, and helps explain their failure to stop rampant destruction of the world ... more | .. |
  Immersive Data Collection And Peer Networks Key To Effective Watershed Councils Community watershed councils can establish a social infrastructure that facilitates successful science-based management by participating in data collection and forming neighborhood peer networks, ac ... more | .. |
  Dating Sheds New Light On Dawn Of The Dinosaurs Careful dating of new dinosaur fossils and volcanic ash around them by researchers from UC Davis and UC Berkeley casts doubt on the idea that dinosaurs appeared and opportunistically replaced other ... more | .. |
  Blocking Rogue Gene Could Stop The Spread Of Most Cancers Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have discovered a rogue gene which - if blocked by the right drugs - could stop cancer in its tracks. Published by the journal Oncogene, the d ... more |
  
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 Blue Crab Research May Help Chesapeake Bay Watermen Improve Soft Shell Harvest A research effort designed to prevent the introduction of viruses to blue crabs in a research hatchery could end up helping Chesapeake Bay watermen improve their bottom line by reducing the number o ... more | .. |
 The First Single-Fingered Dinosaur A new species of parrot-sized dinosaur, the first discovered with only one finger, has been unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China. Scientists named the new dinosaur Linhenykus monodactylus, after the n ... more | .. |
  No Longer Pining For Organic Molecules To Make Particles In The Air The fresh scent of pine has helped atmospheric scientists find missing sources of organic molecules in the air - which, it could well turn out, aren't missing after all. In work appearing in t ... more | .. |
 Orangutan DNA boosts survival chances: study Orangutans are far more genetically diverse than thought, a finding that could help their survival, say scientists delivering their first full DNA analysis of the critically-endangered ape. ... more |
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  166,000 still displaced six months after Pakistan flood: UN About 166,000 people are still displaced six months after devastating floods swept away homes and drowned livestock in Pakistan, the UN refugees agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  S. Korea to airlift home rescued ship captain South Korea will send a special plane to bring home the wounded captain of a cargo ship that was rescued from Somali pirates in a commando raid last week, an official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Quake tipped half million Chileans into poverty: govt The devastating earthquake that struck Chile nearly a year ago pushed half a million people into poverty, raising the percentage of the population living in poverty to 19.4 percent, a government survey released Tuesday has found. ... more | .. |
 China's demand for desalination lags China's major desalination project in Tianjin, while seen as necessary to ease water shortages, hasn't generated the expected demand for the desalinated water since operations started there last April, The Guardian newspaper reports. ... more |
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 La Nina weather pattern to last for months: UN agency The weather pattern behind floods and extreme conditions in Australia, Asia, Africa and South America is one of the strongest ever and could last for four more months, the UN weather agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Explosive kaleidoscope With institutional memories a rare commodity in the nation's capital, the clamor of pealing hosannas for Tunisia's Jasmine revolution and the flight of strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's into Saudi Arabian exile, concealed the return of Islamist extremists. ... more | .. |
 Saudi scrambles rescue teams for Jeddah floods Saudi emergency services mounted a major rescue operation in Jeddah on Wednesday as water levels rose rapidly in the Red Sea coast commercial capital in which floods killed 123 people in 2009. ... more | .. |
  Big cities are not always biggest polluters Big cities like New York, London and Shanghai send less pollution into the atmosphere per capita than places like Denver and Rotterdam, said a study released Tuesday. ... more |
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  Nailing Down A Crucial Plant Signaling System Plant biologists have discovered the last major element of the series of chemical signals that one class of plant hormones, called brassinosteroids, send from a protein on the surface of a plant cel ... more | .. |
 Researchers Find Smoking Gun Of World's Biggest Extinction About 250 million years about 95 per cent of life was wiped out in the sea and 70 per cent on land. Researchers at the University of Calgary believe they have discovered evidence to support massive ... more | .. |
 CO2-Chomping Microbes Battling For Ocean Iron Australian, Belgian and New Zealand scientists have expanded our understanding of the way phyoplankton take up scarce iron in the ocean - a process that regulates ocean food chains from the bottom u ... more | .. |
 Robotic Glider To Map Moreton Bay Impacts A $200,000 CSIRO coastal glider is bound for Queensland to be deployed in Moreton Bay to investigate the impact of the recent flooding on marine ecosystems. Dr Andy Steven from CSIRO's Wealth ... more |
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 Sundance film examines 'eco-terrorists' A documentary film shown at the Sundance Film Festival examines the roots of the Earth Liberation Front, a group that has been branded an "environmental terrorist" group. ... more | .. |
 Farmland seizures spark sharp divide in Venezuela Farmers whose land is being taken away by the government of Hugo Chavez are gearing up for a struggle to keep their properties in fertile western Venezuela, a stronghold for the opposition. ... more | .. |
 Canadians prepared to fight for Arctic: survey Canadians rank the Arctic as their top foreign policy priority and support shifting up to 3,000 troops from UN missions abroad to defend disputed claims in the far north, a survey showed Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  China PM meets petitioners as govt tamps down discontent Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has met with citizens complaining about unpaid wages, home demolitions and land grabs, state media said Wednesday - a rare move as Beijing tries to ease public discontent. ... more |
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 LA aquarium weans Ollie the orphan otter A California aquarium has taken in an orphaned sea otter, but is having to nurture her until she is strong enough to live with her bigger and rougher cousins at the marine center. ... more | .. |
  ElBaradei returning to Egypt: family Egyptian opposition figure and former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei is due to return to Egypt on Thursday, his family told AFP, amid the largest anti-government protests in three decades. ... more | .. |
Thai government, army deny coup claims The Thai government on Thursday denied opposition claims that it faces a military coup amid intensifying street protests and ahead of expected elections. ... more | .. |
China White Rabbit sweets hop into Lunar New Year The makers of China's White Rabbit sweets - hit hard by a massive tainted milk scandal in 2008 - hope the beloved brand will make the leap into the 21st century in the coming Year of the Rabbit. ... more |
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