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Operator says Japan reactor cooling system fails: JijiTokyo (AFP) March 14, 2011 The cooling system at the number two reactor at the quake-damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Japan has failed, Jiji Press reported Monday, citing operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO). The number one and three reactors at the same plant have experienced the same problem, followed by explosions in the buildings surrounding those reactors in the wake of Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake and devastating tsunami. The number two reactor has totally lost its cooling function, public broadcas ... read more |
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  Study Finds Primates Age Gracefully A new study says chimps, gorillas and other primates grow old gracefully much like humans. The findings come from the first-ever multi-species comparison of primate aging patterns reported in Scienc ... more | .. |
  Quake moved Japan by 8 feet: USGS Japan's recent massive earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the island by about eight feet (2.4 meters), the US Geological Survey said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Earth's Biodiversity: What Do We Know And Where Are We Headed Earth's biodiversity-the number of microorganisms, plants, and animals, their genes, and their ecosystems (such as rainforests and grasslands)-is declining at an alarming rate, even faster than the ... more | .. |
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  Almost 600,000 evacuated in Japan after quake: UN About 590,000 people have been evacuated in Japan over the last three days following the devastating earthquake and tsunami there on Friday, the United Nations said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 N. Zealand orders quake building collapse inquiry New Zealand ordered a Royal Commission Monday into the catastrophic collapse of entire office blocks in last month's Christchurch earthquake. ... more | .. |
  'No analogy' between China and Mideast unrest: Wen China's Premier Wen Jiabao rejected any comparison Monday between his country and the unrest-hit Middle East, but said Beijing faced a tough test dealing with inflation and other hot-button issues. ... more | .. |
 US lawmakers say go slow on nuclear energy The unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan at reactors damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami has led some lawmakers to call for putting the "brakes" on US nuclear development. ... more |
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 Radiation at Onagawa nuclear plant back to normal: IAEA Radiation levels at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Japan have returned to normal after a state of emergency was called there earlier, the UN atomic watchdog IAEA said Sunday. "The Japanese autho ... more | .. |
 Tokyo stocks hammered, BoJ unleashes record funds Japanese stocks tumbled Monday and the central bank poured a record amount of cash in a bid to soothe money markets shaken by Japan's biggest ever earthquake, a devastating tsunami and a nuclear emergency. ... more | .. |
  Outrunning the tsunami -- a race for survival Japanese tsunami survivors who were able to outrun the killer waves that raged out of the sea, have recalled how they saw those behind them consumed by the torrent of mud and debris. ... more | .. |
  Brain Has 3 Layers Of Working Memory Researchers from Rice University and Georgia Institute of Technology have found support for the theory that the brain has three concentric layers of working memory where it stores readily available ... more |
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 Missing DNA Helps Make Us Human A new study demonstrates that specific traits that distinguish humans from their closest living relatives - chimpanzees, with whom we share 96 percent of our DNA - can be attributed to the loss of c ... more | .. |
 Age Affects All Primates For a long time it was thought that humans, with our relatively long life spans and access to modern medicine, aged more slowly than other animals. Early comparisons with rats, mice, and other short ... more | .. |
 New Commission Confronts Threats To Food Security From Climate Change Recent droughts and floods have contributed to increases in food prices. These are pushing millions more people into poverty and hunger, and are contributing to political instability and civil unres ... more | .. |
  Shallow-Water Shrimp Tolerates Deep-Sea Conditions caused extinctions of creatures living at bathyal (1,000-4,000 metres) and abyssal (>4,000 m) depths. These extinctions were apparently followed by re-colonisation of the deep sea by shallow-water s ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
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 American Birds Of Prey At Higher Risk Of Poisoning From Pest Control Chemicals A new study by scientists from Maryland and Colorado using American kestrels, a surrogate test species for raptorial birds, suggests that they are at greater risk from poisoning from the rodenticide ... more | .. |
 Japan asks Russia for more energy after quake: government Japan has asked Russia for more energy supplies as the earthquake-ravaged country is bracing for electricity shortages following the disaster, the Russian government said. ... more | .. |
  India captures 61 Somali pirates after clash: navy The Indian navy has captured 61 suspected Somali pirates and rescued 13 fishermen after a firefight with a hijacked mothership in the Arabian Sea, a navy spokesman said Monday. ... more | .. |
 China PM urges 'gradual' political reform Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday China must seek political reform but neither gave proposals nor a timetable for expanding its limited village-level elections, saying it would be a "gradual progress." ... more |
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 Can Bees Color Maps Better Than Ants? In mathematics, you need at most only four different colors to produce a map in which no two adjacent regions have the same color. Utah and Arizona are considered adjacent, but Utah and New Mexico, ... more | .. |
 Nairobi criminals dump old ways and go organic Crime, poverty and festering raw sewage are fertilising one of the most unlikely projects in Nairobi's Kibera slum: an organic farm run by former criminals. ... more | .. |
Japan doubles troops for quake help, world offers aid Japan Sunday committed 100,000 troops to help survivors of a devastating earthquake and tsunami as the world rallied behind the disaster-stricken nation. ... more | .. |
  Colombian Amazon village bans prying tourists Just off the Amazon River, lies the village of Nazareth. But don't think about dropping by. Tired of being a curiosity to the outside world, the indigenous people have banned tourists. ... more |
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Tiangong hosts dual crews after debris impact delays Shenzhou-20 return
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 Japan to deploy 100,000 troops on quake aid Japan will double to 100,000 the number of troops on rescue and relief missions after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the northeast coast, the government said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Chinese farmers go online to sell produce For years, Wang Yulan and her husband drove their three-wheeled vehicle to an outdoor market near Beijing to sell broccoli, peppers, eggplants and tomatoes grown on their small plot of land. ... more | .. |
Minor damage in Latin America by Japan's tsunami Large tsunami waves from Japan's powerful earthquake destroyed some coastal buildings in Peru and caused some flooding early Saturday, but otherwise had little effect on Latin America's Pacific nations. ... more | .. |
Island nations spared as tsunami charges across Pacific A tsunami triggered by the powerful earthquake in Japan ploughed across the South Pacific Saturday, sending people fleeing to higher ground but causing only minor damage and no loss of life. ... more |
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 Latin America avoids brunt of tsunami The tsunami from Japan's powerful earthquake swept across the Pacific and caused a storm surge in the Galapagos islands but largely spared Latin America from major damage. ... more | .. |
 U.S. experts offer quake analysis The unusually strong 8.9-magnitude quake that shook Japan Friday strained Japan's civil and nuclear power infrastructure, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
Tsunami-swept Japan ship found, all 81 rescued: Jiji Japanese naval and coastguard helicopters have found a ship that was swept out to sea by a massive tsunami and airlifted all 81 people aboard to safety, Jiji Press reported Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Emergency declared as tsunami hits US West Coast California's governor declared a state of emergency Friday after tsunami waves hit the US West Coast, forcing evacuations, damaging boats and leaving one man missing, swept out to sea. ... more |
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