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Negative Image Of People Produces Selfish ActionsBonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2011 The expectations people have about how others will behave play a large role in determining whether people cooperate with each other or not. And moreover that very first expectation, or impression, is hard to change. "This is particularly true when the impression is a negative one," says Michael Kurschilgen from the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn, summarising the key findings of a study in which he and his colleagues Christoph Engel and Sebastian Kube examined the res ... read more |
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  Nuclear workers face radiation limit, but fight on The thinning ranks of men struggling to tame Japan's nuclear emergency are invoking the spirit of the samurai as they ignore personal radiation limits in their battle to avert disaster. ... more | .. |
 Japan plant area uninhabitable for years: adviser People may not be able to live in areas near Japan's radiation-spewing nuclear power plant for up to 20 years, an adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan's government said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Material Devloped To Remove Radioactive Contaminants From Drinking Water A combination of forest byproducts and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water, researchers from North Carolina State University have found. "As ... more | .. |
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  Louisiana, Florida Residents Differ On Views Of Long-Term Effects Of Oil Spill One year after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion on the Gulf Coast, new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire shows that despite the roughly equivalent econo ... more | .. |
  Loch Fossils Show Life Harnessed Sun A team of scientists from the University of Sheffield, the University of Oxford and Boston College, who are exploring rocks around Loch Torridon, have discovered the remarkably preserved remains of ... more | .. |
  Giant Fire-Bellied Toad's Brain Brims With Powerful Germ-Fighters Frog and toad skins already are renowned as cornucopias of hundreds of germ-fighting substances. Now a new report in ACS's Journal of Proteome Research reveals that the toad brains also may contain ... more | .. |
 Bacteria In Wasp Antennae Produce Antibiotic Cocktails Bacteria that grow in the antennae of wasps help ward off fungal threats by secreting a 'cocktail' of antibiotics explains a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
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  Death - Not Just Life - Important Link In Marine Ecosystems Tiny crustaceans called copepods rule the world, at least when it comes to oceans and estuaries. The most numerous multi-cellular organisms in the seas, copepods are an important link between phytop ... more | .. |
 Scientists Bridge A Gap With New Species Of Dinosaur A team of scientists led by the Smithsonian Institution has discovered a fossilized dinosaur skull and neck vertebrae that not only reveal a new species, but also an evolutionary link between two gr ... more | .. |
  Injectable Gel Could Spell Relief For Arthritis Sufferers Some 25 million people in the United States alone suffer from rheumatoid arthritis or its cousin osteoarthritis, diseases characterized by often debilitating pain in the joints. Now researchers at B ... more | .. |
  West Antarctic Warming Triggered By Warmer Sea Surface In Tropical Pacific The Antarctic Peninsula has warmed rapidly for the last half-century or more, and recent studies have shown that an adjacent area, continental West Antarctica, has steadily warmed for at least 30 ye ... more |
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  Aussies sink frigate to create a reef An old Australian navy vessel was scuttled off the country's coast Wednesday to form an artificial reef, officials said. ... more | .. |
 India 'microtags' snakes to snare illegal charmers Officials in New Delhi have injected microchips into snakes used by snake charmers in a bid to regulate the basket and flute performers who have long been a favourite with tourists in India. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan flood recovery sees $600 mln shortfall Pakistan is short of $600 million needed to help millions of families rebuild their lives nine months after the country suffered nationwide floods in its worst ever natural disaster, the UN said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Sushi bars in Paris adjust to life after Fukushima Sushi lovers in Paris, and they are many, are questioning the origin of the salmon at the end of their chopsticks since the Fukushima nuclear disaster unfolded. ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit
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  One year on, Iceland volcano sleeps, but world still quakes When Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano began acting up a year ago, no one could foresee the small eruption would soon lead to the planet's largest air space shutdown since World War II. ... more | .. |
  Endangered wolves fall prey to US politics The political tussle over US spending has ensnared an unlikely victim, the gray wolf, whose long-time status as an endangered species will likely be axed due to a late addition to the budget deal. ... more | .. |
  Japan's seismologists blinded to March 11 quake: journal Japan's seismologists were so entrenched in outdated beliefs about seismic hazard that they became blinkered to the risk of the March 11 mega-quake, a commentary in a top science journal charged on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Russia nuclear chief says Japan exaggerates crisis The disaster at the Fukushima atomic power plant cannot be compared to Chernobyl, Russia's nuclear chief said on Wednesday, suggesting Tokyo was exaggerating the emergency, possibly for financial reasons. ... more |
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  US Congress set to cut overseas food aid US lawmakers were on track Wednesday to approve a spending-cut plan this week that will slash environmental protection and overseas food aid, reduce diplomatic programs, and boost military outlays. ... more | .. |
  Dust storm halts Kuwait oil exports OPEC member Kuwait on Wednesday halted oil exports as a "precautionary measure" after a blinding dust storm hit the desert Gulf state, a Kuwait Petroleum Corp spokesman said. ... more | .. |
  Chinese Christians released from detention Most of the 170 Christians arrested in Beijing on the weekend have been released, except for a pastor and his wife, a church leader said. ... more | .. |
 Five dead as Yemen army, police clash: military Four policemen and an officer in an army unit that has sided with anti-regime protesters were killed in an overnight clash at a checkpoint north of Yemen's capital, a military official said on Wednesday. ... more |
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Tiangong hosts dual crews after debris impact delays Shenzhou-20 return
Dust and Sand Movements Reshape Martian Slopes
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  India court hears call for harsher Bhopal sentences India's Supreme Court began hearing a government petition on Wednesday seeking harsher sentences for seven company managers jailed last year over the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. ... more | .. |
Merkel ally lashes out at Italy's 'mafia methods' A senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives Wednesday hit out at what he called Italy's "mafia methods" in the row within Europe over how to deal with North African immigrants. ... more | .. |
China state paper blasts Japan over nuclear crisis Japan owes its neighbours an apology for failing to tell them about the severity of its nuclear crisis, a Chinese state newspaper said Wednesday, accusing the West of letting Tokyo off the hook. ... more | .. |
S.African army in Kruger Park to stamp out rhino poaching South African soldiers are patrolling the world famous Kruger National Park on the borders with Mozambique to stamp out rhino poaching, the defence minister said Wednesday. ... more |
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Television ecologist launches French presidential bid French television presenter and green activist Nicolas Hulot announced on Wednesday that he hopes to run as an environmentalist candidate in next year's presidential election. ... more | .. |
'Jasmine' activists in China labour camps: group Police in China have sent two activists to labour camps and charged a veteran dissident with subversion over calls for public rallies echoing those in the Arab world, a rights group said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Five held in China steamed bun probe Chinese authorities said Wednesday they had detained five people and shut down a steamed bun company whose products were found to have been dyed, expired or filled with unidentified chemicals. ... more | .. |
Climate can drive seismic shifts: study Scientists have for the first time shown a link between intensifying climate events and tectonic plate movement in findings that could provide a valuable insight into why huge tremors occur. ... more |
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