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Japan plans new tsunami wall at nuclear plantTokyo (AFP) May 2, 2011 The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant will build a wall to defend it against future tsunamis, reports said Monday, as public confidence slipped in the government's handling of the disaster. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) also plans to triple from about 1,000 to 3,000 the number of staff nuclear workers and subcontractors handling the crisis to reduce each individual's radiation exposure. Emergency crew have been battling for eight weeks to stabilise the six-reactor plant which wa ... read more |
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  New biomass data reveals fish stocks more stable than believed Fish and marine species are among the most threatened wildlife on earth, due partly to over exploitation by fishing fleets. Yet there are differences in assessing trends in worldwide fishing stocks ... more | .. |
  Grandma was right Infants do wake up taller Science is finally confirming what grandma knew all along: infants wake up taller right after they sleep. Findings from the first study of its kind measuring the link between daily growth and sleep ... more | .. |
 Japan passes 4 trillion yen disaster relief budget Japan's parliament on Monday passed an emergency 4 trillion yen ($49 billion) budget to help fund reconstruction after the deadly March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern regions. ... more | .. |
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 Day of prayer as US south mourns tornado victims Grieving storm survivors turned to prayer and the good grace of volunteers Sunday across the US south as shattered communities looked to rebuild after the second-worst tornado disaster on record. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM on defensive over disaster leadership Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan pleaded for public "understanding" Sunday after a poll showed three-quarters of people questioned his leadership and handling of the post-disaster crisis. ... more | .. |
  Large differences in mortality between urban and isolated rural areas In urban communities, less than 1 in 100 inhabitants died from Spanish flu in 1918, but in isolated communities up to 9 out of 10 died. An important explanation for the differences is due to differe ... more | .. |
  Illegal immigrants wary of aid in US tornado zone Recent tornadoes ravaged immigrant and other low-income communities in the US state of Alabama, but undocumented aliens say they are reluctant to openly seek help out of fear of arrest and deportation. ... more |
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Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
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 Filthy toilets a blight on Asian prosperity Fast-growing Asian economies may be flush with money but filthy toilets remain a blight across the region despite rising standards of living, with dire effects on poverty reduction and public health. ... more | .. |
  Identifying a beaked whale foraging habitat In a recent study to be published in the peer-reviewed open-access journal PLoS ONE, Dr. Elliott Hazen and colleagues found that oceanographic and prey measurements can be used to identify beaked wh ... more | .. |
  Jump in communication skills led to species explosion in electric fishes Bruce Carlson stands next to a fish tank in his lab, holding a putty colored Radio Shack amplifier connected to two wires whose insulation has been stripped. At the bottom of the tank a nondescript ... more | .. |
 Box jellyfish look out to the world above the water Box jellyfish may seem like rather simple creatures, but in fact their visual system is anything but. They've got no fewer than 24 eyes of four different kinds. Now, researchers reporting onli ... more |
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 New material could improve safety for first responders to chemical hazards A new kind of sensor could warn emergency workers when carbon filters in the respirators they wear to avoid inhaling toxic fumes have become dangerously saturated. In a recent issue of the jou ... more | .. |
 Record number of whales, krill found in Antarctic bays Scientists have observed a "super-aggregation" of more than 300 humpback whales gorging on the largest swarm of Antarctic krill seen in more than 20 years in bays along the Western Antarctic Peninsu ... more | .. |
  Inverting a standard experiment sometimes produces different results Nanoparticles will soon be used as tiny shuttles to deliver genes to cells and drugs to tumors in a more targeted way than was possible in the past. But as the scientists prepare to use the nanopart ... more | .. |
  Chemical in plastic linked to wheezing in childhood If a pregnant woman is exposed to bisphenol A (BPA), especially during the first trimester, her child may be at higher risk of wheezing early in life, according to a study to be presented Sunday, Ma ... 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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 From day one the brain knows the difference between night and day The brain is apparently programmed from birth to develop the ability to determine sunrise and sunset, new research on circadian rhythms at the University of Chicago shows. The research sheds n ... more | .. |
  How the fruit fly made its way out of Africa The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster used to be found only in sub-Saharan Africa but about 10,000 years ago it began to colonize Asia and Europe. This period saw the start of human agriculture and ... more | .. |
  Thousands march for May Day across inflation-hit Asia Thousands of people took to the streets across Asia on Sunday, marking May Day from Indonesia to South Korea with demands for better rights and wages for workers facing soaring living costs. ... more | .. |
 Help comes to tornado-struck US communities Help poured in Sunday to southern US communities that had been struck by powerful tornadoes that claimed nearly 350 lives and caused massive destruction. ... more |
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  Disaster-hit Japan will not cut aid to Africa: spokesman Tokyo will maintain all development aid to Africa despite pressing reconstruction costs at home, a Japanese government spokesman said Sunday at a development meeting with African ministers in Dakar. ... more | .. |
  Hotel fire in China kills 10, injures 35 A fire at a hotel in northeastern China killed 10 people and injured 35 on Sunday, state media reported, in the latest deadly accident to highlight lax Chinese safety standards. ... more | .. |
Thousands in HK march for labour rights Several thousand Hong Kong activists hit the streets on Sunday in May Day marches to protest over soaring rent and food prices in the southern Chinese city. ... more | .. |
 US envoy to China mulls White House run Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, after not quite two years as US President Barack Obama's ambassador to China, has returned home to weigh whether to seek the White House for himself in 2012. ... 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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 Second woman exposed to radiation at Japan plant A second female worker has been exposed to radiation exceeding the legal limit at a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan, its operator said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 China launches ban on smoking in public venues China launched a ban on smoking in restaurants, bars and other indoor public spaces on Sunday but few expect it to have much of an impact in the tobacco-hooked country with more than 300 million smokers. ... more | .. |
 Individual animals have personalities Pet owners may have known this, but Scottish and British researchers confirm individual animals have personalities of their own. ... more | .. |
  Tension escalates as navies, pirates take off gloves The response to Somali piracy had so far seen a relatively codified game of cat-and-mouse play out on the Indian Ocean but experts fear a dangerous escalation is under way. ... more |
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 Venice turns to floating barriers to ward off flood threats Flood-prone Venice has launched an ambitious plan to build mobile barriers at the mouth of its lagoon and protect the city from rising sea levels. ... more | .. |
 U.S. land mass is shrinking The Census Bureau says the U.S. land mass has been shrinking since 1940. ... more | .. |
 Soldiers evict people from Nicaragua quake ruins Soldiers evicted hundreds of Nicaraguans on Saturday from buildings damaged in a 1972 earthquake, as part of a government plan to demolish the decaying structures. ... more | .. |
  Japan mulls tsunami lessons for reconstruction Constructing taller buildings and moving towns to higher ground may be the key to rebuilding Japan's devastated northeast coast, experts say, as the threat of future tsunamis shapes ideas for reconstruction. ... more |
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