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There's no magic number for saving endangered speciesDurham, UK (SPX) May 20, 2011 A new study offers hope for species such as the Siberian Tiger that might be considered 'too rare to save', so long as conservation efforts can target key threats. The findings have important implications for conserving some of the world's most charismatic endangered species, which often exist in populations far smaller than the many thousands of individuals that earlier studies had argued were necessary for viability. Charismatic examples include the mountain gorilla, which likely now numbe ... read more |
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 Heads or tails - take your pick and change at will Most people don't think worms are cool. But the tiny flatworm that Northwestern University scientist Christian Petersen studies can do something very cool indeed: it can regenerate itself from nearl ... more | .. |
  Sodium channels evolved before animals' nervous systems An essential component of animal nervous systems-sodium channels-evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered. "The first ... more | .. |
  Greenhouse ocean study offers warning for future The mass extinction of marine life in our oceans during prehistoric times is a warning that the Earth will see such an extinction again because of high levels of greenhouse gases, according to new r ... more | .. |
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  New method of unreeling cocoons could extend silk industry beyond Asia The development and successful testing of a method for unreeling the strands of silk in wild silkworm cocoons could clear the way for establishment of new silk industries not only in Asia but also i ... more | .. |
  Winding back the clock with kidney stem cells Stem cell research courts both controversy and support in the community- depending on your viewpoint. Now, for the first time, scientists at Monash University's Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories ... more | .. |
 Scientists assemble chromosomes in lab U.S. scientists say they've achieved a major milestone in the attempt to assemble, in a test tube, entire chromosomes from their component parts. ... more | .. |
  Lawmakers urge reforms in Cuba, Venezuela The need for democratic reform in Latin America is felt nowhere as acutely as in Cuba and Venezuela, European and South American lawmakers meeting in Uruguay's capital concluded after two days of talks. ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
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  5.9-magnitude quake hits northwest Turkey: one dead An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale hit northwest Turkey late Thursday, killing one person and causing material damage, local governor Kenan Ciftci told news channel NTV. ... more | .. |
  Japan tells tourists says 'it's safe' to come back Japanese business leaders launched a campaign Thursday to woo tourists back to Japan after the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that sent foreigners fleeing the country. ... more | .. |
 Historic US flooding turns deadly Historic flooding along the Mississippi River turned deadly Thursday when an elderly man died despite being pulled from floodwaters and resuscitated by firefighters. ... more | .. |
 Penguins in peril find refuge in New Zealand "You're a bit grumpy aren't you mate," says conservationist Shirleen Helps as she expertly handles a squawking penguin doing its best to peck her unprotected fingers. ... more |
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  China says 'door open' for Dalai Lama's return China's top Tibetan official said Thursday "the door was open" for the return of the exiled Dalai Lama, but repeated its charge that the spiritual leader was a separatist bent on Tibetan independence. ... more | .. |
  China reporting climate worsening: survey China's reporting climate is deteriorating, a Beijing-based foreign press club said Thursday in a survey that found some overseas journalists were told to tone down coverage or risk visa problems. ... more | .. |
 US predicts up to 10 Atlantic hurricanes this season The Atlantic will experience a rougher than normal hurricane season this year with up to 10 hurricanes, the US weather service forecast Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Cambodia sees spike in lightning deaths: official Lightning strikes have killed 56 Cambodians so far this year, twice as many as over the same period last year, an official said Thursday, blaming an early start to the rainy season. ... 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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 West 'causing drought' in Iran: Ahmadinejad Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday accused Western countries of devising plans to "cause drought" in the Islamic republic, as he inaugurated a dam in a central province. ... more | .. |
 Ancient furry mammals had big brains for smell Skull scans on two of the oldest known mammal species have shown their brains were large and well-developed in areas that promote a strong sense of smell, scientists said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Health: Global Fund faces billion-dollar gap The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria warned Thursday it faced a shortfall of more than a billion dollars, threatening goals to roll back diseases that together claim more than four million lives a year. ... more | .. |
 Industry rejects criticism on role in UN water policy AquaFed, the world's main corporate water lobby association, on Thursday rejected accusations that corporate interests risk gaining too much influence over UN water policies. ... more |
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  Indonesia signs long-awaited forestry moratorium Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday signed a decree authorising a two-year moratorium on new logging concessions, under a billion-dollar climate deal with Norway. ... more | .. |
 Quake-hit New Zealand takes axe to public services New Zealand said Thursday it would cut public service spending and partially privatise state-owned assets to help pay for devastating Christchurch earthquakes and kickstart the flagging economy. ... more | .. |
 Brazil creates office to fight deforestation Brazil on Wednesday announced the creation of an emergency task force to fight against the deforestation of the Amazon, after a sharp increase in forest destruction in March and April. ... more | .. |
 China admits Three Gorges Dam problems China's Three Gorges Dam has caused a host of ills that must be "urgently" addressed, the government has said, in a rare admission of problems in a project it has long praised as a world wonder. ... more |
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 In China, some new cities are ghost towns In China's Inner Mongolia, Kangbashi district offers residents "new modern" living, with tree-lined streets, shiny apartment buildings, vast parklands, restaurants and even a motor racing track. ... more | .. |
 Ocean warming detrimental to inshore fish species Australian scientists have reported the first known detrimental impact of southern hemisphere ocean warming on a fish species. The findings of a study published in Nature Climate Change indicate ne ... more | .. |
  Research aircraft Polar 5 returned from spring measurements in the high Arctic The research aircraft Polar 5 of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association returned to Bremerhaven from a six-week expedition in the high Arctic on May ... more | .. |
 Zebrafish regrow fins using multiple cell types, not identical stem cells What does it take to regenerate a limb? Biologists have long thought that organ regeneration in animals like zebrafish and salamanders involved stem cells that can generate any tissue in the body. B ... more |
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 Reforestation research in Latin America helps build better forests A tropical forest is easy to cut down, but getting it back is another story. In a special issue of the journal Forest Ecology and Management, leading researchers at the Smithsonian in Panama and acr ... more | .. |
 Sewage-derived nitrogen increasingly polluting Caribbean ecosystems Nitrogen pollution in our coastal ecosystems, the result of widespread use of synthetic agricultural fertilizers and of human sewage, leads to decreased water transparency, the loss of desirable fis ... more | .. |
 How rainfall and landslides dried up Panama's drinking water To understand the long-term effects of a prolonged tropical storm in the Panama Canal watershed, Robert Stallard, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and research hydrolog ... more | .. |
  The roots of memory impairment resulting from sleep deprivation From high-school students to surgeons, anyone who has pulled an all-nighter knows there is a price to be paid the next day: trouble focusing, a fuzzy memory and other cognitive impairments. Now, res ... more |
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