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Scientists crack the spiders' web codeMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2011 Decorative white silk crosses are an ingenious tactic used by orb-weaving spiders to protect their webs from damage, a new study from the University of Melbourne has revealed. The team, led by Dr Andre Walter and Professor Mark Elgar from the University of Melbourne's Department of Zoology, found that orb-weaving spiders respond to severe damage to their webs by building bigger silk crosses, but if the damage is mild they don't bother adding extra decoration. Professor Mark Elgar said web da ... read more |
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  Climate played big role in Vikings' disappearance from Greenland The end of the Norse settlements on Greenland likely will remain shrouded in mystery. While there is scant written evidence of the colony's demise in the 14th and early 15th centuries, archaeologica ... more | .. |
  Paper argues against conclusion that bacteria consumed Deepwater Horizon methane A technical comment published in the current (May 27) edition of the journal Science casts doubt on a widely publicized study that concluded that a bacterial bloom in the Gulf of Mexico consumed the ... more | .. |
  World-Wide Assessment Determines Differences in Cultures Conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between individuals from different cultures. But what makes cultures different; what makes one more restrictive and another less so? A new inte ... more | .. |
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  Deadly twisters rare in northeast: US Deadly tornadoes like the one that struck Massachusetts are unusual but not unheard of in the northeastern United States, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan The tsunami which followed the Japanese earthquake devastated around 300km of coastal cities, towns, farmlands and greenhouses along Japan's Pacific coastline. The wave was reported to have spread u ... more | .. |
  Gadhafi's river could be hidden weapon The Great Man-Made River, a $33 billion irrigation system built by Moammar Gadhafi to provide water from a vast underground aquifer in the desert for Libya's people, could become a crucial element in his fight to preserve his embattled regime. ... more | .. |
 Biodegradable Products May Be Bad For The Environment Research from North Carolina State University shows that so-called biodegradable products are likely doing more harm than good in landfills, because they are releasing a powerful greenhouse gas as t ... more |
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  Storing seeds for a rainy day - or in this case, a fire As mountain pine beetles march across the forests of western North America, these insects may kill millions of pine trees during a single outbreak. A rise in overall temperatures over the past sever ... more | .. |
 Big city holds empty promise for bats In the treeless, flat Prairie, you'd think a city would provide a good home for bats who like to snuggle up and roost in trees and buildings. But researchers at the University of Calgary made the su ... more | .. |
 Euro, Asian leaders to talk food security Emerging security threats such as food and water shortages call for urgent and coordinated action, European and Asian leaders said this week. ... more | .. |
  Radar reveals secrets of Antarctic ice Ice-penetrating radar has revealed one of the last uncharted regions of Earth, an ice-buried lowland in East Antarctica larger than Texas, researchers say. ... more |
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 Climate change allows invasive weed to outcompete local species Yellow starthistle already causes millions of dollars in damage to pastures in western states each year, and as climate changes, land managers can expect the problem with that weed and others to esc ... more | .. |
  Thorny mission to preserve world's forests Third World countries and notably those of the Congo basin face an uphill challenge in looking after their forests while allowing for population growth and development. ... more | .. |
 China food factory owner held amid chemical scare Police in southern China have detained a factory owner suspected of mixing an industrial chemical used to soften plastics into food additives, state media reported on Friday. ... more | .. |
  Ukraine officials 'stole pipes' from Chernobyl Ukraine has sentenced three officials at the Chernobyl nuclear power station to five years in prison for stealing radioactive pipes worth around $125,000, the country's security service said on Thursday. ... more |
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  Longevity of AIDS patients presents new risks: US Thirty years after the AIDS epidemic first surfaced, more people than ever before in the United States - more than 1.1 million - are living with HIV, the Centers for Disease Control said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Japan restricts green tea over radiation fears Japan banned the shipment of green tea leaves grown in four prefectures around Tokyo on Thursday after radioactive caesium above legal levels was found in samples, a media report said. ... more | .. |
  The Origin of Movement in Oxygen Oases New evidence shows mobile animals could have evolved much earlier than previously thought. A University of Alberta-led research team has discovered that billions of years before life evolved in the ... more | .. |
 Australia's Kakadu wetlands 'under climate threat' Rising sea levels linked to global warming will endanger Australia's World Heritage-listed Kakadu wetlands, according to a government report released Thursday as part of the campaign for a carbon tax. ... more |
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  Japan PM survives no-confidence vote Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan survived a no-confidence vote Thursday after pledging to step down once the country is on the road to recovery from the March 11 quake and nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
 E. coli germ is new strain, say two gene labs Two labs said on Thursday that the DNA of a bacterium behind a lethal E. coli outbreak in Germany pointed to a new strain of microbe whose genetic mix explained its remarkable virulence. ... more | .. |
  Fresh looting in Burkina's second-largest city Authorities imposed a curfew in Burkina Faso's second-largest city on Thursday after angry troops went on another rampage, firing shots into the air and looting businesses, residents said. ... more |
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'First' outbreak of mystery bacteria kills at least 18 The World Health Organisation warned Thursday Europe was seeing the first outbreak of a lethal bacteria, as its death toll climbed to 18, all but one them in Germany. ... more | .. |
  China crackdown recalls Tiananmen: rights groups China's current crackdown on dissent mirrors its crushing of the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests in 1989, rights groups said Thursday, calling on Beijing to account for its past and present actions. ... more | .. |
 Increases in rain and temp could signal cholera outbreaks months ahead With recent deadly cholera outbreaks in Haiti and Cameroon providing the latest indication of a menacingly resurgent disease, scientists have discovered rain and temperature fluctuations in at-risk ... more | .. |
 Ocean acidification leaves clownfish deaf to predators Since the Industrial Revolution, over half of all the CO2 produced by burning fossil fuels has been absorbed by the ocean, making pH drop faster than any time in the last 650,000 years and resulting ... more |
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 Egg cartons not accurate in reporting animal welfare claims If you think that you're using humanely produced eggs for your omelets or deviled eggs, think again. Egg companies recognize that most Americans care about the welfare of farmed animals and many mar ... more | .. |
 Assessing the influence of Alaska glaciers is slippery work With an estimated 34,000 square miles of ice, an area about the size of Maine, Alaska's multitude of glaciers have a global impact. Anthony Arendt, an assistant research professor at the Unive ... more | .. |
 Woollies were not picky - happy to interbreed A DNA-based study sheds new light on the complex evolutionary history of the woolly mammoth, suggesting it mated with a completely different and much larger species. The research, which appear ... more | .. |
 Blueberry's effects on cholesterol examined in lab animal study Laboratory hamsters that were fed rations spiked with blueberry peels and other blueberry-juice-processing leftovers had better cholesterol health than hamsters whose rations weren't enhanced with b ... more |
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