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Tsunami observed by radarDavis CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2011 The tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11 was picked up by high-frequency radar in California and Japan as it swept toward their coasts, according to U.S. and Japanese scientists. This is the first time that a tsunami has been observed by radar, raising the possibility of new early warning systems. "It could be really useful in areas such as south-east Asia where there are huge areas of shallow continental shelf," said Professor John Largier, an oceanographer at the University of California, D ... read more |
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  Soft Coral Builds Strong Reefs TAU researcher discovers that endangered soft corals are also building blocks of coral reefs Scientists have long believed soft corals, one of the many endangered elements of marine life, are ... more | .. |
  New device exposes explosive vapors Decades after the bullets have stopped flying, wars can leave behind a lingering danger: landmines that maim civilians and render land unusable for agriculture. Minefields are a humanitarian disaste ... more | .. |
  Study: Human ancestors early seafarers Evidence suggests our early ancestors went to sea 130,000 years ago, more than 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
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  Storm kills five at Belgian rock fest A violent storm that lashed an outdoor rock music festival in northern Belgium killed at least five people after uprooting trees and collapsing two stages, local officials said. ... more | .. |
  Google Maps taking armchair explorers to the Amazon Two women washed clothes in the dark water of the Rio Negro as a boat glided past with a camera-laden Google tricycle strapped to the roof, destined to give the world a window into the Amazon rain forest. ... more | .. |
 Hurricane Greg churns off Mexico's Pacific coast Hurricane Greg, the seventh named storm in the eastern Pacific, churned off Mexico's southwest coast Thursday but was expected to weaken and posed no immediate risk to land, US forecasters said. ... more | .. |
  Evolution, climate change: Perry not shy on views Texas governor Rick Perry said Thursday that evolution is a "theory" with "some gaps" - the latest in a string of comments indicating he will not temper his conservative views for his White House bid. ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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  Mystery fire fuels Zimbabwe power struggle The death of a former army chief, a key political power broker, in a mysterious fire has fueled a struggle within Zimbabwe's ruling party to succeed ailing dictator Robert Mugabe as the once-prosperous country verges on ruin. ... more | .. |
 Forecast: Fall weather to be less extreme Despite extreme weather patterns throughout much of the United State so far this year, forecasters say the fall is generally expected to be a bit more moderate. ... more | .. |
  Cambodian 'Avatars' rally to save forest More than one hundred villagers dressed as the forest people from the hit film "Avatar" protested in the Cambodian capital Thursday against the destruction of the country's Prey Lang forest. ... more | .. |
Phony war lays 2012 battle lines In a phony war fought across empty plains and crowded airwaves, US President Barack Obama and the Republicans who want his job have sketched the thematic battle lines of the 2012 election. ... more |
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  Chinese food maker fakes sell-by date: Xinhua A Chinese manufacturer has been faking the production date on its food to make it appear fresher than it really is, state media said Thursday, in the latest safety scare to hit China's food industry. ... more | .. |
  Tests find thyroid radiation in Japanese children Forty-five percent of children tested in the region around Japan's stricken nuclear plant were found to have traces of radioactive elements in their thyroid glands, an official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Emergency aid trickles out to famine-hit Somalis In the days before Somalia descended into decades of war, people would queue outside Cinema Hodan for the latest screening at the elegant open air film house and theatre beloved by youth. ... more | .. |
  China search giant Baidu blasted by state media China's state media has launched stinging attacks on the nation's hugely popular search engine Baidu, in what analysts say may signal government unease about the firm's growing market power. ... more |
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European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
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Egypt military pardons blogger after criticism Egypt's military said on Thursday it has dropped charges against prominent blogger Asmaa Mahfouz of insulting the country's ruling generals after a wave of criticism from rights groups. ... more | .. |
  Are humans to blame for shark attacks? An apparent increase in shark attacks may well have a human cause, with low-cost air travel but also over-fishing and possibly global warming among the hidden suspects, say experts. ... more | .. |
 Researchers discover oldest evidence of nails in modern primates From hot pink to traditional French and Lady Gaga's sophisticated designs, manicured nails have become the grammar of fashion. But they are not just pretty - when nails appeared on all fingers ... more | .. |
 Rapid evolution within single crop-growing season increases insect pest numbers New research by scientists at the University of California, Riverside shows that evolution - genetic changes in populations over time - can occur so rapidly in organisms that its impact on populatio ... more |
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 Increased tropical forest growth could release carbon from the soil A new study shows that as climate change enhances tree growth in tropical forests, the resulting increase in litterfall could stimulate soil micro-organisms leading to a release of stored soil carbo ... more | .. |
 Ethane levels yield information about changes in greenhouse gas emissions Recent data from NSF-funded research in both Greenland and Antarctica demonstrate that fossil-fuel related emissions of both methane and ethane, two of the most abundant hydrocarbons in the atmosphe ... more | .. |
 Making a bee-line for the best rewards Bumblebees use complex problem solving skills to minimise the energy they use when flying to collect food, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London. For the bumblebee (B ... more | .. |
  NASA Research Confirms it's a Small World, After All A NASA-led research team has confirmed what Walt Disney told us all along: Earth really is a small world, after all. Since Charles Darwin's time, scientists have speculated that the solid Earth migh ... more |
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Bezos's Blue Origin postpones rocket launch over weather
SpaceX launches 29 satellites after fireball spotted in the sky
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 Climate change could drive native fish out of Wisconsin waters The cisco, a key forage fish found in Wisconsin's deepest and coldest bodies of water, could become a climate change casualty and disappear from most of the Wisconsin lakes it now inhabits by the ye ... more | .. |
  Breathing new life into Earth Today, oxygen takes up a hefty portion of Earth's atmosphere: Life-sustaining O2 molecules make up 21 percent of the air we breathe. However, very early in Earth's history, O2 was a rare - if not co ... more | .. |
 Nature reaches for the high-hanging fruit In the first study of its kind, researchers have used tools of paleontology to gain new insights into the diversity of natural plant chemicals. They have shown that during the evolution of these com ... more | .. |
 UBC researchers discover key mechanism that regulates shape and growth of plants UBC researchers have discovered a key mechanism that - much like a construction site foreperson - controls the direction of plant growth as well as the physical properties of the biopolymers that pl ... more |
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon up 15% Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon increased by 15 percent during the past 12 months, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said Wednesday ... more | .. |
  Antibody trawl helps search for HIV vaccine Researchers into HIV said they had identified 17 potent antibodies whose discovery opened up valuable pathways in the search for an AIDS vaccine. ... more | .. |
Egypt military sentences five to hang An Egyptian military court on Wednesday sentenced five men to death after they robbed a gas station and killed a police commander during the getaway, the official MENA news agency reported. ... more | .. |
Tropical storm Greg forms with hurricane potential Tropical storm Greg, newly-formed off the southern coast of Mexico, was expected to reach hurricane strength over the next 24 hours, US weather forecasters said on Wednesday. ... more |
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