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Hurricane Irene batters Bahamas, aims at US coastFreeport, Bahamas (AFP) Aug 25, 2011 Hurricane Irene pounded the Bahamas Thursday en route toward the populous US east coast, punishing the nation of small islands with heavy rain and powerful winds. The storm caused widespread destruction on the remote Bahaman island of Acklins, local reports said, but there was no immediate official comment. On Grand Bahama Island, officials said water and electricity would be cut off, and most tourists left the popular resort area. Officials said that on Friday no one would be allowed on the str ... read more |
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  Radical overhaul of farming could be 'game-changer' for global food security According to the authors of new research released at the World Water Week in Stockholm, a radical transformation in the way farming and natural systems interact could simultaneously boost food produ ... more | .. |
  Ancient wild horses help unlock past An international team of researchers has used ancient DNA to produce compelling evidence that the lack of genetic diversity in modern stallions is the result of the domestication process. The ... more | .. |
  Time to begin anticipating and adapting to climate change Despite the uncertainties surrounding climate change, it is time to start developing effective strategies that will keep the nation's transportation systems and other critical infrastructure running ... more | .. |
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  Research Vessel Polarstern at North Pole You can't get any "higher": on 22 August 2011 at exactly 9.42 a.m. the research icebreaker Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association reach ... more | .. |
 How many species on Earth? 8.7 million Most precise estimate ever is based on novel, validated analytical technique; Yet to be discovered, described, catalogued: 91 percent of marine species, 86 percent of species overall Eight mil ... more | .. |
 Breeding Ozone-Tolerant Crops U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists working with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that future levels of ground-level ozone could reduce soybean yields by an average ... more | .. |
 Lasting evolutionary change takes about 1 million years In research that will help address a long-running debate and apparent contradiction between short- and long-term evolutionary change, scientists have discovered that although evolution is a constant ... more |
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World Bank lifts ban on nuclear energy financing
Waymo leads autonomous taxi race in the US
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 Summer Drought limits the positive effects of CO2 and heat on plant growth in future climate Although the rain this summer has been pouring down over Denmark, most scientists agree that global temperature increases will intensify periods with summer drought already in 2075. The large ... more | .. |
  A New Nuance to Neurons A fundamental new discovery about how nerve cells in the brain store and release tiny sacs filled with chemicals may radically alter the way scientists think about neurotransmission - the electrical ... more | .. |
 African leaders meet to raise funds for drought crisis African leaders held a rare fund-raiser in Ethiopia Thursday in a bid to plug a $1.1 billion shortfall in aid for millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades. ... more | .. |
  Children's hospitals not equipped to handle pandemics A new study of children's hospitals nationwide has found them underequipped to handle a major surge of patients in the event of a pandemic, and urges health care institutions and government agencies ... more |
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  Melanin's 'trick' for maintaining radioprotection studied Sunbathers have long known that melanin in their skin cells provides protection from the damage caused by visible and ultraviolet light. More recent studies have shown that melanin, which is produce ... more | .. |
 Warning call of the wild: US zoo animals sensed quake Many animals at the National Zoo in Washington sensed the rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the US east coast before it struck and began to behave strangely, zoo officials said. ... more | .. |
  China bans songs by Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys China has banned websites from featuring 100 songs by artists from Lady Gaga to the Backstreet Boys, a statement on the culture ministry's website said. ... more | .. |
  Facebook-Twitter to face riot-spooked British officials Facebook and Twitter on Thursday will meet with riot-spooked British officials to discuss how social networks can play roles in keeping people safe during civil unrest. ... more |
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Israel, Iran exchange more deadly airstrikes on fifth day of conflict
Amid Israel-Iran war, Nimitz aircraft carrier to join Vinson in Middle East
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 Rat poison may be killing raptors Rat poison appears to have gotten into the food chain in parts of Scotland and is killing birds of prey and other unintended targets, scientists said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Rhino bloodbath surges on S.Africa's private reserves The giant rhino slumps to the ground with haunting cries as it fights for its life, a bloodied, fleshy pulp in the place where poachers sawed off its horn. ... more | .. |
Powerful quake rattles remote area of Peru A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook eastern Peru on Wednesday and was felt more than 300 miles (480 kilometers) away in the capital Lima as well as in neighboring Ecuador and Brazil. ... more | .. |
US zoos step up elephant safety rules The US zoo association has issued tougher safety guidelines on elephants that include a requirement for all institutions to provide barriers that separate handlers from the animals. ... more |
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 Climate scientist exonerated over research A climate scientist at the center of the climate-change debate has been exonerated of allegations of research misconduct, Penn State said in a statement. ... more | .. |
 Ex-Japanese foreign minister eyes top job Japanese former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara confirmed he will run his party's leadership race next week to succeed Naoto Kan as prime minister. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: The 'LES' countries The term "BRICs" is a virtual cliche. Brazil, Russia, India and China were lumped together as the globe's "emerging" economic dynamos. Now, if even handedness applies to politics, we should declare the "LES" countries, drawn together by public rebellion against decades of autocratic rule. ... more | .. |
 Lithuania vexed by Leningrad nuke mishap A construction accident at a next-generation prototype Russian nuclear power plant is alarming and shows a lack of transparency, Lithuanian officials say. ... more |
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Missing Matter in Universe Found
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  Italy heatwave kills elderly A heatwave has killed at least 10 elderly people in Milan in northern Italy with temperatures topping 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in the past week, health officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
First proof that climate is a trigger for conflict: study Climate shift has at times been fingered as a culprit in triggering conflict, fuelling for instance the 1789 French Revolution by wrecking harvests and driving hungry peasants to the city. ... more | .. |
'Moral obligation' to help Horn of Africa: EU's Ashton EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton urged world governments Wednesday to meet a "moral obligation" to pump new emergency aid into the drought-hit Horn of Africa. ... more | .. |
 AIDS stalks gay and transgender Indians India's success in slashing HIV/AIDS infection rates by 50 percent in the last decade masks a high rate of infection among homosexual and transgender people, experts say. ... more |
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  Growing energy demand adds stress to water supply A Google search for "world water shortage" will produce more than four million results in 0.17 seconds. It will also use a tenth of a teaspoon of water, experts say. ... more | .. |
Washington assesses damage from rare east coast quake Washington's iconic monuments were off-limits to disappointed tourists and schools around the region were also shuttered Wednesday, as authorities assessed the damage from a rare US east coast earthquake the previous day. ... more | .. |
Somalia famine set to spread to two new areas: UN Famine is set to spread to two new southern Somali regions with millions of people reeling from extreme drought, the top UN humanitarian aid official for the war-torn nation warned on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Newly discovered Icelandic current could change climate picture If you'd like to cool off fast in hot summer weather, take a dip in a newly discovered ocean current called the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ). You'd need to be far, far below the sea's surface near Icel ... more |
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