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Unfounded pesticide concerns adversely affect the health of low-income populationsDenver CO (SPX) Aug 31, 2011 The increasingly prevalent notion that expensive organic fruits and vegetables are safer because pesticides - used to protect traditional crops from insects, thus ensuring high crop yields and making them less expensive - are a risk for causing cancer has no good scientific support, an authority on the disease said here Tuesday. Such unfounded fears could have the unanticipated consequence of keeping healthful fruits and vegetables from those with low incomes. Bruce N. Ames, Ph.D., developer of a ... read more |
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  Scientist creates new hypothesis on ocean acidification Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been rising due to the burning of fossil fuels. Increased absorption of this carbon by the ... more | .. |
  Monitoring Ground-Level Ozone from Space Satellite views of the Midwestern United States show that ozone levels above 50 parts per billion (ppb) along the ground could reduce soybean yields by at least 10 percent, costing more than $1 bill ... more | .. |
 Wastewater recycling can multiply greenhouse gas emissions New research shows that wastewater recycling processes may generate more greenhouse gases than traditional water-treatment processes. Despite this finding, there are good reasons to continue keep wa ... more | .. |
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 Extreme 2010 Russian Fires and Pakistan Floods Linked Meteorologically Two of the most destructive natural disasters of 2010 were closely linked by a single meteorological event, even though they occurred 1,500 miles (2,414 km) apart and were of completely different na ... more | .. |
  Are New England's Iconic Maples at Risk? Are new England's iconic maple trees at risk? If a beetle has its way, the answer may be yes. Results from the first study of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) in forests show that the invasive inse ... more | .. |
  New microscope might see beneath skin in 4-D A new type of laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) holds the promise of diagnosing skin cancer in a single snapshot. Typical LSCMs take 3-D images of thick tissue samples by visualizing thin sl ... more | .. |
 Nitrogen pollution's little-known environmental and human health threats Billions of people owe their lives to nitrogen fertilizers - a pillar of the fabled Green Revolution in agriculture that averted global famine in the 20th century - but few are aware that nitrogen p ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
Teaching robots to map large environments
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 How an 'evolutionary playground' brings plant genes together Plants produce a vast array of natural products, many of which we find useful for making things such as drugs. There are likely to be many other plant natural products that remain undiscovered or un ... more | .. |
  Fossil Discovery Represents New Milestone in Early Mammal Evolution A well-preserved fossil discovered in northeast China provides new information about the earliest ancestors of most of today's mammal species--the placental mammals. According to a paper publi ... more | .. |
  Black Death confirmed as bubonic plague The Black Death that decimated the population of Europe in the 14th century was definitely caused by bubonic plague, a DNA analysis of medieval bones has shown. ... more | .. |
  Arab Spring an 'intel disaster' for West The Arab Spring has been "an intelligence disaster" for Western security services because of the fall of Middle Eastern leaders working with the United States and Europe, says a former Central Intelligence Agency chief. ... more |
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  UNHCR urges more aid to drought-hit Somalia to stem exodus UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that relief groups should increase aid to war-battered and drought-hit Somalis to reduce the exodus to neighbouring countries. ... more | .. |
  China jails more Tibetan monks, US concerned A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced two more Tibetan monks to jail time over a self-immolation protest at their monastery, as the United States voiced concern and urged Beijing to address grievances. ... more | .. |
  China tycoon to buy part of Iceland: FT A Chinese tycoon wants to buy a huge tract of land in Iceland for a $100 million (70 million euro) eco-tourism project that will include a golf course, the Financial Times said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Insurers escape the worst of Hurricane Irene Global insurance companies have got off relatively lightly with Hurricane Irene and it is just as well because their earnings this year were already under pressure from other natural disasters, analysts say. ... 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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 US rescues thousands stranded by Irene US rescuers battled Tuesday to reach thousands cut off by flooding in towns across Vermont, New Jersey and upstate New York as the death toll from Hurricane Irene climbed towards 50. ... more | .. |
  Climate change threatens mental health too: study Flooding, drought and superstorms boosted by climate change are not only poised to ravage human habitats but mental health as well, according to Australian researchers. ... more | .. |
  Ugandan villagers reel from mudslide tragedy Nathan Gimei stares in shock at what used to be his village, a small Ugandan settlement ripped apart by a mudslide that submerged homes and killed entire families. ... more | .. |
 EU, NATO dismiss Abkhazia election The European Union and NATO say they don't recognize the results of this past weekend's election of Aleksandr Ankvab as the president of Abkhazia. ... more |
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 British rivers 'healthiest for 20 years' The renaissance of Britain's rivers was underlined on Tuesday when waterways once considered polluted to death were revealed as teeming with life. ... more | .. |
  Tropical Storm Nanmadol hits China's coast Tropical Storm Nanmadol lashed China Tuesday, forcing tens of thousands of boats back to harbour and causing the cancellation of dozens of flights, officials and state media said. ... more | .. |
 Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought In Ethiopias Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. ... more | .. |
 Japan confirms Noda as new PM Yoshihiko Noda became Japan's sixth new prime minister in five years Tuesday, inheriting an in-tray groaning with disaster recovery, nuclear crisis and economic gloom in the ageing, debt-choked nation. ... 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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 Ikea pledges $62mn for world's largest refugee camp The charitable arm of furniture giant Ikea has made a record $62 million pledge to help thousands of people at Dadaab, the world's biggest refugee camp in Kenya, the UNHCR said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Irene blamed for 40 deaths in US, Canada Hurricane Irene is being blamed for at least 40 deaths in 11 eastern US states and Canada, officials and local media said Monday, as Vermont and upstate New York suffered disastrous flooding. ... more | .. |
Cambodia's activist monk fights on despite threats His saffron robe a rare beacon among protesters, Cambodia's most outspoken monk has been banned from temples and risked arrest for challenging rights abuses - but he vows not to be silenced. ... more | .. |
 China urges end to 'cancer' of online rumours China's state news agency called on Internet sites Tuesday to stop the "cancer" of online rumours, in the latest sign of official unease over the rising popularity of social networking sites. ... more |
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Rights groups criticise China for jailing monk Rights activists on Tuesday criticised China for jailing a Tibetan lama for 11 years over the death of a young monk who set himself alight, with one calling his prosecution "purely political". ... more | .. |
 Scripps Research Scientists Reengineer an Antibiotic to Overcome Dangerous Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have successfully reengineered an important antibiotic to kill the deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The compound could one day be use ... more | .. |
 Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm In the zeal to eliminate dangerous bacteria, it is possible that we are also permanently killing off beneficial bacteria as well, posits Martin Blaser, MD, Frederick H. King Professor of Medicine, p ... more | .. |
 NASA refutes drought-driven declines in plant productivity, global food security A new, comprehensive study by an international team of scientists, including scientists at Boston University in the US and the Universities of Vicosa and Campinas in Brazil, has been published in th ... more |
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