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Cities to grab lands equaling size of Mongolia In next 20 yearsCollege Station TX (SPX) Sep 19, 2011 In the next 20 years, more than 590,000 square miles of land globally - more than twice the size of Texas - will be gobbled up by cities, a trend that shows no signs of stopping and one that could pose threats on several levels, says a Texas A and M University geographer who is part of a national team studying the problem. Burak Guneralp, a research assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Texas A and M, says urban areas are growing faster than urban populations and by 2030, urbanized ... read more |
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  Tree resin captures evolution of feathers on dinosaurs and birds Secrets from the age of the dinosaurs are usually revealed by fossilized bones, but a University of Alberta research team has turned up a treasure trove of Cretaceous feathers trapped in tree resin. ... more | .. |
  Scientists reconstruct evolutionary history of mollusks Seemingly simple animals such as the snail and squid have ransacked the genetic toolkit over the last half billion years to find different ways to build complex brains, nervous systems and shells, a ... more | .. |
  Hitchhiking snails fly from ocean to ocean Smithsonian scientists and colleagues report that snails successfully crossed Central America, long considered an impenetrable barrier to marine organisms, twice in the past million years-both times ... more | .. |
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 TUM scientists document aquatic species decline at dams and weirs Dams and weirs have a stronger impact on the ecosystem of watercourses than was previously realized. Species diversity in the dammed area upstream of weirs shows a significant decline: the diversity ... more | .. |
 Study in underwater laboratory may help manage seaweed-eating fish that protect coral A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endanger ... more | .. |
  Self-delusion is a winning survival strategy Edinburgh UK (SPX) Sep 19, 2011 Harbouring a mistakenly inflated belief that we can easily meet challenges or win conflicts is actually good for us, a new study suggests. Researchers have shown for ... more | .. |
 Biochemical cell signals quantified for first time Just as cell phones and computers transmit data through electronic networks, the cells of your body send and receive chemical messages through molecular pathways. The term "cell signaling" was coine ... 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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 Are genes our destiny A "hidden" code linked to the DNA of plants allows them to develop and pass down new biological traits far more rapidly than previously thought, according to the findings of a groundbreaking study b ... more | .. |
 Study suggests methylation and gene sequence co-evolve in human-chimp evolutionary divergence Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and the University of Southern California (USC) have published the first quantitative evidence supporting the notion that the genome-wide "bookmark ... more | .. |
 Consumers willing to pay premium for healthier genetically modified foods Consumers are eager to get their hands on, and teeth into, foods that are genetically modified to increase health benefits - and even pay more for the opportunity. A study by Iowa State Univer ... more | .. |
  Woolly mammoth's secrets for shrugging off cold points toward new artificial blood for humans The blood from woolly mammoths - those extinct elephant-like creatures that roamed the Earth in pre-historic times - is helping scientists develop new blood products for modern medical procedures th ... more |
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  At least 19 killed as 6.9 quake rocks India, Nepal A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern India on Sunday, killing at least 19 people, including three caught in a wall collapse at the British embassy in neighbouring Nepal. ... more | .. |
  Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle Online gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade. ... more | .. |
  China censors survey of officials' luxury watches Authorities in Beijing have censored a survey of luxury watches worn by Chinese government officials published online by an activist whose investigation was welcomed by the official media. ... more | .. |
  China clones castrated quake hero pig A heroic pig who survived more than a month buried under rubble after the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan province has been successfully cloned, according to a report Sunday. ... 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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  Greenpeace teaches civil disobedience Potential activists for Greenpeace learned Saturday how to place U-locks around their necks to attach themselves to objects, erect blockades of linked human bodies and go limp when arrested. ... more | .. |
 Monster crocodile gets own park in Philippines A monster crocodile which is reputedly the world's largest is the star attraction at its own nature park which opened in the Philippines this weekend, weeks after the beast's capture. ... more | .. |
 Thousands trapped in Pakistan's flood-hit south In Pakistan's fertile south, a grim-faced soldier found himself in a standoff with 100 flood-stricken protesters demanding help for their communities marooned by the surging water. ... more | .. |
  Mozambique detains Americans and Briton on piracy mission Mozambique's police briefly detained four Americans and a Briton who claimed to be on a rescue mission of a pirated ship in the Indian ocean, a spokesman said Saturday. ... more |
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  Right whales returning to New Zealand After being hunted almost to extinction and driven from ancestral calving grounds, southern right whales are returning to New Zealand, researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Wen: China needs more democracy China needs a greater dose of democracy, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who retires from the job at the end of next year. ... more | .. |
 New US lab trains global scientists in food safety Global food trade is a big and risky business. ... more | .. |
 Five sea turtle populations are endangered: US The United States issued a ruling on Friday saying that five world populations of loggerhead sea turtles are endangered species but four are only "threatened." ... more |
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Solein protein tech moves toward ISS zero-gravity pilot project
Japan launches initiative for lunar construction technology
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 Brazilian officials sit out Dalai Lama visit The Dalai Lama brought his message of global tolerance to Sao Paulo Friday, but no Brazilian officials attended the meetings by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, whose trips are closely watched by China, Brazil's top trading partner. ... more | .. |
 China state religion groups slam US freedom report Beijing-backed religious groups hit out at the US after it reaffirmed China's status as a country "of particular concern" on religious freedom, accusing Washington of trying to harm the nation's image. ... more | .. |
 Series of quakes hit off Japan disaster zone A strong 6.6-magnitude undersea quake and a series of aftershocks hit off the coast of Japan's Honshu island Saturday, not far from the area ravaged by a huge March quake and tsunami, geologists said. ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace back to Canada roots for 40th anniversary Greenpeace celebrated its 40th anniversary Thursday in Vancouver, with the environmental group praising the Canadian city's role in spawning a global movement at the forefront of green activism. ... more |
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 China shuts US plant over lead poisoning scare Shanghai said Friday it had ordered the temporary closure of two plants, including a unit of US Fortune 500 company Johnson Controls, over fears they may be causing lead poisoning in children. ... more | .. |
  China punishes officials over deadly explosions Authorities in eastern China said Friday they had fired a top official for failing to resolve a drawn-out land dispute with a man who is believed to have set off three deadly explosions. ... more | .. |
 China detains general's son for assault: Xinhua China has detained the 15-year-old son of a well-known general for beating a couple while their young child looked on in an incident that sparked public outrage, the state Xinhua news agency said. ... more | .. |
  Arctic ice at 2nd lowest level since 1979: US report The frozen Arctic has shrunk to its second lowest level since satellites began measuring it in 1979, capping a decade of "rapidly decreasing summer sea ice," US scientists said Friday. ... more |
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