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Deaths From Extreme Weather Events Have Fallen 98 Percent Since the 1920sLos Angeles, CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2011 Despite concerns about global warming and a large increase in the number of reported storms and droughts, the world's death rate from extreme weather events was lower from 2000 to 2010 than it has been in any decade since 1900, according to a new Reason Foundation study. The Reason Foundation report chronicles the number of worldwide deaths caused by extreme weather events between 1900 and 2010 and finds global deaths caused by extreme weather events peaked in the decade running from 1920 to 1929, ... read more |
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  If insurance companies pay out too often farmers will be threatened with ruin Insurance can help farmers to survive dry periods. However, it can also result in the long term in overgrazing and therefore threaten their existence if insurance companies pay out in periods of mod ... more | .. |
  Uncertain climate models impair long-term climate strategies A new paper published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, explains weaknesses in our understanding of climate change and how we can fix them. These issues mean predictions vary wil ... more | .. |
  Australia bracing for whale baby boom More baby whales are expected to migrate down Australia's east coast than have been seen in 50 years after indications of a bumper birthing season, wildlife experts said Friday. ... more | .. |
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  China shuts lead plants on pollution fears Authorities in Shanghai said Friday they had halted production at most of the city's lead battery plants - including a US-owned factory - on pollution concerns. ... more | .. |
  EU urges more aggressive action on pirates European Union states on Friday called for "more robust" action from the international fleet in the Indian Ocean to step up the fight against increasingly daring and well-armed pirates. ... more | .. |
  Hundreds of protesters attack police station in China Hundreds of protesters attacked a police station in southern China and ransacked vehicles, leaving dozens injured in the latest unrest to hit China's industrial heartland, authorities said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Pacific Hurricane Hilary swells to Category Four Hurricane Hilary swelled to a Category Four storm on Friday but was moving away from Mexico's Pacific coast and was not expected to strike land, according to the US-based National Hurricane Center. ... more |
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World's first non-silicon 2D computer developed
From plastic trash to solar hydrogen a practical method emerges
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 Japan will share lessons of nuclear disaster: PM Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda stressed Friday that Tokyo would share with the international community all the lessons learned from the nuclear accident at Fukushima. ... more | .. |
  Egypt, Ethiopia mull Nile dams dispute Egypt and Ethiopia are making an effort to settle a long-running bitter dispute over sharing the waters of the Nile River but Ethiopia seems determined to press ahead with plans to build a string of large hydroelectric dams that Cairo says will choke off its lifeblood. ... more | .. |
  Work with Myanmar, think tank says Western countries should engage the new regime in Myanmar to encourage it to continue with reforms, think tank International Crisis Group said. ... more | .. |
 Natural nanostructure can sequester carbon U.S. chemists say a class of natural nanostructures made of sugar, salt and alcohol can capture and store carbon dioxide while being carbon neutral themselves. ... more |
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 More than 150 dead in Thai flooding: govt Two infant brothers swept away by rising waters in northern Thailand have become the latest victims of two months of heavy flooding that have left over 150 people dead, authorities said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Aquarius Yields NASA's First Global Map of Ocean Salinity NASA's new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the ocean surface, providing an early glimpse of the mission's anticipated discoveries. Aquarius, which is a ... more | .. |
  Scientists turn back the clock on adult stem cells aging Researchers have shown they can reverse the aging process for human adult stem cells, which are responsible for helping old or damaged tissues regenerate. The findings could lead to medical treatmen ... more | .. |
  Understanding methane's seabed escape A shipboard expedition off Norway, to determine how methane escapes from beneath the Arctic seabed, has discovered widespread pockets of the gas and numerous channels that allow it to reach the seaf ... more |
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AI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments
Japan says two Chinese aircraft carriers seen in Pacific
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  Astrotech Subsidiary Wins Contract for NASA Mission Astrotech has won a fully-funded task order under the previously announced Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The Company will provide f ... more | .. |
  Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things Human devices, from light bulbs to iPods, send information using electrons. Human bodies and all other living things, on the other hand, send signals and perform work using ions or protons. Ma ... more | .. |
  Biodiversity helps dilute infectious disease, reduce its severity Researchers at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that loss of biodiversity may be contributing to a fungal infection that is killing amphibians around the world, and provides mor ... more | .. |
  Primitive birds shared dinosaur fate A new study puts an end to the longstanding debate about how archaic birds went extinct, suggesting they were virtually wiped out by the same meteorite impact that put an end to dinosaurs 65 million ... more |
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  Continents influenced human migration, spread of technology How modern-day humans dispersed on the planet and the pace of civilization-changing technologies that accompanied their migrations are enduring mysteries. Scholars believe ancient peoples on Europe ... more | .. |
 Paraguay outbreak threatens farms, jobs Paraguay faces a worsening crisis in its fragile agriculture and livestock sector as mounting losses from a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak threaten to decimate exports and make thousands jobless. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar stands firm on Myitsone dam Work continues on a $3.6 billion hydropower dam project in Myanmar on the Irrawaddy River despite widespread objections. ... more | .. |
 Haiti seeks greater local role in rebuilding Haitians feel "left out" of international efforts to rebuild their quake-shattered country and should have a greater role, President Michel Martelly said in remarks released on Thursday. ... more |
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Unexpected Dust Patterns Found on Uranus Moons Confound Scientists
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 10 infected with polio in China outbreak At least 10 people in northwestern China have contracted a highly infectious strain of polio, in the first outbreak of the disease in the country for 12 years, a United Nations group said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Somali rebels send back starving thousands into famine zone Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked rebels said Thursday they were moving over 12,000 starving families back into famine zones they had fled, where the UN has warned they will die without help. ... more | .. |
Hurricane Hilary strengthens off Mexico's Pacific Hurricane Hilary strengthened Thursday off the southwestern Pacific coast of Mexico, threatening to punish coastal areas with strong winds and heavy surf, forecasters said. ... more | .. |
 Two million sick from Pakistan floods Two million Pakistanis have fallen ill from diseases since monsoon rains left the southern region under several feet of water, the country's disaster authority said Thursday. ... more |
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 Putin touts Arctic Northeast passage Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged on Thursday to turn the Northeast passage into a key shipping route and modernise its Arctic infrastructure as Moscow seeks to stake out a claim over the energy-rich region. ... more | .. |
 Yao Ming urges Chinese to give up shark fin soup Basketball star Yao Ming and British entrepreneur Richard Branson on Thursday launched a campaign urging Chinese to stop eating shark fin soup to help save the predators. ... more | .. |
 Booming China is number one Bordeaux importer The booming Chinese mainland is now the largest importer of Bordeaux by volume, driving a jump in exports of the French wine, an industry body said. ... more | .. |
Ugandans displaced by UK company landgrab: Oxfam At least 22,500 Ugandans were forced from their homes to make way for a British timber company, the aid agency Oxfam said in a report Thursday calling for an investigation into alleged abuses. ... more |
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