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Did the orientation of the continents hinder ancient settlement of the AmericasLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2011 In an intriguing original look at the history of the first Americans, a new study finds evidence that the north-south orientation of the American continents slowed the spread of populations and technology, compared to the east-west axis of Eurasia. The research, published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, is part of a special section which explores who the first Americans were and how they were able to settle in the last great unexplored habitat. The research, by Sohini Ramac ... read more |
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  Scientists probe Indian Ocean for clues to worldwide weather patterns An international team of researchers will begin gathering in the Indian Ocean next month, using aircraft, ships, moorings, radars, numerical models and other tools to study how tropical weather brew ... more | .. |
 The Long Journey Out Of Africe For Aboriginal Australians An international team of researchers, including a UK collaboration led by BBSRC- and MRC-funded researchers at Imperial College London, with colleagues at University College London, and University o ... more | .. |
 Aboriginal Australians the first trans-continental human explorers In an exciting development, an international team of researchers have, for the first time, pieced together the human genome from an Aboriginal Australian. The results, now to be published in the int ... more | .. |
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  New approach challenges old ideas about plant species and biomass For decades, scientists have believed that a relationship exists between how much biomass plant species produce and how many species can coexist. This idea comes from a 1970s study that showed as pl ... more | .. |
  Ecologists Use Power of Network Science to Challenge Long-Held Theory For decades, ecologists have toiled to nail down principles explaining why some habitats have many more plant and animal species than others. Much of this debate is focused on the idea that the numb ... more | .. |
 Female promiscuity can rescue populations from harmful effects of inbreeding Females in inbred populations become more promiscuous in order to screen out sperm from genetically incompatible males, according to new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA). Published ... more | .. |
 Researchers take advice from a carnivorous plant After a rain, the cupped leaf of a pitcher plant becomes a virtually frictionless surface. Sweet-smelling and elegant, the carnivore attracts ants, spiders, and even little frogs. One by one, they s ... 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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 Small fish recover faster than large fish In football, linebackers are usually the largest players and have the endurance required to get through a game plus overtime. But when it comes to fish, larger doesn't always mean stronger. A Univer ... more | .. |
 DNA study suggests Asia was settled in multiple waves of migration An international team of researchers studying DNA patterns from modern and archaic humans has uncovered new clues about the movement and intermixing of populations more than 40,000 years ago in Asia ... more | .. |
  Virus discovery helps scientists predict emerging diseases Fresh insight into how viruses such as SARS and flu can jump from one species to another may help scientists predict the emergence of diseases in future. Researchers have shown that viruses ar ... more | .. |
  UN agency sets up nuclear safety 'action team' The UN atomic agency said Monday it would set up a "action team" to help prevent nuclear accidents around the world following the Fukushima disaster in Japan. ... more |
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 China jails three in dyed bun scandal A Shanghai court on Monday jailed three company officials for five to nine years for adding dye to buns, local media said, as China cracks down after a string of food safety scandals. ... more | .. |
  Facebook forms political action committee Facebook said Monday that it is forming a political action committee (PAC) for employees of the social network to make contributions to candidates. ... more | .. |
UN agency to aid Fukushima clean-up The UN atomic agency said Monday it was hoping to send in early October a team of experts to assist in making safe "properly" the area around Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. ... more | .. |
  60 dead, four million affected in India floods Sixty people have died and four million have been affected by flooding in eastern India that has led to a major relief effort from local and international aid agencies, officials said Monday. ... 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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  Rich nations must help poor states cut emissions: minister South Africa's environment minister on Monday called on rich nations to help poor countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of UN climate talks in Durban in November. ... more | .. |
Anger spreads over Bolivia crackdown on protesters Protests spread in Bolivia on Monday over a violent crackdown on Indian marchers demonstrating against a highway planned to be built through an Amazon rainforest preserve. ... more | .. |
 Enough water to double world food production - study There is enough fresh water in the world to double food production in the next decades - the problem is its inefficient use, according to a study released Monday at the World Water Congress meeting in Brazil. ... more | .. |
 Evacuations as typhoon nears Philippines Philippine authorities on Monday evacuated more than 100,000 people, closed schools and grounded flights as one of the biggest typhoons of the year bore down on the Southeast Asian country. ... more |
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  Successor chosen by Dalai Lama 'illegal': China China said Monday any successor chosen by the Dalai Lama would be "illegal" after the Tibetan spiritual leader announced that he, and not Beijing, would decide whether he should be reincarnated. ... more | .. |
Four Syrian army deserters shot dead: activists Syrian security forces shot dead four soldiers trying to desert on Monday, as troops deployed in several villages and China voiced concern over events in Syria. ... more | .. |
  Zambia's Sata tells Chinese investors to respect labour laws Zambia's newly-elected President Michael Sata on Monday warned Chinese investors to respect the country's labour laws to avoid bad blood in workplace. ... more | .. |
Two monks try to self-immolate in China Two young monks set themselves on fire Monday in an attempted self-immolation at a restive Tibetan Buddhist monastery in southwestern China, rights groups said, adding the pair survived. ... 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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  Russia may launch its first Earth remote sensing satellite in 2012 Russia's first Earth remote sensing satellite, the Kondor, may be launched in January 2012, a space official said on Thursday. "We are developing Kondor and Arkon [satellites]," deputy head of ... more | .. |
 El Nino and the Tropical Eastern Pacific Annual Cycle Run to the Same Beat Phase synchronization is a phenomenon in which separate oscillatory systems develop joint coherent behavior by some nonlinear mechanism. First described in 1673 by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens ... more | .. |
  Nitrate levels rising in northwestern Pacific Changes in the ratio of nitrate to phosphorus in the oceans off the coasts of Korea and Japan caused by atmospheric and riverine pollutants may influence the makeup of marine plants and influence ma ... more | .. |
 Zebras and cattle Not such a black-and-white argument African ranchers often prefer to keep wild grazers like zebras off the grass that fattens their cattle. But a new study by Kenyan and University of California at Davis researchers shows that grazing ... more |
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 Team creates genetic GPS system to comprehensively locate and track inhibitory nerve cells A team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has succeeded in creating what amounts to a GPS system for locating and tracking a vital class of brain cells that until now has elu ... more | .. |
 Researchers use genome sequences to peer into early human history Cornell researchers have developed new statistical methods based on the complete genome sequences of people alive today to shed light on events at the dawn of human history. They applied their ... more | .. |
  Model provides successful seasonal forecast for the fate of Arctic sea ice Relatively accurate predictions for the extent of Arctic sea ice in a given summer can be made by assessing conditions the previous autumn, but forecasting conditions more than five years into the f ... more | .. |
 Researchers chance viewing of river cutoff forming provides rare insight For University of Illinois river researchers, new insight into river cutoffs was a case of being in the right place at the right time. Geography professor Bruce Rhoads and geology professor Jim Best ... more |
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