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Warmer summers may bring colder wintersLexington, Mass. (UPI) Jan 16, 2012 The harsh recent winters experienced in the Northern Hemisphere may have an unexpected cause, U.S. scientists say: unusually warm summers in arctic regions. Elevated temperatures and greater melting of ice in the arctic regions is creating more snowfall in the autumn in lower northern latitudes, research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters suggests. Researchers say winter cooling trends in the eastern United States, southern Canada and much of northern Eurasia cannot ... read more |
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  Eyeing resources, India, China, Brazil, Japan, other countries want a voice on Arctic Council With an eye on rapid changes in the resource-rich Arctic, countries like China, India and Brazil, which have no Arctic territories, are nonetheless knocking on the door of the increasingly influenti ... more | .. |
  Plant nourishing gene brings hope for increased crop seed yield and food security University of Warwick scientists have discovered a "nourishing gene" which controls the transfer of nutrients from plant to seed - a significant step which could help increase global food production ... more | .. |
  Does the La Nina weather pattern lead to flu pandemics Worldwide pandemics of influenza caused widespread death and illness in 1918, 1957, 1968 and 2009. A new study examining weather patterns around the time of these pandemics finds that each of them w ... more | .. |
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 Managing private and public adaptation to climate change New research has found that individuals and the private sector have an important role to play in the provision of public policies to help society adapt to the impacts of climate change. Writin ... more | .. |
  Ziyuan III satellite sends back hi-res images The Ziyuan III satellite has sent back its first set of visual data days after the orbiter was successfully launched on Jan. 9 to produce high-resolution imagery for civilian use. According to ... more | .. |
  British scientific expedition discovers world's deepest known undersea volcanic vents A British scientific expedition has discovered the world's deepest undersea volcanic vents, known as 'black smokers', 3.1 miles (5000 metres) down in the Cayman Trough in the Caribbean. Using a deep ... more | .. |
  NATO warship assists Iranian vessel A NATO warship went to the rescue this weekend of an Iranian-flagged vessel whose engine broke down just days after its rescue from pirates by another NATO ship, the alliance said Monday. ... more |
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NYT signs AI deal with Amazon; Generative AI's most prominent skeptic doubles down
Generative AI's most prominent skeptic doubles down
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  'Ocean giants' ban needed on Italy coasts: environmentalists The 17-deck cruise ship that capsized smack in the middle of a marine nature reserve off Tuscany shows these ocean giants threaten the coastline and should be banned, Italian environmentalists said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Engineering team completes ambitious Antarctic expedition in the 'deep-field' A team of four British engineers has returned to the UK after completing a gruelling journey to one of the most remote and hostile locations on the planet to put in place equipment and supplies for ... more | .. |
  Warnings of ecological timebomb after Tuscan ship wreck Fears rose of an environmental disaster from a wrecked cruise ship in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Italy on Monday as hopes faded of finding any more survivors on board. ... more | .. |
  Canada urged to conceal fetal sex over abortion fears An editorial in a major Canadian medical journal Monday urges doctors to conceal the gender of a fetus from all pregnant women until 30 weeks to prevent sex-selective abortion by Asian immigrants. ... more |
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  China village revolt leader named party boss One of the men behind a rare revolt against local Communist officials has been named party head of a Chinese village whose protest against land grabs became a symbol of public anger over corruption. ... more | .. |
  Anti-whaling activists back in Australia Three activists who sparked a diplomatic incident by boarding a Japanese whaling ship arrived back in Australia Monday as Prime Minister Julia Gillard blasted their "irresponsible" behaviour. ... more | .. |
 China struggles to meet surging demand for dairy Despite a major safety scandal in 2008, China's demand for milk is surging as people grow wealthier, but the country's poorly kept and often undernourished dairy herds are struggling to keep pace. ... more | .. |
 China village revolt leader named party boss A villager who led mass protests against corrupt local Communist officials in southern China has been named the new party head of the village, a fellow resident said Monday. ... more |
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SpaceX launches advanced GPS satellite for Space Force
Trump 'tough love' on defence better than no love: EU's Kallas
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 Carbon dioxide affecting fish brains: study Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fish, with serious consequences for their survival, according to research released Monday. ... more | .. |
  Huntsman quitting US presidential race: campaign Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman is dropping his US presidential bid and will endorse frontrunner Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination on Monday, his campaign said. ... more | .. |
 We May Be Less Happy, But Our Language Isn't "If it bleeds, it leads," goes the cynical saying with television and newspaper editors. In other words, most news is bad news and the worst news gets the big story on the front page. So one m ... more | .. |
  Breakthrough Model Reveals Evolution of Ancient Nervous Systems Determining the evolution of pigmentation patterns on mollusk seashells - which could aid in the understanding of ancient nervous systems - has proved to be a challenging feat for researchers. Now, ... more |
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 Did an earlier genetic molecule predate DNA and RNA In the chemistry of the living world, a pair of nucleic acids-DNA and RNA-reign supreme. As carrier molecules of the genetic code, they provide all organisms with a mechanism for faithfully reproduc ... more | .. |
 In tackling lead pollution, fungi may be our friends Fungi may be unexpected allies in our efforts to keep hazardous lead under control. That's based on the unexpected discovery that fungi can transform lead into its most stable mineral form. Th ... more | .. |
 Researchers discover particle which could cool the planet In a breakthrough paper published in Science, researchers from The University of Manchester, The University of Bristol and Sandia National Laboratories report the potentially revolutionary effects o ... more | .. |
  Largest bird alters its foraging due to climate change Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern hemisphere during the last decades. Since winds have increased in intensity and moved to the south, th ... more |
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Next phase of NASA's Artemis II testing set to begin
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 New insights into an ancient mechanism of mammalian evolution A team of geneticists and computational biologists in the UK have revealed how an ancient mechanism is involved in gene control and continues to drive genome evolution. The new study is published in ... more | .. |
  Simulating firefighting operations on a PC Firefighters often put their lives at risk during operations, so it is essential they have reliable tools to help them do their job. Now, a modular simulation kit is set to help develop new informat ... more | .. |
 New Information on the Waste-Disposal Units of Living Cells Important new information on one of the most critical protein machines in living cells has been reported by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Labo ... more | .. |
 NIST releases 2 new SRMs for monitoring human exposure to environmental toxins The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed two new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for m ... more |
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 How the brain computes 3-dimensional structure The incredible ability of our brain to create a three-dimensional (3D) representation from an object's two-dimensional projection on the retina is something that we may take for granted, but the pro ... more | .. |
 Strong quakes rattle remote Antarctica Two strong earthquakes 40 minutes apart rocked the remote South Orkney Islands in Antarctica on Sunday, experts from the US Geological Survey said. ... more | .. |
 China sets pace for smoggy Hong Kong: think-tank Beijing's decision to come clean on its dirty air has embarrassed Hong Kong, where smog kills hundreds of people a year, hurts business and drives away talent, a think-tank has said. ... more | .. |
 S.Africa boosts efforts to protect Kruger rhinos South Africa announced Sunday it was beefing up the number of rangers in the world-renowned Kruger national park after an alarming jump in the number of rhinos slain by poachers for their horns. ... more |
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