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The Arctic is already suffering the effects of a dangerous climate changeBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Feb 02, 2012 These researchers assert that the Arctic is already suffering some of the effects that, according to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), correspond with a "dangerous climate change". Currently, the rate of climatic warming exceeds the rate of natural adaptation in arctic ecosystems. Furthermore, the Eskimo population is witnessing how their security, health and traditional cultural activities jeopardize. The experts demand an effort in order to develop indicators that warn about ... read more |
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  Cold snap tests Greece's depleted welfare services A cold snap that has killed dozens of people across Europe is testing Greece's whittled-down welfare services, which have been grappling deep cuts amid the nation's ongoing fiscal crisis. ... more | .. |
  Lungs infected with plague bacteria also become playgrounds for other microbes Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often ... more | .. |
 Researchers identify key peptides that could lead to a universal vaccine for influenza Researchers at the University of Southampton, University of Oxford and Retroscreeen Virology Ltd have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that coul ... more | .. |
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  Mouse to elephant? Just wait 24 million generations Scientists have for the first time measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, showing it takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant ... more | .. |
 Team Proves Plausibility of New Primordial Pathway to Life's Chemical Building Blocks For decades, chemists considered a chemical pathway known as the formose reaction the only route for producing sugars essential for life to begin, but more recent research has called into question t ... more | .. |
 Deep freeze claims more lives in Europe Europe shivered in some of the coldest temperatures in decades Wednesday as the death toll soared past 80 and countries battled to clear snow from roads and railways. ... more | .. |
 Death toll climbs as heavy snow grips Japan Heavy snow that has blanketed northern Japan for weeks, triggering avalanches and affecting transport networks, has left at least 55 people dead, officials said Thursday. ... more |
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Photon control breakthrough at ultra-low temperatures advances quantum technology
New gravity test using 3D velocities of wide binaries backs modified Newtonian dynamics
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  Scientists decode brain waves to eavesdrop on what we hear Neuroscientists may one day be able to hear the imagined speech of a patient unable to speak due to stroke or paralysis, according to University of California, Berkeley, researchers. These sci ... more | .. |
 Making memories last Memories in our brains are maintained by connections between neurons called "synapses". But how do these synapses stay strong and keep memories alive for decades? Neuroscientists at the Stower ... more | .. |
  NASA Study Solves Case of Earth's 'Missing Energy' Two years ago, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., released a study claiming that inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth's heat and measure ... more | .. |
 Development of the chimpanzee determined by the X factor One of the most important questions for evolution researchers is how a species develops and adapts during the course of time. An analysis of the genes of twelve chimpanzees has now demonstrated that ... more |
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  Western diplomats press Russia, China over Syria The UN Security Council met Wednesday amid tense negotiations aimed at persuading Russia to back a tough resolution condemning violence in Syria. ... more | .. |
  Eight executives detained in China pollution case China has detained another company official, bringing the total to eight, over a massive river pollution case in the country's south, the government and state media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken for food. ... more | .. |
 Scientists decode how the brain hears words US scientists said Wednesday they have found a way to decode how the brain hears words, in what researchers described as a major step toward one day helping people communicate after paralysis or stroke. ... more |
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Trump says warned Netanyahu against striking Iran
Iran says may allow US inspectors from nuclear watchdog if deal reached
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 Bird flu claims second victim this year in Vietnam A woman in southern Vietnam has died after contracting the bird flu virus, health authorities said Thursday, in the country's second human death from the virulent disease in less than a month. ... more | .. |
 Ancient DNA holds clues to climate change adaptation Thirty-thousand-year-old bison bones discovered in permafrost at a Canadian goldmine are helping scientists unravel the mystery about how animals adapt to rapid environmental change. The bones ... more | .. |
 Norway blocking China's access to Arctic China's efforts to tap the natural resources and transportation routes of the arctic will continue to be frustrated by Norway, a diplomatic source says. ... more | .. |
 Obama, Romney look to White House clash President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Wednesday girded for an epic White House clash after the Republican took a huge step towards his party nomination with a crushing Florida primary win. ... more |
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  Tuareg rebels take Mali town after army pullout Mali's Tuareg rebels took over the northern town of Menaka Wednesday after the government forces stationed there pulled out overnight, officials and witnesses said. ... more | .. |
  Radioactive water leak at Japan nuclear plant: report Some 8.5 tons of radioactive water leaked from a reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant but it had not flowed outside the reactor building, Kyodo News said Wednesday, quoting the plant's operator. ... more | .. |
 Conservative Niinistoe set to win Finnish presidency Conservative Sauli Niinistoe looks set to cruise to victory in Finland's second round of presidential vote on Sunday, with polls giving him a wide lead over green liberal challenger Pekka Haavisto. ... more | .. |
  'Atlantis' volcano gives tips for mega-eruptions Around 1630 BC, a super-volcano blew apart the Aegean island of Santorini, an event so violent that some theorists say it nurtured the legend of Atlantis. ... more |
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China launches space probe seeking asteroid samples: Xinhua
The hunt for mysterious 'Planet Nine' offers up a surprise
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  'Trained separatists' behind Tibetan unrest: China China has blamed "trained separatists" for a wave of unrest in Tibetan-inhabited areas last week that left at least two people dead and dozens injured, state press reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Australia -- land of the koala, kangaroo... and elephant Elephants and maybe rhinoceroses could be introduced to Australia to chomp on an invasive African grass that also causes wildfires, according to an idea reported in a scientific journal on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong paper runs ad insulting mainland 'locusts' A group of Hong Kongers published a newspaper ad Wednesday insulting mainland Chinese as "locusts", amid seething resentment over rising mainland influence in the southern city. ... more | .. |
 Rebel China village takes first step in democratic vote Villagers in China whose rebellion against local officials last year grabbed the headlines kicked off a key process on Wednesday that will see them hold their first-ever open, democratic elections. ... more |
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 Chinese media blast officials over toxic river Chinese media on Wednesday blasted local officials for poor supervision after industrial waste in a southern river threatened the drinking water for millions of people. ... more | .. |
 US Navy comes to rescue of Iranian fishing dhow The US Navy has announced that it assisted an Iranian fishing vessel in distress in the Gulf, the fourth such incident this year in an area marked by tension between Washington and Tehran. ... more | .. |
 Study may answer longstanding questions about Little Ice Age A new international study may answer contentious questions about the onset and persistence of Earth's Little Ice Age, a period of widespread cooling that lasted for hundreds of years until the late ... more | .. |
  What do killer whales eat in the Arctic? Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the top marine predator, wherever they are found, and seem to eat everything from schools of small fish to large baleen whales, over twice their own size. The increa ... more |
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