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215 Russians die in cold snap; well over 600 in EuropeMoscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 Some 215 Russians have died this year in a prolonged period of abnormally cold winter weather, the health ministry said Monday as the overall death toll for Europe rose to well over 600. Heavy snow continued to fall on Monday in Romania and Bulgaria, but the cold snap that froze much of Europe for the past two weeks began to ease in the west of the continent. In Russia, 215 people died and 5,546 people suffered from hypothermia and frostbite, including 154 children, between January 1 and Februar ... read more |
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  Domestic consumption main contributor to Africa's growing E-waste In the five countries studied in the report "Where are WEEE in Africa?" (Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria), between 650,000 and 1,000,000 tons of domestic E-waste are generated each ... more | .. |
  Ultraviolet protection molecule in plants yields its secrets Lying around in the sun all day is hazardous not just for humans but also for plants, which have no means of escape. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can damage proteins and DNA inside cells, ... more | .. |
  Integrated weed management best response to herbicide resistance Over-reliance on glyphosate-type herbicides for weed control on U.S. farms has created a dramatic increase in the number of genetically-resistant weeds, according to a team of agricultural researche ... more | .. |
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 Bio-Disinfection With Semi-Composted Manure Researchers at the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, have confirmed that the use of semi-composted manure in combination with the plastic sealing of the so ... more | .. |
  Will bubble-powered microrockets zoom through the human stomach? Scientists have developed a new kind of tiny motor - which they term a "microrocket" - that can propel itself through acidic environments, such as the human stomach, without any external energy sour ... more | .. |
 Hatchery fish mask the decline of wild salmon populations Scientists have found that only about ten percent of the fall-run Chinook salmon spawning in California's Mokelumne River are naturally produced wild salmon. A massive influx of hatchery-raised fish ... more | .. |
  Engage China in water dialogue: Experts China's move to extensively dam the Yarlung-Brahmaputra as it flows through Tibet and its intention to also divert the river came into sharp focus at a conference here Monday with more than one expert saying New Delhi should immediately engage with Beijing on the issue. ... more |
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Seoul's power giant pushes back on EU probe into Czech nuclear bid
Nuclear option: Indonesia seeks to grow energy, cut emissions
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  Arabs set to fail with latest Syria plan: analysts An initiative calling for a joint UN-Arab League peacekeeping mission to Syria is likely to fail but raises the stakes and further isolates the embattled regime in Damascus, analysts said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Shark attacks rising, study says humans to blame Sharks killed twice as many swimmers and surfers last year than in 2010, with the increase due largely to a growth in tourism and changing shark patterns due to global warming. ... more | .. |
  China police officer killed in Tibetan area: state media Two "criminal suspects" killed a police officer before being shot dead in a Tibetan-inhabited area hit by a spate of protests against Beijing's rule, Chinese state media said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Behind 'coup': Islamist politics rages in sun-kissed Maldives While the debate rages on whether the resignation of former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was voluntary or a coup, there is a larger churning going on in the island nation beyond its stunning, sun-drenched beaches and super luxury resorts patronised by global jetsetters - a worrying mix of Islamisation and politics that has also India worried. ... more |
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  Flight from Japan sparks New Zealand flu scare New Zealand health authorities on Monday admitted they overreacted to an influenza scare on a flight from Japan by quarantining the plane on the tarmac at Auckland airport for several hours. ... more | .. |
  Pirates kill captain, engineer in attack off Nigeria: IMB Pirates fired on a cargo vessel off the coast of Nigeria on Monday killing the captain and chief engineer, a maritime watchdog body said as it warned shipping to stay clear of the area. ... more | .. |
 Serbian freeze stalls would-be immigrants' European dream Hiding in the Serbian woods, a group of Asian illegal immigrants tried for weeks to pass the border with Hungary, until the current freezing weather forced them to break cover and accept help. ... more | .. |
  Nigeria army kills 12 suspected Islamists in flashpoint city Nigeria's army has killed 12 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram Islamists during a raid in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the group's base, a military spokesman told AFP on Monday. ... more |
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North Korea says US missile shield plans risk 'nuclear war' in space
Israel military says intercepted two projectiles fired from Yemen
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 Shedding light on genetics of rice metabolism A large-scale study analyzing metabolic compounds in rice grains conducted by researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and their collaborators has identified 131 rice metabolites and clar ... more | .. |
 Fruit flies drawn to the sweet smell of youth Aging takes its toll on sex appeal and now an international team of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Michigan find that in fruit flies, at least, it even diminishe ... more | .. |
 How the zebra got its stripes If there was a 'Just So' story for how the zebra got its stripes, I'm sure that Rudyard Kipling would have come up with an amusing and entertaining camouflage explanation. But would he have come up ... more | .. |
 Ocean warming causes elephant seals to dive deeper Global warming is having an effect on the dive behaviour and search for food of southern elephant seals. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz ... more |
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 Ocean microbe communities changing, but long-term environmental impact is unclear As oceans warm due to climate change, water layers will mix less and affect the microbes and plankton that pump carbon out of the atmosphere - but researchers say it's still unclear whether these pr ... more | .. |
 Fresh city tomatoes, any time Why not produce lettuce, beans and tomatoes where most of the consumers are to be found: in the city? The flat roofs of many buildings are well-suited for growing vegetables. Rooftop greenhouses can ... more | .. |
 2011 shark attacks remain steady, deaths highest since 1993 Shark attacks in the U.S. declined in 2011, but worldwide fatalities reached a two-decade high, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File report released last week. ... more | .. |
 Genetic Rosetta Stone unveiled in Nature Scientists have developed a new community resource that may act as a Rosetta stone for revealing the genetic basis of traits and disease. A paper in Nature describes the Drosophila Genetic Ref ... more |
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SpaceX set for next Starship launch after fiery failures
Microsoft AI weather forecast faster, cheaper, truer: study
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 5-10 percent corn yield jump using erosion-slowing cover crops The most recent annual results from a four-year Iowa State University study on using cover crops between rows of corn reveals that higher yields - by as much as 10 percent - are possible using the s ... more | .. |
  3D laser map shows earthquake before and after Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change the landscape down to a few inches, and it's giving them insight into how earthquake faults behave. In the Feb. 10 issue of the journal Sci ... more | .. |
 Egypt's military rulers hail low turnout in strikes Egypt's military rulers on Sunday hailed the low turnout in strikes called by anti-army activists exactly a year since Hosni Mubarak's ouster on February 11 as a victory against their opponents. ... more | .. |
 Chinese village experiments with democracy A Chinese village which staged an extraordinary rebellion against authorities last year has taken a key step in a process to freely elect its own governing committee, residents said Sunday. ... more |
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  Deconstructing a Mystery: What Caused Snowmaggedon? In the quiet after the storms, streets and cars had all but disappeared under piles of snow. The U.S. Postal Service suspended service for the first time in 30 years. Snow plows struggled to push th ... more | .. |
 Tibetan nun self-immolates in China: rights groups An 18-year-old nun set herself on fire in China's restive southwest and later died, rights groups said Sunday, the latest in a spate of such incidents among ethnic Tibetans protesting Beijing's rule. ... more | .. |
  Brain capacity limits exponential online data growth Scientists have found that the capacity of the human brain to process and record information - and not economic constraints - may constitute the dominant limiting factor for the overall growth of gl ... more | .. |
 Invasive alien predator causes rapid declines of European ladybirds A new study provides compelling evidence that the arrival of the invasive non-native harlequin ladybird to mainland Europe and subsequent spread has led to a rapid decline in historically-widespread ... more |
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