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VLT rediscovers life on Earth By looking at the moonMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 02, 2012 "We used a trick called earthshine observation to look at the Earth as if it were an exoplanet," says Michael Sterzik (ESO), lead author of the paper. "The Sun shines on the Earth and this light is reflected back to the surface of the Moon. The lunar surface acts as a giant mirror and reflects the Earth's light back to us - and this is what we have observed with the VLT." The astronomers analyse the faint earthshine light to look for indicators, such as certain combinations of gases in the Earth's ... read more |
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  Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Program Examined Collecting environmental information about the present and future of home planet Earth is of critical importance. Space-based systems can help to appreciate how our planet and its climate are changi ... more | .. |
  Neandertals faced extinction before the arrival of modern humans New findings from an international team of researchers show that most neandertals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago. The previously held view of a Europe populated by a stable neandertal po ... more | .. |
  Ancient Arabic writings help scientists piece together past climate Ancient manuscripts written by Arabic scholars can provide valuable meteorological information to help modern scientists reconstruct the climate of the past, a new study has revealed. The research, ... more | .. |
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  China's urbanization unlikely to lead to fast growth of middle class The number of people living in China's cities, which last year for the first time surpassed 50 percent of the national population, is considered a boon for the consumer goods market. That is based o ... more | .. |
  Floor of oldest forest discovered in Schoharie County Scientists from Binghamton University and Cardiff University, and New York State Museum researchers, and have reported the discovery of the floor of the world's oldest forest in a cover article in t ... more | .. |
 Sciamachy - 10 years monitoring climate in space How has our ozone layer changed in the last 10 years? How do trace gases like nitrous oxides, carbon dioxide and methane influence our climate? How do environmental protection measures work? T ... more | .. |
  Making the most of what you have The bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which causes atypical pneumonia, is helping scientists uncover how cells make the most of limited resources. By measuring all the proteins this bacterium produce ... more |
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Trump signs orders to boost US nuclear energy
Anthropic's Claude AI gets smarter -- and mischievious
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  Researcher tracks agricultural overuse of bug-killing technology High corn prices are leading many growers to plant corn every year and to overuse pesticides and other bug-killing technology to maximize yields, researchers report. In many instances, pesticides ar ... more | .. |
  Ocean acidification rate may be unprecedented The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global ... more | .. |
 Research offers way to save endangered Florida bird, and a lesson for conservationists A team of researchers has found a key to the habitat puzzle for improving long-term survival of the endangered Florida Scrub-Jay. New research published online in The Royal Society's journal Biology ... more | .. |
  When continents collide: A new twist to a 50 million-year-old tale Fifty million years ago, India slammed into Eurasia, a collision that gave rise to the tallest landforms on the planet, the Himalaya Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau. India and Eurasia continue to ... more |
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  In what ways does lead damage the brain? Exposure to lead wreaks havoc in the brain, with consequences that include lower IQ and reduced potential for learning. But the precise mechanism by which lead alters nerve cells in the brain has la ... more | .. |
  Six dead, one town 'gone' as tornados rip central US At least six people were killed and one small town was "gone" as more than six dozen tornados tore across the central United States on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Virginia high court rules in favor of climate scientist The supreme court of Virginia on Friday ruled in favor of a prominent climate scientist, blocking a two-year bid by state officials to get access to his university emails and grant materials. ... more | .. |
  China rebel village to vote in democracy exercise Residents of a seaside village in one-party China are going to the polls Saturday in an unprecedented leadership election they hope will end alleged graft and revive their fortunes. ... more |
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Russia strikes Kyiv after first stage of major prisoner swap
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders
South Korea says concerned by China's 'no-sail zone' in overlapping waters | .. |
 Water levels of river 'normal,' says Indian official Water levels of a major river flowing through India's northeast are "normal," an Indian government official said Friday, denying claims a dam in neighbouring China had caused them to plunge. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: U.S. factor in Russian vote Judging by the statements of not a few U.S. politicians and journalists, the United States has a keen interest in the presidential election now under way in Russia. ... more | .. |
 Beijing warns Tibetan separatists Top Chinese leaders, ahead of the annual National People's Congress, have stressed the need for social progress in Tibet but warned separatist groups off protesting. ... more | .. |
 Japan touts food in major Hong Kong market More than 40 companies are touting their goods at a Japanese food exhibition in Hong Kong this weekend, hoping to reassure a major market that the country's products are safe to eat. ... more |
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 Website lets people shine light on dark secrets People around the world share their deep secrets with Frank Warren and he, in turn, reveals them to all. ... more | .. |
  Nigerian soldiers killed in creek attack: government Four Nigeria soldiers are missing and presumed dead after an attack by gunmen in the southern oil-rich Niger Delta creeks, the military and a state government said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Snow carpets Holy Land for first time in four years Stormy weather that carpeted Jerusalem and much of northern Israel and the Palestinian territories with snow, the first in four years, left two fatalities in its wake on Friday. ... more | .. |
  Collaboration shields AIDS patients from tuberculosis: UN Some 910,000 lives have been saved so far under a six-year-old policy of cooperation between AIDS and tuberculosis health services, the World Health Organisation estimated Friday. ... more |
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After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
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 China says most cities fail to meet new air standard China said Friday that two-thirds of its cities currently fail to meet new air-quality standards introduced this week that are based on the pollutants most harmful to health. ... more | .. |
  Quake-hit Christchurch cathedral to be demolished Christchurch's Anglican cathedral will be demolished after suffering major damage in the earthquakes that rocked the New Zealand city over the past year, church officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Great Barrier Reef corals clone in bad weather: study Coral offspring spawned from Australia's Great Barrier Reef clone themselves when rough weather hits with not all of the fragile embryos perishing in big waves, research showed Friday. ... more | .. |
 Ex-Thai PM eyes economic rebound after floods Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday he expects the kingdom's economy to rebound in the first quarter of 2012 as firms increase output following last year's devastating floods. ... more |
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 Balancing act for tsunami mayor and single father Mayor Futoshi Toba has spent the past year trying to rebuild a city that was virtually wiped from the map by Japan's tsunami, battling the government's sometimes slipshod approach to recovery while also learning to be a single parent to his two motherless sons. ... more | .. |
 Sentence for ex-Ukraine minister blasted A prison sentence handed to former the Ukrainian internal affairs minister is more evidence the country doesn't respect human rights, critics say. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Paradise lost Rick Santorum recently defended a statement he made last October in which he said that after reading President John F. Kennedy's famous 1960 speech about the separation of church and state, "I almost threw up." ... more | .. |
 Did Neanderthals take to the seas first? Neanderthals may have taken to the seas to become ancient mariners centuries before modern humans managed the same trick, researchers in Greece say. ... more |
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