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The future of plant science - a technology perspectiveWashington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2012 Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, according to Carnegie's David Ehrhardt and Wolf Frommer. In a Perspective published in The Plant Cell, the two researchers argue that the development of new technology is key to transforming plant biology in order to meet human needs. Plants serve as the conduit of energy into the biosphere, provide food and materials used by humans, and they shape our environment. According to Ehrhardt and Frommer, the th ... read more |
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  Evolution of Earliest Horses Driven by Climate Change When Sifrhippus sandae, the earliest known horse, first appeared in the forests of North America more than 50 million years ago, it would not have been mistaken for a Clydesdale. It weighed in at ar ... more | .. |
 Researchers get first full look at prehistoric New Zealand penguin After 35 years, a giant fossil penguin has finally been completely reconstructed, giving researchers new insights into prehistoric penguin diversity. The bones were collected in 1977 by Dr. Ew ... more | .. |
 How do you stop a synthetic-biology disaster? Experts say at least $20 million to $30 million in government research is needed over the next decade to adequately identify and address the possible ecological risks of synthetic biology, an emergi ... more | .. |
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 Australian floods to bring bumper farming year Drenching rains that have caused widespread flooding in southeastern Australia will bring a bumper year for farmers, the agriculture minister said Tuesday, with forecasts at their best in 30 years. ... more | .. |
  Improving performance and user comfort of the Tongue drive system The Tongue Drive System is getting less conspicuous and more capable. Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an ... more | .. |
  Thousands flee Australian flood-hit town More than 8,000 people fled their homes in Australia's flood-hit southeast Tuesday amid fears that a levee holding back the swollen Murrumbidgee River would fail. ... more | .. |
  Scientists search for source of creativity It takes two to tango. Two hemispheres of your brain, that is. USC researchers are working to pin down the exact source of creativity in the brain - and have found that the left hemisphere of your b ... 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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  New report questions hard-edged 'living shorelines' in estuaries The increasing use of large breakwaters and other hard structures to reduce erosion in "living shorelines" along coastal estuaries may be no better for the environment than the ecologically harmful ... more | .. |
  Sand layer plays a key role in protecting the underlying permafrost in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau The permafrost is degrading, and at the same time, the desertification is also developing at the surface of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, under the condition of global warming. Sand layer is accelerated pe ... more | .. |
  T. rex has most powerful bite of any terrestrial animal Research at the University of Liverpool, using computer models to reconstruct the jaw muscle of Tyrannosaurus rex, has suggested that the dinosaur had the most powerful bite of any living or extinct ... more | .. |
 Current rates of ocean acidification are unparalleled in Earth's history The study, based on an expert workshop led by Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the University of Bristol, assessed in detail a number of climate change events in the planet ... more |
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  Fukushima refugees still in limbo one year on A year after being forced to abandon homes and businesses in the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear plant, tens of thousands of refugees are still in limbo, unable to return and having to battle for compensation. ... more | .. |
 Disasters cost $380 billion in 2011, says UN Disasters led by the Japan earthquake cost the world a record figure of more than $380 billion last year, a UN official said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Small dams, big impact on Mekong River fish: study Plans to build hydropower dams along small branches of southeast Asia's longest river could have a devastating impact on millions of people who rely on the world's largest inland fishery, scientists said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Deadly Australia floods spark new evacuation Australian emergency services Monday ordered thousands more to evacuate a New South Wales town threatened by rising floodwaters, as the crisis claimed a second life when surging water swept a car off the road. ... 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 | .. |
  Singapore top carbon emitter in Asia-Pacific: WWF Affluent Singapore had the largest carbon footprint per head in the Asia-Pacific in 2010, conservation group WWF said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Sea Shepherd attacks whalers: Japan agency Militant environmentalists Sea Shepherd fired distress flares at whaling ships in the Antarctic Ocean, the Japanese Fisheries Agency said Tuesday, in the latest high-seas confrontation. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan teen self-immolates in China: exile groups A teenager has become the third Tibetan to self-immolate in China in as many days, exile groups said, as Beijing tightens security ahead of the sensitive anniversary of deadly 2008 riots. ... more | .. |
 65 killed in Madagascar storm: weather agency Tropical Storm Irina has killed at least 65 people in Madagascar, most of them residents of the Ifanadiana district in the southeast of the island, weather authorities said on Monday. ... more |
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 Bangkok's number two airport to reopen Bangkok's second largest airport will reopen this week after a more than four-month closure owing to the kingdom's worst floods in decades, an official said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Quake researchers warn of Tokyo's 'Big One' A year on from one of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history, Japanese scientists are warning anew that Tokyo could soon be hit by a quake that will kill thousands and cause untold damage. ... more | .. |
  Cuba to test new AIDS vaccine on humans Cuba's top biotech teams have successfully tested a new AIDS vaccine on mice, and are ready to soon begin human testing, a leading researcher told a biotechnology conference in Havana on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Chinese land rights 'must not be violated': Wen Farmers' rights to their land "must not be violated", China's premier told parliament on Monday, a day after elections in a village that became a symbol of resistance against official land grabs. ... 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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  US toddler dies in wake of tornado, toll at 37 A two-year-old girl who was found barely alive amid the bodies of her parents and siblings after horrific tornadoes hit the United States, died Sunday after a 48-hour fight for life. ... more | .. |
 China to spend $111 billion on police in 2012 China will spend $111.6 billion on its police forces in 2012, the government said Monday, as it focuses on quelling rising social unrest ahead of a 10-yearly leadership change. ... more | .. |
  GCC seeks 'adequate' conditions for Arab summit The Saudi foreign minister said on Sunday that leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council may not attend an Arab summit in Iraq this month unless "adequate" conditions are met. ... more | .. |
  Pirates kill four Nigerian soldiers in creek attack: army Four Nigerian soldiers declared missing last week were killed by pirates in the restive oil-rich Niger Delta and their bodies have been recovered, an army spokesman said on Sunday. ... more |
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 Residents mourn dead after tornadoes kill 38 in US Residents of Midwestern states mourned their dead Sunday after a string of killer tornadoes tore through the US heartland, killing at least 38 people, injuring hundreds and virtually wiping out entire communities. ... more | .. |
 Ice dam collapses at Argentine glacier An ice dam at Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier collapsed early Sunday, creating an impressive spectacle not seen since July 2008, although few tourists were actually awake to experience the moment. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan official quits over 'bird flu cover-up' A top Taiwan agriculture official stepped down Sunday amid allegations he covered up bird flu outbreaks, a day after authorities said they had culled thousands of chickens. ... more | .. |
  Spain wilts in driest winter for 70 years February is barely past but already Spanish farmers are on drought alert as reservoirs shrink, crops wilt and brush fires crackle after the country's driest winter in 70 years. ... more |
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