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European Neandertals were almost extinct long before humans showed upBinghamton NY (SPX) Mar 28, 2012 Western Europe has long been held to be the "cradle" of Neandertal evolution since many of the earliest discoveries were from sites in this region. But when Neandertals started disappearing around 30,000 years ago, anthropologists figured that climactic factors or competition from modern humans were the likely causes. Intriguingly, new research suggests that Western European Neandertals were on the verge of extinction long before modern humans showed up. This new perspective comes from a study of ... read more |
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  New ORNL tool developed to assess global freshwater stress A new method to make better use of vast amounts of data related to global geography, population and climate may help determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change. ... more | .. |
 Genetic study unravels ancient links between African and European populations Large numbers of people moved between Africa and Europe during recent and well-documented time periods such as the Roman Empire, the Arab conquest, and the slave trade, and genetic evidence of these ... more | .. |
  Plant DNA speaks English, identifies new species The important changes to the way scientists name new plants that took effect on 1 January 2012 included the fall of the so-called Latin requirement - a stipulation that descriptions or diagnoses of ... more | .. |
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 Huge hamsters and pint-sized porcupines thrive on islands From miniature elephants to monster mice, and even Hobbit-sized humans, size changes in island animals are well-known to science. Biologists have long believed that large animals evolving on islands ... more | .. |
 Researchers develop new technique to assess diversity of plant species from afar By analyzing vegetation information collected by satellites over time instead of for just one day, scientists in the Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS ... more | .. |
 UN hits water target, but 2 billion people still drinking unsafe water Recent widespread news coverage heralded the success of a United Nations' goal of greatly improving access to safe drinking water around the world. But while major progress has been made, a ne ... more | .. |
  State of the planet Time is running out to minimize the risk of setting in motion irreversible and long-term climate change and other dramatic changes to Earth's life support system, according to scientists speaking at ... more |
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  New plastics 'bleed' when cut or scratched - and then heal like human skin A new genre of plastics that mimic the human skin's ability to heal scratches and cuts offers the promise of endowing cell phones, laptops, cars and other products with self-repairing surfaces, scie ... more | .. |
 Can a Machine Tell When You're Lying Inspired by the work of psychologists who study the human face for clues that someone is telling a high-stakes lie, UB computer scientists are exploring whether machines can also read the visual cue ... more | .. |
 Thai man arrested in S.Africa over alleged rhino poaching A Thai man has been arrested at a Johannesburg casino in connection with a rhino poaching syndicate accused of hiring prostitutes to smuggle rhino horns, a spokesman said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Work on new Chernobyl sarcophogus to start next month The construction of a new sarcophagus above the defunct Chernobyl Atomic Power Station will begin on April 26, the 26th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster, Ukraine said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Kazakhstan sounds alarm over dying Caspian seals The Kazakhstan government and environmentalists Tuesday sounded the alarm over the declining numbers of endangered Caspian seals after 35 animals were found dead over the weekend. ... more | .. |
  Delhi immolation protester haunted by Tibet 'torture' Friends and neighbours of the Tibetan protester who set himself alight in New Delhi said on Tuesday that his actions were out of character but driven by desperation felt by many in his community. ... more | .. |
 Population adds to planet's pressure cooker, but few options The world's surging population is a big driver of environmental woes but the issue is complex and solutions are few, experts at a major conference here say. ... more | .. |
 Amnesty sees hope in China on death penalty China is still executing thousands of prisoners per year but there are flickers of hope that attitudes there towards the death penalty are changing, the head of Amnesty International said. ... more |
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Russia strikes Kyiv after first stage of major prisoner swap
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders
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  Owner wants Japan tsunami boat scrapped The owner of a fishing boat in Japan that drifted across the Pacific after getting washed away from its moorings by last year's huge tsunami does not want it back, a Japanese official said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Cities on front line of climate change The world's cities face the brunt of climate change but some are starting to respond vigorously to the threat, experts say at a conference here staged ahead of the June Rio summit. ... more | .. |
 2C warming target 'out of reach' - ex UN climate chief The UN's former climate chief on Tuesday said the global warming pledge he helped set at the Copenhagen Summit little more than two years ago was already unattainable. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong's new leader must restore trust: analysts Hong Kong's new leader will struggle to balance the interests of powerful tycoons with those of the people after he secured Beijing's blessing to guide the city to democratic elections in 2017, analysts said. ... more |
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 China blames Dalai Lama for India immolation bid Beijing on Tuesday blamed the Dalai Lama for a violent incident in India that saw a Tibetan exile set himself on fire in protest against a trip by Chinese President Hu Jintao to New Delhi this week. ... more | .. |
  An invasive Asian fly is taking over European fruit Coming from the Asian continent, Drosophila suzukii has only been in Spain for a short time. Far away from slipping through into the Iberian Peninsula, it accelerated towards the north of Europe whe ... more | .. |
  Seismic survey at the Mariana trench will follow water dragged down into the Earth's mantle Last month, Doug Wiens, PhD, professor of earth and planetary science at Washington University in St. Louis, and two WUSTL students were cruising the tropical waters of the western Pacific above the ... more |
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  Trace element plays major role in tropical forest nitrogen cycle A new paper by researchers from the University of Georgia and Princeton University sheds light on the critical part played by a little-studied element, molybdenum, in the nutrient cycles of tropical ... more | .. |
 Sediment sleuthing A University of Delaware oceanographer has stumbled upon an unusual aid for studying local waterways: radioactive iodine. Trace amounts of the contaminant, which is used in medical treatments, are e ... more | .. |
  Discovery Sheds New Light on Wandering Continents A layer of partially molten rock about 22 to 75 miles underground can't be the only mechanism that allows continents to gradually shift their position over millions of years, according to a NASA-spo ... more | .. |
  False killer whales use acoustic squint to target prey Hunting in the ocean's murky depths, vision is of little use, so toothed whales and dolphins (odontocetes) rely on echolocation to locate tasty morsels with incredible precision. Laura Kloepper from ... more |
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 Oil from Deepwater Horizon disaster entered food chain in the Gulf of Mexico Since the explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, scientists have been working to understand the impact that this disaster has had on the environm ... more | .. |
Why the world in our head stays still when we move our eyes When observing a fly buzzing around the room, we should have the impression that it is not the fly, but rather the space that lies behind it that is moving. After all, the fly is always fixed in our ... more | .. |
 Scientists discover new method of proton transfer Scientists at USC and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab have discovered a new route by which a proton (a hydrogen atom that lost its electron) can move from one molecule to another - a basic component ... more | .. |
 Focus on technology overlooks human behavior when addressing climate change Technology alone won't help the world turn away from fossil fuel-based energy sources, says University of Oregon sociologist Richard York. In a newly published paper, York argues for a shift in poli ... more |
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