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Scientists refine Earth's clockLondon UK (SPX) Apr 09, 2012 New research has revealed that some events in Earth's history happened more recently than previously thought. Scientists from the British Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, publishing this week in the journal Science, have refined the data used to determine how much time has passed since a mineral or rock was formed. They report uranium isotopic composition of minerals, used to date major geological events, which are more accurate than previously published. The major ... read more |
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  Scientists Find Slow Subsidence of Earth's Crust Beneath the Mississippi Delta The Earth's crust beneath the Mississippi Delta sinks at a much slower rate than what had been assumed. That's one of the results geoscientists report in a paper published in the journal Earth and P ... more | .. |
  Growing nitrous oxide levels explained Published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience, the record is drawn from atmospheric sampling at the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, Tasmania, and air extracted from the Antarctic ic ... more | .. |
  Dolphins cultivate loose alliances Dolphins behave uniquely. On the one hand, male dolphins form alliances with others; on the other hand, they live in an open social structure. Anthropologists from the University of Zurich detected ... more | .. |
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Fertilizer use responsible for increase in nitrous oxide in atmosphere University of California, Berkeley, chemists have found a smoking gun proving that increased fertilizer use over the past 50 years is responsible for a dramatic rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide, wh ... more | .. |
  Volcanic plumbing exposed Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions. International teams of researchers, led by the University of Leeds, ... more | .. |
 Dartmouth scientists track radioactive iodine from Japan nuclear reactor meltdown Radioactive iodine found by Dartmouth researchers in the local New Hampshire environment is a direct consequence of a nuclear reactor's explosion and meltdown half a world away, says Joshua Landis, ... more | .. |
  Pollen can protect mahogany from extinction New research from the University of Adelaide could help protect one of the world's most globally threatened tree species - the big leaf mahogany - from extinction. Big leaf mahogany (Swietenia macro ... more |
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Palantir, the AI giant that preaches US dominance
China and US wrap first day of trade talks
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  Titanic disaster 'unlikely to happen again' World-leading ship science expert, Professor Ajit Shenoi, says that a seafaring tragedy on the scale of the Titanic disaster is unlikely to happen again. Professor Shenoi, who is the Director ... more | .. |
  Species explorers propose steps to map biosphere An ambitious goal to describe 10 million species in less than 50 years is achievable and necessary to sustain Earth's biodiversity, according to an international group of 39 scientists, scholars and ... more | .. |
  Exiled Tiananmen leaders ask to visit China The exiled leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement and other Chinese dissidents have asked the government to allow them to visit their homeland, a rights group said. ... more | .. |
 Two dead due to heavy rain in Brazil At least two people were killed late Friday in Brazil's southeastern state of Rio de Janeiro due to a heavy downpour, which triggered mudslides and interrupted traffic, media reported. ... more |
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 Bald eagle in crosshairs of US fight over lead bullets The bald eagle that came into wildlife rehabilitator Belinda Burwell's care last month, just as the hunting season was coming to a close in North America, was a shadow of its former self. ... more | .. |
  Islamic laws dominate polls in Indonesia's Aceh Indonesia's only province ruled by hardline sharia laws elects its powerful governor on Monday, in polls watched by militant Muslims pushing for an Islamic government nationwide. ... more | .. |
  Up to 135 feared dead in Pakistan avalanche Up to 135 people, mostly soldiers, were feared dead Sunday after an avalanche buried a Pakistan army camp in mountainous Kashmir, in an area known as the world's highest battleground. ... more | .. |
 China tries alleged smuggling mastermind: state media The alleged boss of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling and bribery scam that badly tainted China's government went on trial on Friday after a 12-year diplomatic battle to avoid deportation from Canada. ... more |
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North Korea warns US against pushing it to give up nukes
Iran vows stronger response if attacked again by US, Israel
Ukraine says Russian attacks targeted western city, home to airfield | .. |
 Writer fled China to 'publish book' on dissident A Chinese dissident who wrote a book critical of the country's leadership has said he fled into exile after being warned against publishing a biography of a jailed Nobel laureate. ... more | .. |
 Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi dies in US Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi, a key figure in the pro-democracy movement behind the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has died in the United States, a fellow activist said Saturday. He was 76. ... more | .. |
  Iran navy rescues China crew from hijacked freighter The Iranian navy has freed 28 Chinese crew members less than a day after their cargo ship was hijacked by Somali pirates off the Islamic republic's south coast, Chinese state media said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 China shuts political websites in crackdown Two Chinese political websites said Friday they had been ordered by authorities to shut for a month for criticising state leaders, the latest move in a broad government crackdown on the Internet. ... more |
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China tries alleged smuggling kingpin: state media The alleged mastermind of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling racket whose extradition to China sparked a bitter diplomatic row with Canada went on trial Friday, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 US Coast Guard sinks Japan tsunami 'ghost ship' The US Coast Guard on Thursday sunk a Japanese "ghost ship" with bursts of heavy gunfire when it drifted into Alaskan waters more than a year after being set adrift by a devastating tsunami. ... more | .. |
 Going ape for apps: young orangutan plays with iPad The young orangutan reaches his hand through the cage and rubs his knuckles over an iPad, drawing wide colors across the screen with his favorite app. ... more | .. |
 China places six Uighurs on 'terror' list China has placed six men from the Uighur ethnic minority on a "terror" list, accusing them of involvement in terrorist training camps and of inciting attacks in the restive western Xinjiang region. ... more |
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Russian space chief to meet NASA head for first time in eight years
BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
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 Drones will seek pirates at sea The U.S. Navy says it will begin tests of airborne pilotless drones equipped with sensors that could distinguish small pirate boats at sea from other vessels. ... more | .. |
  What the future of water means to business What precious liquid has the automotive company set its sights on? The humble three-atom compound H2O. While experts say it's a while before water plays a predominant role in the global marketplace, some companies have started taking the resource more seriously. In the past 10 years, companies like Ford, Coca-Cola Co., IBM and Intel Corp. have made water conservation or stewardship a part of their company profile. At least one city is building on its proximity to fresh water to spur economic growth. In 2009, the Milwaukee Water Council, a non-profit, was formed to promote collaboration among the city's growing water industry. The group also works to attract water industry businesses to Milwaukee, likening the city to a water hub in the way other cities brand themselves as a hub for the arts or technology. ... more | .. |
 Radioactive fluid leaks at French nuclear reactor Radioactive cooling fluid leaked at a French nuclear reactor Thursday following two small fires, but the spillage was safely collected in special tanks, officials said. ... more | .. |
  At least 14 dead in Argentina storms At least 14 people died overnight into Thursday in Argentina following storms that saw strong winds cause damage across the capital region. ... more |
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 China calls for lifting of all Myanmar sanctions China on Thursday reiterated its call for all international sanctions on Myanmar to be lifted, after landmark elections in the long-closed nation gave Aung San Suu Kyi her first seat in parliament. ... more | .. |
  Drought forces hosepipe ban for 20 million Britons Around 20 million Britons were banned on Thursday from using garden hoses, after one of the driest two-year periods on record. ... more | .. |
  Antibody clues to AIDS vaccine success The success of an AIDS vaccine trial that in 2009 was shown to protect 31 percent of people studied may have been due to varying levels of antibody responses in the patients, researchers said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Is rainfall a greater threat to China's agriculture than warming? New research into the impact of climate change on Chinese cereal crops has found rainfall has a greater impact than rising temperature. The research, published in the Journal of the Science of Food ... more |
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