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Monkey lip smacks provide new insights into the evolution of human speechVienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2012 Scientists have traditionally sought the evolutionary origins of human speech in primate vocalizations, such as monkey coos or chimpanzee hoots. But unlike these primate calls, human speech is produced using rapid, controlled movements of the tongue, lips and jaw. Speech is also learned, while primate vocalizations are mostly innately structured. New research published in Current Biology by W. Tecumseh Fitch, Head of the Department of Cognitive Biology at the University of Vienna, supports the ide ... read more |
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  Highway through Amazon worsens effects of climate change, provides mixed economic gains Paving a highway across South America is providing lessons on the impact of road construction elsewhere. That's what a University of Florida researcher and his international colleagues have determin ... more | .. |
 University of Tennessee anthropologists find American heads are getting larger White Americans' heads are getting bigger. That's according to research by forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Lee Jantz, coordinator of UT's Forensic Anthropology Ce ... more | .. |
 New Mini-sensor Measures Magnetic Field of the Brain In future a new magnetic sensor the size of a sugar cube might simplify the measurement of brain activity. In the magnetically shielded room of Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) the sensor ... more | .. |
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 Stanford psychologists aim to help computers understand you better Language is so much more than a string of words. To understand what someone means, you need context. Consider the phrase, "Man on first." It doesn't make much sense unless you're at a baseball game. ... more | .. |
  Unmanned NASA Storm Sentinels set for Hurricane Study Ah, June. It marks the end of school, the start of summer...and the official start of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, which got off to an early start in May with the formation of Tropical Storms ... more | .. |
 Human hands leave prominent ecological footprints Early human activity has left a greater footprint on today's ecosystem than previously thought, say researchers working at the University of Pittsburgh and in the multidisciplinary Long Term Ecologi ... more | .. |
  Geoengineering: A whiter sky One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from the Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar ... more |
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Penn engineers develop energy-free material that captures and releases water from air
Liquid carbon structure captured for first time using laser X-ray fusion 
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 Standing trees better than burning ones for carbon neutrality The search for alternatives to fossil fuels has prompted growing interest in the use of wood, harvested directly from forests, as a carbon-neutral energy source. But a new study by researchers at Du ... more | .. |
 Hurricane season is here, and FSU scientists predict an active one Scientists at the Florida State University Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) have released their fourth annual Atlantic hurricane season forecast, using a unique computer model ... more | .. |
  Italy's quake-struck north tries to reassure tourists Three regions in northeast Italy which have been hit by strong quakes in the past two weeks sought to reassure tourists on Monday, telling them their beaches were safe as the summer season began. ... more | .. |
  Spider invasion spooks Indian village Panicked villagers in a remote Indian state complained Monday of an invasion of giant venomous spiders that resemble tarantulas but are unknown to local specialists. ... more |
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  Hong Kong vigil as China rounds up Tiananmen activists Hong Kong held a candlelight vigil Monday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, in stark contrast to mainland China where activists said hundreds of people were detained. ... more | .. |
 Lithuania launches regional nuclear safety watchdog A week after voicing concerns over Russian and Belarusian plans to build nuclear power plants by its border, Lithuania launched a regional nuclear safety watchdog Monday in line with a US effort. ... more | .. |
 Brazil spends $1.3 mln to ease NE drought: Rousseff Brazil will spend $1.3 million to send water to the drought-ravaged northeast which is in the grips of its worst dry spell in a half-century, President Dilma Rousseff announced Monday. ... more | .. |
 China rounds up activists on Tiananmen anniversary Chinese authorities have rounded up hundreds of activists in the capital Beijing, rights campaigners said on Monday, as they marked the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. ... more |
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Trump's 'Golden Dome' US missile defense plan faces major challenges
Iran-US nuclear talks set for Rome this week
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 Three dead, six missing as typhoon passes Philippines Three children were killed and six fishermen were missing after typhoon Mawar brought heavy rains and rough waters to parts of the Philippines, the civil defence office said Monday. ... more | .. |
 'Missing' Borneo radio host says he is in hiding A presenter for a London-based radio service critical of the government of Malaysia's Sarawak state who was reported missing has said he is safe but in hiding over fears for his safety. ... more | .. |
  Study finds emissions from widely used cookstoves vary with use The smoke rising from a cookstove fills the air with the tantalizing aroma of dinner - and a cloud of pollutants and particles that threaten both health and the environment. How families in developi ... more | .. |
 Is California preparing for climate change? A majority of California's coastal planners and resource managers now view the threats from climate change as sufficiently likely that practical steps on the ground need to be taken to protect again ... more |
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  Commonly used painkillers may protect against skin cancer A new study suggests that aspirin and other similar painkillers may help protect against skin cancer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the fi ... more | .. |
  Marine reserves provide baby bonus to fisheries An international team of scientists has gathered the first conclusive evidence that marine reserves can help restock exploited fish populations on neighbouring reefs which are open to both commercia ... more | .. |
  Anti-inflammatory drugs may improve survival from severe malaria A novel anti-inflammatory drug could help to improve survival in the most severe cases of malaria by preventing the immune system from causing irrevocable brain and tissue damage. Walter and Eliza H ... more | .. |
  New report examines effects of trees killed by bark beetles on wildfire A recent report analyzing a range of published studies on the impact of bark beetles on trees in the U.S. and Canada provides a more complete picture of the effect of this destructive insect on wild ... more |
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Revolutionary Passive Systems Transform Plant Watering in Microgravity
China places six satellites in orbit with latest Kinetica 1 mission
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  New observations on the San Andreas Fault in Santa Cruz Mountains, Seattle Fault Zone Recent paleoseismic work has documented four surface-rupturing earthquakes that occurred across the Santa Cruz Mountains section of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) in the past 500 years. The resea ... more | .. |
 Handful of genetic changes led to huge changes to human brain Changes to just three genetic letters among billions led to evolution and development of the mammalian motor sensory network, and laid the groundwork for the defining characteristics of the human br ... more | .. |
  Greenland's current loss of ice mass The Greenland ice sheet continues to lose mass and thus contributes at about 0.7 millimeters per year to the currently observed sea level change of about 3 mm per year. This trend increases each yea ... more | .. |
 Old aerial photos supply new knowledge on glaciers in Greenland The glaciers in southeast Greenland are retreating rapidly with the ongoing global climate change. But now research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the glaciers can recuperate within a ... more |
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  Stockholm braves coldest June weather in 84 years: experts Stockholm registered its coldest June weekend in 84 years, with temperatures hitting a maximum of just six degrees Celsius (43 Fahrenheit), meteorologists said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Rio closes Latin America's biggest landfill Latin America's largest landfill was closed Sunday after 34 years, just days before Rio de Janeiro hosts a major UN conference on sustainable development. ... more | .. |
 Dalai Lama envoys resign: Tibet exile govt Two top envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama have resigned citing frustration over the stalled dialogue process with China, Tibet's government in exile said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Brazil farmers in legal feud with Monsanto over GM soy Illegally smuggled into Brazil 14 years ago, transgenic soy has proved a boon to domestic farmers and now accounts for 85 percent of total production. ... more |
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