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Food security and climate changeWashington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2012 On a planet with sufficient food for all, today almost half a billion women and children under 5 in the developing world are undernourished -a consequence of persistently limited nutritious food intake. This number could increase by 20 percent, reaching one in five within a decade, compared to one in seven today, due to the impacts of climate change on global food production, according to a detailed analysis by The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH), the World Health Organi ... read more |
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 New evidence in fructose debate: Could it be healthy for us? A new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital suggests that fructose may not be as bad for us as previously thought and that it may even provide some benefit. "Over the last decade, there hav ... more | .. |
  Focusing on water for Central Everglades essential to reversing whole ecosystem's continuing decline Twelve years into a multibillion-dollar state and federal effort to save the Florida Everglades, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the ecosystem, says a new congressionally mand ... more | .. |
  Emperor penguins threatened by Antarctic sea ice loss A decline in the population of emperor penguins appears likely this century as climate change reduces the extent of Antarctic sea ice, according to a detailed projection published this week. The stu ... more | .. |
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  Preserved Frogs Hold Clues to Deadly Pathogen A Yale graduate student has developed a novel means for charting the history of a pathogen deadly to amphibians worldwide. Katy Richards-Hrdlicka, a doctoral candidate at the Yale School of Forestry ... more | .. |
 Chemical analysis of pottery reveals first dairying in Saharan Africa in the fifth millennium BC The first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Saharan Africa used cattle for their milk nearly 7,000 years ago is described in research by an international team of scientists, led by the ... more | .. |
 Maths experts question key ecological theory Mathematicians at the University of York in the UK and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand say they have disproved a widely accepted theory underpinning the operation of complex networks of ... more | .. |
 Restoring Streams Helps Winter Songbirds A new study by PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) and the National Aviary finds that restoring floodplain forests in the Central Valley of California helps songbirds survive through the winter, a find ... more |
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Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light's ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy
Agrivoltaic systems gain public favor over conventional solar parks
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  Egypt facing hope, challenges The election of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi as Egypt's first democratically elected president will be good for U.S. business interests, top Chamber of Commerce officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Lead poisoning 'epidemic' plagues California condors The endangered California condor faces an "epidemic" of lead poisoning from scavenging carcasses contaminated by lead bullets despite years of costly conservation efforts, scientists said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Giant tortoise Lonesome George dies, last of his kind Lonesome George has died, leaving the world one subspecies poorer. ... more | .. |
  Eviction pits Haiti police against protestors Clashes broke out in Haiti Monday between police and protestors against government plans to evict them from homes precariously perched on the hills above the capital Port-au-Prince. ... more |
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  HSBC in bid to evict Hong Kong Occupy protesters HSBC said Monday it has launched legal action in a bid to end the anti-capitalist Occupy movement in Hong Kong, where the protesters have camped out at its headquarters for eight months. ... more | .. |
  Florida declares storm emergency Florida declared a state of emergency on Monday as Tropical Storm Debby barreled in from the Gulf of Mexico with torrential rain and strong winds causing power outages and flash flooding. ... more | .. |
  'Brain-hacking' technology sought Stanford University researchers say they are working on a device that would allow them to "pretty much hack" into the brain of British genius Stephen Hawking. ... more | .. |
 Dalai Lama visits scene of Italy quakes The Dalai Lama visited emergency camps in northeast Italy housing thousands of people who were hit by two deadly earthquakes in May, Italian media reported on Sunday. ... more |
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Trump unveils plans for 'Golden Dome' missile shield for US
Philippines, US coast guards join military drills in South China Sea
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 World loses species with death of Lonesome George Lonesome George has died, leaving the world one species poorer. ... more | .. |
 Rising sea level puts US Atlantic coast at risk: report The sea level on a stretch of the US Atlantic coast that features the cities of New York, Norfolk and Boston is rising up to four times faster than the global average, a report said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 US Gulf Coast braces for Tropical Storm Debby The US Gulf Coast braced Sunday for a hit from Tropical Storm Debby, as it pounded parts of the coast with strong winds and heavy rain, forecasters said. ... more | .. |
 China quake kills at least four, injures 100 An earthquake hit a mountainous area of southwest China on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring more than 100, state media reported. ... more |
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  Eating placenta, an age-old practice in China After Wang Lan delivered, she brought home a baby girl and her placenta, which she plans to eat in a soup - adopting an age-old practice in Chinese traditional medicine. ... more | .. |
 China submersible breaks 7,000-metre mark A manned Chinese submersible broke through the 7,000-metre mark for a new national deep water dive record on Sunday, state media said, as the Asian giant showed off its technological might. ... more | .. |
 California winemakers tap into growing Chinese market The global downturn hit Doug Hill's family-run Napa Valley winery hard. But the third-generation California farmer's hopes for recovery are strong - fueled by heady growth in China. ... more | .. |
Strong 6.6 quake hits Russia's Far East coast A strong 6.6 magnitude quake struck Russia's Far East on Sunday off the eastern coastline of the Kamchatka peninsula, causing no damage or injuries, news reports said. ... more |
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Is gravity quantum?
Reusable debris collector promises leap forward in sustainable space cleanup
Exolaunch secures multi year SpaceX rideshare launch deal through 2028 | .. |
 Nano-pesticides: Solution or threat for a cleaner and greener agriculture? Nanotechnology has developed tremendously in the past decade and was able to create many new materials with a vast range of potential applications. Some of those innovative materials are promising t ... more | .. |
 Turning down the dial: Ocean energy development with less sound The rise of ocean infrastructure development to tap energy sources such as tides, offshore wind and natural gas will require more pile driving, the practice of pounding long, hollow steel pipes call ... more | .. |
 Trouble on the horizon for GM crops? Resistance of cotton bollworm to insect-killing cotton plants involves more diverse genetic changes than expected, an international research team reports in the journal Proceedings of the National A ... more | .. |
 New way of monitoring environmental impact could help save rural communities in China University of Southampton researchers are pioneering a new way of measuring and monitoring the impact of industrial and agricultural development on the environment. Working in collaboration with Eas ... more |
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 Out of the mouths of primates, facial mechanics of human speech may have evolved The throat and facial movements that twist the air pushing through your vocal cords into words could be rooted in the well-meaning expressions primates exchange with each other, according to two rec ... more | .. |
 Selenium controls staph on implant material Selenium is an inexpensive element that naturally belongs in the body. It is also known to combat bacteria. Still, it had not been tried as an antibiotic coating on a medical device material. In a n ... more | .. |
 China's Bright Food to buy stake in Bordeaux wine broker China's Bright Food Group is set to buy a 70-percent stake in Diva Bordeaux, the independent wine broker said on Saturday, as China further cements its presence in France's wine market. ... more | .. |
 Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 30 Flash floods in Afghanistan triggered by days of torrential rain have killed more than 30 people, officials said Saturday, with dozens reported missing. ... more |
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