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Antarctica faces major threats in the 21st century, says Texas A and M researcherCollege Station TX (SPX) Jul 16, 2012 The continent of Antarctica is at risk from human activities and other forces, and environmental management is needed to protect the planet's last great wilderness area, says an international team of researchers, including a Texas A and M University oceanographer, in a paper published in the current issue of Science magazine. Mahlon "Chuck" Kennicutt II, professor of oceanography who has conducted research in the area for more than 25 years, says Antarctica faces growing threats from global warmin ... read more |
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  New Au. sediba fossils discovered in rock South African scientists will share the country's latest fossil discovery with the world using live virtual technology. Scientists from the Wits Institute for Human Evolution based at the Univ ... more | .. |
  Tamarisk biocontrol efforts get evolutionary boost UC Santa Barbara scientists trying to control the invasive tamarisk plant have been getting a boost from evolution, in the form of a rapidly evolving beetle that has been changing its life cycle to ... more | .. |
  Tannins in sorghum and benefits focus of university, USDA study They might be called a blessing or a curse - tannins, which are present in certain sorghums, contain health-promoting antioxidant properties, but also provide a bitter taste and decreased protein di ... more | .. |
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  Solar System Ice: Source of Earth's Water Scientists have long believed that comets and, or a type of very primitive meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites were the sources of early Earth's volatile elements-which include hydrogen, nitrog ... more | .. |
 Messy experiment cleans up physics mystery of cornstarch Most people buy cornstarch to make custard or gravy, but Scott Waitukaitis and Heinrich Jaeger have used it to solve a longstanding physics problem with a substance known to generations of Dr. Seuss ... more | .. |
 From aflatoxin to sake What do beer, dogs and cats, and corn all have in common? All of them are the end products of the process of domestication. Almost everybody knows that a number of different animals and plants have ... more | .. |
 The Clovis First Theory is put to rest at Paisley Caves Who were the first humans to enter the North American continent? Were they humans who founded what is known as the Clovis culture over 13,000 years ago? Or did other, totally unrelated peoples prece ... more |
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Microsoft strikes deal with Musk to host Grok AI
India steel plans threaten global emissions goals: report
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 Fossil egg discovered in Spain links dinosaurs to modern birds Before her death in December 2010, Nieves Lopez Martinez, palaeontologist of the Complutense University of Madrid, was working on the research of dinosaur eggs with a very peculiar characteristic: a ... more | .. |
 Study: Wolverines need refrigerators Wolverines live in harsh conditions; they range over large areas of cold mountainous low-productivity habitat with persistent snow. The paper suggests wolverines take advantage of the crevices and b ... more | .. |
 5.5-mile-long landslide spotted in Alaska A massive landslide has covered about 5 1/2 miles of Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, park officials say. ... more | .. |
  Japan troops fly supplies to thousands cut off by floods Troops Sunday airlifted supplies to thousands of people cut off by landslides and torrential downpours that have killed at least 24 in southwest Japan as meteorologists warned of further heavy rain. ... more |
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  Drugs 'arsenal' could help end AIDS: WHO Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, a cure remains elusive but a growing arsenal of drugs could someday help end new infections, the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS chief says. ... more | .. |
 Hopes high as AIDS conference returns to US A cure for AIDS remains a distant prospect but a host of drug treatments and other advances have fueled fresh hope that new human immunodeficiency virus infections may some day be halted for good. ... more | .. |
  Nepal's former king hints at a comeback Nepal's former king has hinted he would like to return to the throne - for the third time. ... more | .. |
  Philippines rescues sea turtles from poachers' net Philippine authorities rescued 14 protected sea turtles that were caught in a net laid down by Chinese poachers, a navy commander said Saturday. ... more |
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EU finalises 150-bn-euro loan scheme to rearm
Retired four-star US admiral convicted on corruption charges
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 Japan digs for missing as 20 die after heavy rain Rescuers were racing against time Friday in the search for people buried under mudslides as heavy rains that have already claimed 20 lives continued to pound southwestern Japan. ... more | .. |
  A 'Phoenix' rises from Haiti quake ashes Haiti's infamous Cite Soleil, one of the world's most violent and run-down slums, could boast a 15,000-seater stadium and sports complex if one philanthropist's dreams are realized. ... more | .. |
  Activists reject Chinese dissident suicide verdict Hong Kong activists on Friday said they rejected an official investigation which found a Chinese dissident had died of suicide, in a case which has sparked public protests. ... more | .. |
 Clinton urges Mekong nations to avoid US dam mistakes The US on Friday urged Mekong nations to learn from its mistakes in river infrastructure projects, as Laos confirmed it has postponed a controversial multi-billion dollar dam project. ... more |
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Hong Kong property tycoons charged with graft Two of Hong Kong's richest tycoons and a former senior official were charged with corruption on Friday in the biggest graft scandal the regional banking hub has seen. ... more | .. |
 Fabio becomes fifth hurricane of Pacific season Fabio strengthened into a hurricane far off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean on Friday and could gather speed over the weekend, but was not expected to pose a threat to land, US forecasters said. ... more | .. |
  Non-stop Spanish fiesta a challenge for clean-up crews A street cleaner aims his hose at a pile of litter in a Pamplona street, sending it into a gutter - and forcing revellers at Spain's San Fermin festival to flee to avoid getting wet. ... more | .. |
  Cochrane finds no reliable evidence on effectiveness of electric fans in heatwaves A new Cochrane systematic review of the effects of electric fans in heatwaves has found no high quality evidence to guide future national and international policies. The review outlines the type of ... more |
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Space tourism's growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement
Chinese Company Conducts Fifth Sea-Based Rocket Launch
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 Widespread exposure to BPA substitute is occurring from cash register receipts, other paper People are being exposed to higher levels of the substitute for BPA in cash register thermal paper receipts and many of the other products that engendered concerns about the health effects of bisphe ... more | .. |
 Native American populations descend from three key migrations Scientists have found that Native American populations - from Canada to the southern tip of Chile - arose from at least three migrations, with the majority descended entirely from a single group of ... more | .. |
 Giving Ancient Life Another Chance to Evolve It's a project 500 million years in the making. Only this time, instead of playing on a movie screen in Jurassic Park, it's happening in a lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Using a process ... more | .. |
 Trigger for past rapid sea level rise discovered The cause of rapid sea level rise in the past has been found by scientists at the University of Bristol using climate and ice sheet models. The process, named 'saddle-collapse', was found to be the ... more |
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 Ions, not particles, make silver toxic to bacteria Rice University researchers have settled a long-standing controversy over the mechanism by which silver nanoparticles, the most widely used nanomaterial in the world, kill bacteria. Their work comes ... more | .. |
 Down on the cacao farm: Sloths thrive at chocolate's source Like many Neotropical fauna, sloths are running out of room to maneuver. As forests in South and Central America are cleared for agriculture and other human uses, populations of these arboreal leaf ... more | .. |
 Fossil turtle from Colombia round like car tire Paleontologist Carlos Jaramillo's group at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and colleagues at North Carolina State University and the Florida Museum of Natural History discovere ... more | .. |
 The Iberian wolf lives close to humans more for refuge than for prey The Iberian wolf lives in increasingly humanised landscapes, with limited food resources and its presence is not always welcome. But, according to Spanish researchers, food availability plays a seco ... more |
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