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Sea life 'facing major shock'Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Aug 24, 2012 Life in the world's oceans faces far greater change and risk of large-scale extinctions than at any previous time in human history, a team of the world's leading marine scientists has warned. The researchers from Australia, the US, Canada, Germany, Panama, Norway and the UK have compared events which drove massive extinctions of sea life in the past with what is observed to be taking place in the seas and oceans globally today. Three of the five largest extinctions of the past 500 million years we ... read more |
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  More sophisticated wiring, not just bigger brain, helped humans evolve beyond chimps Human and chimp brains look anatomically similar because both evolved from the same ancestor millions of years ago. But where does the chimp brain end and the human brain begin? A new UCLA study pin ... more | .. |
 Marine species at risk unless drastic protection policies put in place Many marine species will be harmed or won't survive if the levels of carbon dioxide continue to increase. Current protection policies and management practices are unlikely to be enough to save them. ... more | .. |
  Soybeans Susceptible to Man-Made Materials in Soil Researchers contend that manufactured nanomaterials--now popular in consumer products such as shampoos, gels, hair dyes and sunscreens--may be detrimental to the quality and yield of food crops, as ... more | .. |
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  Natural Regeneration Building Urban Forests, Altering Species Composition In forested regions of the nation, natural regeneration may help cities achieve tree cover goals at the expense of maintaining the desired tree species. A study by U.S. Forest Service scientists pub ... more | .. |
  Losing stream in our battle to predict and prevent invasive species Invasive species - plants, animals, and microbes introduced to regions beyond their native range - carry a global price tag of $1.4 trillion dollars. They are responsible for the loss of natural res ... more | .. |
 U OF A expert pinpoints nutrient behind fresh water algae blooms University of Alberta ecologist David Schindler has reviewed data from studies of controlling human-caused algae blooms in lakes and says controlling the input of the nutrient phosphorus is the key ... more | .. |
  Ancient fossils reveal how the mollusc got its teeth The radula sounds like something from a horror movie - a conveyor belt lined with hundreds of rows of interlocking teeth. In fact, radulas are found in the mouths of most molluscs, from the giant sq ... more |
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Teaching Robots Theory of Mind to Boost Collaboration
NASA X-59's Latest Testing Milestone: Simulating Flight from the Ground
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 Nematodes with Pest-Fighting Potential Identified Formosan subterranean termites could be in for a real headache. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identified species of roundworms, or "nematodes," that invade the termite brains ... more | .. |
  EU urges respect for Romania ruling The European Union has urged feuding Romanian political factions to comply with a court decision to reinstate embattled President Traian Basescu to office. ... more | .. |
  Heavy rain, floods kill 26 in Pakistan: officials Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 26 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in northern Pakistan, officials said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Peru seizes 16,000 dried seahorses headed to Asia More than 16,000 dried seahorses destined for illegal export to Asia, where the animal is sought for its supposed healing properties, were seized Thursday in Peru's capital Lima, authorities said. ... more |
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 N. Korea to talk to S. Korean NGOs about flood aid North Korea has agreed to meet South Korean private groups for talks about aid following deadly floods, officials said Thursday, despite icy relations between the two governments. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan evacuates nearly 5,000 as typhoon closes in Taiwan evacuated nearly 5,000 people Thursday ahead of Typhoon Tembin, as a military official warned major measures were needed a avoid a repeat of a deadly disaster three years ago. ... more | .. |
 Russia to 'considerably' cut grain exports amid drought Russia on Thursday admitted that a poor harvest will force the world's third-largest wheat exporter to "considerably" cut its foreign deliveries despite worrying spikes in global food prices. ... more | .. |
 Row escalates over sale of Burgundy estate to Chinese France's far-right Front National (FN) on Thursday weighed into a row over the sale of a historic Burgundy chateau and its coveted vineyards to a Chinese businessman. ... more |
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China's LandSpace Successfully Launches Six Satellites with Upgraded ZQ-2E Y2 Rocket
The space race is being reshaped by geopolitics, offering opportunities for countries such as New Zealand
Enveil Secures DIU Contract to Advance Hybrid Space Architecture Data Capabilities | .. |
  Bosnia on red alert during hottest summer on record Bosnian authorities put the entire country on red alert Thursday against a heatwave that has seen the Balkan nation bake in its hottest summer on record, the national weather institute said. ... more | .. |
 Once again with feeling: Australian science tugs heart-strings Do humans really wear their hearts on their sleeve? An ambitious Australian neuroscience project aiming to translate emotional impulses directly into music is hoping to find out. ... more | .. |
  Google online maps embark on Arctic adventure Google set out Wednesday to take users of its free online mapping service on an Arctic adventure with help from an Inuit community in the Canadian tundra. ... more | .. |
 Haiti faces new tragedy as Storm Isaac swells Haiti braced for a cruel new battering Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac swept across the Caribbean towards the shattered island, gathering strength and threatening to reach hurricane force. ... more |
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 Forty-four killed since July in Niger floods: UN At least 44 people have been killed by severe flooding that has affected Niger since mid-July, the UN's humanitarian affairs office said Thursday, while scores of thousands are homeless. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan monk tortured and imprisoned: rights group A Tibetan monk was beaten, tortured and imprisoned after his arrest in an area that has become a flashpoint for a wave of protests against Chinese rule, a press freedom group said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Brain scans don't lie about age It isn't uncommon for people to pass for ages much older or younger than their years, but researchers have now found that this feature doesn't apply to our brains. The findings reported online on Au ... more | .. |
 NASA sees an active tropical Atlantic again The Atlantic Ocean is kicking into high gear with low pressure areas that have a chance at becoming tropical depressions, storms and hurricanes. Satellite imagery from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellit ... more |
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Indian space agency's rocket fails to deploy satellite for Earth observation
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 Cretaceous Footprints Found at Goddard About 110 million light years away, the bright, barred spiral galaxy NGC 3259 was just forming stars in dark bands of dust and gas. Here on the part of the Earth where NASA's Goddard Space Flight Ce ... more | .. |
 Women could play key role in correcting crisis in clean drinking water and sanitation crisis People in ancient Rome 2,000 years ago had better access to clean water and sanitation that keeps disease-causing human excrement out of contact with people than many residents of the 21st century, ... more | .. |
 UCSB scientists examine effects of manufactured nanoparticles on soybean crops Sunscreens, lotions, and cosmetics contain tiny metal nanoparticles that wash down the drain at the end of the day, or are discharged after manufacturing. Those nanoparticles eventually end up in ag ... more | .. |
  Nanoparticles added to platelets double internal injury survival rate Nanoparticles tailored to latch onto blood platelets rapidly create healthy clots and nearly double the survival rate in the vital first hour after injury, new research shows. "We knew an inje ... more |
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 Common parasite may trigger suicide attempts A parasite thought to be harmless and found in many people may actually be causing subtle changes in the brain, leading to suicide attempts. New research appearing in the August issue of The Journal ... more | .. |
 Organisms cope with environmental uncertainty by guessing the future In uncertain environments, organisms not only react to signals, but also use molecular processes to make guesses about the future, according to a study by Markus Arnoldini et al. from ETH Zurich and ... more | .. |
 Spider version of Bigfoot emerges from caves in the Pacific Northwest The forests of the coastal regions from California to British Columbia are renowned for their unique and ancient animals and plants, such as coast redwoods, tailed frogs, mountain beavers and the le ... more | .. |
 Danger in the blood New research may help explain why hundreds of thousands of Americans a year get sick - and tens of thousands die - after bacteria get into their blood. It also suggests why some of those bloodstream ... more |
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