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Human Brains Develop Wiring Slowly, Differing from ChimpanzeesWashington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2012 Research comparing brain development in humans and our closest nonhuman primate relatives, chimpanzees, reveals how quickly myelin in the cerebral cortex grows, shedding light on the evolution of human cognitive development and the vulnerability of humans to psychiatric disorders, a GW professor finds. Myelin is the fatty insulation surrounding axon connections of the brain. Recent research by Chet Sherwood, associate professor of anthropology in Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, along ... read more |
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  Big quake was part of crustal plate breakup Seismologists have known for years that the Indo-Australian plate of Earth's crust is slowly breaking apart, but they saw it in action last April when at least four faults broke in a magnitude-8.7 e ... more | .. |
  Study reveals complex rupture process in surprising 2012 Sumatra quake The massive earthquake that struck under the Indian Ocean southwest of Sumatra on April 11, 2012, came as a surprise to seismologists and left them scrambling to figure out exactly what had happened ... more | .. |
  Coral Hotspots Found in Deepwater Canyons off Northeast US Coast For the first time in decades, researchers have conducted an extensive exploration for deep-sea corals and sponges in submarine canyons off the northeastern coast of the US. The survey revealed cora ... more | .. |
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  Biology and Management of the Green Stink Bug The green stink bug is one of the most damaging native stink bug species in the United States. Stink bugs feeding on cotton, soybeans, tomatoes, peaches, and other crops can result in cosmetic damag ... more | .. |
  Images of 300 million old insects revealed Writing in the journal PLoS One, the scientists have used a high resolution form of CT scanning to reconstruct two 305-million year old juvenile insects. Without the pioneering approach to imaging, ... more | .. |
  Study Examines Forest Vulnerability to Climate Change Mid-elevation forests - those between approximately 6,500 to 8,000 feet (1,981 to 2,438 meters) in elevation - are the most sensitive to rising temperatures and changes in precipitation and snowmelt ... more | .. |
  Satellites to the rescue: Disaster monitoring network extends its services to all Building on a decade of success in making satellite data available to users for disaster response, the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters' has opened its doors even wider and is now pr ... more |
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China first-quarter emissions fell despite rising power demand
Belgium parliament votes to ditch nuclear power phase-out
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  Lib Dems, Labor call for decarbonization Political opponents this week increased pressure on Britain's Conservative-led government to commit to a decarbonization of the energy sector by 2030. ... more | .. |
  Bangkok groups clash over lese-majeste law Bangkok police contained a street confrontation of government and opposition supporters who clashed over an investigation under the country's controversial lese-majeste law. ... more | .. |
 Sixteen hospitalised in chemicals leak in Slovakia Sixteen people were hospitalised for exposure to poisonous gasses in a leak Wednesday at a former chemical plant in Slovakia's capital Bratislava, the police said. ... more | .. |
 Poachers target rhinos in flood-hit NE India Suspected poachers Wednesday killed a one-horned rhino in a flood-hit wildlife park, taking to 14 the number of the beasts slaughtered this year in the remote Indian region, officials said. ... more |
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 Two million flee India floods as aid effort struggles Rains hampered a military air operation to help flood victims in northeastern India, where more than two million people have been forced from their homes, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Mexico troops clash with gunmen, 11 dead Troops clashed with gunmen as people headed to work and school in a southern Mexican town on Wednesday, leaving 10 suspects and one soldier dead, prosecutors said. ... more | .. |
  Tibetans seek signs of hope in China's next leader In their long and fruitless struggle against Chinese rule, Tibetans have often leapt on any reason to stay optimistic - and, for some, a new leader in Beijing offers a fresh glimmer of hope. ... more | .. |
  Patients in Denmark not suffering from new virus: hospital Five people in isolation in a Danish hospital are suffering from a typical influenza strain and not a new SARS-like respiratory illness as feared, the Odense University Hospital said Wednesday. ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
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Indian Ocean's 2012 mega-quake broke the records An 8.7 earthquake that struck west of Indonesia on April 11 was the biggest of its kind ever recorded and confirms suspicions that a giant tectonic plate is breaking up, scientists said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Managing Soil Copper in Crops Irrigated with Cattle Footbath Wastewater Getting a head start on stopping soil copper buildup will now be a bit easier, thanks to studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. This research could help Pacific Northwest farme ... more | .. |
 Scientists predict major shifts in Pacific ecosystems by 2100 What if you woke up every day to find that the closest grocery store had moved several miles farther away from your home? Over time, you would have to travel hundreds of extra miles to find essentia ... more | .. |
  Melting Arctic ice cap at record low Think of a poor hamster on a spinning wheel, caught up by momentum and unable to stop until it's overwhelmed, sent tumbling, crashing out of control inside. That's the analogy John Yackel, hea ... more |
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  Curious About Life: Interview with David Grinspoon The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments, and each will be used in the coming weeks and months to help characterize the environment of Mars and determine if the planet ... more | .. |
 Constraining world trade is unlikely to help the climate Instead, researchers were able to pin down a number of factors explaining the pronounced imbalances between emission importers and exporters, the US current account deficit being one of them. Their ... more | .. |
 Warning of 'water bankruptcy' for many regions after reviewing 200 major global projects A study of almost 200 major international water-related projects over the past 20 years has identified a suite of existing and emerging challenges and how science can offer remedies. The Globa ... more |
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Venus May Host Active Tectonics Driven by Subsurface Plumes
Deploying a practical solution to space debris
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  Remarkable enzyme points the way to reducing nitric acid use in industry An enzyme in the bacterium that causes potato scab could help create new, environmentally-benign biocatalysts with the potential to cut use of the highly corrosive chemical nitric acid. Chemis ... more | .. |
 Boycotted Belarus election declared valid Enough residents voted in otherwise-boycotted Parliamentary elections in Belarus to make the results valid, the country's Central Election Commission has declared. ... more | .. |
 U.N.: World must sustain its forests A country's forests must be carefully managed because they play a crucial role in helping achieve sustainable development, a senior U.N. official says. ... more | .. |
  Nepal avalanche survivors tell of bodies at sunrise Climbers who survived an avalanche in the dark on one of the world's deadliest peaks told Tuesday of their horror as breaking dawn revealed the bodies of their companions littering the mountain. ... more |
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 El Nino may soon return: UN weather agency The El Nino weather phenomenon could return within days but will be relatively weak compared with past episodes, the UN's weather agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 S. America's Pacific coast eyes tsunami warning system Officials from countries along South America's Pacific coast met at a UNESCO-sponsored event in Peru's capital Tuesday to design a tsunami early-warning system. ... more | .. |
 Global warming slows down world economy: report Climate change caused by global warming is slowing down world economic output by 1.6 percent a year and will lead to a doubling of costs in the next two decades, a major new report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 New SARS-like mystery illness emerges in Mideast: WHO The World Health Organisation issued a global alert on Monday for a new SARS-like respiratory virus which left a man from Qatar critically ill in a London hospital and killed at least one more in Saudi Arabia. ... more |
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