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May 30, 2014
SHAKE AND BLOW
Storm Amanda blamed for three deaths in Mexico
Morelia, Mexico (AFP) May 29, 2014
Torrential rains from tropical storm Amanda claimed the lives of three people in Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. Waters rushing down mountainsides caused flash floods that swept away two people in the town of Zitacuaro in the western state of Michoacan, said the state's director of civil protection, Nicolas Alfaro. The fatalities were a 50-year-old man and a girl of eight. Roads and cars were damaged, and authorities warned homes might need to be evacuated if the rains continued. Am ... read more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Super typhoon cools Philippine economy
The Philippines' roaring economy cooled in the first quarter of the year as the impacts of Super Typhoon Haiyan and other natural disasters hit harder than expected, official data showed Thursday. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Australia rules out swathe of ocean as MH370 crash zone
Australia Thursday ruled out a large swathe of Indian Ocean as Malaysian Flight MH370's final resting place, compounding the frustration of passengers' relatives who are still without answers almost three months on. ... more
EPIDEMICS

After 8,000 cholera deaths, Haiti faces new epidemic
Hard-hit by a cholera epidemic that started in 2010, Haiti now faces a new threat in the expanding chikungunya virus, authorities said Wednesday. ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Be prepared for hurricanes, despite calm forecast, NOAA warns
Despite the quiet forecast for this year's hurricane season, the director of the Miami-based National Hurricane Center warned Thursday not to let guards down completely. ... more


SHAKE AND BLOW

Flood damage to Serbia, Bosnia around 3 bln euros: EBRD
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) estimated Thursday that the damage from record floods in Serbia and Bosnia could cost some 3 billion euros ($4 billion). ... more
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SINO DAILY

To Xi or not to Xi? Madame Tussauds launches in Beijing
Waxworks company Madame Tussauds on Thursday launched its latest outpost in Beijing, with models of Chinese political leaders conspicuous by their absence. ... more
SINO DAILY

Beijing flaunts security might ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
Police officers and commandos in Beijing showed off their anti-terrorist prowess Thursday, days ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown and following a string of separatist attacks. ... more
24/7 Energy News Coverage
Ultrasound triggers nuclear decay anomaly hinting at flexible space-time
AI system accelerates aircraft concept design using language models
Autonomous sub explores unexplored trench depths to reveal critical mineral clues
FARM NEWS

US city drops threat to close 'smelly' hot sauce factory
A California city has dropped its threat to close a factory that makes famed Sriracha hot sauce, after months of haggling over residents' complaints about pungent smells. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA

Video shows how wasp uses zinc-tipped drill to penetrate fruit
Despite what some environmental advocates might say, humans are not parasites; humans don't rely on another organism for habitat or reproduction purposes. Parasitic wasps - as their name implies - aren't so lucky. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA

Fish more inclined to crash than bees
Swimming fish do not appear to use their collision warning system in the same way as flying insects, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden that has compared how zebra fish and bum ... more
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ICE WORLD

Melting Arctic opens new passages for invasive species
For the first time in roughly 2 million years, melting Arctic sea ice is connecting the north Pacific and north Atlantic oceans. The newly opened passages leave both coasts and Arctic waters vulnera ... more
WHALES AHOY

Panama saves whales and protects world trade
The Republic of Panama's proposal to implement four Traffic Separation Schemes for commercial vessels entering and exiting the Panama Canal and ports was approved unanimously by the International Ma ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
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FARM NEWS

Weather Impacts on Food: A QandA with NASA's Molly Brown
When floods, droughts, and other natural disasters hit isolated and poor regions of the world, it can have devastating impacts on the local price of food. Research scientist Molly Brown from NASA's ... more
ICE WORLD

NASA IceBridge Concludes Arctic Field Campaign
Researchers with NASA's Operation IceBridge have completed another successful Arctic field campaign. On May 23, NASA's P-3 research aircraft left Thule Air Base, Greenland, and returned to Wallops F ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA

Large muskies lured by the moon
The lunar cycle may synchronize with feeding activity, luring large muskies to take angler bait, according to results published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Mark Vinson from U.S. Geologica ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Risk is much more than a game

Outcry as French police demolish Calais migrant camps

Australia rules out swathe of ocean as MH370 crash zone


FLORA AND FAUNA
Scientists unveil first method for controlling the growth of metal crystals

TUM researchers demonstrate: Brain controlled flight is possible

Probing satellites' mysterious death tumbling


FLORA AND FAUNA
Satellite imagery shows drought-ridden Lake Powell at half capacity

Australian environmentalists welcome bank wariness on reef port

Bottom trawling causes deep-sea biological desertification


FLORA AND FAUNA
Melting Arctic opens new passages for invasive species

NASA IceBridge Concludes Arctic Field Campaign

New study finds Antarctic Ice Sheet unstable at end of last ice age

ICE WORLD

New study finds Antarctic Ice Sheet unstable at end of last ice age
A new study has found that the Antarctic Ice Sheet began melting about 5,000 years earlier than previously thought coming out of the last ice age - and that shrinkage of the vast ice sheet accelerat ... more
ICE WORLD

Antarctic ice-sheet less stable than previously assumed
The first evidence for massive and abrupt iceberg calving in Antarctica, dating back 19,000 to 9,000 years ago, has now been documented by an international team of geologists and climate scientists. ... more
DEMOCRACY

Ishihara's opposition party splits into two in Japan
A minor Japanese opposition party, led by former nationalist Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, split into two Wednesday as his drive to change the country's pacifist constitution backfired. ... more
SINO DAILY

Mothers of Tiananmen dead fight to keep truth alive
The last thing Zhang Xianling told her son was not to go to Tiananmen Square. But in the 25 years since he was shot and left to die she has taken up his activist mantle. ... more
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INTERN DAILY

Samsung unveils new digital health platform

FARM NEWS

Australian organic farmer loses GM test case

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Outcry as French police demolish Calais migrant camps

DEMOCRACY

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen seeks power in Brussels

SINO DAILY

Hong Kong erosion of press freedom deeply worrying: Amnesty

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EPIDEMICS

Oman reports 3 swine flu deaths

DEMOCRACY

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SINO DAILY

Chinese elderly commit suicide to avoid coffin ban: report

FLORA AND FAUNA

Conservationists say resort planned for Baja California peninsula a threat to biodiversity

Buried fossil soils found to be awash in carbon

Risk is much more than a game

NASA Airborne Research Focuses on Andean Volcanoes

Vines choke a forest's ability to capture carbon

NMSU's drought-tolerant alfalfa variety created to meet New Mexico growers' needs

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Intertwined evolution of human brain and brawn

Researchers map the epic evolution of a 'ring species'

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Journey of Discovery Starts toward Understanding and Treating Networks of the Brain

Construction machinery called in to vacate whale head from Perth beach

Supersonic spray delivers high quality graphene layer

Better catalysts for the petrochemical industry

China's Oil Giant At Center Of Corruption Probe

Obama wants to force coal plants to reduce emissions: NYTimes

China fines foreign eyewear makers; Tesco Completes JV Deal

European firms spooked by slowing China growth: survey

China's Baosteel gets nod for $1.3 bln Aquila takeover

British government blames mine closures, offshore woes, for declining production

Shell makes its first LNG sale to Japan's third-largest utility company

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