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May 31, 2014

NASA Widens 2014 Hurricane Research Mission
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 01, 2014
During this year's Atlantic hurricane season, NASA is redoubling its efforts to probe the inner workings of hurricanes and tropical storms with two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft flying over storms and two new space-based missions. NASA's airborne Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel or HS3 mission, will revisit the Atlantic Ocean for the third year in a row. HS3 is a collaborative effort that brings together several NASA centers with federal and university partners to investigate the processes that ... read more

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An Ecological Risk Research Agenda for Synthetic Biology Environmental scientists and synthetic biologists have for the first time developed a set of key research areas to study the potential ecological impacts of synthetic biology, a field that could pus ... more		Drop in global malnutrition depends on ag productivity, climate change Global malnutrition could fall 84 percent by the year 2050 as incomes in developing countries grow - but only if agricultural productivity continues to improve and climate change does not severely d ... more		Ancient rocks yield clues about Earth's earliest crust It looks like just another rock, but what Jesse Reimink holds in his hands is a four-billion-year-old chunk of an ancient protocontinent that holds clues about how the Earth's first continents forme ... more
				Major cities must unite against climate change: Paris mayor Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo urged the world's major cities Thursday to unite in the fight against climate change. ... more		Tiananmen activists gather in Japan to pressure Beijing Dozens of pro-democracy activists gathered in Japan Friday to call for global pressure on Beijing, days ahead of the 25th anniversary marking the brutal crushing of the Tiananmen Square protests. ... more

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Tiananmen leader: US didn't care about crackdown An exiled leader of the Tiananmen Square protests deplored Friday the US stance 25 years ago, saying the ambassador confided to her that Washington didn't "care" about the crackdown. ... more		France's unloved tipples hope to match cognac's Asia boom After cognac's transformation into a Chinese status symbol, its lesser-known French cousins armagnac and calvados are hoping to establish themselves in lucrative Asian markets as demand wanes at home. ... more		China speeds up renewables building spree: report French giant EDF will take 12.5 pecent stake in new UK nuclear plant Major US teachers union teams up with AI giants		Scientists find compound to fight virus behind SARS, MERS An international team of scientists say they have identified a compound that can fight coronaviruses, responsible for the SARS and MERS outbreaks, which currently have no cure. ... more
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				Storm Amanda blamed for three deaths in Mexico Torrential rains from tropical storm Amanda claimed the lives of three people in Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. ... more		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

Outcry as French police demolish Calais migrant camps

Australia rules out swathe of ocean as MH370 crash zone

MH370 search on right track: Australian transport chief

Scientists unveil first method for controlling the growth of metal crystals

TUM researchers demonstrate: Brain controlled flight is possible

Leaving the islands

Satellite imagery shows drought-ridden Lake Powell at half capacity

Australian environmentalists welcome bank wariness on reef port

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Norway creates 'safety zone' at contested Arctic drill site

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Antarctic ice-sheet less stable than previously assumed

Ishihara's opposition party splits into two in Japan

Mothers of Tiananmen dead fight to keep truth alive

Samsung unveils new digital health platform

Australian organic farmer loses GM test case

Outcry as French police demolish Calais migrant camps

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

Hong Kong erosion of press freedom deeply worrying: Amnesty

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Oman reports 3 swine flu deaths

Democracy ain't always a good export

Chinese elderly commit suicide to avoid coffin ban: report

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

Buried fossil soils found to be awash in carbon

Ukraine: The Real Energy Crisis Starts in June

Tiny elite huge proletariat: UK middle class to disappear in 30 years

25 years on, world happy to do business with Beijing's 'butchers'

Sales tax hike dents Japanese economy

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