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June 08, 2015

New evidence emerges on the origins of life
Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Jun 07, 2015
In the beginning, there were simple chemicals. And they produced amino acids that eventually became the proteins necessary to create single cells. And the single cells became plants and animals. Recent research is revealing how the primordial soup created the amino acid building blocks, and there is widespread scientific consensus on the evolution from the first cell into plants and animals. But it's still a mystery how the building blocks were first assembled into the proteins that formed the machinery ... read more

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Eukaryotes: A new timetable of evolution Contaminated samples have evidently created some confusion in the timetable of life. On the basis of ultra-clean analyses, an international team, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute f ... more		Clues to the Earth's ancient core Old rocks hold on to their secrets. Now, a geophysicist at Michigan Technological University has unlocked clues trapped in the magnetic signatures of mineral grains in those rocks. These clues will ... more		DNA blood test can identify every virus you have ever had New research has developed a DNA-based blood test that can reveal every single virus that has ever invaded your body, the journal Science published Thursday. ... more
				Conservationists press Jakarta to follow industry lead on forests Conservationists are urging the Indonesian government to listen to business and start taking deforestation seriously after a major paper giant joined the growing ranks of companies pledging to stop clearing forests. ... more		China ship tragedy toll above 400, relatives and workers remember dead Rescuers bowed their heads and ships' hooters blared in tribute Sunday to the victims of Communist China's worst shipping disaster, as relatives of the 431 dead and 11 still missing spoke of their grief. ... more

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World's last tribes on collision course with modern society Threatened by disease and deforestation, the world's last isolated tribes in the Amazon are on a collision course with modern society like never before, experts say. ... more		Hardy Bacteria Thrive Under Hot Desert Rocks Beneath the rocks scarring California's Mojave Desert are colonies of cyanobacteria, tiny creatures thought to be some of the first on Earth to convert light from the Sun into energy in the process ... more		Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEA At COP30, senator warns US 'deliberately losing' clean tech race with China Wallets, not warming, make voters care about climate: California governor		Australian fossil forces rethink on our ancestors' emergence onto land A 333-million year old broken bone is causing fossil scientists to reconsider the evolution of land-dwelling vertebrate animals, says a team of palaeontologists, including QUT evolutionary biologist ... more
				Paleo study shows how elevation may affect evolution Paleontologists have documented how dramatic shifts in climate have led to dramatic shifts in evolution. One such event, the Grande Coupure, was a wipeout of many European mammal species 33.9 millio ... more		New species of horned dinosaur with 'bizarre' features revealed About 10 years ago, Peter Hews stumbled across some bones sticking out of a cliff along the Oldman River in southeastern Alberta, Canada. Now, scientists describe in the Cell Press journal Current B ... more

Army Network Modernization 2015 - Washington DC June 23-25

Flash floods kill 16 in SW Pakistan: officials Flash floods caused by torrential rains in southwest Pakistan killed at least 16 people including 14 women, officials said on Friday. ... more		Nepal police teach quake victims self-defence after attacks Nepal is teaching self-defence to quake-affected women and children following a string of attacks in temporary camps housing survivors, police said Friday. ... more		Five European NATO powers vow to tackle 'hybrid threats' Colombia inks $4.3 bn deal to buy Swedish warplanes US to hold new military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago		Backlash grows as Italy migrant arrivals top 50,000 Italy's wealthy North vowed Sunday that it would refuse to accommodate any more migrants as thousands more were rescued in the Mediterranean by a multinational flotilla of ships. ... more
Climate debate takes global pulse ahead of Paris summit From the typhoon-ravaged Philippines to the Arizona desert, thousands of people gathered across 79 countries Saturday for what was touted as the world's largest-ever public debate on climate change. ... more		16 dead after Malaysia quake loosed 'rocks as big as cars' Boulders "the size of cars" roared down the crowded slopes of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu after its earthquake, a witness said, as authorities on Sunday raised the death toll in the disaster to 16. ... more		Bee populations face another threat: aluminum Researchers have found high concentrations of aluminum in bee populations, suggesting contamination by the silver-gray metal could be partially responsible for the insect's decline. ... more		Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to make first China trip next week Myanmar's opposition leader and democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi will visit China for the first time next week, Beijing and her party said Friday, at a time of cooling relations between the once closely-bonded nations. ... more

	The Kenyan town kept afloat by a foreign army Alphonse 'Junior' Mutiso, the 32-year-old proprietor of 'Cpt John Cooks Curio Shop' in Nanyuki, Kenya, is an expert in British military badges. ... more		Mali's Tuareg-led rebels to sign peace deal June 20: chief The head of Mali's main Tuareg-led rebel groups said Friday his movement will sign a final peace deal on June 20 to end the conflict in the west African nation. ... more

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