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Philippines digs out from Typhoon Fung-wong as death toll climbs to 18
Three Vietnam men survive 40 hours at sea after typhoon Typhoon Fung-wong floods Philippine towns, leaves 5 dead in its wake Typhoon Fung-wong leaves flooded Philippine towns in its wake Typhoon exposes centuries-old shipwreck off Vietnam port Weakening Typhoon Fung-wong exits Philippines after displacing 1.4 million Super Typhoon Fung-wong makes landfall in Philippines Over 1 million evacuate as deadly Super Typhoon Fung-wong nears Philippines Dam reservoir levels drop below 3% in Iran's second city: media Philippines evacuates one million, woman dead as super typhoon nears |
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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 16, 2016 Scientists from NASA and three universities have presented new discoveries about the way heat and energy move and manifest in the ionosphere, a region of Earth's atmosphere that reacts to changes from both space above and Earth below. Far above Earth's surface, within the tenuous upper atmosphere, is a sea of particles that have been split into positive and negative ions by the sun's harsh ultraviolet radiation. Called the ionosphere, this is Earth's interface to space, the area where Earth's neut ... read more |
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Many GMO studies have financial conflicts of interestFinancial conflicts of interest were found in 40 percent of published research articles on the genetically modified crops, also known as GMO crops, French researchers said this week. ... more 
In Benin, 'Smart-Valleys' bring rice bountyDaniel Aboko proudly shows off the 11 hectares (27 acres) of paddy fields he shares with other farmers - a small spread that produces a bounty of food thanks to smart irrigation and a hardy strain of rice. ... more  
Mosul battle leaving legacy of environmental damageThe battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group is leaving a legacy of environmental damage and health risks that will pose dangers to people for years to come. ... more  
Southern elephant seals may adjust their diving behavior to stay in prey patchesWhen southern elephant seals find dense patches of prey, they dive and return to the surface at steeper angles, and are more sinuous at the bottom of a dive, according to a study published December ... more |
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More exact, ethical method to tell the sex of baby chickensThanks to an imaging technique called optical spectroscopy, it is possible for hatcheries to accurately determine the sex of a chick within four days of an egg being laid. This non-destructive metho ... more  
Underwater volcano's eruption captured in exquisite detailThe cracking, bulging and shaking from the eruption of a mile-high volcano where two tectonic plates separate has been captured in more detail than ever before. A University of Washington study publ ... more  
Dental hygiene, caveman styleBits of wood recovered from a 1.2-million-year-old tooth found at an excavation site in northern Spain indicate that the ancient relatives of man may have use a kind of toothpick. Toothbrushes were ... more 
7.9-magnitude quake hits PNG, tsunami threat overA major 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no immediate casualties were reported and an initial tsunami threat was later deemed to have passed. ... more 
S. Korea issues top bird flu alertSouth Korea on Friday issued its top bird flu alert for the first time, giving officials extra powers to contain an outbreak that has already triggered the slaughter of more than 10 percent of national poultry stocks. ... more |
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Influx of Chinese investors angers MadagascansThe mine had not yet opened, but Madagascans were already seething with rage and the Chinese management finally quit Soamahamanina, leaving behind empty tents and cigarette butts. ... more 
Mexico scrambles to save world's smallest porpoiseMexican authorities and scientists are scrambling to save the world's smallest porpoise, the vaquita marina, from extinction, capturing illegal "ghost" fishing nets while hoping to make specimens reproduce in captivity. ... more |
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Lowly sawdust, the sawmill waste that's sometimes tossed onto home garage floors to soak up oil spilled by amateur mechanics, could receive some new-found respect thanks to science.
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have chemically modified sawdust to make it exceptionally oil-attracting and buoyant, characteristics that are ideal for cleaning ... more China arrests 18 over fatal October blast Canada buys new Airbus search and rescue planes for Can$2.4 bn Urgent appeal for supplies after strong Indonesia quake |
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Researchers in Aalto University, Finland, and P.L. Kapitza Institute in Moscow have discovered half-quantum vortices in superfluid helium. This vortex is a topological defect, exhibited in superfluids and superconductors, which carries a fixed amount of circulating current.
'This discovery of half-quantum vortices culminates a long search for these objects originally predicted to exist in ... more Amazon aims to blur lines between game, real life Raytheon to produce additional Air and Missile Defense Radar equipment U.S. State Dept. approves Sea Giraffe 3D radars for the Philippines |
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Australian researchers from the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science have produced a remarkable high-resolution animation of the largest El Nino ever recorded. It is so detailed that it took 30,000 computer hours crunching ocean model data on Australia's most powerful supercomputer, Raijin, before it could be extracted by the NCI ... more Earth's Magnetic Fields Could Track Ocean Heat: NASA Thai fishing fleets shift to distant waters to avoid crackdown: Greenpeace Rain out, research in |
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Glaciers and ice sheets move in unique and sometimes surprising patterns, as evidenced by a new capability that uses satellite images to map the speed of flowing ice in Greenland, Antarctica and mountain ranges around the world. With imagery and data from Landsat 8, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, scientists are providing a near-real-time view of every large glacier and i ... moreGlobal warming is melting mountain glaciers: study Hottest Arctic on record triggers massive ice melt Most of Greenland ice melted to bedrock in recent geologic past |
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  The US government on Wednesday announced it was taking aim against illegal Chinese restrictions on imports of American grain, as well as price supports China provides for domestic farmers.
In what it says is the 15th challenge against China, and the second involving agriculture this year, the US Trade Representative said it filed a dispute in the World Trade Organization charging China has v ... more In Benin, 'Smart-Valleys' bring rice bounty EU court upholds Monsanto GM soybean approval Corn yield modeling towards sustainable agriculture |
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  A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no immediate casualties were reported and an initial tsunami threat was later deemed to have passed.
The earthquake struck 60 km to the east of Taron, New Ireland, at 8.51 pm local time (1051 GMT) at a depth of some 75 km, the USGS said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre initial ... more Study models Tsunami Risk for Florida and Cuba How soil moisture can help predict power outages caused by hurricance Underwater volcano's eruption captured in exquisite detail |
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  The UN has stopped The Gambia's controversial army chief from visiting troops serving as peacekeepers in Darfur, as international pressure grows on the country's top brass to accept incoming president-elect Adama Barrow.
Gambian security forces seized the country's Independent Electoral Commission on Tuesday, drawing international condemnation follosing a contested presidential election held ... more Influx of Chinese investors angers Madagascans Mobile money lifts Kenyan households out of poverty Mali rivals must stick to peace deal: French minister |
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During REM sleep, the brain inhibits the motor system, which makes the sleeper completely immobile. CNRS researchers working in the Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CNRS/Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1/INSERM/Universite Jean Monnet) have identified a population of neurons that is responsible for this transient muscle paralysis.
The animal model created will shed light on the ... more Neanderthals visited seaside cave in England for 180,000 years Dental hygiene, caveman style Sex of prehistoric hand-stencil artists can be determined forensic analysis |
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Climate scientists tend to be a hardy bunch, accustomed to hate mail, vicious online attacks, lawmakers who deny that global warming is real, and for some, even death threats.
But their mood darkened in recent days as President-elect Donald Trump tapped a series of climate change deniers and fossil fuel supporters for key posts in his administration.
That gloom turned to panic when Trum ... more Warmer temps may not affect carbon stored deep in northern peatlands Glee to gloom: Climate and the 'Trump effect' Scientists measure impact of local weather on global climate patterns |
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A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has found the mechanism behind the sudden onset of a "natural thermostat" in Earth's upper atmosphere that dramatically cools the air after it has been heated by violent solar activity.
Scientists have known that solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - which release electrically charged plasma from the sun - can damage satellites, c ... more Study of olivine provides new data for measuring earth's surface Critical zone, critical research at the weathering zone Eye-Popping View of CO2, Critical Step for Carbon-Cycle Science |
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Move over, hyenas and saber-toothed cats; there's a mammal with an even stronger bite. A new study by Burke Museum and University of Washington paleontologists describes an early marsupial relative called Didelphodon vorax that lived alongside ferocious dinosaurs and had, pound-for-pound, the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded.
Published in the journal Nature Communications, ... more Biologists unlock 51.7-million-year-old genetic secret to landmark Darwin theory Feathered tail of baby dinosaur found preserved in amber Tumor found in fossil of 255 million-year-old mammal predecessor |
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Growth for energy-hungry Asian economies is starting to level off as a slowdown in India drags on regional momentum, a regional lender said.
The Asian Development Bank trimmed its outlook for full-year 2016 from 5.7 percent to 5.6 percent for all of Asia. The forecast for 2017 remains stable at 5.7 percent. The bank said a slowdown in India was behind most of the downgrade.
"Indi ... moreUS push to low-carbon future 'unstoppable': Biden China's Shanghai Electric to invest $9bn in Pakistan upgrades China power plant collapse kills at least 22: Xinhua |
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The day of charging cellphones with finger swipes and powering Bluetooth headsets simply by walking is now much closer. Michigan State University engineering researchers have created a new way to harvest energy from human motion, using a film-like device that actually can be folded to create more power. With the low-cost device, known as a nanogenerator, the scientists successfully operated an L ... more Battery research reaching out to higher voltages Could a seawater battery help end our dependence on lithium? Researchers peer into atom-sized tunnels in hunt for better battery |
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Up to now, if scientists wanted to study blood cells, algae, or bacteria under the microscope, they had to mount these cells on a substrate such as a glass slide. Physicists at Bielefeld and Frankfurt Universities have developed a method that traps biological cells with a laser beam enabling them to study them at very high resolutions.
In science fiction books and films, the principle is k ... more Scientists examine 'perfect storms' fueling vast tropical biodiversity Scientists trap bacteria with optical tractor beam Gene transfer on the fungal highway |
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  A former Hong Kong security chief who stepped down after mass protests and is loathed by the city's pro-democracy camp said Thursday she will run for leader, as opponents warn she would be a Beijing puppet.
The race for chief executive was thrown open when unpopular hardline leader Leung Chun-ying declared last week he would not seek reelection after a term marked by political crises and ant ... more Chinese official's wife jailed in new vaccine scandal Popular Chinese Muslim website shuttered after Xi Jinping petition Anti-China protesters rally in Hong Kong as vote looms |
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Scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), The Nature Conservancy, and several partners in Brazil and Peru have produced a geographic information system (GIS) "roadmap" to help guide conservation efforts at large scale in the Amazon River basin, a region roughly the size of the United States.
The new spatial framework - created with several major data sets and GIS technology - is ... more Indonesia expands protection for peatlands, climate Laser technique boosts aerial imaging of woodlands Green groups pressure Spain over 'at risk' wetlands |
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