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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 Japan observes tiny tsunami following 6.7 magnitude quake |
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  Laramie WY (SPX) Feb 08, 2017 A University of Wyoming researcher contributed to a paper that determined a "Snowball Earth" event actually took place 100 million years earlier than previously projected, and a rise in the planet's oxidation resulted from a number of different continents - including what is now Wyoming - that were once connected. "Isotopic dating of the Ongeluk large igneous province, South Africa, revealed that the first Paleoproterozoic global glaciation and the first significant step change in atmospheric oxyg ... read more |
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Persistent tropical foraging in the New Guinea highlandsThe development of agriculture is frequently seen as one of the major economic, social, and demographic thresholds in human history. From the perspective of the modern world it is often seen as an i ... more  
New method improves accuracy of imaging systemsNew research provides scientists looking at single molecules or into deep space a more accurate way to analyze imaging data captured by microscopes, telescopes and other devices. The improved ... more  
Two Months to Stop Pandemic X from Taking HoldOver the past several years, DARPA-funded researchers have pioneered RNA vaccine technology, a medical countermeasure against infectious diseases that uses coded genetic constructs to stimulate prod ... more  
Broader updrafts in severe storms may increase chance of damaging hailStrong updrafts - currents of rising air - in severe thunderstorms are a prerequisite for hail formation. The width of these updrafts may be an indicator of an increased hail threat, according to Pe ... more |
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What role does electromagnetic signaling have in biological systemsFor decades scientists have wondered whether electromagnetic waves might play a role in intra- and inter-cell signaling. Researchers have suggested since the 1960s, for example, that terahertz frequ ... more 
New research on why plant tissues have a sense of directionScientists at the John Innes Centre, Norwich have published new evidence that plant tissues can have a preferred direction of growth and that this characteristic is essential for producing complex p ... more  
Coal ash selenium found in fish in NC lakesA new Duke University study has found high levels of selenium in fish in three North Carolina lakes receiving power plants' coal ash waste. "Across the board, we're seeing elevated selenium levels i ... more 
Tiny organisms with a massive impactDiatoms are a very common group of algae found not only in freshwater streams, rivers and lakes, but also in marine waters. These unicellular organisms are particularly prevalent in the waters of th ... more  
Vatican row as China invited to organ transplant meetEthics experts and human rights lawyers slammed the Vatican Tuesday for inviting a top Chinese health official to an organ trafficking summit despite concerns the Asian giant still uses tissue from executed prisoners. ... more  
Elite I.Coast troops fire protest shots at two basesIvorian special forces troops fired in the air in towns in the north and south of the country on Tuesday, weeks after soldiers and security forces mutinied over pay in the west African nation. ... more |
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 Somalia to elect president amid security, drought woes 
Artificial wetland to clean Shanghai factory waterFrench wastewater treatment company Suez said Tuesday it had been awarded a contract to design an artificial wetland to clean water from a petrochemical industrial zone outside Shanghai. ... more  
Afghans dig with 'any tools possible' for avalanche survivorsAfghan villagers were digging with shovels and whatever else they could find in a desperate race Tuesday to save survivors days after avalanches buried whole villages in the mountainous north and east. ... more  
Amazon forest was transformed by ancient people: studyLong before European settlers arrived in the Americas in 1492, the Amazon rainforest was transformed for thousands of years by indigenous people who carved mysterious circles into the landscape, researchers said Monday. ... more 
Six cosmic catastrophes that could wipe out life on EarthIf you ask yourself what the biggest threat to human existence is you'd probably think of nuclear war, global warming or a large-scale pandemic disease. But assuming we can overcome such challenges, ... more |
   Afghan villagers were digging with shovels and whatever else they could find in a desperate race Tuesday to save survivors days after avalanches buried whole villages in the mountainous north and east.
Army helicopters were sent to deliver aid as rescuers on the ground battled snowdrifts to reach remote towns.
But blocked roads and difficult terrain meant rescue equipment was in short su ... more Six cosmic catastrophes that could wipe out life on Earth Radiation level in Fukushima plant at record high Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans arrived |
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A solar satellite with a deep space mission to capture the most spectacular images ever taken of the Sun will be cooled by technology pioneered by a North East England-based firm.
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter will use k-Core Annealed Pyrolytic Graphite technology (APG) designed and manufactured by Aavid Thermacore Europe Ltd. Aavid Thermacore's technology will keep instruments ... more Scientists discover helium chemistry New beam pattern yields more precise radar, ultrasound imaging Anatomy of a debris incident |
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One of the main obstacles in the production of hydrogen through water splitting is that hydrogen peroxide is also formed, which affects the efficiency stability of the reaction and the stability of the production. Dutch and Israelian researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and the Weizmann Institute have succeeded in controlling the spin of electrons in the reaction and thereby almos ... more A closer look at what caused the Flint water crisis Size matters for marine protected areas designed to aid coral Marine ecosystems show resilience to climate disturbance |
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A University of Wyoming researcher contributed to a paper that determined a "Snowball Earth" event actually took place 100 million years earlier than previously projected, and a rise in the planet's oxidation resulted from a number of different continents - including what is now Wyoming - that were once connected.
"Isotopic dating of the Ongeluk large igneous province, South Africa, reveal ... moreStudy shows planet's atmospheric oxygen rose through glaciers Coal mine dust lowers spectral reflectance of Arctic snow by up to 84 percent Scientists unravel the process of meltwater in ocean depths |
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The development of agriculture is frequently seen as one of the major economic, social, and demographic thresholds in human history. From the perspective of the modern world it is often seen as an inevitable, desirable subsistence strategy, allowing larger populations, settled life, and the development of cities. Likewise it has even been argued that long-term human survival in tropical forests ... more Spain's Balearic Islands hit by deadly olive tree bacteria Italy's military 'narcos' cook up cannabis cures Corn turning French hamsters into deranged cannibals: research |
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The probability of an earthquake occurring exponentially decreases as its magnitude value increases. Fortunately, mild earthquakes are more probable than devastatingly large ones. This relation between probability and earthquake magnitude follows a mathematical curve called the Gutenberg-Richter law, and helps seismologists predict the probabilities of an earthquake of a specific magnitude occur ... more Can underwater sonar canons stop a tsunami in its tracks? Researcher proposes novel mechanism to stop tsunamis in their tracks The secret of the supervolcano |
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 Somalia is to hold its presidential election on Wednesday after numerous delays, with ongoing security concerns and warnings of famine topping the agenda for the new administration.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is seeking re-election against 22 other candidates.
The troubled Horn of Africa nation, which has not had an effective central government in three decades, had been promised a ... more Elite I.Coast troops fire protest shots at two bases A struggle for land and survival in Kenya's restive highlands Weapons seized from Gambia ex-leader's home: general |
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New research indicates that Baltic hunter-gatherers were not swamped by migrations of early agriculturalists from the Middle East, as was the case for the rest of central and western Europe. Instead, these people probably acquired knowledge of farming and ceramics by sharing cultures and ideas - rather than genes - with outside communities.
Scientists extracted ancient DNA from a number of ... more Brain-computer interface allows completely locked-in people to communicate Study finds genetic continuity between modern East Asia people and their Stone Age relatives Girls less likely to associate 'brilliance' with their own gender |
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The annual summer monsoon that drops rain onto East Asia, an area with about a billion people, has shifted dramatically in the distant past, at times moving northward by as much as 400 kilometers and doubling rainfall in that northern reach. The monsoon's changes over the past 10,000 years likely altered the course of early human cultures in China, say the authors of a new study.
Researche ... more The ancient Indus civilization's adaptation to climate change EU ahead of the curve on climate fight Land-use change possibly produces more carbon dioxide than assumed so far |
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The microscopic size of phytoplankton, the plant-like organisms that live in the sunlit upper ocean, belies their importance in the global environment. They provide the food source for the zooplankton that ultimately feed larger animals ranging from small fish to whales. And like plants on land, phytoplankton use carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to grow and thrive through photosynthesis, which ... more Why the Earth's magnetic poles could be about to swap places An application of astronomy to save endangered species NASA Makes an EPIC Update to Website for Daily Earth Pics |
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Reach back far enough in the family tree of a snail or a clam and you'll find a spiny little slug with tiny teeth, wearing a helmet. Scientists have unearthed the 480-million-year-old remains of a creature that reveals the earliest stages in the evolution of mollusks, a diverse group of invertebrates that includes squids, octopuses, snails, and clams. The discovery was announced in a paper publi ... more Spiny, armored slug reveals ancestry of molluscs Low level of oxygen delayed evolution for 2 billion years Study: Biodiversity of Ordovician radiation unrelated to asteroid breakup |
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Without a significant effort to reduce greenhouse gases, including an accelerated deployment of technologies for capturing atmospheric carbon and storing it underground, and sustained growth in renewables such as wind and solar, the world could miss a key global temperature target set by the Paris Agreement and the long-term goal of net-zero climate pollution.
The finding, published in the ... more Electricity costs: A new way they'll surge in a warming worldClimate change may overload US electrical grid: study Nordic countries are bringing about an energy transition worth copying |
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Superconductivity, where electrical currents course unhindered through a material, is one of modern physics' most intriguing scientific discoveries. It has many practical uses. Governments, industries, and health care and science centers all make use of superconductivity in applications extending from MRIs in hospitals to the cavities of particle accelerators, where scientists explore the fundam ... more Building a better microbial fuel cell - using paper How to recycle lithium batteries Researchers flip script for Li-Ion electrolytes to simulate better batteries |
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For decades scientists have wondered whether electromagnetic waves might play a role in intra- and inter-cell signaling. Researchers have suggested since the 1960s, for example, that terahertz frequencies emanate from cell membranes, but they've lacked the technology and tools to conduct reproducible experiments that could prove whether electromagnetic waves constitute purposeful signals for bio ... more New research on why plant tissues have a sense of direction Tiny organisms with a massive impact Italy bows to howls over anti-wolf campaign |
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  The mysterious case of a billionaire who went missing from Hong Kong last week, reportedly abducted by mainland security agents, has underscored the precarious lives of China's ultra rich.
Local media say financier Xiao Jianhua was last seen at his apartment in Hong Kong's Four Seasons hotel and is under investigation in connection with China's 2015 stocks crash.
There is no shortage of ... more Missing Chinese billionaire targeted over stocks crash: report 'Abduction' of China tycoon sparks fear in Hong KongHong Kong leadership favourite testifies in corruption trial |
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Over the past three years, Honduras has lost a quarter of its pine forests to a plague of bark-munching beetles.
Now though, after a long campaign that saw soldiers wielding chainsaws to contain the bug invasion, a little green is growing back.
In mountains north of the capital that were stripped bare, trees replanted by students from the National University's forest sciences department ... more Amazon forest was transformed by ancient people: study Coastal wetlands excel at storing carbon Wetlands play vital role in carbon storage, study finds |
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