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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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  Wellington (AFP) Feb 14, 2017 The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The sands at Farewell Spit where the nearly 700 pilot whales beached in one of the largest mass strandings ever in New Zealand were closed to the public after authorities declared the rotting bodies a health risk. The Department of Conservation said the carcasses of more than 300 whales were being truck ... read more |
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Stanford scientists measure African crop yields from spaceResearchers at Stanford University have developed a new method for accurately measuring crop yields using satellite images. Scientists hope their new strategy will help researchers track agricultural productivity in developing countries where farming data is limited. ... more  
Possibility of Silicon-Based Life GrowsScience fiction has long imagined alien worlds inhabited by silicon-based life, such as the rock-eating Horta from the original Star Trek series. Now, scientists have for the first time shown that n ... more  
Blue jets studied from Space StationFor years, their existence has been debated: elusive electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere that sport names such as red sprites, blue jets, pixies and elves. Reported by pilots, they are dif ... more 
HSE experts investigate how order emerges from chaosIgor Kolokolov and Vladimir Lebedev, scientific experts from HSE's Faculty of Physics and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, have developed an analytical th ... more |
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Valentine's Day returns to Iraq's IS-free east MosulValentine's Day returned Tuesday to the eastern sector of the Iraqi city of Mosul from where the Islamic State group was expelled last month, at least for a group of enthusiastic schoolchildren. ... more  
Vietnam fishermen clash with police over toxic wasteScores of fishermen clashed with police Tuesday in central Vietnam as they tried to file lawsuits demanding compensation after a toxic waste dump by a Taiwanese firm killed tonnes of fish last year, activists said. ... more 
Iraq's 'cycling girls' ride for freedomHer name is Marina Jaber but to many she is "the girl on the bike", a young Baghdad artist inspiring Iraqi women to exercise their rights one pedal at a time. ... more  
Fear has made me stronger: Hong Kong booksellerThe disappearance of a Chinese billionaire from his Hong Kong hotel has brought back frightening memories for bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who also went missing in an ordeal that highlighted Beijing's tightening grip on the city. ... more  
Free hairdos to boost confidence of displaced Iraqi womenTwice a month, beautician Chnoor Khezri takes her equipment to a camp near Mosul and gives displaced Iraqi women who have lost everything a proper pampering and some fresh confidence. ... more  
Ethiopia dam causes Kenya water shortage: rights groupA huge newly-built Ethiopian dam is cutting off the supply of water to Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, rights group Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. ... more |
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Geneticists reveal how parenting rewires the beetle brainIn a new study, a team of geneticists at the University of Georgia showed how parenting transforms the brain of burying beetles. ... more 
Mass evacuation as rain strains tallest US damAlmost 200,000 people were under evacuation orders in northern California on Monday after a threat of catastrophic failure at the tallest dam in the United States. ... more  
Extreme heat threatens desert songbirdsA number of songbird species make their living in some of the most precarious places on Earth - deserts. As global warming pushes temperatures higher and extreme heat waves occur more frequently, deserts are becoming even more inhospitable. ... more
Sheriff lifts evacuation order for residents near California damA sheriff on Tuesday lifted a mandatory evacuation order in northern California, which had impacted nearly 200,000 people in an area under threat of catastrophic failure at the tallest dam in the United States. ... more |
   Twice a month, beautician Chnoor Khezri takes her equipment to a camp near Mosul and gives displaced Iraqi women who have lost everything a proper pampering and some fresh confidence.
In a small room inside the camp, the young Iranian Kurd takes out her brushes and scissors and puts blue wax to heat up in a pot. "It's not much but I work miracles with this," she says.
More than 3,600 wom ... more Myanmar jade mine landslide kills 9: official Justice for victims of Nepal's civil war slips away Six cosmic catastrophes that could wipe out life on Earth |
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Launching soon, aboard the 10th SpaceX commercial resupply mission, will be a technology module called Raven, which will bring NASA one step closer to having a relative navigation capability. When affixed outside the International Space Station, Raven will test foundational technologies that will enable autonomous rendezvous in space, meaning they will not necessitate any human involvement - eve ... more Big data for the universe New high-performance computing cluster at the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam Orbit Logic Software to be used for BridgeSat Laser Comm Scheduling |
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  A huge newly-built Ethiopian dam is cutting off the supply of water to Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, rights group Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
The Gibe III dam, along with a network of sugar plantations, has caused the depth of Lake Turkana to drop by 1.5 meters from its previous levels since the dam's reservoir began filling in 2015, according to a HRW report.
In one part of Tu ... more Sheriff lifts evacuation order for residents near California dam Mismatched eyes help squid survive ocean's twilight zoneMass evacuation as rain strains tallest US dam |
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Thwaites Glacier on the edge of West Antarctica is one of the planet's fastest-moving glaciers. Research shows that it is sliding unstoppably into the ocean, mainly due to warmer seawater lapping at its underside.
But the details of its collapse remain uncertain. The details are necessary to provide a timeline for when to expect 2 feet of global sea level rise, and when this glacier's loss ... more NASA, UCI Reveal New Details of Greenland Ice Loss CryoSat reveals lake outbursts beneath Antarctic ice Climate change adds to pressures on endangered African penguins |
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Stanford researchers have developed a new way to estimate crop yields from space, using high-res photos snapped by a new wave of compact satellites. The approach, detailed in the February 13 issue of the journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could be used to estimate agricultural productivity and test intervention strategies in poor regions of the world where data are c ... more Stanford scientists measure African crop yields from space Sticky gels turn insect-sized drones into artificial pollinators Grow, mow, mulch: Finding lawn's value |
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A rumbling volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island spewed clouds of smoke and ash high into the air Friday, the latest in a series of violent eruptions.
Huge columns of smoke hung over Mount Sinabung and the surrounding area, including an elementary school where children played in the shadow of the towering volcanic cloud.
Activity levels have increased in the past week, with Sinabung shoo ... moreIntense cyclone barrels towards Mozambique Aftershocks rock Philippine quake city survivors NASA-Led Campaign Studies Hawaii's Iconic Volcanoes |
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  South Sudan's army said Tuesday a general who quit after accusing President Salva Kiir and his tribe of "ethnic cleansing" was corrupt and had fled to evade arrest.
Lieutenant-General Thomas Cirillo Swaka, then deputy chief of general staff for logistics, resigned last week accusing Kiir, aides and other army officers of violating a 2015 peace deal.
They had "systematically frustrated th ... more Ivory Coast arrests six journalists over mutiny 'false information'I. Coast govt pursues bid to end mutiny by elite troopsIvory Coast govt in bid to end elite troops' mutiny |
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New research suggests when it comes to the physical movements of daily life, the human brain is always weighing its options and prepping for plan B.
Think of the mini moments of hesitation that populate the day: Whether or not to cross the sidewalk or when to change lanes. During these seconds of indecision, the human brain is preparing the movements necessary for each potential action. ... more Chimpanzee feet allow scientists a new grasp on human foot evolution Humans subconsciously perceive words as 'round' or 'sharp' Paleolithic people 'killed' pebbles to rid them of their symbolic power |
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The breakdown of methane hydrates due to warming climate is unlikely to lead to massive amounts of methane being released to the atmosphere, according to a recent interpretive review of scientific literature performed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Rochester. Methane hydrate, which is also referred to as gas hydrate, is a naturally-occurring, ice-like form of methane and wat ... more Scientists argue current climate change models understate the problem Researchers say climate models understate risk, ignore human factors Cape Town pools crack down on splashing as drought bites |
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On Feb. 9, 2017, NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, known as MMS, began a three-month long journey into a new orbit. MMS flies in a highly elliptical orbit around Earth and the new orbit will take MMS twice as far out as it has previously flown.
In the new orbit, which begins the second phase of its mission, MMS will continue to map out the fundamental characteristics of space aroun ... more SpaceKnow raises $4 Million in Series A funding Human effects on Earth are 170 times greater than natural forces HSE experts investigate how order emerges from chaos |
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Africa is a tough place. It always has been. Especially if you have to fend off gigantic predators like sabre-toothed carnivores in order to survive. And, when you're a small, dog-sized pre-mammalian reptile, sometimes the only way to protect yourself against these monsters is to turn your saliva into a deadly venomous cocktail.
That is exactly what a distant, pre-mammalian reptile, the th ... more Syracuse University geochemist breathes new life into 'Great Oxidation Event' NASA team looks to ancient earth first to study hazy exoplanets Deeper origin of gill evolution suggests 'active lifestyle' link in early vertebrates |
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  As Taiwan lights up for the start of its annual lantern festival this weekend, one eco-friendly craftsman is breaking with tradition.
Lantern-maker Lin Chow-chin is part of a growing movement on the island to make the celebrations greener, creating sustainable lights which can be converted into everything from desk lamps to flower vases.
Each year huge electric sculptures go on display ... more Republican ex-top diplomats propose a carbon tax Electricity costs: A new way they'll surge in a warming worldClimate change may overload US electrical grid: study |
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Imagine patterning and visualizing silicon at the atomic level, something which, if done successfully, will revolutionize the quantum and classical computing industry. A team of scientists in Edmonton, Canada has done just that, led by a world-renowned physicist and his up-and-coming protege.
University of Alberta PhD student Taleana Huff teamed up with her supervisor Robert Wolkow to chan ... more New, long-lasting flow battery could run for more than a decade with minimum upkeep Portable superconductivity systems for small motors How to recycle lithium batteries |
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If competition is the main evolutionary driver, why can so many species coexist within the same ecosystem instead to have a few that dominate? This a long and central question in ecology. Many ideas have been suggested in an attempt to explain this evolutionary paradox. Most of them are based on the importance of ecological niches for the maintenance of differentiated against dominated environme ... more Animals who face tough early life live longer The firefly among fish Geneticists reveal how parenting rewires the beetle brain |
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  The disappearance of a Chinese billionaire from his Hong Kong hotel has brought back frightening memories for bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who also went missing in an ordeal that highlighted Beijing's tightening grip on the city.
Lam is one of five Hong Kong publishers who vanished at the end of 2015 and resurfaced across the border in mainland China. He returned to Hong Kong on bail after eight ... more Hong Kong police guilty over attack on democracy protester Hole is where the heart is for Chinese cave dwellers 'Unfair' Hong Kong election sparks fresh democracy calls |
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'Relationships' in the soil become stronger during the process of nature restoration. Although all major groups of soil life are already present in former agricultural soils, they are not really 'connected' at first. These connections need time to (literally) grow, and fungi are the star performers here. A European research team led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) has shown t ... more Wetlands play vital role in carbon storage, study finds Amazon forest was transformed by ancient people: study Honduras manages to stall pine-munching bugs' march |
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