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  Austin TX (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 New research from The University of Texas at Austin reveals that the Earth's unique iron composition isn't linked to the formation of the planet's core, calling into question a prevailing theory about the events that shaped our planet during its earliest years. The research, published in Nature Communications on Feb. 20, opens the door for other competing theories about why the Earth, relative to other planets, has higher levels of heavy iron isotopes. Among them: light iron isotopes may have been ... read more |
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Smartphones are revolutionizing medicineBoston (AFP) Feb 18, 2017 Smartphones are revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, thanks to add-ons and apps that make their ubiquitous small screens into medical devices, researchers say. ... more  
Ancient microbes push limits of what life can survive on Earth, and offWashington DC (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017 NASA has revived a bunch of very odd microbial creatures from a slumber of tens of thousands of years - and what they've discovered about how tenacious and strange life can be could mean space explo ... more  
Airbus to develop payload for first Franco-German Earth observation satelliteOttobrunn, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with Space Administration at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to develop and build all components of the German contribution to the German-French Eart ... more  
Ex-yoga missionary unleashes rage on Philippine minersManila (AFP) Feb 23, 2017 After two decades as a yoga missionary, Philippine Environment Secretary Regina Lopez is unleashing her inner rage on the mining industry while aiming for Bhutan-style gross national happiness. ... more |
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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 Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as super typhoon nears |
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First drug-resistant malaria parasite detected in AfricaMiami (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 For the first time in Africa, researchers said Wednesday they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially resistant to the top anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, raising concern about efforts to fight a disease that sickens hundreds of millions of people each year. ... more  
Mumbai's original inhabitants fear world's tallest statueMumbai (AFP) Feb 23, 2017 A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city. ... more 
Vietnam to punish officials over mass fish deathsHanoi (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 Vietnam said Wednesday it will punish 11 senior officials for misconduct over a toxic waste dump last year that killed tonnes of fish in one of the country's worst environmental disasters. ... more  
Argentine researcher falls into Nicaragua volcanoManagua (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 An Argentine volcanologist and Nicaraguan guide who fell into an active volcano were in good health Wednesday after being rescued by firemen, officials in Nicaragua said. ... more  
Assault weapon fans in US are dealt legal setbackWashington (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 A US appeals court has ruled that military-style assault weapons are not protected under the US Constitution, dealing a blow to gun rights activists. ... more  
I.Coast hosting bid to save its last chimpanzeesAbidjan (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 Ivory Coast, which has seen a 90 percent decrease in its chimpanzees in just 20 years, is to host international talks in July in a bid to save the primates. ... more |
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Myanmar makes record seizures of illegal timberYangon (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 Myanmar seized a record amount of illegal timber this financial year as part of a government clampdown to protect the country's rapidly disappearing forests, a senior official said on Wednesday. ... more 
Saving Simba and Lula, last two survivors of Mosul zooMosul, Iraq (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 Simba the lion and Lula the bear are the Mosul zoo's only survivors - the other animals were killed by shelling, starved to death or ate each other during the fighting. ... more  
Over 30,000 gather to support jailed Hong Kong cops: reportsHong Kong (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 More than 30,000 people gathered in Hong Kong Wednesday to show their support for seven police officers who were sentenced to two years in jail for beating up a pro-democracy activist in 2014, reports said. ... more 
Brazilian troops withdraw from Rio ahead of carnivalRio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 Authorities on Wednesday began withdrawing 9,000 army soldiers who had been deployed to Rio de Janeiro to provide security ahead of this week's carnival celebrations following a strike by police officers. ... more |
  Al-Buseif, Iraq (AFP) Feb 21, 2017  On the edge of the village of Al-Buseif, captured overnight from the Islamic State group by Iraqi forces advancing on western Mosul, a federal policeman signalled to fleeing civilians.
The small group of villagers, some carrying makeshift white flags, walked slowly along a dirt road in the valley below, metres (yards) from the western bank of the Tigris river.
They were the first civilia ... more Berlin (AFP) Feb 23, 2017'Anybody could be a refugee': Ai Weiwei films global crisis  Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Brazilian troops withdraw from Rio ahead of carnival  Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 20, 2017DR Congo snubs calls for inquiry of massacre video |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 21, 2017 
Tomorrow, a Space-X Dragon cargo ferry will be launched to the International Space Station packed with supplies, experiments, tools and food for the six astronauts living and working high above Earth. In the unpressurised cargo hold is a new NASA sensor that will monitor our atmosphere with a helping hand from ESA.
The Space Station flies 400 km above our planet at 28 800 km/h, experiencin ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 21, 2017When ultrafast laser pulse meets magnetic materials  Perth, Australia (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Sky and Space signs agreement with US Department of Defence  Ashburn VA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Curtiss-Wright offers COTS Module for measuring microgravity acceleration |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 20, 2017  Tiny natural ponds pose an overlooked danger for speeding up global warming, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.
In experiments designed to simulate moderate future warming, scientists in Britain found that such ponds - a metre (three feet) across - gradually lose the capacity to soak up one kind of greenhouse gas and give off even more of another. ... more Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 20, 2017Cash-strapped Rio de Janeiro to privatize water utility  Exeter, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Basking sharks seek out winter sun  Paris (AFP) Feb 15, 2017Oceans have lost 2 percent of oxygen, says study |
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Local weather plays an important part in the retreat of the ice shelves in West Antarctica, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications. The study led by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) of the Pine Island Glacier (PIG) used a unique five-year record to study how the interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, as well as changing currents, con ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New pathway for Greenland meltwater to reach ocean identified  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2017Descent into a Frozen Underworld  Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 17, 2017How an Ice Age paradox could inform sea level rise predictions |
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 Mumbai (AFP) Feb 23, 2017  A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city.
But the traditional Koli community, who depend on fishing for their livelihoods, fear they will be worst hit by the construction, warning that it threatens their centuries-old existence.
India will spend 36 billion rupees ($53 ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Maize study finds genes that help crops adapt to change  Urbana IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Snap beans hard to grow in cover crop residue  Burlington VT (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Bee decline threatens US crop production |
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 Managua (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 
An Argentine volcanologist and Nicaraguan guide who fell into an active volcano were in good health Wednesday after being rescued by firemen, officials in Nicaragua said.
The 60-year-old researcher, Rodolfo Alvarez, and his specialized guide, Adriac Valladares, 25, fell into the crater of Masaya Volcano just south of the capital on Tuesday.
The two slipped about 450 meters (1475 feet) do ... more Jakarta (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Flooding hits Indonesian capital, one dead Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Thousands flee as floodwaters threaten California city  Irvine CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Over time, nuisance flooding can cost more than extreme, infrequent events |
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 Kampala (AFP) Feb 20, 2017  Ugandan authorities have seized more than a tonne of ivory, chopped into small pieces and treated with a chemical intended to prevent it being detected, the national wildlife protection service said Monday.
The haul was made in a Kampala suburb on Saturday, before it could be loaded at Entebbe international airport and flown off to an unknown destination, the authorities said.
A Liberian ... more Abidjan (AFP) Feb 22, 2017I.Coast hosting bid to save its last chimpanzees  Monguno, Nigeria (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Civilians in the crossfire of Boko Haram and the military  Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 22, 2017DR Congo investigating alleged army massacre video |
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 Aztec, N.M. (UPI) Feb 21, 2017  New archeological evidence, including radiocarbon and DNA analysis, suggests the Chacoan society was ruled by a matrilineal dynasty for more than 300 years.
Pueblo Bonito is the largest and most thoroughly studied of the great houses found in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon. But archaeologists have remained unclear on exactly how the Pueblo people of Chaco Canyon and their great houses organi ... more Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Flat-footed fighters  Boston (AFP) Feb 17, 2017Advances in imaging could deepen knowledge of brain  Kingston, Ontario (UPI) Feb 14, 2017Study: The human brain always has a backup plan |
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 Exeter, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Rising temperatures could accelerate climate change by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide stored in ponds and increasing the methane they release, new research shows. The scientists experimentally warmed an array of ponds over seven years by 4-5+ C and studied the impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and rates of metabolism.
Changes observed after the first year became "amplified" over a ... more Quixeramobim, Brazil (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Brazil's poorest region suffers worst drought in a century  Paris (AFP) Feb 16, 2017Climate study delivers dire warning on Alpine snow  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2017Gas hydrate breakdown unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 
Atmospheric river storms are hailed as drought-busters when they bring needed rain and snow, but they have a well-known dark side: damaging floods. A new NASA study documents a second destructive force in these storms: high winds.
The study shows that atmospheric rivers were associated with almost half of the most extreme mid-latitude windstorms globally for the past 20 years, doing billio ... more Ottobrunn, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Airbus to develop payload for first Franco-German Earth observation satellite  Paris (ESA) Feb 17, 2017Sentinel-2 teams prepare for space  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Earth Science on the Space Station continues to grow |
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 Woods Hole MA (SPX) Feb 10, 2017 
What did the last common ancestor of the vertebrate animals - a very small, soft-bodied marine organism that lived about 600 million years ago - look like? While the portrait is still emerging, a new study indicates that it had gills.
This week in Current Biology, J. Andrew Gillis of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, demons ... more Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Feb 15, 2017Fossil discovery rewrites understanding of reproductive evolution  Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Feb 14, 2017A kiss of death - mammals were the first animals to produce venom  Cambridge, UK (SPX) Feb 10, 2017Deeper origin of gill evolution suggests 'active lifestyle' link in early vertebrates |
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 Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017  Even with international praise for its renewable energy strategy, New Zealand's government said there is room for improvement.
An annual review of the New Zealand energy sector from the International Energy Agency described the country as a "success story" for its ability to advance on low-carbon options like hydro-electric power and geothermal energy, all without government subsidies. ... more Strasbourg, France (AFP) Feb 15, 2017EU parliament backs draft carbon trading reforms  Taipei (AFP) Feb 12, 2017Taiwan lantern makers go green for festival of lights  Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2017Republican ex-top diplomats propose a carbon tax |
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 Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Because the sun doesn't always shine, solar utilities need a way to store extra charge for a rainy day. The same goes for wind power facilities, since the wind doesn't always blow. To take full advantage of renewable energy, electrical grids need large batteries that can store the power coming from wind and solar installations until it is needed. Some of the current technologies that are potenti ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Looking for the next leap in rechargeable batteries  Champaign IL (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Tiny nanoclusters could solve big problems for lithium-ion batteries  Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 22, 2017New hydronium-ion battery presents opportunity for more sustainable energy storage |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 21, 2017  A Japanese zoo has culled 57 native snow monkeys by lethal injection after finding that they carried genes of an "invasive alien species", officials said Tuesday.
The Takagoyama Nature Zoo in the city of Futtsu in Chiba prefecture east of Tokyo, housed 164 simians which it believed were all pure Japanese macaques.
But the operator and local officials discovered about one-third were cross ... more Washington (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Bye Bye, Bao Bao: Panda leaves Washington for China  Laramie WY (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Decline of grass threatens world's most endangered antelope  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Those who help each other can invade harsher environments |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 22, 2017  More than 30,000 people gathered in Hong Kong Wednesday to show their support for seven police officers who were sentenced to two years in jail for beating up a pro-democracy activist in 2014, reports said.
Television news footage showed long queues leading up to the packed football pitch of the Police Sports and Recreational Club in Kowloon, with off-duty and retired members of the force ma ... more Beijing (AFP) Feb 22, 2017China jails safety boss who was sacked over huge blast  Shanghai (AFP) Feb 22, 2017China selfie-app leader seeks to 'beautify the world'  Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Film depicts crackdown on China labour advocates |
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 Syracuse, N.Y. (UPI) Feb 22, 2017 
Every year the forest gets farther away. According to researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, between 1990 and 2000, the average distance between any point the United States and the nearest forest grew by a third of a mile - 14 percent.
Surprisingly, the survey - detailed in the journal PLOS ONE - showed rural forests and forests on public lands were mo ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Laissez-faire is not good enough for reforestation  Yangon (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Myanmar makes record seizures of illegal timber  Jena, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2017How much biomass grows in the savannah |
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