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  London, UK (The Conversation) May 24, 2017 When we think about the difficulties of colonising another planet, the last thing we probably worry about about is sex. However, for our species to survive beyond Earth it's a fundamental issue. While no astronauts have admitted having sex in space, plenty of reproduction has been going on. This is because a range of animals from fruit flies to fish - as well as their eggs, sperm and embryos - have been sent into space so we can study how they reproduce. While these studies indicate that the first ... read more |
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New hypothesis about the origin of humankind suggests oldest hominin lived in EuropeToronto, Canada (SPX) May 24, 2017 The common lineage of great apes and humans split several hundred thousand earlier than hitherto assumed, according to an international research team headed by Professor Madelaine Bohme from the Sen ... more  
How RNA formed at the origins of lifeLondon, UK (SPX) May 24, 2017 A single process for how a group of molecules called nucleotides were made on the early Earth, before life began, has been suggested by a UCL-led team of researchers. Nucleotides are essential ... more 
Portions of human skeletal structure were established millions of years earlier than previously thought,Columbia MO (SPX) May 24, 2017 For more than 3 million years, Selam lay silent and still. Eager to tell her story, the almost perfect fossil skeleton of a 2 1/2 year-old toddler was discovered at Dikika, Ethiopia - and she had a ... more  
Whales only recently evolved into giants when changing ice, oceans concentrated preyWashington DC (SPX) May 24, 2017 The blue whale, which uses baleen to filter its prey from ocean water and can reach lengths of over 100 feet, is the largest vertebrate animal that has ever lived. On the list of the planet's most m ... more |
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French firefighters optimistic after controlling vast wildfire
'Never seen before' rains lash southern Japan Gales lash Greece, disrupting ferry services Hungarians protest with camels to raise alarm over drought Deadly Indian Himalayan flood likely caused by glacier collapse, experts say Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc Thai prosecutors indict 23 over quake skyscraper collapse Nigeria issues flood alert for over half of its 36 states Tens of thousands evacuated as torrential rains drench south China Indian army searches for scores missing after deadly Himalayan flood |
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Supercomputing helps researchers understand Earth's interiorChicago IL (SPX) May 24, 2017 Contrary to posters you may have seen hanging on the walls in science buildings and classrooms, Lijun Liu, professor of geology at Illinois, knows that Earth's interior is not like an onion. W ... more  
Planting trees cannot replace cutting CO2 emissionsPotsdam, Germany (SPX) May 24, 2017 Growing plants and then storing the CO2 they have taken up from the atmosphere is no viable option to counteract unmitigated emissions from fossil fuel burning, a new study shows. The plantations wo ... more  
Mexico next in line to examine geothermal energyWashington (UPI) May 23, 2017 The possibility to tap geothermal resources in Mexico is what's drawing interest from global energy companies, French and Icelandic partners said. ... more 
Researchers discover hottest lavas that erupted in past 2.5 billion yearsBlacksburg VA (SPX) May 24, 2017 An international team of researchers led by geoscientists with the Virginia Tech College of Science recently discovered that deep portions of Earth's mantle might be as hot as it was more than 2.5 b ... more  
After 10-year gap, Thai lotuses bloom againPrachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand (AFP) May 19, 2017 For the first time in a decade a Thai lake has given up its dazzling secret - the pink blooms of tens of thousands of lotuses. ... more  
Popular artificial sweetener also works as pesticide and insect birth controlWashington (UPI) May 23, 2017 According to a new study, a popular artificial sweetener could double as a pesticide and birth control for insects. ... more |
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Merkel vows to convince climate change 'doubters'Berlin (AFP) May 23, 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Tuesday to work to convince climate change "doubters" as the world waits to see whether US President Donald Trump will endorse the Paris agreement. ... more  
Trump budget calls for deep cuts to social safety netWashington (AFP) May 23, 2017 The White House on Tuesday delivered to Congress a proposed budget for 2018 that would make deep cuts in programs for the poor as well as diplomacy and foreign aid, while boosting defense spending and border security. ... more  
Four killed in I.Coast clashes between ex-rebels and policeBouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) May 23, 2017 Four people were killed and many hurt when police clashed Tuesday with former rebels barricading the road into Bouake, Ivory Coast's second biggest city, in the spillover from a corrosive army mutiny over pay. ... more  
China gasps at airy speech by grad student in USBeijing (AFP) May 23, 2017 A young Chinese woman has drawn criticism on social media after unfavourably comparing her homeland's air and politics to those in the US during her graduation speech at an American university. ... more |
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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 22, 2017 
Some NASA missions fundamentally change the world of science or help win Nobel prizes, but only one helps save thousands of lives worldwide every year.
Employees at NASA's Search and Rescue office spend their days advancing systems critical to locating and saving people in distress, whether from an aviation, marine or other outdoor incident. The office is the primary research and developme ... moreWashington (AFP) May 23, 2017Trump budget calls for deep cuts to social safety net  Los Angeles (AFP) May 24, 2017Massive slide buries stretch of iconic California highway  Washington (AFP) May 22, 201758,000 Haitians facing deportation get US extension |
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 Washington (AFP) May 22, 2017 
Augmented reality is seeing strong gains among Americans thanks to social networks like Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook, a market research firm said Monday.
A new report by eMarketer said some 40 million Americans will engage with augmented reality monthly in 2017, up 30 percent over last year.
Virtual reality is also growing, but at a slower pace, according to the researchers.
The ... more Washington (UPI) May 18, 20173D-printed maritime propeller on way  Berkeley CA (SPX) May 23, 2017HPC4MfG paper manufacturing project yields first results  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 22, 2017Unfolding the folding mechanism of ladybug wings |
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Over the week of May 15, extreme rainfall drenched northeastern Australia and NASA data provided a look at the record totals.
The rainfall was the heaviest rainfall in that area since tropical cyclone Debbie hit Queensland Australia in late March. Much of the recent extremely heavy rainfall was due to storms associated with a trough or elongated area of low pressure slowly moving over nort ... more Baltimore MD (SPX) May 19, 2017Scientists begin to unlock secrets of deep ocean color from organic materials  Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2017Heat on for Australia's Great Barrier Reef as temperatures rise  Waterloo, Canada (SPX) May 22, 2017Dams are major driver of global environmental change |
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Plant life on Antarctica is growing rapidly due to climate change, scientists have found.
Few plants live on the continent, but scientists studying moss have found a sharp increase in biological activity in the last 50 years. A team including scientists from the University of Exeter used moss bank cores - which are well preserved in Antarctica's cold conditions - from an area spanning abou ... more Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2017China says no mining planned in Antarctica  Munich, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2017Elevation could help explain why Antarctica is warming slower than Arctic  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2017NASA Annual Arctic Ice Survey Expanded Range This Year |
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According to a new study, a popular artificial sweetener could double as a pesticide and birth control for insects.
In recent experiment, scientists used erythritol - the sugar alcohol in Truvia - to kill newly hatched fly larvae. Researchers also measured diminished egg production among flies feeding off of the sugar substitute.
"Erythritol has potential to be deployed in a wi ... more Urbana IL (SPX) May 23, 2017Blue and purple corn: Not just for tortilla chips anymore  Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2017Diverse rotations and poultry litter improves soybean yield  Stockholm (AFP) May 20, 2017Norway to boost climate change defences of 'doomsday' seed vault |
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An international team of researchers led by geoscientists with the Virginia Tech College of Science recently discovered that deep portions of Earth's mantle might be as hot as it was more than 2.5 billion years ago.
The study, led by Esteban Gazel, an assistant professor with Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences, and his doctoral student Jarek Trela of Deer Park, Illinois, is publishe ... moreWashington (UPI) May 23, 2017Mexico next in line to examine geothermal energy  Corvallis OR (SPX) May 18, 2017New study documents aftermath of a supereruption  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) May 18, 2017From where will the next big earthquake hit the city of Istanbul |
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 Bouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) May 22, 2017 
Disgruntled former rebels demanding government compensation payments blocked roads Monday into Ivory Coast's second biggest city, Bouake, as well as into the key northern city of Korhogo, AFP reporters said.
In Bouake, the former fighters blocked the main road south to the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan, as well as the northern highway to neighbouring Burkina Faso.
"We will not budge, ... more Brazzaville (AFP) May 22, 2017Congo breaks ground on $58 million China-funded parliament building Bouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) May 23, 2017Four killed in I.Coast clashes between ex-rebels and police Pomfret, South Africa (AFP) May 22, 2017Angolan apartheid troops battle to survive in S.Africa |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 24, 2017 
The common lineage of great apes and humans split several hundred thousand earlier than hitherto assumed, according to an international research team headed by Professor Madelaine Bohme from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tubingen and Professor Nikolai Spassov from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The researchers investigated two fossils o ... moreColumbia MO (SPX) May 24, 2017Portions of human skeletal structure were established millions of years earlier than previously thought,  Raleigh NC (SPX) May 22, 2017'Moral enhancement' technologies are neither feasible nor wise  Washington (UPI) May 19, 2017Study reveals architecture of the 'second brain,' the enteric nervous system |
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 Berlin (AFP) May 23, 2017  German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Tuesday to work to convince climate change "doubters" as the world waits to see whether US President Donald Trump will endorse the Paris agreement.
"Protecting the climate matters to all of us," said Merkel, whose country will host a G20 summit and UN climate talks this year.
"We all feel the impacts of climate change... We are responsible for each ... more Cape Town (AFP) May 22, 2017Cape Town region declares drought disaster  Cannes, France (AFP) May 22, 2017Trump can't stop progress on climate, says Al Gore  Bonn (AFP) May 19, 2017Hopes for climate pact shift to diplomatic sphere |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) May 24, 2017 
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) will jointly put a $1.5 billion satellite into orbit in 2021 using GSLV, a rocket for which the US slapped sanctions on India.
Weighing 2,200 kilogram, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (abbreviated as NISAR) is the world's most expensive earth imaging satellite. It has been deve ... more Bocharov Ruchey, Russia (Sputnik) May 24, 2017Russia aims for 15 remote sensing satellites in orbit by 2020  Palmdale CA (SPX) May 22, 2017NASA's CPEX tackles a weather fundamental Chicago IL (SPX) May 24, 2017Supercomputing helps researchers understand Earth's interior |
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 Nashville TN (SPX) May 22, 2017 
The Garden of the Ediacaran was a period in the ancient past when Earth's shallow seas were populated with a bewildering variety of enigmatic, soft-bodied creatures. Scientists have pictured it as a tranquil, almost idyllic interlude that lasted from 635 to 540 million years ago. But a new interdisciplinary study suggests that the organisms living at the time may have been much more dynamic than ... more Tallahassee FL (SPX) May 22, 2017The secrets behind T. rex's bone crushing bites: Researchers find T. rex could crush 8,000 pounds  Riverside CA (SPX) May 19, 2017UCR study sheds light on Earth's first animals  Washington (UPI) May 18, 2017Warm-bloodedness emerged 20 million years earlier than previously thought |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2017 
China said it will further open up its oil and gas sector to private investment as it seeks to overhaul an industry still dominated by a handful of state-run firms.
The plan comes as China, the world's biggest energy guzzler, attempts to ramp up domestic oil and gas production to boost its supply of the vital resources.
The country is heavily reliant on energy imports as domestic produ ... more Sydney (AFP) May 11, 2017Australia power grid leased to local-foreign consortium  (UPI) May 10, 2017Poland central to EU energy diversification strategy Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017Myanmar recovery linked to development of electrical grid |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) May 22, 2017 
Next-generation rechargeable batteries are promising candidates for state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries owing to their high energy density and preferred cost efficiency. For instance, Lithium-sulfur batteries, which are featured by their theoretically 10 times higher capacity and 5 times higher energy density, are reviving in both the academic and the industry. Shu Lei Chou and colleagues fro ... more Kobe, Japan (SPX) May 22, 2017Photocatalyst makes hydrogen production 10 times more efficient  Dresden, Germany (SPX) May 24, 2017New approach to revolutionize the production of molecular hydrogen  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 24, 2017Stretching the limits of elastic conductors |
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 Washington (UPI) May 19, 2017 
Scientists in California have developed an eco-friendly way to battle invasive ants. The new ant bait is made from a seaweed-based hydrogel. It's biodegradable and cheap to make.
In tests, researchers at the University of California, Riverside successfully reduced Argentine ant populations between 40 to 68 percent after four weeks of exposure to the jello-like seaweed balls. Ant populat ... morePrachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand (AFP) May 19, 2017After 10-year gap, Thai lotuses bloom again  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 15, 2017Malaysia seizes smuggled tortoises worth $300,000  Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2017New Zealand's penguins facing extinction, scientists warn |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 23, 2017 
A young Chinese woman has drawn criticism on social media after unfavourably comparing her homeland's air and politics to those in the US during her graduation speech at an American university.
Speaking at the University of Maryland, Yang Shuping said that coming to the United States had been a breath of "fresh air" after growing up in China.
"The air was so sweet and fresh and utterly l ... more Washington (AFP) May 22, 2017Branstad, friend of Beijing, confirmed as US envoy to China  Hong Kong (AFP) May 19, 2017Stories of Hong Kong: Hopes and fears on landmark anniversary Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2017China frees human rights lawyer on bail: Amnesty |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) May 24, 2017 
Growing plants and then storing the CO2 they have taken up from the atmosphere is no viable option to counteract unmitigated emissions from fossil fuel burning, a new study shows. The plantations would need to be so large, they would eliminate most natural ecosystems or reduce food production if implemented as a late-regret option in the case of substantial failure to reduce emissions.
How ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2017Myanmar's extensive forests are declining rapidly due to political and economic change  Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2017Solving the mystery of the white oak  Calabar, Nigeria (AFP) May 16, 2017The superhighway threatening Nigeria's tropical rainforest |
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