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  Exeter UK (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Scientists have made a crucial new discovery into how a group of ancient microbes that can survive in some of the world's harshest environments, propel themselves forward. An international team of experts, led by Dr Bertram Daum of the University of Exeter's Living System Institute, have revealed the structure of the unique whip-like appendage found on archaea, which rotates like a propeller to enable these cells to swim. The structure, called the archaellum, is used for movement and also to ... read more |
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Severity of North Pacific storms at highest point in over 1,200 yearsHanover NH (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 The intensification of winter storm activity in Alaska and Northwestern Canada started close to 300 years ago and is unprecedented in magnitude and duration over the past millennium, according to a ... more  
The losses that come after the earthquake: Devastating and costlyWashington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Earthquakes: Nature's most unpredictable and one of her most devastating natural disasters. When high intensity earthquakes strike they can cause thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in damag ... more  
Man-made fossil methane emission levels larger than previously believedRochester NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 In 2011 a team of researchers led by Vasilii Petrenko, an assistant professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rochester, spent seven weeks in Antarctica collecting and study ... more 
EPA plans ten hearings on water rule rewriteWashington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is taking its first steps to rewrite the Waters of the United States regulation under the Trump Administration. ... more |
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Hurricane left millions of tons of debris in Jamaica: UN
Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Vietnam after killing 140 in Philippines Vietnam evacuates thousands from coast ahead of Typhoon Kalmaegi Philippine death toll tops 140 as typhoon heads towards Vietnam CORRECTED: Philippine death toll tops 140 as typhoon heads towards Vietnam Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought Jamaica still 'digging out' from hurricane, but Red Cross hopes toll stays low Death toll tops 100 as Philippines digs out after typhoon Typhoon death toll soars past 90 in the Philippines Typhoon death toll climbs to 66 in the Philippines |
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Houston battles massive floods as Harvey dumps rain on TexasHouston (AFP) Aug 27, 2017 Massive flooding unleashed by deadly monster storm Harvey left Houston - the fourth-largest city in the United States - increasingly isolated Sunday as its airports and major highways shut down, and residents scampered onto rooftops to escape raging waters. ... more 
Thousands urged to evacuate capital after rainsNiamey (AFP) Aug 27, 2017 Authorities in Niger urged thousands of residents on Sunday to evacuate homes threatened by heavy rains that lashed Niamey, following floods that have killed 16 people in the capital since June. ... more 
Second storm hits Hong Kong and Macau amid typhoon recoveryHong Kong (AFP) Aug 27, 2017 A powerful storm lashed Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday, just days after a punishing typhoon swept through the region and claimed at least 18 lives. ... more  
The first hard evidence for the 'outside-in' theory of the origin of teethCalgary, Canada (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Researchers studying a 400 million year old bony fish from Estonia believe that they have found evidence for the origins of teeth. Using advanced synchrotron microtomography on numerous specimens re ... more  
Farming, cheese, chewing changed human skull shapeDavis CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 The advent of farming, especially dairy products, had a small but significant effect on the shape of human skulls, according to a recently published study from anthropologists at UC Davis. Hum ... more  
Data mining finds more than expected beneath Andean PlateauHouston TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Seismologists investigating how Earth forms new continental crust have compiled more than 20 years of seismic data from a wide swath of South America's Andean Plateau and determined that processes t ... more |
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 Fewer buyers for S.Africa's first online rhino horn, organiser 
Global food markets further threaten endangered sharks, raysWashington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017 Researchers at the University of Guelph found that the majority of shark fins and manta ray gills sold at markets around the world for traditional medicines come from endangered species. ... more  
Gaza boy swimmer death puts spotlight on pollution crisisGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Aug 26, 2017 The death of a little boy after swimming in polluted seawater has put the spotlight on Gaza's pollution crisis and the human impact of desperate electricity shortages in the Palestinian enclave. ... more  
France faces worst wine harvest since 1945Paris (AFP) Aug 25, 2017 France faces its poorest wine harvest since 1945 after an unusually mild March and frosty April, experts said Friday, although a hot summer promises to deliver top vintages. ... more 
Eight killed in landslide at Burkina gold mineOuagadougou (AFP) Aug 27, 2017 A landslide at an gold mine in central Burkina Faso that followed heavy rains has killed eight people, local authorities said on Sunday. ... more |
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  Rome (AFP) Aug 23, 2017 
As Italy reels from another earthquake, experts warned Wednesday that widespread illegal construction is putting millions across the country at risk of being killed.
The tremor that shook the island of Ischia on Monday, toppling houses and killing two women, has sparked much soul-searching in a country with a weakness for rule-breaking - particularly when it comes to building or renovating ... moreOuagadougou (AFP) Aug 27, 2017Eight killed in landslide at Burkina gold mine  Bondo, Switzerland (AFP) Aug 25, 2017Searches resume for 8 missing in Swiss Alps landslide  New Delhi (AFP) Aug 24, 2017Death toll from South Asia flooding tops 1,000 |
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 New York NY (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 
A new study led by Michael P. Burke, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has identified the significance of a new class of chemical reactions involving three molecules that each participate in the breaking and forming of chemical bonds. The reaction of three different molecules is enabled by an "ephemeral collision complex," formed from the collision of two mol ... more Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Can 'large stars' anti-aging research' help future memory devices  Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Aug 26, 201745th Space Wing supports successful Minotaur IV ORS-5 launch  Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Nanoparticle ink produces glowing holograms with simple inkjet printer |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017 
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is taking its first steps to rewrite the Waters of the United States regulation under the Trump Administration.
The EPA announced today, in a notice to be published Monday in the Federal Register, that 10 teleconference meetings will be held to gather information on its plans to change the rule, which is intended to reduce water pol ... more Manila (AFP) Aug 23, 2017Dora no Explorer: TV network axes Philippine resort plan after outcry Hanover NH (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Severity of North Pacific storms at highest point in over 1,200 years Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017Global food markets further threaten endangered sharks, rays |
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 Oslo, Norway (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 
Clathrate (hydrate) gun hypothesis stirred quite the controversy when it was posed in 2003. It stated that methane hydrates - frozen water cages containing methane gas found below the ocean floor - can melt due to increasing ocean temperatures.
According to the hypothesis this melt can happen in a time span of a human life, dissociating vast amounts of hydrate and releasing methane into th ... more Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Satellite photos reveal gigantic outburst floods  Houston TX (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Hidden river once flowed beneath Antarctic ice  Indianapolis IN (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Study validates East Antarctic ice sheet to remain stable even if western ice sheet melts |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 21, 2017 
For the first time in India, a state government is using satellites to assess lost crops so that farmers can benefit from speedy insurance payouts.
The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is home to around 68 million people, of which almost a million are rice farmers. However, Tamil Nadu is facing the worst drought in 140 years, leading to the land being too dry for paddy fields, lost yiel ... more Uvalde TX (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Can 'reading' leaves lead to more drought-tolerant crops Paris (AFP) Aug 25, 2017France faces worst wine harvest since 1945  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Wild sheep grazed in the Black Desert 14,500 years ago |
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 Chicago (AFP) Aug 25, 2017  Millions of people in the US Gulf Coast states of Texas and Louisiana braced for the arrival of Hurricane Harvey as it intensified to category two with winds whipping up to 100 miles (160 kilometers) an hour.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that Harvey was "rapidly intensifying" and creating a potential for "life-threatening and devastating" floods as it roared toward an area t ... moreHong Kong (AFP) Aug 27, 2017Second storm hits Hong Kong and Macau amid typhoon recovery  Paris (AFP) Aug 27, 2017Cyclones and climate change: connecting the dots  Rome (AFP) Aug 23, 2017Italy mourns Amatrice, where quake wounds still weep |
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 Luanda (AFP) Aug 23, 2017 
Angolans voted on Wednesday in an election marking the end of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos's 38-year reign, with his MPLA party set to retain power despite an economic crisis.
The MPLA, which has ruled since Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975, is expected to defeat opposition parties stifled by Dos Santos's authoritarian regime.
Dos Santos's unexpected retirement - reporte ... more Freetown (AFP) Aug 19, 2017Death toll in SLeone flood disaster reaches 441  Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2017Africa Endeavor 2017 communications conference starts in Malawi  New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2017Dalai Lama cancels Botswana trip with 'exhaustion' |
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 Davis CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
The advent of farming, especially dairy products, had a small but significant effect on the shape of human skulls, according to a recently published study from anthropologists at UC Davis.
Humans who live by hunting and foraging wild foods have to put more effort into chewing than people living from farming, who eat a softer diet. Although previous studies have linked skull shape to agricu ... more Lund, Sweden (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Both chimpanzees and humans spontaneously imitate each other's actions  Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017Research reveals how neurons communicate  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017New 13-million-year-old infant skull sheds light on ape ancestry |
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 Paris (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
New data provides the first proof that the Earth has a natural thermostat which enables the planet to recover from extremes of climate change - but the recovery timescales are significant. This work was presented at the Goldschmidt conference in Paris, and has just been published in the peer-reviewed journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters*.
The idea of a natural temperature thermostat wa ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normal  Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017Asian Development Bank finds new climate finance stream  Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017Heat map showcases extreme temperatures in Southern Europe |
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 Keith Koehler for Wallops News 
Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Aug 24, 2017
A NASA rocket mission to study disturbances in the upper atmosphere that interfere with communication and technology systems will form night-time white artificial clouds visible by residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands during two rocket flights to occur between August 29 and September 9.
The Waves and Instabilities from a Neutral Dynamo, o ... moreRochester NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Man-made fossil methane emission levels larger than previously believed  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2017 
Researchers at Midwestern University have discovered that the muscles that control the unique mammalian perineal structures follow an ancient pattern.
The study, published today in Scientific Reports, showed that despite the perineum's structural complexity, the muscles of the mammalian perineum show a reemergence of a pattern of body wall layering that has its origins more than 360 mil ... moreCalgary, Canada (SPX) Aug 28, 2017The first hard evidence for the 'outside-in' theory of the origin of teeth  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Mechanisms explaining positional diversity of the hindlimb in tetrapod evolution  Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 17, 2017First winged mammals from the Jurassic period discovered |
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 Lincoln UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 
Plans to create 100 new 'smart' cities in India to support the country's rapidly growing urban population could have a significant detrimental impact on the environment unless greater emphasis is placed on providing new supporting infrastructure and utilities, according to a major new study.
Professor Hugh Byrd, a specialist in urban planning from the University of Lincoln, UK, conducted a ... more University Park PA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017Allowable 'carbon budget' most likely overestimated  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources  Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017Google's 'moonshot' factory spins off geothermal unit |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
Battery researchers agree that one of the most promising possibilities for future battery technology is the lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) battery, which could provide three times as much power for a given weight as today's leading technology, lithium-ion batteries. But tests of various approaches to creating such batteries have produced conflicting and confusing results, as well as controversi ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017Scientists make breakthrough in magnesium batteries  Dallas TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2017No batteries required: Energy-harvesting yarns generate electricity  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017PPPL physicist discovers that some plasma instabilities can extinguish themselves |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 24, 2017 
Has any animal suffered greater ignominy than the ill-fated dodo?
"A strange and grotesque specimen of bird... bearing a ridiculous bent bill," was the verdict of early 17th century Dutch admiral and explorer Wybrand van Warwijck.
Subsequent expeditions of sailors feasted on the helpless fowl even as they disparaged the flavour of its flesh as "the devil's chicken".
By 1680, the dodo ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017Female squirrels align births to increase survival of young  Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2017Biodiversity does not always mean more funding  Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 23, 2017S.Africa's first online rhino horn auction sparks anger |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 25, 2017 
Two Hong Kong independence activists saw their final bid to appeal the decision that ousted them from parliament thrown out by the city's top court on Friday.
Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung had won seats in citywide polls last September, but were ousted from Hong Kong's legislative council for taking improper oaths.
They belong to a new movement calling for a complete split from China f ... more Beijing (AFP) Aug 25, 2017Beijing bricks up shops: Beauty or 'hideous'  Beijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2017On Chinese Valentine's Day, businesses woo 'single dogs'  Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea |
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 New York NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 
In the megacities that are home to nearly 10 percent of the world's 7.5 billion people, trees provide each city with more than $500 million each year in services that make urban environments cleaner, more affordable and more pleasant places to live.
In a recent study published in the online journal Ecological Modelling, an international team of researchers reported that in the 10 megacitie ... more Dhaka (AFP) Aug 24, 2017Bangladesh police declare world-heritage forest "pirate free"  Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 25, 2017Brazil's opening of Amazon to mining sets off alarm  Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 23, 2017How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest |
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