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  Houston (AFP) Aug 29, 2017 Rescue teams in boats, trucks and helicopters scrambled Monday to reach hundreds of Texans marooned on flooded streets in and around the city of Houston before monster storm Harvey returns. US President Donald Trump promised that the federal government would be on hand to help Texas along the "long and difficult road to recovery" from the historic storm. The medical examiner's office for Harris County, which includes the city of Houston, confirmed six deaths since Sunday "potentially tied to Hur ... read more |
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Trump to visit storm-ravaged Texas as more rain threatensHouston (AFP) Aug 29, 2017 Donald Trump is expected to arrive in Texas on Tuesday, aiming to show unity in the face of what he called the "terrible tragedy" wrought by monster storm Harvey's devastating rains. ... more 
Harvey versus Katrina: a world of differencesWashington (AFP) Aug 29, 2017 They're running out of superlatives and statistics to describe Harvey's wrath: rainfall on an unprecedented scale, nine trillion gallons of water and forecasters adding new colors to their charts to better illustrate the maelstrom. ... more 
No guns, no smoking: Storm shelter Texas-styleWinnie, United States (AFP) Aug 29, 2017 No guns, no pets, no smoking: these are the rules at the Red Cross shelter in Winnie, Texas. Yet as super storm Harvey forces more and more Americans to flee their homes, few are complaining. ... more  
Macau weather agency under investigation for delayed typhoon warningMacau (AFP) Aug 29, 2017 Macau graft busters have begun a probe into the city's weather bureau over its handling of deadly Severe Typhoon Hato, amid reports that deference to the island's gaming industry was behind delays to its storm warnings. ... 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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At least 15 dead in China landslideBeijing (AFP) Aug 29, 2017 The death toll after a landslide struck dozens of homes in rural southwestern China has climbed to 15, state television said Tuesday. ... more  
Coral skeletons may resist the effects of acidifying oceansMadison WI (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 Coral skeletons are the building blocks of diverse coral reef ecosystems, which has led to increasing concern over how these key species will cope with warming and acidifying oceans that threaten th ... more  
Houston races to rescue flood victims before storm's returnHouston (AFP) Aug 28, 2017 Rescue teams in boats, trucks and helicopters scrambled Monday to reach hundreds of Texans marooned on flooded streets in and around the city of Houston before monster storm Harvey returns. ... more  
Flooded Texas faces higher risk of disease, experts warnMiami (AFP) Aug 28, 2017 Sewage-laden floodwaters dumped on Texas by Hurricane Harvey bring a higher risk of disease, such as bacterial infections and mosquito-borne illnesses, and the fallout may linger for years, experts warn. ... more  
Fossils reveal how bizarre mammal beat extinctionCalgary, Canada (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Animals that live on islands are among the most at risk from extinction. A remarkable eighty percent of extinctions occurring since 1500AD have been on islands, with inhabitants facing dangers from ... more  
Research identifies new microbe with potential to help rebalance Earth's nitrogen cycleEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 New research from University of Alberta and University of Vienna microbiologists provides unparalleled insight into the Earth's nitrogen cycle, identifying and characterizing the ammonia-oxidizing m ... more |
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 Wing shape helps swifts glide through storms, study suggests 
Outperforming nature's water filtration ability with nanotubesWashington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 At just the right size, carbon nanotubes can filter water with better efficiency than biological proteins, a new study reveals. The results could pave the way to new water filtration systems, at a t ... more 
Methane from tundra, ocean floor didn't spike during previous natural warming periodCorvallis OR (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Scientists concerned that global warming may release huge stores of methane from reservoirs beneath Arctic tundra and deposits of marine hydrates - a theory known as the "clathrate gun" hypothesis - ... more 
Algae fortifies coral reefs in past and presentAustin TX (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 The Great Barrier Reef, and most other large reefs around the world, owe their bulk in large part to a type of red algae that grows on corals and strengthens them. New research led by Anna Weiss, a ... more 
Potential impacts of planned Andean Amazon dams outweigh benefits, scientists sayWashington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 An international team of scientists investigating the effects of six planned or potential Andean dams on the Amazon river system has found that major negative ecological impacts can be expected both ... more |
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  Ouagadougou (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.
The accident happened on Saturday at Nagrire, "leaving eight people dead and five slightly injured," said Bernard Bouda, mayor of nearby Gogo commune, who travelled to the scene of the tragedy.
The dead were buried on the spot and the wounded taken to h ... moreWashington (AFP) Aug 29, 2017Harvey versus Katrina: a world of differences Winnie, United States (AFP) Aug 29, 2017No guns, no smoking: Storm shelter Texas-style  Bondo, Switzerland (AFP) Aug 25, 2017Searches resume for 8 missing in Swiss Alps landslide |
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by Janet Anderson for MSFC News
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 29, 2017
In 2014, NASA made important progress toward the in-space manufacturing necessary for deep space exploration by "printing" tools in space using a 3-D printer on the International Space Station.
In 2018, the nation's space agency will take the next step toward a sustainable in-space manufacturing capability when it launches ... more Manchester UK (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Major leap towards data storage at the molecular level  New York NY (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Researchers discover new class of chemical reaction  Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Nanoparticle ink produces glowing holograms with simple inkjet printer |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017 
The Navy announced Monday it is developing technology for the wireless underwater recharging of unmanned undersea vehicles at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific.
Current UUVs used for reconnaissance, mine hunting, and other tasks need to be recharged manually at either port or ship. Underwater charging stations would allow the craft to stay on station for much longer per ... moreMadison WI (SPX) Aug 29, 2017Coral skeletons may resist the effects of acidifying oceans Austin TX (SPX) Aug 29, 2017Algae fortifies coral reefs in past and present  Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017EPA plans ten hearings on water rule rewrite |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 
Researchers from Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, studied satellite photographs of Lake Catalina, an ice-dammed lake in East Greenland - and were truly amazed: Unnoticed by science as well as people living in the area, the lake has been the source of four major outburst floods over the last 50 years - each representing an astounding mass of energy, equaling up to 240 Hiro ... more Oslo, Norway (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Methane hydrate is not a smoking gun in the Arctic Ocean  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 Paris (AFP) Aug 25, 2017France faces worst wine harvest since 1945  Los Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2017Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand  Lancaster UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Ray of hope for more abundant wheat crops |
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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 Macau (AFP) Aug 29, 2017Macau weather agency under investigation for delayed typhoon warning |
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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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 Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017 
The ability to read the intentions and aggressive potential of strangers gets betters with age - or at least stabilizes.
Many think of street smarts - the ability to navigate the risks of urban life - as an attribute that diminishes as people age. But when researchers measured the ability of people to identify and interpret the aggressive potential of others, they found 80-year-olds ... more Davis CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Farming, cheese, chewing changed human skull shape  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Both chimpanzees and humans spontaneously imitate each other's actions  Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017Research reveals how neurons communicate |
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 Corvallis OR (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
Scientists concerned that global warming may release huge stores of methane from reservoirs beneath Arctic tundra and deposits of marine hydrates - a theory known as the "clathrate gun" hypothesis - have turned to geologic history to search for evidence of significant methane release during past warming events.
A new study published this week in the journal Nature suggests, however, that t ... moreEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Research identifies new microbe with potential to help rebalance Earth's nitrogen cycle  Paris (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Study gives first proof that the Earth has a natural thermostat  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normal |
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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 ... more Rochester 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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 Calgary, 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 representing different ages has allowed scientists a rare glimpse into the evolution and formation of teeth.
As lead author Donglei Chen explains, "We can watch how fishes initiated and replaced t ... moreCalgary, Canada (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Fossils reveal how bizarre mammal beat extinction  Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2017Study finds origins of mammalian anatomical pattern  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Mechanisms explaining positional diversity of the hindlimb in tetrapod evolution |
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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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 Dallas TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
An international research team led by scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and Hanyang University in South Korea has developed high-tech yarns that generate electricity when they are stretched or twisted.
In a study published in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal Science, researchers describe "twistron" yarns and their possible applications, such as harvesting energy from the moti ... more Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017PPPL physicist discovers that some plasma instabilities can extinguish themselves  London UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Candy cane supercapacitor could enable fast charging of mobile phones  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Tweaking thermoelectric voltage across atomic-scale gold junction by mechanical force |
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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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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2017 
Alone on Chinese Valentine's Day? Gift yourself a dried flower. Or better yet, indulge in a cake shaped like a "single dog". Eating by yourself? A restaurant will sit a teddy bear across from you.
As couples coo over each other during China's version of Valentine's Day on Monday, several businesses will woo a single population that may be unlucky with love but has money to spend.
While V ... more Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea  Shanghai (AFP) Aug 24, 2017Steer clear of screens and self-abuse, Chinese recruits told  Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 25, 2017Hong Kong independence duo fail to regain parliament seats |
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 Dhaka (AFP) Aug 24, 2017 
Bangladesh police declared Thursday that rampant piracy in the Sundarbans was a thing of the past, crediting a gun buyback scheme for reducing crime and tiger poaching in the vast mangrove forest.
Police said more than 130 pirates operating in the forested delta region had surrendered their weapons and ammunition in exchange for cash, legal aid and mobile phones since the programme began jus ... more Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 25, 2017Brazil's opening of Amazon to mining sets off alarm  New York NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Annual value of trees estimated at 500 million dollars per megacity  Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 23, 2017How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest |
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