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  Marigot (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 Monster Hurricane Irma slammed into the French Caribbean islands on Wednesday after making landfall in Barbuda, packing ferocious winds and causing major flooding in low-lying areas. As the rare Category Five storm barreled its way across the Caribbean, it brought gusting winds of up to 185 miles per hour (294 kilometers per hour), weather experts said. After making landfall just before 0600 GMT in Barbuda, part of the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, the hurricane swept on to French- ... read more |
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By any name, major tropical storms are bad newsParis (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 No matter what they are called - hurricanes, cyclones or typhoons - the giant tropical storms that form in oceans near the Americas and Asia can be deadly, destructive and terrifyingly capricious. ... more  
Dogs help conservationists track, protect endangered jaguars, pumas in ArgentinaWashington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017 Biologists and conservationists have published a new plan for the protection of endangered carnivores in northeastern Argentina, where logging and agriculture have left forests increasingly fragmented. ... more 
Scientists prolong life, slow aging in fruit fliesWashington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017 Researchers in California are helping fruit flies live longer. ... more  
Pacific corals in 'worrying' state: researchersParis (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 A survey of Pacific corals has found many severely bleached, some near-dead, according to marine researchers who warned Wednesday that global warming threatened the precious ecosystem's very survival. ... more |
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Hundreds protest over water shortages in drought-hit Iraq
Boats bring Philippine flood victims to safety as death toll rises Boats bring food, safe passage for Philippine flood victims Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Samoa coast: USGS Philippines shuts schools, scraps flights as Typhoon Co-May nears Downpours from storm Wipha kill three in Vietnam Adopted in US, Greek Cold War kids find long-lost families Flooding from storm Wipha cuts off hundreds in Vietnam Pakistan landslide after heavy rain kills 5, with 15 missing Philippines flooding displaces thousands as new storm threatens |
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Your tap water may contain plastic, researchers warnParis (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 People may be ingesting between 3,000 and 4,000 microparticles of plastic from tap water every year, said a study Wednesday based on samples from 14 countries. ... more 
In Irma's path, Haitians face storm's fury aloneCap-Haitien, Haiti (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 Inhabitants of Shada, a poor riverside community in northern Haiti, were surprised to learn that a massive, potentially catastrophic hurricane is headed their way. ... more  
'Oldest jazz band' a constant in fast-modernising ShanghaiShanghai (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 Li Minsheng is one of the junior members of the "Old Jazz Band" at Shanghai's ornate Fairmont Peace Hotel. He's 76. ... more
Tourists evacuate as Category 5 Hurricane Irma nears Marigot (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 Officials in Florida's Key West and popular Caribbean tourist islands ordered people to evacuate on Tuesday as Irma, a "potentially catastrophic" Category Five hurricane, was set to make landfall. ... more  
prices jump as Irma approaches FloridaNew York (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 Orange juice prices jumped in New York on Tuesday as Hurricane Irma's approach cast a shadow over the citrus-producing US state of Florida. ... more  
Humans are still evolving, study suggestsWashington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017 Some have suggested modern medicine has frozen human evolution. With advanced medicine and reproductive technologies, the vast majority of humans enjoy lifespans long enough to pass on their genes to the next generation. ... more |
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Grammatical patterns survive extreme social upheavalWashington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017 New research suggests creoles inherit their basic grammatical structures from the languages spoken at the time and place of their emergence. ... more 
Tales of murder and suffering in Hong Kong ban debateHong Kong (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 A Kenyan park ranger who said his closest friend was shot dead while protecting elephants urged Hong Kong not to compensate the city's ivory traders in an emotive speech to lawmakers on Wednesday. ... more 
Scientists use CRISPR gene-editing technology to alter flower colorWashington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017 Researchers in Japan have reported in a new study they used the gene editing technology CRISPR to alter the color of a Japanese morning glory, a popular garden flower. ... more  
'Dreamer' died rescuing Houston flood victimsChicago (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 A volunteer rescuer who drowned trying to save others from the floods in Houston last week has been identified as a recipient of the immigration amnesty program the Trump administration ended Tuesday. ... more |
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  Houston (AFP) Sept 4, 2017 
A fire at a chemical plant in Crosby, Texas has been put out and authorities have lifted an evacuation order after declaring it safe, the company said in a statement Monday.
The remaining chemical containers at the Arkema plant were deliberately ignited on Sunday and burned themselves out, it said.
"The Crosby Fire Department and unified command has determined it is safe for residents to ... moreHouston (AFP) Sept 4, 2017Houston faithful offer hope, help for Harvey amid aid appeal Chicago (AFP) Sept 5, 2017'Dreamer' died rescuing Houston flood victims  Houston (AFP) Sept 3, 2017Flooded Texas plant will deliberately ignite remaining chemicals |
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 Halle, Germany (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 
Today's world, rapidly changing because of "big data", is encapsulated in trillions of tiny magnetic objects - magnetic bits - each of which stores one bit of data in magnetic disk drives. A group of scientists from the Max Planck Institutes in Halle and Dresden have discovered a new kind of magnetic nano-object in a novel material that could serve as a magnetic bit with cloaking properties to m ... more Menlo Park CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Artificial intelligence analyzes gravitational lenses 10 million times faster  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 28, 2017National Maglab achieves new world record with strongest resistive magnet  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Van Allen probes survive extreme radiation five years on |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 
Earth is 70 percent water, but only a tiny portion - 0.007 percent - is available to drink.
As potable water sources dwindle, global population increases every year. One potential solution to quenching the planet's thirst is through desalinization - the process of removing salt from seawater. While tantalizing, this approach has always been too expensive and energy intensive for large-scal ... moreParis (AFP) Sept 6, 2017Your tap water may contain plastic, researchers warn Paris (AFP) Sept 6, 2017Pacific corals in 'worrying' state: researchers  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Sep 04, 2017New research delivers hope for reef fish living in a high CO2 world |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 
After warming a natural seabed in the Antarctic Ocean by just 1C or 2C, researchers observed massive impacts on a marine assemblage, as growth rates nearly doubled. The findings of what the researchers call the "most realistic ocean warming experiment to date" reported in Current Biology on August 31 show that the effects of future warming may far exceed expectations.
"I was quite surprise ... more Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Record-low 2016 Antarctic sea ice due to 'perfect storm' of tropical, polar conditions  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017NASA scientists seek to improve sea ice predictions  Miami (AFP) Aug 31, 2017Warming the Antarctic 1 C vastly changes seabed life |
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 New York (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 
Orange juice prices jumped in New York on Tuesday as Hurricane Irma's approach cast a shadow over the citrus-producing US state of Florida.
Irma has become a "potentially catastrophic" Category Five hurricane, the most ferocious category of storm, the National Hurricane Center said.
Its likely path shows it hitting the British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and ... more Hanover NH (SPX) Aug 30, 2017Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and night  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 4, 2017Mooncakes from heaven: Hong Kong's sweet obsession  Los Angeles (AFP) Sept 4, 2017Getting well-oiled: booze in the age of the robo-barman |
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 Cap-Haitien, Haiti (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 
Inhabitants of Shada, a poor riverside community in northern Haiti, were surprised to learn that a massive, potentially catastrophic hurricane is headed their way.
They are in mortal danger from Irma, now just hours away, but nobody had bothered to warn them.
"I didn't know a hurricane was coming, because we don't get electricity here, so we can't get the news," said Jacquie Pierre, poin ... more Miami (AFP) Sept 4, 2017Leeward islands on alert, major Hurricane Irma churns toward Caribbean Paris (AFP) Sept 6, 2017By any name, major tropical storms are bad news Washington (AFP) Sept 4, 2017Hurricane Irma takes aim at eastern Caribbean |
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 Kinshasa (AFP) Aug 29, 2017 
The UN said Tuesday that soldiers "forced entry" into its base in the volatile Kasai region of DR Congo aiming to arrest a journalist critical of President Joseph Kabila.
Journalist Edouard Diye Tshitenge had been planning to present a manifesto on Monday demanding the removal of Kabila, who has refused to step down despite constitutional limits.
But the general who heads operations in t ... more Luanda (AFP) Aug 23, 2017Angolans vote as Dos Santos ends 38-year rule  Freetown (AFP) Aug 19, 2017Death toll in SLeone flood disaster reaches 441  Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2017Africa Endeavor 2017 communications conference starts in Malawi |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 
Analysis of a skeleton found in the Chan Hol cave near Tulum, Mexico suggests human settlement in the Americas occurred in the late Pleistocene era, according to a study published August 30, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Wolfgang Stinnesbeck from Universitat Heidelberg, Germany, and colleagues.
Scientists have long debated about when humans first settled in the Americas. Whil ... moreWashington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Humans are still evolving, study suggests Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Grammatical patterns survive extreme social upheaval  Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Fossil footprints challenge established theories of human evolution |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 
A group of ecologists has started creating a periodic table of ecological niches similar to chemistry's periodic table. And just as chemists have used their periodic table as a point of reference to understand relationships among elements, the emerging table for ecologists shows relationships over time among animals, plants and their environments - acting as a critical resource for scientists se ... more Sydney (AFP) Sept 1, 2017Australia has hottest winter on record  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Researchers tackle methane emissions with gas-guzzling bacteria  Corvallis OR (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Methane from tundra, ocean floor didn't spike during previous natural warming period |
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 Essex, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2017 
eledyne e2v has been awarded a multimillion euro contract by OHB System AG to supply customised Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensors for the Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite mission, under a programme of and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).
The FLEX mission, which is the eighth in ESA's Earth Explorer programme, is scheduled to launch in 2022. For the first time, it wi ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Pinpointing the sources of trans-Pacific dust  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2017Russian scientists invent device allowing them to sense kilometers into Earth |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 
Researchers in Japan and China believe they have found new molecular fossils of archaea using a method of analysis commonly used in forensic science.
According to a system designed by microbiologist Carl Woese, there are three domains of life on Earth - Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryota. To date, the distribution of archaea remains unclear especially for geologic periods dating back more tha ... more Southampton UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Volcanic carbon dioxide drove ancient global warming event  Riverside CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Volcanic eruptions drove ancient global warming event  Uppsala. Sweden (SPX) Aug 29, 2017New ancient sea reptile found in Germany - The earliest of its kind |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 
A new way to finance the shift to low-carbon and sustainable development is necessary to support the rapid change in Asian economies, a regional lender said.
The Asian Development Bank called for a so-called Green Finance Catalyzing Facility, which would be different from a fund in that it would include a blend of financing from the private sector. The bank, which has its headquarters i ... more Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2017China merges energy giants into global leader  Miami (AFP) Aug 28, 2017Power demand to peak in Europe summers, not winters: study  Beojing, China (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Scientists propose method to improve microgrid stability and reliability |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 
Members of the D. V. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics together with their colleagues from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed a new silicon- and germanium-based material that could significantly increase specific characteristics of lithium-ion batteries. The research results have been published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
Lit ... more Pullman WA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017New device could turn heat energy into a viable fuel source  Paris, France (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Electricity production: When enzymes rival platinum  Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Making better batteries via real-time TEM observation |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017 
Researchers in California are helping fruit flies live longer.
A team of biologists at UCLA have developed a way to repair damaged mitochondria in fruit fly cells, thus delaying the aging process.
The mitochondria is the engine room of the cell - the powerhouse. They dictate the lifespan of a cell. In humans, older mitochondria malfunction and damaged cells can accumulate and tu ... moreWashington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Dogs help conservationists track, protect endangered jaguars, pumas in Argentina  Bucharest (AFP) Sept 4, 2017Romania to kill bears, wolves after rise in attacks  Ticuantepe, Nicaragua (AFP) Sept 4, 2017In Nicaragua, a fight to save endangered tapirs |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 
Hong Kong's public radio station has replaced its 24-hour BBC World Service broadcast with Chinese state-run programming, in a move the British broadcaster called "disappointing" as concerns grow over Beijing's influence on the semi-autonomous city.
Listeners woke up on Monday morning to the Mandarin-language broadcast of the China National Radio Hong Kong Edition (CNR), instead of the World ... more Geneva (AFP) Sept 5, 2017China blocking rights activists, harassing experts at UN: HRW Shanghai (AFP) Sept 6, 2017'Oldest jazz band' a constant in fast-modernising Shanghai  Geneva (AFP) Sept 5, 2017China blocking rights activists, harassing experts at UN: HRW |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 
A North Carolina State University study shows that fire suppression efforts in Brazilian savannas turn many of those areas into forest lands, with negative consequences for the plants and animals that live there.
Expanding forests suck up CO2 from the atmosphere, but the plants and animals from savannas struggle to cope in the leafier environments. Encroaching forest resulted in major loss ... more Panama City, Panama (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Panama's native tree species excel in infertile tropical soils  Warsaw (AFP) Aug 31, 2017Greenpeace steps up protest against Polish forest logging  Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2017Ancient trees reveal relationship between climate change, wildfires |
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