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  Riga (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 Space scientists urged Europe Wednesday to rethink its withdrawal from a futuristic, international dry-run for an Armageddon-like mission to deflect a space rock on a calamitous collision course with Earth. Dubbed AIDA (Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment), the test mission is crucial if we are to develop the capacity to protect our planet from incoming projectiles, they said. "This is the kind of disaster that could be a tremendous catastrophe," Andrew Cheng from Johns Hopkins University's ... read more |
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Scientists propose new concept of terrestrial planet formationHong Kong (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 Scientists have long been intrigued by the surfaces of terrestrial bodies other than Earth which reveal deep similarities beneath their superficially differing volcanic and tectonic histories. ... more  
Gravity waves influence weather and climateFrankfurt, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 Gravity waves form in the atmosphere as a result of destabilizing processes, for example at weather fronts, during storms or when air masses stroke over mountain ranges. They can occasionally be see ... more  
Nearly a week on, hopes fade in Mexico City quake rescue operationsMexico City (AFP) Sept 25, 2017 Hopes of finding more survivors after Mexico City's devastating earthquake have dwindled to virtually nothing, nearly a week after the seismic jolt shook the mega-city, killing more than 300 people. ... more 
NASA Tech Aids Search Following Mexico QuakePasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2017 Disaster relief workers on the ground in Mexico City were responding to this week's 7.1-magnitude earthquake by using a suitcase-sized radar instrument capable of detecting human heartbeats under ru ... more |
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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 Japan moves toward first new reactor since Fukushima disaster Philippines flooding displaces thousands, two missing Pakistan landslide after heavy rain kills 3, with 15 missing Landslide, heavy rain in Pakistan sweeps away cars, killing 3 Texas flood missing toll revised sharply down to three Tsunami alert lifted after powerful quakes off Russian coast Hong Kong hit by strong winds, heavy rain as Typhoon Wipha skirts past |
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Conditions growing dire in hurricane-hit Puerto RicoSan Juan (AFP) Sept 24, 2017 Living conditions in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico are growing worse by the day, with tired, bewildered people lining up to buy scarce fuel and food Sunday amid a blackout and little to no telephone service. ... more  
Ball Aerospace Completes Spectrometer Testing and Verification on NASA's TEMPO ProgramBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument, designed and built by Ball Aerospace for NASA, has completed spectrometer testing and verification. TEMPO was selected b ... more 
A Box of 'Black Magic' to Study Earth from SpacePasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2017 Black magic... That's what radiofrequency engineers call the mysterious forces guiding communications over the air. These forces involve complex physics and are difficult enough to master on Earth. ... more 
Experts set to meet in Kenya on space scienceNairobi (XNA) Sep 22, 2017 More than 200 scientists from across the world are set to attend a three-day international conference on space science in Nairobi next week, organizers said on Wednesday. The Sept. 27-29 confe ... more 
Dino-killing asteroid's impact on bird evolutionIthaca NY (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred 66 million years ago when a giant asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, leaving modern birds as their only descendants. That ... more 
Ancient meteorite impact triggered highest surface temperature in Earth's historyWashington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017 Researchers have discovered evidence of an ancient meteorite impact, a collision scientists say is responsible for the highest temperature recorded on Earth's surface - 2,370 degrees Celsius, or 4,298 degrees Fahrenheit. ... more |
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Strange species found in Turkmenistan caveWashington (UPI) Sep 22, 2017 Researchers have discovered a "marvelous" and "extraordinary" new cave-adapted species in Turkmenistan, the first entirely subterranean terrestrial species found in the country. ... more 
Early trilobites had stomachs, new fossil study findsNew York NY (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 Exceptionally preserved trilobite fossils from China, dating back to more than 500 million years ago, have revealed new insights into the extinct marine animal's digestive system. Published in the j ... more 
Some large plant-easting dinosaurs also snacked on crustaceansWashington (UPI) Sep 21, 2017 Paleontologists have found evidence that some large plant-eating dinosaurs also liked to snack on crustaceans. The revelation was made possible by 75-million-year-old dino coprolites - fossilized feces - discovered in Utah. ... more 
Scientists sequence asexual tiny worm - whose lineage stretches back 18 million yearsNew York NY (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 A team of scientists has sequenced, for the first time, a tiny worm that belongs to a group of exclusively asexual species that originated approximately 18 million years ago - making it one of the o ... more |
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  Roseau, Dominica (AFP) Sept 23, 2017 
It's been less than a week since Hurricane Maria largely destroyed the Caribbean island of Dominica - but despite cut-off supplies and extreme conditions, its inhabitants remain optimistic in the face of devastation.
Maria killed 15 people when it tore through the "Nature Island" - population 72,000 - as a Category Five storm, leaving its once-luscious green mountains stripped to dirt. ... more Mexico City (AFP) Sept 23, 2017Frida, the four-legged heroine of Mexico's quake rescues  Mexico City (AFP) Sept 23, 2017Psychologists help Mexico deal with double trauma of quake Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2017NASA Tech Aids Search Following Mexico Quake |
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Charged particles may be small, but they matter to astronauts. NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) is investigating these particles to solve one of its biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars: space radiation and its effects on the human body.
"One of our biggest challenges on a mission to Mars is protecting astronauts from radiation," said NASA Space Radiation Element Scientist Lis ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 21, 2017A dream of foam  Houston TX (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Space radiation is risky business for the human body  Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Corrosion in real time |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 
SubSea Craft is set to display it's high-speed submersible Diver Delivery Unit at the Defense and Security Equipment International 2017 exhibition in London according to Janes.
The DDU functions as a fast speedboat for delivering special forces and cargo to shore and back with the ability to submerge for the last few miles of approach to avoid detection. It is envisaged to be capable of ... more Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Lockheed invests in Ocean Aero, in greater focus on unmanned maritime systems  New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Veolia's US growth hopes run into trouble  San Juan (AFP) Sept 23, 2017Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 told to evacuate |
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 Hong Kong, China (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 
An ongoing research project aims to identify and explain teleconnections and future changes in the East Asian Winter Monsoon under Arctic Amplification. The project is led by Dr. Wen Zhou of City University of Hong Kong.
Since 1990, a significant winter cooling trend has occurred in the midlatitudes, including western Siberia, where cold air activity in East Asia originates. Simultaneously ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 2017Wind, Warm Water Revved Up Melting Antarctic Glaciers  Lincoln NE (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Ice age may have clipped bird migration  Sydney (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Maiden mid-air refuel ensures supplies to Antarctic research station |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 21, 2017 
Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta, recently taken over by ChemChina, said there should be a wide-scale debate on what constitutes "sustainable agriculture" in face of a number of current controversies over pesticides.
"We have a lot of discussions about specific products. I think it's really important to step back and have a real discussion with the government, and with NGOs and academics a ... more New York (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Food labeling pact aims to cut food waste  Dubai (AFP) Sept 19, 2017At Dubai expo, Chinese firms look to tap lucrative halal market  Melbourne FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Research finds roots use chemical 'photos' to coordinate growth |
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 Mexico City (AFP) Sept 24, 2017 
A new earthquake sowed panic in Mexico City on Saturday, forcing a brief pause in rescue operations to free survivors from the more powerful tremor this week that devastated parts of the capital.
The latest quake, with a magnitude of 6.1, was smaller and further south than the 7.1-magnitude one that struck on Tuesday, killing more than 300 people and toppling 39 buildings in the capital.
... moreSan Juan (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Conditions growing dire in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico  Karangasem, Indonesia (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Tens of thousands flee rumbling Bali volcano  San Juan (AFP) Sept 22, 2017Desperate rescue effort after Hurricane Maria toll hits 33 |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2017  The Central African Republic's president urged the United Nations on Friday to send more peacekeepers to his strife-torn country and ease an arms embargo in the way of equipping his weak army.
Addressing the UN General Assembly, President Faustin-Archange Touadera said a recent upsurge in violence was linked to a battle for control of the country's natural resources, implicitly rejecting the ... more Lagos (AFP) Sept 23, 2017Nigerian journalist detained over report on flood camp protest  Bamako (AFP) Sept 21, 2017New ceasefire signed by armed groups  On Board The Dixmude, Senegal (AFP) Sept 20, 2017West Africa steps up battle against pirates and poachers |
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 Grand-Lahou, Ivory Coast (AFP) Sept 24, 2017 
"Oooah! Oooah!" Screeching to see visitors on the forested "Chimpanzee Island" in Ivory Coast, Ponso is the last, lonely survivor of a colony of 20 apes who mysteriously died or vanished.
An effort is under way to keep Ponso alive and well in a west African country where the ape population has plummeted by 90 percent in just two decades.
Chimpanzee Island adjoins the village of Grand-Lah ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Cell phone data coupled with sewage testing show drug use patterns  United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 21, 2017Trudeau tells UN Canada has failed its indigenous people  Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017Royal tomb of ancient Mayan ruler found in Guatemala |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 
In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many claims have been made that science denial, particularly as it relates to climate change, is primarily a problem of the political right.
But what happens when scientific conclusions challenge liberals' attitudes on public policy issues, such as gun control, nuclear power or immigration?
A new study from social psychologists at the Univer ... more Ottawa (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Canada Tory MP called out for referring to minister as 'climate Barbie'  Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2017US looks to work with Paris climate accord 'partners': Tillerson  San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Climate risk classification created to account for potential 'existential' threats |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have produced the best estimate of Earth's elemental composition which will help them understand how the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago.
The solar system began as a dense blob in a molecular cloud of hydrogen gas and dust that collapsed under its own gravity, forming the early Sun, Earth and other planets.
Co-researcher Assoc ... moreBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Ball Aerospace Completes Spectrometer Testing and Verification on NASA's TEMPO Program Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2017A Box of 'Black Magic' to Study Earth from Space Nairobi (XNA) Sep 22, 2017Experts set to meet in Kenya on space science |
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 New York NY (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 
Exceptionally preserved trilobite fossils from China, dating back to more than 500 million years ago, have revealed new insights into the extinct marine animal's digestive system. Published in the journal PLOS ONE, the new study shows that at least two trilobite species evolved a stomach structure 20 million years earlier than previously thought.
"Trilobites are one of the first types of a ... moreWashington (UPI) Sep 22, 2017Strange species found in Turkmenistan cave  Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2017The surprising, ancient behavior of jellyfish New York NY (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Scientists sequence asexual tiny worm - whose lineage stretches back 18 million years |
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 
A project led by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will combine artificial intelligence with massive amounts of data and industry experience from a dozen U.S. partners to identify places where the electric grid is vulnerable to disruption, reinforce those spots in advance and recover faster when failures do occur.
The eventual goal is an autonomous grid that s ... more Beojing, China (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Scientists propose method to improve microgrid stability and reliability  Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2017ADB: New finance model needed for low-carbon shift in Asia  Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2017China merges energy giants into global leader |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 
A powdery mix of metal nanocrystals wrapped in single-layer sheets of carbon atoms, developed at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), shows promise for safely storing hydrogen for use with fuel cells for passenger vehicles and other uses. And now, a new study provides insight into the atomic details of the crystals' ultrathin coating and how it serves ... more Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 15, 2017UW shatters long-range communication barrier for near-zero-power devices  Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Researchers challenge status quo of battery commercialization  Stanford CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Stanford professor tests a cooling system that works without electricity |
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 Montreal (AFP) Sept 14, 2017  Half of the vertebrate populations in Canada are in staggering decline, despite the country's vast outback, according to a WWF report Thursday that highlighted threats to beluga whales and caribou.
The World Wildlife Fund in its Living Planet Report pointed to 451 shrinking animal populations out of 903 monitored over a 45-year period that ended in 2014.
They included mammals, fish, bird ... more Miami (AFP) Sept 18, 2017Biggest and smallest creatures at top risk of extinction: study  Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017Study: Proteins have 'add-ons,' just like web browsers  Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017Study finds city life is tough on young birds |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 21, 2017 
In a suite at the harbourside Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong, Chris Patten is whipping through rounds of interviews before an important visit from his tailor.
Having lost weight recently he needs new suits and running them up in the city, famous for its speedy and affordable couture, was preferable to taking them for alterations in London, he says.
Britain's last governor in Hong K ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 23, 2017Universities battleground for latest row over Hong Kong freedoms  Datang, China (AFP) Sept 21, 2017An ancient Chinese fishing community washes ashore  Beijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2017China lifts 10-year travel ban on feminist activist |
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 Davis CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
Bristlecone pine and limber pine trees in the Great Basin region are like two very gnarled, old men in a slow-motion race up the mountaintop, and climate change is the starting gun, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.
The study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, shows that the tree line has been steadily moving upslope over the past 50 years in the ... more Montreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Forest fires are not limited to hot or temperate climates  Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017Harvard report details the threats faced by New England forests  Porto-Novoa Benin (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Restored forest now shelters dozens of endangered species |
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