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  Kandal, Cambodia (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 Cambodian fisherman Sles Hiet lives at the mercy of the Mekong: a massive river that feeds tens of millions but is under threat from the Chinese dams cementing Beijing's physical - and diplomatic - control over its Southeast Asian neighbours. The 32-year-old, whose ethnic Cham Muslim community live on rickety house boats that bob along a river bend in Kandal province, says the size of his daily catch has been shrinking by the year. "We don't know why there are less fish now," he told AFP of a ... read more |
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Discovering the structure of RNATrieste, Italy (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 It is the less known member of the nucleic acid family, superseded in popularity by its cousin DNA. And yet RNA, or ribonucleic acid, plays an essential role in many biological processes: not only a ... more  
Central America feels chill of N. America's cold snapSan Jos� (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Tropical Central America was on Friday feeling the chilly outer rim of the weather phenomenon that has plunged the eastern United States and Canada into a deep freeze. ... more 
NASA sees first direct proof of ozone hole recoveryPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 05, 2018 For the first time, scientists have shown through direct observations of the ozone hole by a satellite instrument, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, that levels of o ... more  
Hundreds evacuated as Papua New Guinea volcano eruptsSydney (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 Some 600 residents on a tiny island off Papua New Guinea have been evacuated after a volcano previously believed to be dormant erupted and spewed a "continuous plume" of ash, officials and reports said Sunday. ... more |
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NASA map reveals a continent of two extremes - temperature extremesWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 As evidenced by newly compiled NASA satellite data, North America is a continent divided - a continent divided by temperature extremes. ... more 
In DR Congo, flood tragedy highlights perils of urban sprawlKinshasa (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 The morning light showed a scene of desolation as people in Ngaliema surveyed the wreckage of shanty homes swept away by killer floods and landslips. ... more 
Chaos at JFK airport with flood, storm backlogNew York (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 Chaos reigned at New York's flagship airport for a third consecutive day Sunday with one terminal flooded and irate passengers stranded by chronic delays blamed on brutal cold and a deadly winter storm. ... more 
One killed, thousands displaced after Madagascar cycloneAntananarivo (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 One person was killed, three are missing and thousands have been displaced after tropical cyclone Ava tore through Madagascar, authorities said late Saturday. ... more  
Preventing the next epidemic in MadagascarWashington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 The peak epidemic season for plague in Madagascar is fast approaching and the severity of these outbreaks could be significantly reduced with improvements to their public health system, argues Matth ... more  
Thaw in sight as brutal cold grips US East CoastNew York (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 Brutally cold temperatures broke further records on the US East Coast Sunday, but an end to the Arctic cold snap is in sight with warmer weather en route, forecasters said. ... more |
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 Is Arctic warming influencing the UK's extreme weather? 
Going to the Source to Prevent Viral Disease OutbreaksWashington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 Avian influenza (H7N9). MERS coronavirus. Ebola. Hepatitis E. Yellow Fever. Lassa. Zika. When you consider the viral infectious diseases that emerged and reemerged around the world in 2017 alone, wh ... more  
'Hottest' Ashes Test day on record as Australia sweltersSydney (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 Sydney sweltered through one of its hottest days on record Sunday as temperatures soared in southern Australia and authorities imposed a fire ban in a sizzling start to summer. ... more 
Supercharged antibiotics could turn tide against superbugsBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Jan 08, 2018 An old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world's most dangerous superbugs. The supercharge technique , le ... more  
China puts Tibetan language advocate on trial for subversionBeijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 A Tibetan who has waged a campaign to preserve his region's ancestral language was put on trial in China for inciting separatism Thursday in a case Amnesty International denounced as "ludicrously unjust". ... more |
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  Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 
Two sleeping bags and "many blankets" are not enough to keep Jin Yang-Hun comfortable in the pup tent in which he lives just blocks from the White House.
Yet Jin isn't going anywhere, even as dangerously cold wind chills are forecast to sweep across the eastern United States this weekend.
Jin, a US citizen originally from South Korea, is among almost 7,500 homeless people in the United S ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 31, 2017UN's Guterres issues year-end 'red alert' for a world divided  Freetown (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Sierra Leone mudslide survivors living back in danger zone  Ain Issa, Syria (AFP) Dec 26, 2017Displaced Syrians survive war but face battle against cold |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 05, 2018  Up until now, we've lived in an era of "one and done" spacecraft. Barring a few notable exceptions, spacecraft launch alone, operate alone and are decommissioned alone. In an average year, several billion dollars' worth of satellites that could be refueled or repaired are retired because there is no way to service them in space.
On Jan. 30, 2018, NASA will host a satellite servicing indust ... more Akron OH (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Nature's smallest rainbows, created by peacock spiders, may inspire new optical technology  Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Accelerated analysis of the stability of complex alloys  Dulles VA (SPX) Jan 05, 2018Orbital ATK receives order for 2nd In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Vehicle |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 
There's a new way to measure the average temperature of the ocean thanks to researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. In an article published in the Jan. 4, 2018, issue of the journal Nature, geoscientist Jeff Severinghaus and colleagues at Scripps Oceanography and institutions in Switzerland and Japan detailed their ground-breaking approach. ... more Kandal, Cambodia (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Power stacked against SE Asia's poor as China dams Mekong  Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018New coral sowing method could inspire large-scale reef restoration  Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018Oxygen levels in Earth's oceans continue to drop |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 
A newly released NASA image showcases the fragmented state of iceberg B-44, glistening in the midnight sun of the Arctic.
B-44 is the berg that calved from Pine Island Glacier in September. Pine Island Glacier is one of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's main outflows. B-44 was the second major fragment to separate from the glacier in the last several years. The first calving occurred in 20 ... more Hanover NH (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Warming seas double snowfall around North America's tallest peaks  Washington (UPI) Dec 21, 2017Algae growth is accelerating melting in Greenland  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2017NASA scientists embark on extreme Antarctic Trek |
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 Sao Tome (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
Key facts on Sao Tome and Principe:
- TROPICAL: Archipelago of small islands located off the western coast of central Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. Named after the two main islands, Sao Tome and Principe, covered with lush rainforests with unique species.
- SLAVES: Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, used as a settlement for convicts and later as a transhipment s ... more London (AFP) Jan 4, 2018UK to continue farm subsidies for five years after Brexit  Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 2, 2018Natural therapy: Hong Kong's mountain warriors  (UPI) Jan 2, 2018Warming to force winemakers, growers to plant different varieties |
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 New York (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 
Chaos reigned at New York's flagship airport for a third consecutive day Sunday with one terminal flooded and irate passengers stranded by chronic delays blamed on brutal cold and a deadly winter storm.
Arrivals were significantly disrupted into Terminal Four at John F. Kennedy International Airport, where a water pipe broke, compounding chaos blamed on a "cascading series of issues."
Wa ... moreKinshasa (AFP) Jan 4, 201837 dead in floods in DR Congo capital Sydney (AFP) Jan 7, 2018Hundreds evacuated as Papua New Guinea volcano erupts  Tokyo (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Two minor quakes 'wrongly trigger' Japan's alert system |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 
US forces in Somalia have conducted a strike against a bomb-laden vehicle that was going to be used against civilians in Mogadishu, the US military's Africa Command said Wednesday.
The strike against Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab militants occurred early January 2 about 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the capital.
It killed "two terrorists and (destroyed) one vehicle-borne improvised ... more Bamako (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Mali president names new govt after ex-PM's resignation  Conakry (AFP) Dec 30, 2017Guinea massacre suspects to go before criminal tribunal  Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 25, 2017Kabila residence burned down in DR Congo |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 
Often described as the most laidback of the apes, new research shows bonobos prefer bad boys - or girls.
Given a choice between two people, one mean and one nice, humans tend to prefer the nice one. Studies have shown infants as young as three months prefer a person they've witnessed doing a good deed over someone treating others badly.
"Humans might have this unique preference ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018DNA offers evidence of new population of native Alaskans  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Primordial mutation helps explain origin of some organs in vertebrates  London UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Scientists show how Himalayan rivers influenced ancient Indus civilization settlements |
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 (UPI) Jan 2, 2018 
New research suggests roughly a quarter of the globe could be left in permanent drought if efforts to curb global warming fail to meet the targets set by the Paris agreement.
Scientists compiled the predictions of 27 global climate models to determine which regions of planet Earth are most likely to experience significant aridification by the end of the century.
Their analysis -- ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018New York unveils new climate initiatives for 2018  Paris (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Quarter of land will be drier under 2 C warming: study  Knoxville TN (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Curbing climate change |
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 New Delhi, India (SPX) Jan 02, 2018  India, with nearly 3.3 million sq.km. geographical area, is endowed with natural resources such as forests, crop lands, water resources, minerals, wetlands, snow and glaciers etc. The accurate information on the availability of natural resources and their optimal management is vital for sustainable development and overall socio-economic growth of the country.
Resourcesat series of satellit ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Scientists discover unexpected side effect to cleaning up urban air  Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018Earth passes perigee, its closest point to the sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 04, 2018NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission locates elusive electron act |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 
Just how do snapping shrimp snap? This was the question plaguing scientists who set out to uncover the mysterious mechanisms producing big biology in tiny crustaceans.
"All we've known until now is the endpoint of these super snapping claws," said Rich Palmer, biological science professor at the University of Alberta and senior author on a new study on snapping shrimp claws.
"What we ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2017Half-billion-year-old microscopic animal fossils found in Greenland  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Dec 28, 2017A 508-million-year-old sea predator with a 'jackknife' head  Madison WI (SPX) Dec 22, 2017Fossils Show Life on Earth Began Before 3.5 Billion Years Ago |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 
The electrical grid in the contiguous United States is a behemoth of interconnected systems. If one section fails or is sabotaged, millions of citizens could be without power. Remote villages in Alaska provide an example of how safeguards could build resilience into a larger electrical grid. These communities rely on microgrids - small, local power stations that operate autonomously. Nine articl ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 05, 2018Science for a resilient EU power grid  Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018U.S. blizzard to test gas, electric markets  Paris (AFP) Dec 24, 2017'Virtual gold' may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
HP on Thursday announced a recall of batteries in some of its notebook and mobile workstation computers due to the risk they could burst into flames.
"These batteries have the potential to overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to customers," the US computer maker said at a website with details of the voluntary recall.
"Many of these batteries are internal to the system, which means the ... more Oblast, Russian (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Modeling helped to improve the configuration of an autonomous heat supply unit  Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Exploring electrolysis for energy storage  Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Thermoelectric power generation at room temperature: Coming soon? |
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 (UPI) Jan 2, 2018 
Scientists believe they've discovered the Achilles heel of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, a disease devastating bat populations across North America. New research suggests the fungus can't survive significant doses ultraviolet light.
To better understand the pathogen, researchers with the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of New Hampshir ... more Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 27, 2017Pregnant elephant 'poisoned' in Indonesian palm plantation  Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Chinese ban on ivory sales goes into effect  Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2017Study: Golden-crowned manakins are 'exceedingly rare' hybrid |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
A Tibetan who has waged a campaign to preserve his region's ancestral language was put on trial in China for inciting separatism Thursday in a case Amnesty International denounced as "ludicrously unjust".
Tashi Wangchuk was featured in a New York Times documentary that followed him on a trip to Beijing, where he attempted to get Chinese state media and courts to address what he describes as ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018Migrant worker evictions tear at Beijing's backbone  Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong  Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018French President Macron to visit China next week |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017 
Trees synchronize their reproductive schedule with the North Atlantic Oscillation, a climate pattern that influences zonal winds and the strength of storms.
The NAO describes fluctuations in the region's air pressure differences. Shifts in the region's pressure gradients affect atmospheric circulation and Europe's climate patterns.
And according to the latest analysis, the oscill ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Dec 14, 2017African deforestation not as great as feared  Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Cascading use is also beneficial for wood  New York NY (SPX) Dec 14, 2017New maps show shrinking wilderness being ignored at our peril |
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