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  Legazpi, Philippines (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Philippine authorities said Thursday they will remove by force people who have refused to leave a no-go zone around an erupting volcano, as they seek to avoid casualties after tens of thousands of others fled to safety. There have been no deaths in the 10 days since Mount Mayon began belching flaming lava, superheated rocks and ash, causing 75,450 residents to flee surrounding farms and communities, civil defence officials said. However they said people have been leaving the shelters in daytime ... read more |
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Plague outbreak in Madagascar revived dread of a killerAntananarivo (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 Most inhabitants of Madagascar thought the plague was a footnote of medical history until the disease dramatically returned last year, slaying more than 200 people. ... more  
Nuclear concerns push 'Doomsday Clock' closer to midnightWashington (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Mounting concerns about the possibility of a nuclear war, along with US President Donald Trump's "unpredictability" have pushed the symbolic "Doomsday Clock" to two minutes before midnight, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists said Thursday. ... more  
Record rain across soggy France keeps Seine risingParis (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 The Seine continued its relentless rise on Thursday, flooding quays with muddy water and putting museums on an emergency footing as record rainfall pushed rivers over their banks across northeastern France. ... more  
Freezing Tokyo sees most ambulance calls for 80 yearsTokyo (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Tokyo's ambulance service has experienced its busiest day in more than 80 years, officials said Thursday, amid icy conditions as the Japanese capital shivers through its coldest temperatures in decades. ... more |
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Scientists design bacteria to reflect 'sonar' signals for ultrasound imagingPasadena CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 In the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, a submarine is shrunken down and injected into a scientist's body to repair a blood clot in his brain. While the movie may be still be fiction, res ... more  
Oxygen accumulated in Earth's primordial oceans 250 million years before the atmosphereWashington (UPI) Jan 25, 2018 Oxygen began accumulating in early Earth's oceans some 250 million years before it first showed up in the atmosphere some 2.45 billion years ago. ... more  
Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulationsSeattle WA (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China - the world's largest electricity-generating facility. But not al ... more  
NASA GOLD Mission to image Earth's interface to spaceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 On Jan. 25, 2018, NASA launches Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, a hosted payload aboard SES-14, a commercial communications satellite. GOLD will investigate the dynamic inte ... more  
New fuel cell technology runs on solid carbonIdaho Falls ID (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 Advancements in a fuel cell technology powered by solid carbon could make electricity generation from resources such as coal and biomass cleaner and more efficient, according to a new paper publishe ... more  
Cultural evolution has not freed hunter-gatherers from environmental forcingHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 Because of culture, humans are often considered to be divorced from the environment and not under the same ecological forcing as other species. However, in a new paper published in Proceedings of th ... more 
First came Homo sapiens, then came the modern brainWashington (UPI) Jan 25, 2018 New analysis suggests the development of the modern human brain was a late chapter in the evolutionary history of the Homo sapien. ... more |
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 Fossil found in Israel suggests Homo sapiens left Africa 180,000 years ago 
French fishermen blockade Calais over electric pulse fishingCalais, France (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 French fishermen protesting losses caused by electric pulse fishing in the North Sea blockaded the port of Calais on Thursday, backing up traffic on one of Europe's busiest shipping routes. ... more  
Dairy sector trembles at EU powdered milk mountainHerstal, Belgium (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Hundreds of thousands of sacks of powdered milk lie stacked on pallets in a warehouse on a nondescript industrial estate in eastern Belgium: part of a vast EU stockpile that is causing dairy producers sleepless nights. ... more  
Two customs officers killed in Mali 'jihadist' attackBamako (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 Two Malian customs officers have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack at a market in the small village of Toubakoro, security sources told AFP on Wednesday. ... more |
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US calls for South Sudan arms embargo after failed truceUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 The United States on Wednesday called for an international arms embargo to be imposed on South Sudan following the failure of the latest ceasefire aimed at ending the four-year war. ... more 
S.Africa in 'new era', likely next president tells DavosDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 South Africa's likely next president promised pro-business reforms and tough justice for those guilty of state corruption, as he wooed investors on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. ... more 
Somali forces kill boys in anti-Shabaab operation: USWashington (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 US forces operating in Somalia took part in a mission in which their Somali counterparts killed fighters who appeared to be under 18, the US military's Africa Command said Wednesday. ... more  
Chinese officials staging 'takeover' of Tibetan Buddhist academy: HRWBeijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Chinese authorities are staging a "takeover" of the world's largest institution for Tibetan Buddhist learning, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday, the latest move to bring religion under strict Communist control. ... more 
Panic and blame as Cape Town braces for water shut-offCape Town (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 For some residents of drought-stricken Cape Town, the prospect of the taps running dry is almost too much to bear. ... more  
Japan seeks upgraded whaling ship as PM vows to continue huntsTokyo (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 Japan is considering upgrading its ageing lead whaling ship, a fisheries official said Wednesday, as the prime minister vowed to continue the country's controversial Antarctic hunts despite international protests. ... more 
Canada limits crab fishing to save right whalesOttawa (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 Snow crab fishing in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence will be curtailed to protect endangered right whales from tangling in fishing gear, a Canadian official said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Thousands more flee erupting Philippine volcano 
Fresh tremors halt search ops after Japan volcano eruptionTokyo (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 New volcanic activity Wednesday forced Japanese police to suspend search operations a day after an eruption near a popular ski resort that killed a soldier and injured several other people. ... more 
Global fish passage forum to include first symposium on hydropower and fishPhnom Penh, Cambodia (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 The American Fisheries Society and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers are holding this year's annual fish passage conference in Australia in D ... more 
Seabed mining could destroy ecosystemsExeter UK (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 Mining on the ocean floor could do irreversible damage to deep-sea ecosystems, says a new study of seabed mining proposals around the world. The deep sea (depths below 200m) covers about half of the ... more |
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 Herstal, Belgium (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 
Hundreds of thousands of sacks of powdered milk lie stacked on pallets in a warehouse on a nondescript industrial estate in eastern Belgium: part of a vast EU stockpile that is causing dairy producers sleepless nights.
The European Union, through its member states, bought up hundreds of millions of tonnes of powder from 2015 onwards in a bid to stabilise milk prices that were in freefall as ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 
The Seine burst its banks in some places in central Paris on Monday and officials in eastern France prepared emergency measures for the Rhine following torrential rain that has led to widespread flood warnings.
The Seine has turned into a powerful muddy torrent that has submerged parks and footpaths alongside its channel that runs through the French capital, while river boats are no longer ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 
A type of battery first invented nearly five decades ago could catapult to the forefront of energy storage technologies, thanks to a new finding by researchers at MIT and other institutions. The battery, based on electrodes made of sodium and nickel chloride and using a new type of metal mesh membrane, could be used for grid-scale installations to make intermittent power sources such as wind and ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 
Soil bacteria form the vast majority of the earth's live biomass and play a key role in our lives. They control core processes for the development of ecosystems such as soil fertility, which is essential for food production.
They also influence carbon storage, with a direct impact on climate change. A pinch of soil contains thousands of species and millions of bacteria cells, and our knowl ... more |
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