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  Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2018 When chimpanzees and bonobos get together, there's no need for a translator. New research has shown the gestures of the two closely related great ape species share many of the same meanings. Chimps and bonobos used hand gestures to communicate to one another in a variety of social situations. Previous studies have shown the two species to deploy similar gestures, but the latest study is the first to show the degree to which the shared gestures have similar meanings. As part of the new re ... read more |
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Marine animals explore the ocean in similar waysThuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 A first-of-its-kind study has mapped the global movements of a range of marine animals around the world, including whales, sharks, sea birds and polar bears, to understand how they travel the ocean. ... more  
Geological change confirmed as factor behind extensive diversity in tropical rainforestsMainz, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 The tropical rainforests of Central and South America are home to the largest diversity of plants on this planet. Nowhere else are there quite so many different plant species in one place. However, ... more  
Hidden 'rock moisture' could be key to understanding forest response to droughtAustin TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 Research conducted by The University of Texas at Austin and University of California, Berkeley has found that a little-studied, underground layer of rock can hold significant amounts of water that m ... more  
Gabon accuses France's Veolia of pollutionLibreville (AFP) Feb 27, 2018 Gabon on Tuesday accused Veolia of pollutingthe country as the government and the French company wage an increasingly bitter dispute in public over the cancellation of a contract for water and electricity distribution. ... more |
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Method of tracking reactions between air and carbon-based compounds establishedBlacksburg VA (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 By being the first to fully track the changing chemistry of carbon molecules in the air, a Virginia Tech professor could change the way we study pollutants, smog, and emissions to the atmosphere. ... more  
EU food agency says three pesticides harm bees as ban calls growBrussels (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 The European food safety watchdog said Wednesday that three pesticides currently partly banned in the EU pose a risk to wild bees and honey bees, in a long-awaited report. ... more  
Taiwan developer detained over deadly quake building collapseTaipei (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 The developer of a building in Taiwan that partially collapsed during an earthquake has been detained for negligent manslaughter with prosecutors saying the man was not licensed to oversee construction projects. ... more  
'Beast from the East' keeps Europe in deep freezeParis (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 Countries across Europe shut schools and rushed to shelter homeless people on Wednesday as a deadly blast of Siberian weather dubbed the "Beast from the East" kept the mercury far below zero. ... more 
Europe braced for fresh blizzards as deadly ice blast strands travellersParis (AFP) March 1, 2018 Fresh heavy snowfalls and icy blizzards were expected to lash Europe Thursday as the region shivers in a deadly deep-freeze that has gripped countries from the far north to the Mediterranean south. ... more |
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 Study: Hawaiian hotspot migrated between 50 and 60 million years ago 
For the love of gun: US couples take weapons to churchNewfoundland, United States (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 Dozens of US couples donned crowns and cradled guns at a controversial ceremony in a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, forcing a nearby school to close and angering protesters. ... more  |
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Humans changed the ecosystems of Central Africa more than 2,600 years agoPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 Fields, streets and cities, but also forests planted in rank and file, and dead straight rivers: humans shape nature to better suit their purposes, and not only since the onset of industrialization. ... more  
India seeks custody of fugitive arrested in Hong KongNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 27, 2018 Indian police said Tuesday they are seeking custody of a fugitive arrested in Hong Kong who is wanted for a daring jailbreak in Punjab that freed a militant and for a string of other crimes. ... more  
Coalition party wins Dutch part of hurricane-hit Saint MartinThe Hague (AFP) Feb 27, 2018 A coalition party led by two former top officials has won local government polls in the Dutch part of the hurricane-hit Caribbean island of Saint Martin, according to results published Tuesday. ... more  
Icy Europe, balmy North Pole: the world upside downParis (AFP) Feb 27, 2018 Not for the first time in recent years, Europe has descended into a deep freeze while the Arctic experiences record high temperatures, leaving scientists to ponder the role global warming may play in turning winter weather upside down. ... more 
Seeing the brain's electrical activityBoston MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2018 Neurons in the brain communicate via rapid electrical impulses that allow the brain to coordinate behavior, sensation, thoughts, and emotion. Scientists who want to study this electrical activity us ... more |
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 L'Aquila, Italy (AFP) Feb 28, 2018  Nearly nine years after a devastating earthquake, L'Aquila is still struggling to emerge from the rubble, but residents of the once stunning city thank Silvio Berlusconi for putting roofs over their heads.
Then-prime minister Berlusconi is now back in politics as the head of a centre-right coalition tipped to win the most votes in a March 4 poll.
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2018
On Feb. 22, 2018, the signal from IMAGE began to break up and has been silent since Feb. 24. The team continues to assess what may be the issue, but it is known that this episode does not mimic the sudden silence that occurred in 2005 when contact was originally lost with the spacecraft. The team continues to make preparations to attempt to bring the attitude dete ... more |
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 Abuja (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 
It sounds like something from Wakanda, the futuristic African kingdom of the hit movie "Black Panther".
But "Transaqua" is a very real proposal for a very real problem - how to replenish the shrinking waters of Lake Chad.
It imagines a 2,600-km (1,600-mile) canal from the Democratic Republic of Congo across the Central African Republic to meet the Chari River that feeds into the freshw ... more |
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 Il Du Roi-George, Antarctique (AFP) March 1, 2018 
A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered the Collins Glacier on Antarctica's King George Island.
Now, the rocky landscape is visible to the naked eye, in a region that is both a victim of and a laboratory for climate change.
"I had the opportunity to come here over a 15-year period, and even within a human's lifetime, you can already see the changes brought about by climate change," th ... more |
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 Cold Spring Harbor NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2018 
A simple genetic modification can triple the grain number of sorghum, a drought-tolerant plant that is an important source of food, animal feed, and biofuel in many parts of the world.
In new research reported in Nature Communications, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have figured out how that genetic change boosts the plant's yield: by lowering the level of a key hormone ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2018  New research suggests the Hawaiian hotspot migrated southward between 50 and 60 million years ago.
Hotspots describe a concentration of molten tunnels, allowing magma from deep in the mantle a direct path through Earth's crust to the surface, where the molten rock forms volcanoes.
The concept of the volcanic hotspot has been used to account for the creation of the Hawaiian Island ... more |
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 Abuja (AFP) Feb 26, 2018
Experts gathered in Nigeria's capital on Monday to discuss ways to stop Africa's Lake Chad from drying up, after years of environmental decline that has hit livelihoods and security.
The two-day conference, organised by the government in Abuja and the Lake Chad Basin Commission, aims to "save the lake from extinction", according to UNESCO, which is backing the talks.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2018 
Neurons in the brain communicate via rapid electrical impulses that allow the brain to coordinate behavior, sensation, thoughts, and emotion. Scientists who want to study this electrical activity usually measure these signals with electrodes inserted into the brain, a task that is notoriously difficult and time-consuming.
MIT researchers have now come up with a completely different approac ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Feb 28, 2018 
Brown University researchers have made a key insight into how high-resolution ocean models simulate the dissipation of turbulence in the global ocean. Their research, published in Physical Review Letters, could be helpful in developing new climate models that better capture ocean dynamics.
The study was focused on a form of turbulence known as mesoscale eddies, ocean swirls on the scale of ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 
Once in orbit after it launches this fall, NASA's ICESat-2 satellite will travel at speeds faster than 15,000 miles per hour. Last week, the satellite's instrument began its journey toward space riding a truck from Maryland to Arizona, never exceeding 65 mph.
ICESat-2, or the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, is slated to launch in September to measure the height of Earth's surfac ... more |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 28, 2018 
A University of Pennsylvania paleontologist has described a 5.5 million-year-old fossil species of turtle from eastern Tennessee. It represents a new species of the genus Trachemys, commonly known as sliders, which are frequently kept as pets today.
Steven Jasinski, author of the new study, is a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania and acting curator of paleontology and geolo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2018 
The electricity grids of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be connected through hundreds of miles of power lines, a regional lender said Wednesday.
A trilateral agreement was signed in Turkmenistan that outlined long-term power supply and trade between the three nations. The Asian Development Bank said the exchange would be supportive of Afghanistan's needs in particular. ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Feb 27, 2018  Using advanced computational methods, University of Wisconsin-Madison materials scientists have discovered new materials that could bring widespread commercial use of solid oxide fuel cells closer to reality.
A solid oxide fuel cell is essentially an engine that provides an alternative way to burn fossil fuels or hydrogen to generate power. These fuel cells burn their fuel electrochemicall ... more |
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 Kuala Gandah, Malaysia (AFP) Feb 25, 2018 
A herd of elephants tramp through jungle before lumbering into a river under the watchful gaze of their keepers, training at a Malaysian sanctuary for their vital work in reducing human-animal conflict.
The sanctuary in Kuala Gandah, central Malaysia, is an area of secluded rainforest where "mahouts" - as the keepers are known - care for a 26-strong group of endangered Asian elephants.
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 Shanghai (AFP) Feb 26, 2018 
Xi Jinping's tightening grip on China had already earned the leader comparisons to Mao Zedong, but they came into even sharper focus after the party paved the way for him to assume the presidency indefinitely.
State media said on Sunday that the ruling Communist Party had proposed abolishing rules limiting leaders to two five-year terms, a guideline imposed in Mao's wake to avoid a repeat of ... more |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 
The tropical rainforests of Central and South America are home to the largest diversity of plants on this planet. Nowhere else are there quite so many different plant species in one place. However, the entire region is increasingly threatened by human activity, which is why researchers are stepping up their efforts to record this astonishing biodiversity and find out how it developed.
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