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  Barcelona (AFP) March 1, 2018 Artificial intelligence could emulate human bias, including sexism, if there is no oversight on data used to create it, experts at the world's largest mobile phone fair in Barcelona warned Thursday. "We're all very aware the machines will learn the same bias as those who coded them," Emma McGuiguan, in charge of technology at consultants Accenture, said at the Mobile World Congress. AI is the science of programming machines or computers to reproduce human processes, like learning and decision ma ... read more |
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World's first solar fuels reactor for night passes testAlmeria, Spain (SPX) Feb 27, 2018 International solar thermal energy researchers have successfully tested CONTISOL, a solar reactor that runs on air, able to make any solar fuel like hydrogen and to run day or night - because it use ... more  
New Zealand FM's 'strategic anxiety' about PacificSydney (AFP) March 1, 2018 New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters has raised concerns about "strategic anxiety" in the Pacific - a veiled reference to China's growing influence among the region's island nations. ... more  
NASA joins international science team in exploring auroral cusp from NorwayWallops Island VA (SPX) Feb 28, 2018 North of Norway over the Norwegian and Greenland Seas, the magnetic bubble surrounding the Earth dips inward, allowing space particles to funnel in toward the planet. NASA and United States sc ... more  
King penguins may be on the move very soonVienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 "The main issue is that there is only a handful of islands in the Southern Ocean and not all of them are suitable to sustain large breeding colonies" says Robin Cristofari, first author of the study ... more |
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Venezuela's woes spread to zoos as animals feed on each otherCaracas (AFP) March 1, 2018 The situation in economically depressed Venezuela is so dire, workers at one zoo are slaughtering animals to feed others - with two emaciated pumas poster kids of sorts for the distressing state of affairs. ... more  
Deadly blizzards lash Europe, air travel disrupted by snowParis (AFP) March 1, 2018 Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards lashed Europe Thursday, forcing airports to cancel or delay flights around the continent, as a deep freeze gripped countries from the far north to Mediterranean beaches in the south. ... more 
Mobile phones help transform disaster reliefBarcelona (AFP) March 1, 2018 Mobile phones are helping transform how relief agencies respond to humanitarian crises by enabling them to pin point where aid is needed most after hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters. ... more 
Baby born on British roadside after snow blocks hospital dashLondon (AFP) March 2, 2018 It may have been a frosty welcome, but the dramatic birth of a British baby on a snowy roadside has warmed hearts as the country shivers in a blast of freezing weather. ... more  
Malian families accuse army of killing 7 civiliansBamako (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 Families on Wednesday accused Mali's military of killing seven civilians during an operation in the centre of the country a week earlier, as the government opened an enquiry into the deaths. ... more |
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 Scientists discover strange new water bear species 
Anger as rail construction begins in Nairobi National ParkNairobi (AFP) March 1, 2018 Kenyan conservationists expressed outrage Thursday after construction of a railway line began inside Nairobi's famed national park, saying this defied a court order halting the project. ... more  |
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Buried at the stake: Underwater burial site yields skulls on polesWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2018 Most of the grave sites laid by the hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic suggest early humans maintained a respectful relationship with death. Mesolithic grave sites feature simple, dignified burials. ... more  
Before feeding, Risso's dolphins plan their divesWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2018 Risso's dolphins are planners. According to new research, the unique dolphin species coordinate their dives, using learned information to inform their next dive strategy. ... more  
China's 'super rich' legislators get richerBeijing (AFP) March 2, 2018 The Chinese Communist Party's annual legislative session will count more than 150 "super rich" members whose total net worth has soared to $650 billion, or double Ireland's annual GDP, a report showed Friday. ... more 
Very rare Qing Dynasty bowl seen topping $25 mn at auctionHong Kong (AFP) March 1, 2018 An extremely rare Qing Dynasty bowl - one of only three known to exist - is expected to fetch US$25.6 million and could even break the record for Chinese ceramics, auction house Sotheby's said Thursday. ... more 
Chimps and bonobos don't need a translatorWashington (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. ... more |
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 Newfoundland, 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.
The incongruous event in Newfoundland, part of rural Pennsylvania that voted 68 percent for President Donald Trump in 2016, underscored the gulf between those who fiercely defend the US constitutional right to bear ar ... more |
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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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 Brussels (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.
The report said "most uses" of the three neonicotinoid pesticides, which are based on the chemical structure of nicotine and attack the nervous systems of insect pests, posed a risk to bees.
Bees help pollinate 90 perc ... 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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 Bamako (AFP) Feb 28, 2018  Families on Wednesday accused Mali's military of killing seven civilians during an operation in the centre of the country a week earlier, as the government opened an enquiry into the deaths.
In a separate incident in the same region, six Malian soldiers were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle struck a mine, the army said on Wednesday, and a forest ranger was gunned down in a third incident ... more |
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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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 Miami (AFP) March 1, 2018  A new US satellite that offers speedy, high-resolution images of storms and may save lives by making forecasts more accurate blasted off Thursday from a NASA launchpad.
"Three, two, one and liftoff!" said a NASA commentator as the Atlas V rocket rumbled into the blue sky at 5:02 pm (2202 GMT) over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying the Geostationary Operational Environment ... 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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 San Juan (AFP) March 1, 2018 
Puerto Rico's power grid broke down again on Thursday, leaving some 800,000 customers without power, as the US Caribbean possession struggles to recover five months after Hurricane Maria slammed the island.
Justo Gonzalez, head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), said that one of the island's main transmission lines was out of service. Officials said the line should be fully ... more |
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 Warwick UK (SPX) Feb 20, 2018 
Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have developed a new direct, precise test of Lithium-ion batteries' internal temperatures and their electrodes potentials and found that the batteries can be safely charged up to five times faster than the current recommended charging limits.
The new technology works in-situ during a battery's normal operation without impeding its performance ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 1, 2018 
Just when you thought tardigrades couldn't get any weirder, scientists discover an algae-eating water bear that lays tentacled eggs.
Tardigrades are the eight-legged micro-animals that appear both adorable and freakish, and have earned a reputation as the toughest animals on planet Earth.
Kazuharu Arakawa, a molecular biologist at Japan's Keio University, found the new tardigrade ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 2, 2018 
The Chinese Communist Party's annual legislative session will count more than 150 "super rich" members whose total net worth has soared to $650 billion, or double Ireland's annual GDP, a report showed Friday.
From internet tycoons to real estate barons and auto industry leaders, some of the wealthiest people in the world's second-largest economy will grace the corridors of the Great Hall 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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