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  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 Researchers led by Nagoya University discover penetrative trace fossils from the late Ediacaran of western Mongolia, revealing earlier onset of the "agronomic revolution" Nagoya, Japan - In the history of life on Earth, a dramatic and revolutionary change in the nature of the sea floor occurred in the early Cambrian (541-485 million years ago): the "agronomic revolution." This phenomenon was coupled with the diversification of marine animals that could burrow into seafloor sediments. Previou ... read more |
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Spaceflight Industries finalizes alliance to manufacture geospatial smallsats at scaleWashington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 At the Satellite 2018 conference, The Space Alliance formed by Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) and Telespazio (Leonardo 67%, Thales 33%) announced it has officially taken a minority s ... more  
A compass in the darkMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 Magnetoreception refers to the ability of some animals to sense Earth's magnetic field and make use of it for navigation. Still, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. "To solve this question mig ... more 
China plans panda park that will dwarf YellowstoneShanghai (AFP) March 8, 2018 China will create a bastion for giant pandas three times the size of Yellowstone National Park to link up and encourage breeding among existing wild populations of the notoriously slow-reproducing animal, state media reported Thursday. ... more 
Pretty polly or pests? Dutch in a flap over parakeetsThe Hague (AFP) March 12, 2018 To their detractors, they're dirty alien invaders whose incessant chatter ruins Sunday morning lie-ins. To their supporters, they're beautiful, cheerful reminders of warmer climes amid the winter chill. ... more |
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Tempers flare as missteps mar Paris push to go greenParis (AFP) March 14, 2018 Emerging from the tunnel of a former highway along the River Seine in Paris, bikes zip past the cars caught in traffic on a road just next to them. ... more  
Manure could heat your homeWaterloo, Canada (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 Farm manure could be a viable source of renewable energy to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. Researchers at the University of Waterloo are developing technology to pro ... more  
Court orders Japan government to pay new Fukushima damagesTokyo (AFP) March 15, 2018 A Japanese court on Thursday ordered the government to pay one million dollars in new damages over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, ruling it should have predicted and avoided the meltdown. ... more  
PNG quake death toll rises to 125Sydney (AFP) March 14, 2018 The death toll from a major earthquake that struck Papua New Guinea last month has risen to 125, police said Wednesday, amid concern that an outbreak of disease will see it jump further. ... more  
Two soldiers killed in Nigeria communal violence: armyKano, Nigeria (AFP) March 15, 2018 At least two soldiers were killed Wednesday in renewed violence between herders and farmers in central Nigeria's Plateau state days after similar violence killed 25 in unrest linked to land, water and grazing rights. ... more |
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 US-backed culture centres under pressure in China  
In China, an eye-roll goes viral, censors put a lid on itBeijing (AFP) March 14, 2018 It was the eye-roll that launched a thousand gifs. ... more  |
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Self-driving robots collect water samples to create snapshots of ocean microbesHonolulu HI (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 For the first time, scientists from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UH Manoa) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) will deploy a small fleet of long-range autonomous underwat ... more 
Ash from dinosaur-era volcanoes linked with shale oil, gasHouston TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 Nutrient-rich ash from an enormous flare-up of volcanic eruptions toward the end of the dinosaurs' reign kicked off a chain of events that led to the formation of shale gas and oil fields from Texas ... more  
Scientists accurately model the action of aerosols on cloudsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 Global climate is a tremendously complex phenomenon, and researchers are making painstaking progress, year by year, to try to develop ever more accurate models. Now, an international group including ... more  
Study sheds light on the genetic origins of the two sexesSt Louis, MO (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 A new study published in the journal Communications Biology has shed light on the earliest stages in the evolution of male-female differentiation and sex chromosomes--and found the genetic origins o ... more 
In Colombia, birders find their version of EdenCali, Colombia (AFP) March 13, 2018 Despite his small stature, 10-year-old Juan David Camacho has big dreams: pacing through Colombia's jungle with binoculars in tow, he aims to spot all the bird species his country offers. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 12, 2018 
President Donald Trump's administration will step up aid to states that want to arm school employees under a plan to increase campus safety after the killing of 17 people in Florida, officials said Sunday.
The controversial idea to put weapons in schools, which has drawn little support from educators, is part of a "pragmatic plan to dramatically increase school safety and to take steps to do ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
BridgeSat has announced an industry-first agreement with NASA designed to develop a commercialized laser-based free space optical communication system that could support the agency's future missions as they transition to optical communications.
The reimbursable agreement is the latest milestone in BridgeSat's mission to revolutionize global communications with a free-space optical network ... more |
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 Gloucester Point, VA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Researchers at William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are launching new web-based "report cards" to monitor and forecast changes in sea level at 32 localities along the U.S. coastline from Maine to Alaska. They plan to update the report cards in January of each year, with projections out to the year 2050.
The lead on the project, VIMS emeritus professor John Boon, says the ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2018 
Permafrost in the coldest northern Arctic - formerly thought to be at least temporarily shielded from global warming by its extreme environment - will thaw enough to become a permanent source of carbon to the atmosphere in this century, with the peak transition occurring in 40 to 60 years, according to a new NASA-led study.
The study calculated that as thawing continues, by the year 2300, ... more |
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 Ulu Muda, Malaysia (AFP) March 13, 2018 
On a moonless night deep in the Malaysian rainforest, two men perched precariously on high branches use a smoking torch to draw thousands of bees from a treetop hive, braving the angry swarm to collect their prized honey.
The honey hunters, as they are known, are rag-tag groups of villagers who head to remote corners of the jungle every year in search of the rare nectar, hidden in towering t ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Imagine a year in Africa that summer never arrives. The sky takes on a gray hue during the day and glows red at night. Flowers do not bloom. Trees die in the winter. Large mammals like antelope become thin, starve and provide little fat to the predators (carnivores and human hunters) that depend on them. Then, this same disheartening cycle repeats itself, year after year. This is a picture of li ... more |
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) March 15, 2018  At least two soldiers were killed Wednesday in renewed violence between herders and farmers in central Nigeria's Plateau state days after similar violence killed 25 in unrest linked to land, water and grazing rights.
Troops were deployed to contain the fresh clashes between Fulani herders and farmers from Irigwe ethnic group in Bassa district, a military spokesman told reporters, as bloodshe ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2018 
Genetic analysis of remains from a medieval German burial site has offered scientists new insights into the origins of women with elongated skulls.
Bones from six Bavarian cemeteries showcased the cultural dynamism of the Migration Period linking the Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. The Migration Period marked the end of the Roman Empire. The power vacuum left by the empire's decline ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 14, 2018 
Global warming could place 25 to 50 percent of species in the Amazon, Madagascar and other biodiverse areas at risk of localised extinction within decades, a report said Wednesday.
The lower projection is based on a mercury rise of two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-Industrial Revolution levels - the warming ceiling the world's nations agreed on in 2015.
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 12, 2018 
Two recent expeditions that took scientists 26 000 km across the Atlantic Ocean have returned critical information to make sure that the Copernicus Sentinel satellites are delivering accurate data about the state of our oceans.
Information from the Sentinels is used in a myriad of ways to make lives easier and businesses more efficient.
For example, ocean forecasting is important for ... more |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Researchers led by Nagoya University discover penetrative trace fossils from the late Ediacaran of western Mongolia, revealing earlier onset of the "agronomic revolution"
Nagoya, Japan - In the history of life on Earth, a dramatic and revolutionary change in the nature of the sea floor occurred in the early Cambrian (541-485 million years ago): the "agronomic revolution." This phenomenon w ... 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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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2018 
Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have demonstrated for the first time a working rechargeable "proton battery" that could re-wire how we power our homes, vehicles and devices.
The rechargeable battery is environmentally friendly, and has the potential, with further development, to store more energy than currently-available lithium ion batteries.
Potential appli ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) March 12, 2018 
To their detractors, they're dirty alien invaders whose incessant chatter ruins Sunday morning lie-ins. To their supporters, they're beautiful, cheerful reminders of warmer climes amid the winter chill.
Love 'em or hate 'em, thousands of rose-ringed parakeets, close relatives of parrots, have made their home in the Netherlands over the past five decades, and their growing presence has become ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) March 14, 2018 
Citizens across China are being corralled into cinemas to watch a propaganda film extolling the Communist Party and Xi Jinping, as an intensifying personality cult around the 64-year-old leader hits the big screen.
The mass viewings by staff from companies and government agencies have catapulted the feature-length movie, called "Amazing China" in English and released March 2, into the ranks ... more |
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 Durham NC (SPX) Mar 13, 2018 
Poaching and habitat loss have reduced forest elephant populations in Central Africa by 63 percent since 2001. This widespread killing poses dire consequences not only for the species itself but also for the region's forests, a new Duke University study finds.
"Without intervention to stop poaching, as much as 96 percent of Central Africa's forests will undergo major changes in tree-specie ... more |
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