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  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 A breakthrough by Australian scientists has brought the introduction of an unlikely hero in the global fight against antibiotic resistance a step closer; the humble platypus. Due to its unique features - duck-billed, egg-laying, beaver-tailed and venomous- the platypus has long exerted a powerful appeal to scientists, making it an important subject in the study of evolutionary biology. In 2010 scientists discovered that platypus milk contained unique antibacterial properties that could be used to ... read more |
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Chain reaction of fast-draining lakes poses new risk for Greenland ice sheetCambridge UK (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 A growing network of lakes on the Greenland ice sheet has been found to drain in a chain reaction that speeds up the flow of the ice sheet, threatening its stability. Researchers from the UK, Norway ... more  
Zinke criticized for Wild-West mentality over oil and gasWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2018 U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, in his defense of a strategy of energy dominance, is out of step with the will of the people, his critics said. ... more  
Plants faring worse than monkeys in patchy Costa Rica forestsToronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 Cattle ranching, agriculture and other human activities are breaking up Costa Rican forests into isolated patchy fragments, but causing more problems for native plant populations than for monkey spe ... more 
Young southern white rhinos use four calls to communicateWashington (UPI) Mar 8, 2018 New research into the calls of young southern white rhinos suggest the rhinoceros calves boast a larger repertoire of vocalizations than previously thought. ... more |
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Mat of woven proteins can soak up pollutionWashington (UPI) Mar 15, 2018 Scientists have found a way to keep proteins alive outside the cell. The proteins could be used to build a range of new materials with the physical and chemical attributes of living systems. ... more 
Removing heavy metals from waterLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 According to the World Health Organization almost 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, and that number is expected to increase with climate change. Meanwhile, our endlessly r ... more  
Senegal helicopter crash toll rises to 8Dakar (AFP) March 15, 2018 The death toll in a Senegalese military helicopter crash rose to eight on Thursday after two more people succumbed to their injuries, the army said. ... more  
Hong Kong mulls three years' jail for anthem disrespectHong Kong (AFP) March 16, 2018 Hong Kong announced plans Friday to punish anyone who disrespects the Chinese national anthem with up to three years' imprisonment as Beijing ups pressure on the semi-autonomous city to fall into line. ... more  
Harnessing the power of soil microbes for more sustainable farmingBerkeley CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 There's a farm in Arkansas growing soybeans, corn, and rice that is aiming to be the most scientifically advanced farm in the world. Soil samples are run through powerful machines to have their micr ... more |
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Australian, Cambodian trainers die in demining accidentSiem Reap, Cambodia (AFP) March 15, 2018 An Australian and a Cambodian were killed Thursday when war-era ordnance exploded during a demining training exercise in southern Cambodia, police said, adding three others were injured in the accident. ... more  |
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An extra half degree of global warming could displace 5 million peopleWashington (UPI) Mar 15, 2018 A half-degree increase in the planet's average temperature may not seem significant, but new research suggests the increment could be the difference between 5 million people having a home or not. ... more  
ANU scientists helping to improve understanding of plate tectonicsCanberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) are helping to improve understanding of how rocks in Earth's hot, deep interior enable the motions of tectonic plates, which regulate the water ... more 
Britain warns of increasing Beijing pressure on Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) March 15, 2018 Britain warned Thursday of "increasing pressure" on Hong Kong from an assertive Beijing after a raft of jailings of democracy activists and the disqualification of rebel lawmakers from the city's legislature. ... more  
Fossil burrows show early origins of animal behaviorNagoya, 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 th ... more  
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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2018 
Much attention is paid to the impact of natural disasters on land and humans. Some attention is paid to larger animals. But what about the smallest creatures, insects and other invertebrates?
New research suggests natural disasters can have a significant impact on the abundance and diversity of small species.
When researchers surveyed insects and invertebrate populations nine mon ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 15, 2018 
Portable ground antenna stations could transform NASA's space communications capabilities. With access to undeveloped regions, the mobile systems could bolster the return of spacecraft science, instrument health and other data to Earth.
NASA and ATLAS Space Operations, based in Traverse City, Michigan, are collaborating to test and develop this technology. The company's compact, internet-m ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) March 16, 2018 
New Zealand says it will not adopt world-first plans to allow climate change refugees without approval from the Pacific island nations the measure is intended to help.
Both the ruling Labour Party and its Green coalition partner went into last year's election with a platform of allocating refugee places for islanders displaced by rising seas.
The initial plans were modest, about 100 plac ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 
A growing network of lakes on the Greenland ice sheet has been found to drain in a chain reaction that speeds up the flow of the ice sheet, threatening its stability. Researchers from the UK, Norway, US and Sweden have used a combination of 3D computer modelling and real-world observations to show the previously unknown, yet profound dynamic consequences tied to a growing number of lakes forming ... 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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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2018 
A half-degree increase in the planet's average temperature may not seem significant, but new research suggests the increment could be the difference between 5 million people having a home or not.
The United Nations agreement on climate change set two goals in regard to global warming. The main goal calls for nations to ensure global temperatures increase no more than 2 degrees Celsius a ... 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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 Tokyo, 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 researchers from the Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) in Japan, using the powerful K computer, have for the first time accurately calculated the effects of aerosols on clouds in a ... 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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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Most people have felt that sting from grabbing a doorknob after walking across a carpet or seen how a balloon will stick to a fuzzy surface after a few moments of vigorous rubbing.
While the effects of static electricity have been fascinating casual observers and scientists for millennia, certain aspects of how the electricity is generated and stored on surfaces have remained a mystery. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 16, 2018  Earth is enduring a mass species extinction, scientists say - the first since the demise of the dinosaurs and only the sixth in half-a-billion years.
The reason? Humanity's voracious consumption, and wanton destruction, of the very gifts of nature that keep us alive.
Starting Saturday, a comprehensive, global appraisal of the damage, and what can be done to reverse it, will be conducted ... 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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 Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 
Paying rural villagers to cut down fewer trees boosts conservation not only while the payments are being made but even after they're discontinued, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study involving 1,200 tropical forest users in five developing countries.
The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Sustainability, also found that when forest users trust each other, the ... more |
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