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  New York NY (SPX) May 08, 2018 Scientists drilling deep into ancient rocks in the Arizona desert say they have documented a gradual shift in Earth's orbit that repeats regularly every 405,000 years, playing a role in natural climate swings. Astrophysicists have long hypothesized that the cycle exists based on calculations of celestial mechanics, but the authors of the new research have found the first verifiable physical evidence. They showed that the cycle has been stable for hundreds of millions of years, from before the rise ... read more |
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Traumatised bears, wolves find solace at Greek sanctuaryNymfaio, Greece (AFP) May 8, 2018 Orphaned as an infant, three-year-old Patrick takes a wary view of visitors. He crouches low, licks his claws and starts humming - a bear's equivalent of thumb-sucking. ... more 
Should I stay or go? Birds migrate to save energy: studyParis (AFP) May 7, 2018 Why have some birds opted for a taxing life of constant migration - seeking out temperate climes to feed as winter arrives, only to return months later to breed? ... more 
Large predators are showing up in surprising placesWashington (UPI) May 7, 2018 Large predators are increasingly being spotted in places they're not traditionally found: killer whales in rivers, alligators on beaches and cougars far from the mountains. ... more 
S.African film-maker killed by giraffeJohannesburg (AFP) May 6, 2018 A South African film-maker was killed by a giraffe while filming on a reserve outside Johannesburg, the game lodge's owner has said, adding that he died after being air-lifted to hospital. ... more |
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Study considers how humans first depicted animals in cave paintingsWashington DC (UPI) May 04, 2018 How and why did naturalistic animal depictions suddenly appear in an abundance of cave paintings around 37,000 years ago? ... more 
Intense exercise can prove fatal to racehorses, study showsWashington DC (UPI) May 04, 2018 An examination of 1,713 cases of racehorse deaths in Ontario, Canada, suggests the intense exercise demanded by racing can prove fatal to a small percentage of horses. ... more 
50 live crocodiles from Malaysia seized at London airportLondon (AFP) May 4, 2018 British officials have seized an illegal shipment of 50 live crocodiles at London Heathrow Airport, the UK Border Force said Friday. ... more 
Total EU carbon emissions rise 1.8 percent last year: EurostatBrussels (AFP) May 4, 2018 Carbon emissions from burning oil, coal and gas rose in most European Union countries in 2017, data showed Friday, in a sign the bloc was struggling to reduce greenhouse gas blamed for climate change. ... more  
Seven chateaux and counting: Chinese billionaire is big in BordeauxSaint-Laurent-Des-Combes, France (AFP) May 4, 2018 Over the past decade Chinese investors have conquered dozens of chateaux in Bordeaux, France's famed wine-growing region. ... more |
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 17 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide  
Hundreds dead as floods wreak havoc in East AfricaNairobi (AFP) May 4, 2018 Weeks of torrential rain after a long drought have turned from blessing to curse in East Africa, killing hundreds of people and displacing hundreds of thousands of others. ... more  |
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India storm toll of death and devastation risesKheragarh, India (AFP) May 4, 2018 The death toll from freak storms that hit India climbed above 140 on Friday as people told how they had no time to escape fierce winds which tore down homes, walls and trees. ... more 
Honduras regrets loss of US protection status for its nationalsTegucigalpa (AFP) May 5, 2018 Honduras expressed regret Friday that around 60,000 of its citizens living and working in the United States are losing special protection status under tougher migration changes brought in by President Donald Trump. ... more 
Thousands flee after Hawaii quake triggers new volcano eruptionsLeilani Estates, United States (AFP) May 6, 2018 Thousands of people have been forced to flee after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii's Big Island, triggering the collapse of a coastal cliff and prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas. ... more 
Strong quake jolts eastern Philippines, no damage reportedManila (AFP) May 5, 2018 A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected off the eastern Philippines Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties, authorities said. ... more  
Kilauea: Volatile home of Hawaii's volcano goddessParis (AFP) May 4, 2018 Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is one of the world's most active, with a lake of molten lava at its peak and an eastern rift erupting near-continuously since 1983. ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) May 6, 2018 
Rescuers were struggling to locate three missing miners on Sunday after finding one crushed to death and locating another trapped after an earthquake hit a coal mine in the country's south, a mining official said.
Some 200 miners involved in the rescue were working in sweltering heat around a kilometre (0.6 miles) beneath the surface to find the three missing miners after one was found dead. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2018 
For years, manufacturers have offered computers with increasing amounts of memory packed into smaller devices. But semiconductor companies can't reduce the size of memory components as quickly as they used to, and current designs are not energy-efficient. Conventional memory devices use transistors and rely on electric fields to store and read out information.
An alternative approach being ... more |
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 South Bend IN (SPX) May 07, 2018 
The world's freshwater resources are in short supply. According to the United Nations, water scarcity affects an estimated 1.9 billion people and 2.1 billion people live with drinking water services that are not safely managed. The critical point of water scarcity has led scientists to look for new and efficient ways to make the most of nontraditional sources, including sea water, brackish water ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 03, 2018  Reports of the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet often refer to how much the melting could add to global sea levels - as if meltwater raises the ocean evenly, like a sink filling up. The reality is far different. Water from West Antarctica will end up raising sea levels more in Los Angeles and Miami than in Rio de Janeiro, for example, even though Brazil is thousands of miles closer to An ... more |
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 Saint-Laurent-Des-Combes, France (AFP) May 4, 2018 
Over the past decade Chinese investors have conquered dozens of chateaux in Bordeaux, France's famed wine-growing region.
Some left after seeing their investments wither on the vine, but Peter Kwok, who has no fewer than seven vineyards to his name, says he is here for the long haul.
The 69-year-old Hong Kong-based billionaire has been in southwest France for the past 20 years, recently ... more |
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 Leilani Estates, United States (AFP) May 6, 2018 
The Kilauea volcano, the most active in Hawaii, was highly unstable Sunday as lava spouted into the air and fissures emitted deadly gases - hazards that have forced thousands of people to evacuate.
Eight fissures have opened so far, the most recent one late Saturday, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported at 9:40 GMT on Sunday.
All are in or near Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens ... more |
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 Banjul, Gambia (AFP) May 2, 2018 
Two renegade generals who followed ex-Gambia president Yahya Jammeh into exile pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a charge of desertion brough by the military.
General Umpa Mendy and General Ansumana Tamba sought refuge in Equatorial Guinea alongside Jammeh in January 2017 after his brutal 22-year rule came to an end.
They were arrested at the beginning of the year, shortly after they re ... more |
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 York UK (SPX) May 04, 2018  Scientists have produced a 3D nanoscale reconstruction of the mineral structure of bone.
Bone performs equally well whether in an accelerating cheetah or in a heavy elephant, thanks to its toughness and strength.
The properties of bone can be attributed to its hierarchical organisation, where small elements form larger structures.
However, the nanoscale organisation and relatio ... more |
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 Brunswick NJ (SPX) May 08, 2018 
Every 405,000 years, gravitational tugs from Jupiter and Venus slightly elongate Earth's orbit, an amazingly consistent pattern that has influenced our planet's climate for at least 215 million years and allows scientists to more precisely date geological events like the spread of dinosaurs, according to a Rutgers-led study.
"It's an astonishing result because this long cycle, which had be ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 03, 2018  While ESA's CryoSat continues to provide clear insight into how much sea ice is being lost and how the Antarctic and Greenlandic ice sheets are changing, the mission has again surpassed its original scope by revealing exactly how mountain glaciers are also succumbing to change.
Glaciers all over the globe are retreating - and for the last 15 years, glacial ice has been the main cause of se ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) May 07, 2018 
Some of the earliest animals on Earth were soft-bodied ocean-dwellers that ranged from a few inches to several feet and were shaped like circular discs, tubes, or cushion-like bags.
While fossil impressions from the Ediacaran Era - 635 to 541 million years ago - reveal their existence, little is known about this fascinating group of animal-like creatures, which preceded more complex animal ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the use of fossil fuels, coupled with returning the generated revenue to the public in one form or another, can be an effective way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. That's one of the conclusions of an extensive analysis of several versions of such proposals, carried out by researchers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laborat ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 07, 2018 
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created new superconductors made of layers of bismuth sulfide (BiS2) and a high entropy rare earth alloy oxyfluoride, containing five different rare earth (RE) elements at the same crystallographic site.
The new material retains superconducting properties over a wider range of lattice parameters than materials without high-entropy-alloy s ... more |
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 Nymfaio, Greece (AFP) May 8, 2018 
Orphaned as an infant, three-year-old Patrick takes a wary view of visitors. He crouches low, licks his claws and starts humming - a bear's equivalent of thumb-sucking.
"It soothes him when he's stressed," says Melina Avgerinou, a caretaker at the Arcturos bear sanctuary in northern Greece.
Patrick's tale is typical of many bears that have found refuge in the Arcturos sanctuary at Nymf ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 4, 2018 
Chinese president Xi Jinping pledged Friday his country will keep following Marxism, as the world's largest communist party prepares to mark the 200th birthday of Karl Marx.
China will continue to "hold high the great banner of Marxism" and the party will forever remain "guardians and practitioners" of the philosophy, Xi said during an official tribute at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 07, 2018 
A first-of-its-kind laser instrument designed to map the world's forests in 3-D is moving toward an earlier launch to the International Space Station than previously expected.
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation - or GEDI, pronounced like "Jedi," of Star Wars fame - instrument is undergoing final integration and testing this spring and summer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center i ... more |
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