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  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 Last October, a University of California, Berkeley, team headed down to the Arizona desert, plopped their newest prototype water harvester into the backyard of a tract home and started sucking water out of the air without any power other than sunlight. The successful field test of their larger, next-generation harvester proved what the team had predicted earlier in 2017: that the water harvester can extract drinkable water every day/night cycle at very low humidity and at low cost, making it ideal ... read more |
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Study on economics of fishing on the high seasWashington DC (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 As much as 54 percent of the high seas fishing industry would be unprofitable at its current scale without large government subsidies, according to a new study by researchers from the National Geogr ... more  
Bees understand nothing; first insect to comprehend zeroWashington DC (UPI) Jun 08, 2018 Bees understand numerical zero, new research shows, making them the first insect to showcase their comprehension of the mathematical subject. ... more  
Monkeys eat fats and carbs to keep warmSydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 University of Sydney researchers have found monkeys living in the wild in cold snowy habitats adjust their nutrient intake to match the elevated costs of thermoregulation. China's Quinling mou ... more  
Study suggests Earth could have supported continental crust, life earlier than thoughtChicago IL (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 The early Earth might have been habitable much earlier than thought, according to new research from a group led by University of Chicago scientists. Counting strontium atoms in rocks from nort ... more |
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On the origins of agriculture, researchers uncover new cluesFort Collins CP (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 The invention of agriculture changed humans and the environment forever, and over several thousand years, the practice originated independently in a least a dozen different places. But why did agric ... more 
Five things to know about the Bayer-Monsanto megadealFrankfurt Am Main (AFP) June 7, 2018 Bayer may have finally completed its hard-fought takeover of US seeds and pesticide maker Monsanto, but that is unlikely to silence critics who have dubbed the tie-up a "marriage made in hell". ... more 
French beekeepers accuse Bayer after glyphosate found in honeyLyon (AFP) June 8, 2018 A beekeeping cooperative in northern France has filed a legal complaint against German chemicals giant Bayer after traces of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate were detected in batches of honey, officials said Friday. ... more  
$3bn pledged for girls education at G7, delighting MalalaLa Malbaie, Canada (AFP) June 10, 2018 Pledges worth nearly $3 billion dollars to help vulnerable women and girls, including refugees, get an education were announced at a G7 summit on Saturday. ... more  
Hurricane Aletta strengthens in the eastern PacificMiami (AFP) June 8, 2018 Hurricane Aletta strengthened to a Category Four storm in the eastern Pacific Friday, generating swells that could produce life-threatening surf in Mexico's Baja California peninsula, US weather forecasters said. ... more |
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New insight into Earth's crust, mantle and outer core interactionsLiverpool UK (SPX) Jun qq, 2018 A new study by the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with the Universities of Lancaster and Oslo, sheds light on a longstanding question that has puzzled earth scientists. Using previo ... more  |
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First public forecasts from ViEWS, a political violence early-warning systemUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 The challenges of preventing, mitigating, and adapting to largescale political violence are daunting, particularly when violence escalates where it is not expected. With funding from the European Re ... more  
Draw of rare whale shark hotspots revealed in new studyWashington DC (UPI) Jun 08, 2018 New research explains the allure of the handful of whale shark hotspots around the world. ... more  
US commando killed, four wounded in Somalia attackWashington (AFP) June 9, 2018 An American commando was killed Friday in an attack in southern Somalia that also wounded four US military personnel along with a Somali soldier, officials said. ... more  
Wind satellite shows offParis (ESA) Jun 07, 2018 Before ESA's Aeolus satellite is packed up and shipped to French Guiana for liftoff in August, media representatives had the chance to see this wind measuring Earth Explorer satellite standing proud ... more 
This monkey can plan out their foraging routes just like a humanToronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 They might not have mastered GPS technology, but vervet monkeys can solve multi-destination routes in the same way humans do. A new U of T Scarborough study published in the journal PLOS ONE h ... more |
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 Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
The challenges of preventing, mitigating, and adapting to largescale political violence are daunting, particularly when violence escalates where it is not expected. With funding from the European Research Council, ViEWS: a political Violence Early-Warning System at Uppsala University, is developing a system that is rigorous, data-based, and publicly available to researchers and the international ... more |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 
Aeolus, the European Space Agency's wind sensing satellite, is now ready for its upcoming launch. It will be shipped across the Atlantic on the Airbus vessel "Ciudad de Cadiz" to Kourou, French Guiana, where a Vega launcher will send it to orbit on 21 August.
The instrument is so sensitive that it could be damaged by a sudden loss of pressure. For this reason, air transportation has to be ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
As much as 54 percent of the high seas fishing industry would be unprofitable at its current scale without large government subsidies, according to a new study by researchers from the National Geographic Society; the University of California, Santa Barbara; Global Fishing Watch; the Sea Around Us project at the University of British Columbia; and the University of Western Australia.
The re ... more |
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 Evanston IL (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 
A tiny clue found in ancient sediment has unlocked big secrets about Greenland's past and future climate.
Just beyond the northwest edge of the vast Greenland Ice Sheet, Northwestern University researchers have discovered lake mud that beat tough odds by surviving the last ice age. The mud, and remains of common flies nestled within it, record two interglacial periods in northwest Greenlan ... more |
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 Fort Collins CP (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
The invention of agriculture changed humans and the environment forever, and over several thousand years, the practice originated independently in a least a dozen different places. But why did agriculture begin in those places, at those particular times in human history?
Using a new methodological approach, researchers at Colorado State University and Washington University in St. Louis hav ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 06, 2018  A scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found a link between global warming and the speed of hurricanes.
According to the research of climatologist James Kossin, the rise in global temperatures is leading to a slowdown in the speed of hurricanes and typhoons, allowing them to linger atop coastal communities and inflict more damage.
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 Washington (AFP) June 9, 2018 
An American commando was killed Friday in an attack in southern Somalia that also wounded four US military personnel along with a Somali soldier, officials said.
The attack occurred in Jubaland, where a large force comprising about 800 Somali, Kenyan and US troops were working to clear a large area of Al-Qaeda-aligned Al-Shabaab fighters.
The multinational force "came under mortar and sm ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
University of Sydney researchers have found monkeys living in the wild in cold snowy habitats adjust their nutrient intake to match the elevated costs of thermoregulation.
China's Quinling mountains, high altitude temperate forests where winter temperatures commonly drop below 0 degrees Celsius and approximately 50 cm of snow covers the ground for several weeks in the winter, was the locat ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 23, 2018 
NASA's new administrator, a former lawmaker nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the US space agency, admitted Wednesday he has changed his mind about climate change and now believes that humans are the main driver of greenhouse gas emissions.
"The National Climate Assessment that includes NASA and it includes the Department of Energy, and it includes NOAA (the National Oceanic and At ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
To mark World Ocean Day, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has increased ocean transparency by releasing the first-ever 'live' global view of likely transshipping at sea - a practice that can mask illegal fishing activity, and imagery of night-time fishing and its location, exposing vessels often hidden from other monitoring systems.
Data released on GFW's map reveals in near real-time the locati ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 
Five hundred and forty million years ago, during the Cambrian period, life suddenly went nuts. "Blossomed" is far too mild a word: instead, geologists call this sudden diversification an "explosion." But what exactly sparked the Cambrian explosion?
Now, a new study suggests that wild swings in oxygen levels may have sent life scrambling to adapt, leading to a major burst of diversity. That ... more |
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 New York (AFP) June 2, 2018 
Citing national security concerns, US President Donald Trump's administration is working on a fresh plan to subsidize coal and nuclear plants, a move critics say is unnecessary and will drive up energy costs.
The new move comes months after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission terminated an earlier proposal to provide federal aid to the troubled sectors, claiming it was needed to streng ... more |
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 Ames IA (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
Using the physics equivalent of the strobe photography that captures every twitch of a cheetah in full sprint, researchers have used ultrafast spectroscopy to visualize electrons interacting as a hidden state of matter in a superconductive alloy.
It takes intense, single-cycle pulses of photons - flashes - hitting the cooled alloy at terahertz speed - trillions of cycles per second - to sw ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 08, 2018 
Bees understand numerical zero, new research shows, making them the first insect to showcase their comprehension of the mathematical subject.
Scientists in France began their research by training bees to sip sugar water from a series of platforms paired with images. The images featured different numbers of dots. Researchers used the setup to teach the bees inequality relationships, the ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 7, 2018 
Chinese authorities have called on the public to help track down fugitives abroad by publishing the names, photos and even addresses of 50 high-profile suspects beyond its grasp.
A massive anti-graft campaign launched by President Xi Jinping includes a push to repatriate allegedly corrupt officials who have fled abroad - an effort known as "Sky Net".
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 New York NY (SPX) May 29, 2018 
Tropical rainforests play a critical role in regulating the global climate system - they represent the Earth's largest terrestrial CO2 sink. Because of its broad geographical expanse and year-long productivity, the Amazon is key to the global carbon and hydrological cycles.
Climate change could threaten the fate of rainforests, but there is great uncertainty about the future ability of rai ... more |
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