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  Heggove, India (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 On the day Yogesh became another of the dozens of Indians trampled to death each year, the coffee plantation worker knew from the fire crackers set off nearby that danger was at hand. "Everything happened so fast. The elephant suddenly emerged from behind the bushes, trampled him and disappeared," his younger brother Girish - thin, bearded and wearing a Nike baseball cap - told AFP. The 48-year-old from the southern state of Karnataka, home to India's largest elephant population with more than ... read more |
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Made in Fukushima: Japan farmers struggle to win trustKoriyama, Japan (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 The pumpkin is diced, the chicken carved and the eggs beaten into an omelette, but the people preparing the food are not chefs - they are scientists testing produce from Japan's Fukushima region. ... more  
Predatory sea corals team up to feed on stinging jellyfishEdinburgh UK (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 Cave-dwelling corals in the Mediterranean can work alongside one another to catch and eat stinging jellyfish, a study reveals. Scientists have shown for the first time that corals can cooperat ... more  
Thousands of firefighters fight giant blazes in California and SpainLakeport, United States (AFP) Aug 2, 2018 Thousands of firefighters were struggling Thursday to contain two vast wildfires in California, one of which has become one of the most destructive blazes in the state's history. ... more  
N. Korea says 'unprecedented' heatwave causing heavy crop damageSeoul (AFP) Aug 2, 2018 North Korea on Thursday warned that an "unprecedented" heatwave has caused heavy damage to crops as it urged citizens to "join the struggle" to prevent drought-like conditions from worsening and hampering food production in the impoverished country. ... more |
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Deadly heatwaves threaten China's northern breadbasketParis (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 The North China Plain, home to nearly 400 million people, could become a life-threatening inferno during future heat waves if climate change continues apace, researchers have warned. ... more 
Cuba to study whether climate change is hurting sugar harvestsHavana (AFP) July 28, 2018 Cuba is studying whether to adjust its sugar-harvest calendar in response to damaging changes in the island's climate, an official newspaper reported Saturday. ... more  
Concern for climate as Sweden's highest peak melts awayStockholm (AFP) Aug 2, 2018 Researchers expressed concern Thursday about the rapid pace of climate change, after a glacier on Sweden's Kebnekaise mountain melted so much in sweltering Arctic temperatures that it is no longer the country's highest point. ... more 
Lemurs use toxic millipedes to treat, prevent parasitesWashington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 New research suggests Madagascar's red-fronted lemurs chew on and rub toxic millipedes on their anus and buttocks to both treat and prevent parasite infections. ... more 
Worm's search for food involves complex mathematicsWashington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 Scientists have revealed the complex math behind the nematode's search for food. ... more |
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 Chile restricts tourists and non-locals on Easter Island  
Sunscreen chemicals harm fish embryos, study showsWashington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 New research confirms the danger sunscreen chemicals poses to marine life. ... more  |
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Australia supermarket bagged after plastic backflipSydney (AFP) Aug 2, 2018 A leading Australian supermarket was Thursday forced into a backflip after facing a barrage of criticism for reneging on plans to phase out free plastic bags. ... more  
Anger as MH370 report offers no new clues to aviation's greatest mysteryPutrajaya, Malaysia (AFP) July 30, 2018 Investigators said Monday they still do not know why Malaysia's Flight MH370 vanished four years ago in aviation's greatest mystery, sparking anger and disappointment among relatives of those on board. ... more  
Canada launches peacekeeping mission in MaliGao, Mali (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 Canadian armed forces officially launched their peacekeeping mission in restive northern Mali Tuesday, marking Ottawa's return to the blue helmets after more than a decade. ... more 
Degrading plastics emit greenhouse gases: studyTampa (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 Need another reason to hate plastics piling up in the environment? ... more 
Greece to speed up destruction of illegal property after firesAthens (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 Greece vowed Wednesday to bring in a raft of measures following the deadly fires near Athens as the family of an elderly victim filed a complaint of "negligent homicide" against the authorities. ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) July 26, 2018 
Japanese office workers hoping to nod off on the job may need to sleep with one eye open thanks to a new system that can detect snoozers and blast them with cold air.
Air conditioning manufacturer Daikin and electronics giant NEC said Thursday they have begun trialling the system, which monitors the movement of the employee's eyelids with a camera attached to a computer.
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
A new two-dimensional material has become a reality, thanks to a team of Danish and Italian scientists.
The research, led by physicists at Aarhus University, succeeded in the first experimental realisation and structural investigation of single-layer vanadium disulphide (VS2). It is published today in the journal 2D Materials.
VS2 is one of a diverse group of compounds known as trans ... more |
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 Santiago (AFP) July 30, 2018 
Easter Island is known for its unique Moai monumental statues carved by the Rapa Nui people, believed to have arrived on the remote landmass in the southeastern Pacific Ocean in around the 12th century.
Despite its isolated location some 3,500 kilometers (2,000 miles) from the coast of Chile, the island is a popular tourist destination, not least due to its remarkable collection of around 90 ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) Aug 2, 2018  Researchers expressed concern Thursday about the rapid pace of climate change, after a glacier on Sweden's Kebnekaise mountain melted so much in sweltering Arctic temperatures that it is no longer the country's highest point.
"It's quite scary," Gunhild Ninis Rosqvist, a Stockholm University geography professor who has been measuring the glacier for many years as part of climate change resea ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 30, 2018  The conversion of forests to farmland is recognized as a major contributor to rising levels of greenhouse gases. And yet it hasn't been clear how to best minimize the loss of sequestered carbon into the atmosphere. Is it better to maximize farm yields so as to use less land area over all? Or should farms be operated so as to retain more carbon on site, even at the expense of crop yields?
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
Researchers have known for decades that deep earthquakes - those deeper than 60 kilometers, or about 37 miles below the Earth's surface - radiate seismic energy differently than those that originate closer to the surface. But a systematic approach to understanding why has been lacking.
Now a team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a way to analyze seismic wave radia ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 1, 2018  The Russian "Wagner Group" has once again been forced into the spotlight after the deaths in central Africa of three Russian journalists who were apparently investigating the activities of the private army there.
Wagner has been active in conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, and has sent mercenaries to the Central African Republic and Sudan, according to Western and independent Russian media repo ... more |
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 Jena, Germany (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 
Critical review of growing archaeological and palaeoenvironmental datasets relating to the Middle and Late Pleistocene (300-12 thousand years ago) hominin dispersals within and beyond Africa, published in Nature Human Behaviour, demonstrates unique environmental settings and adaptations for Homo sapiens relative to previous and coexisting hominins such as Homo neanderthalensis and Homo erectus. ... more |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
Human populations and civilization expanded rapidly over the last 10 000 years, known as the Holocene epoch. The Holocene was an "interglacial period," one of the rare intervals of warm climate that have occurred over the ice age cycles of the last million years. One important characteristic of the Holocene was that its climate was unusually stable, without a major cooling trend that typifies th ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
China on Tuesday launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of the country's high-resolution Earth observation project.
The Gaofen-11 satellite was launched on a Long March 4B rocket at 11 am Beijing Time from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. It was the 282nd flight mission by a Long March carrier rocket.
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 Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
All living things use the genetic code to "translate" DNA-based genetic information into proteins, which are the main working molecules in cells. Precisely how the complex process of translation arose in the earliest stages of life on Earth more than four billion years ago has long been mysterious, but two theoretical biologists have now made a significant advance in resolving this mystery.
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 
As the stultifying summer heat sends Iraqis in search of cool spots, restaurateur Ali Hussein provides sanctuary - even though it means hooking up to an expensive generator.
"The clients must be comfortable when they eat," said Hussein, who stakes his reputation on ensuring customers are constantly blasted by air conditioning.
Outside, temperatures at this time of year can reach 50 degr ... more |
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 New York, NY (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
Lithium metal batteries hold tremendous promise for next-generation energy storage because the lithium metal negative electrode has 10 times more theoretical specific capacity than the graphite electrode used in commercial Li-ion batteries. It also has the most negative electrode potential among materials for lithium batteries, making it a perfect negative electrode.
However, lithium is on ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) July 31, 2018 
More than 100 wildlife rangers died on the job in Asia and central Africa over the last year, nearly half killed by poachers, the WWF reported Tuesday.
Illegal hunters are decimating endangered wildlife to gather rhino horns and big cat body parts to sell in East Asia, as well as bush meat - including gorillas, monkeys, lions and pangolins - to eat.
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 Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2018 
Britain's new foreign minister Jeremy Hunt met Chinese human rights figures while in Beijing on his first major international trip, the wife of a detained lawyer said Tuesday.
Visiting leaders often shun meetings with activists or their relatives during trips to China - a decision which critics say is motivated by fear that scolding Beijing could harm trade prospects.
Li Wenzu wrote on ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 
Forest health depends on more than just a healthy variety of tree species. New research suggests animal and fungi diversity also plays an important role in forest health.
The revelation is the result of a decade-long survey of several subtropical forests, all of them rich in biodiversity. Scientists conducted the survey in order to detail the importance of understanding forest health mo ... more |
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