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  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 Growing plants can be tough, whether you're on a spaceship or Earth. A special fertilizer made it easier for astronauts on the International Space Station and farmers down below, resulting in just one of the space program's many contributions to agriculture. Numerous farming tools have roots at NASA. Over the years, companies large and small have partnered with the agency, honed technologies and delivered innovations to benefit the industry. These are just a few examples: b>1. Self-driving ... read more |
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Undersea gases could superheat the planetLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 The world's oceans could harbor an unpleasant surprise for global warming, based on new research that shows how naturally occurring carbon gases trapped in reservoirs atop the seafloor escaped to su ... more 
Ancient fossilized tracks suggest multicellular life far older than previously thoughtEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 Newly discovered fossilized tracks suggest multicellular life could be 1.5 billion years older than previously thought, according to a new study by an international team of researchers including sci ... more  
Surface lakes cause Antarctic ice shelves to 'flex'Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 The filling and draining of meltwater lakes has been found to cause a floating Antarctic ice shelf to flex, potentially threatening its stability. A team of British and American researchers, c ... more 
Giant prehistoric shark Megalodon disappeared earlier than thoughtWashington (UPI) Feb 13, 2019 The giant predator shark megalodon went extinct some 3.6 million years ago, more than a million years earlier than previously thought. ... more |
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Ten towns hit by river pollution from Brazil dam disasterRio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 Ten towns in southeast Brazil are suffering river pollution after a dam collapse at a mine nearly three weeks ago that killed 166 people and left 155 missing, presumed dead, according to officials. ... more  
Eastern Canada digs out from major snow stormOttawa (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 A huge snowstorm blanketed eastern Canada on Wednesday, closing schools, grounding hundreds of flights and forcing many workers to stay home as tens of thousands of plows toiled to clear roads. ... more  
Robot probes radioactive fuel at Japan's Fukushima plantTokyo (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 A robot will attempt to examine radioactive fuel at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday in a complex operation seen as key to clean-up efforts after the 2011 meltdown. ... more 
Record-breaking snowfall cloaks MoscowMoscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 Record snowfall covered Moscow on Wednesday, with streets and monuments blanketed in white and dozens of flights cancelled at the city's main airport. ... more  
Tourists at upmarket Chinese ski resort hit by novovirusBeijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 Dozens of tourists celebrating the lunar new year at an upmarket ski resort in northeastern China have been struck down by novovirus, the winter vomiting bug, the tour operator admitted. ... more |
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 Nigeria election candidates sign 'peace accord'  
UN council hails C. Africa peace deal as important stepUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 A deal agreed between the Central African Republic's government and armed groups is an important step toward lasting peace and restoring state authority across the country, the United Nations Security Council said Wednesday. ... more  |
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China warns its citizens in Turkey to 'be more vigilant'Beijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 Beijing has warned its citizens in Turkey to "be more vigilant", as bilateral tensions rise after strong Turkish criticism of China's treatment of its minority Uighur community. ... more 
Lawmakers warn Hong Kong's China extradition plans a 'Trojan horse'Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 Plans by Hong Kong to allow extraditions to Taiwan, Macau and mainland China following a high-profile murder case could become a "Trojan horse" for Beijing to pursue critics, pro-democracy lawmakers warned Wednesday. ... more 
Carpenter preserves old Shanghai, one nail at a timeShanghai (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 Carpenter Ma Jiale has spent much of his working life lovingly repairing some of Shanghai's most attractive - if rather decrepit - historical buildings. ... more  
Swarm helps pinpoint new magnetic north for smartphonesParis (ESA) Feb 11, 2019 Since it was first measured in 1831, we have known that the magnetic north is constantly on the move. However, its tendency to slowly roam has stepped up a pace recently - so much so that the World ... more  
Uncovering the evolution of the brainLa Jolla CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 What makes us human, and where does this mysterious property of "humanness" come from? Humans are genetically similar to chimpanzees and bonobos, yet there exist obvious behavioral and cognitive dif ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2019 
As congressional Democrats counter President Donald Trump's border wall plan with a high-tech solution, the idea of a "smart" security barrier is raising fresh questions over the potential for intrusive surveillance.
Last month, the Democratic lawmakers endorsed what they described as "a strong, but smart, border security posture," without "costly physical barriers."
Some test projects a ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 12, 2019 
Optical circuits are set to revolutionize the performance of many devices. Not only are they 10-100 times faster than electronic circuits, but they also consume a lot less power. Within these circuits, light waves are controlled by extremely thin surfaces called metasurfaces that concentrate the waves and guide them as needed. The metasurfaces contain regularly spaced nanoparticles that can modu ... more |
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 Tallin, Estonia (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 
In February the article "Metal-doped organic aerogels for photocatalytic degradation of trimethoprim" written by the researchers of two research groups (nanoporous materials and environmental technology research groups) of Tallinn University of Technology was published in the high-impact peer-reviewed professional journal Chemical Engineering Journal.
The head of the nanoporous materials r ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 
The filling and draining of meltwater lakes has been found to cause a floating Antarctic ice shelf to flex, potentially threatening its stability.
A team of British and American researchers, co-led by the University of Cambridge, has measured how much the McMurdo ice shelf in Antarctica flexes in response to the filling and draining of meltwater lakes on its surface.
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 12, 2019 
Australia's largest cattle company has warned of "extreme losses" after record-breaking floods, as producers said more than 300,000 cows were drowned or washed away in the vast continent's northeast.
After more than five years of drought, heavy rains over an almost two-week period turned dusty and parched land in Queensland state into vast swathes of mud that bogged down already weakened cat ... more |
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 Yogyakarta, Indonesia (AFP) Feb 8, 2019 
Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has spewed a plume of grey ash into the sky as fiery red molten lava streamed down from its crater.
Authorities did not raise the rumbling volcano's alert status after the eruption on Thursday evening.
But any activity at Merapi raises concern and local residents have previously been ordered to stay outside a five-kilome ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) Feb 11, 2019 
A Chadian rebel group on Monday vowed to pursue its campaign against President Idriss Deby, despite suffering losses to government forces after being targeted by French air strikes.
"A battle has been lost, but not the war," Youssouf Hamid, spokesman of the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR) told AFP.
On Saturday, the Chadian military said it had captured more than 250 rebels, including fo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 12, 2019 
Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have identified nearly 2,000 previously unknown bacterial species living in the human gut.
Researchers with the lab's European Bioinformatics Institute collected gut cultures from study participants around the world. The microbiologists used a variety of computational methods to sequence the genes found in the samples.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2019 
Climate change and a deteriorating environment are likely to fuel social disorder and could threaten some US military bases, a top admiral said Tuesday.
Admiral Philip Davidson, who heads the US military's vast Indo-Pacific Command, told lawmakers he concurred with a recent assessment from the US intelligence community that listed climate change as a global threat.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 13, 2019  Space isn't silent. In fact, an entire orchestra of instruments fills our near-Earth environment with eerie sounds. Scientists have long known about space phenomena involving electromagnetic waves travelling around Earth that resonate like string instruments and whistle like wind instruments. Now, new research published in Nature Communications has added a percussive member to the cosmic ensembl ... more |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 
Newly discovered fossilized tracks suggest multicellular life could be 1.5 billion years older than previously thought, according to a new study by an international team of researchers including scientists at the University of Alberta.
"The preservation of fossilized tracks, or trace fossils, suggests that multicellular organisms that could move around to reach food resources may already h ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Feb 11, 2019 
South Africa on Monday introduced its most severe electricity rationing in nearly five years, presenting President Cyril Ramaphosa with a major political challenge just months ahead of a May general election.
The debt-laden state power utility Eskom is at the centre of the country's economic troubles and has been hit by allegations of government graft.
Ramaphosa who last week admitted th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 
Plastic bag pollution has become a huge environmental problem, prompting some cities and countries to heavily tax or ban the sacks. But what if used plastic bags could be made into higher-value products?
Now, researchers have reported a new method to convert plastic bags into carbon chips that could be used as anodes for lithium-ion batteries. They report their results in ACS Omega. See it ... more |
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 Lusaka (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 
Zambia plans to slaughter 2,000 hippopotamuses to control overpopulation, officials said Wednesday, as conservationists lashed the scheme as a ploy to make money from trophy hunters.
An official at the tourism ministry, who did not want to be named, said a five-year cull of hippos in a park in eastern Zambia would start in May.
"Currently the hippo population in the South Luangwa Nationa ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 12, 2019 
A Chinese billionaire barred from Australia on suspicions he is part of a Communist Party influence campaign has lashed out at Canberra, calling it a "giant baby" that hasn't found its place in international politics.
Huang Xiangmo, a long-term Sydney resident, had been a prominent donor to Australia's two major parties before he was blocked from re-entering the country last week - with his ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 
The US Senate approved a landmark expansion of protected lands Tuesday, the first major gain for conservationists in two years after repeated setbacks by the Trump administration.
The Senate voted 98-2 in support of the Natural Resources Management Act, which gives new or strengthened protection from mining and encroachment to more than two million acres (810,000 hectares), expands eight nat ... more |
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