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  Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 Chimpanzees have a more elaborate and diversified material culture than any other nonhuman primate. Their behavior varies across tropical Africa in a way that does not always correspond to ecology: for instance, only West African chimpanzees, but no others, use stone and wooden hammers to crack nuts in a number of populations, despite the wide availability of hammers and appropriate nuts across the species' range. An understanding of the extent of this behavioral diversity is crucial to help researchers ... read more |
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Where's winter? Western Europe basks in record temperaturesParis (AFP) Feb 26, 2019 As western Europe enjoys record highs for winter temperatures, southern parts of the continent are being hit with snow flurries. ... more  
Ancient Rocks Provide Clues to Early History of Oxygen on EarthTempe AZ (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 Oxygen in the form of the oxygen molecule (O2), produced by plants and vital for animals, is thankfully abundant in Earth's atmosphere and oceans. Researchers studying the history of O2 on Earth, ho ... more  
Tech companies scope out Africa surveillance sectorRabat (AFP) Feb 24, 2019 At a security exhibition in Morocco tech companies pushed to convince African officials that their state-of-the-art surveillance tools are the key to stability and development. ... more  
NASA Study Reproduces Origins of Life on Ocean FloorPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 27, 2019 Scientists have reproduced in the lab how the ingredients for life could have formed deep in the ocean 4 billion years ago. The results of the new study offer clues to how life started on Earth and ... more |
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Robinson Crusoe island sets example for the world in conservationSan Juan Bautista, Chile (AFP) Feb 26, 2019 For almost a century, the inhabitants of Robinson Crusoe - named for literature's most famous castaway - have known that their island's fragile ecosystem depends on them conserving its unique wildlife. ... more 
Rare oarfish, seen as harbingers of doom, snagged in JapanTokyo (AFP) Feb 26, 2019 Two rare oarfish, giant deep-sea serpents long believed by locals to be a harbinger of earthquakes and tsunamis, have been caught off the Japanese island of Okinawa. ... more  
Plastic found in deepest ocean animalsParis (AFP) Feb 27, 2019 Animals living in the deepest ocean trenches have been found with plastic fragments in their gut, according to new research published Wednesday showing how manmade pollution reaches into the bowels of the planet. ... more 
Nearly 50% of transport pollution deaths linked to diesel: studyFrankfurt Am Main (AFP) Feb 26, 2019 Some 385,000 people worldwide died prematurely in 2015 from air pollution caused by vehicle exhaust emissions, a US study found Wednesday, which singled out diesel engines as the main culprit. ... more  
US pushes UN to demand aid be allowed into VenezuelaUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 26, 2019 Slamming President Nicolas Maduro's "corrupt, fraudulent and incompetent reign," the United States said Tuesday it would ask the UN Security Council to adopt a draft resolution demanding that humanitarian aid be allowed into Venezuela. ... more |
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US strike in Somalia kills 35 'terrorists': PentagonWashington (AFP) Feb 25, 2019 US forces have conducted an air strike in Somalia that killed 35 Al-Shabaab militants, officials said Monday, in the latest in a string of attacks against the Al-Qaeda affiliate. ... more  |
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Nigeria army arrests dozens for electoral offencesPort Harcourt, Nigeria (AFP) Feb 26, 2019 Nigeria's army has handed over dozens of suspects to police, after they were arrested on suspicion of electoral offences at the polls last weekend, a spokesman said on Tuesday. ... more 
17-nation summit pitches for climate funds for SahelNiamey (AFP) Feb 25, 2019 Leaders of 17 countries on the rim of the Sahel began talks on Monday on a nearly $400-billion plan to help the fragile region cope with climate change. ... more  
French vineyards say ready to break glyphosate addictionParis (AFP) Feb 27, 2019 The vaunted terroirs of France's vineyards have for decades been saturated with the world's most widely used weedkiller, but grape growers say the day is soon coming when glyphosate will no longer be part of the fine wine process. ... more 
Unprecedented biological changes in the global oceanParis, France (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 Current monitoring of marine biological systems only covers a tiny fraction of the ocean, which limits our ability to confidently predict the expected effects of climate disturbances on marine biodi ... more  
KBRwyle Awarded $19M to Perform Flight Ops for USGS SatelliteHouston TX (SPX) Feb 22, 2019 KBR, Inc. reports that its global government services business, KBRwyle, has been awarded a $19 million contract by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to support flight operations for its satellite ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 23, 2019  Two Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong say chronic physical abuse by male family members prompted them to flee the kingdom, where they now fear they will be forcibly returned.
The siblings are the latest example of Saudi women plotting their escape from the ultra-conservative kingdom only to find themselves dodging officials and angry family members at every turn, as the country battles crit ... more |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 
Cobham SATCOM, the leading global provider of satellite communications solutions, has announced that it would provide L-band ground infrastructure for Inmarsat's I-6 constellation, currently set for first launch in 2020.
Cobham SATCOM's next generation radio access network (RAN) leverages scalable technologies to deliver a more flexible, digital system, enabling Inmarsat customers to keep ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 27, 2019 
Scientists have reproduced in the lab how the ingredients for life could have formed deep in the ocean 4 billion years ago. The results of the new study offer clues to how life started on Earth and where else in the cosmos we might find it.
Astrobiologist Laurie Barge and her team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are working to recognize life on other planets by ... more |
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 Cincinnati OH (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 
The good thing about the short Antarctic summer is it's a lot like a Midwest winter.
But for wingless flies, that's also the bad thing about Antarctic summers. The flies and their eggs must contend with an unpredictable pattern of alternating mild and bitterly cold days.
University of Cincinnati biologist Joshua Benoit traveled to this Land of the Midnight Sun to learn how Antarctica ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 27, 2019 
The vaunted terroirs of France's vineyards have for decades been saturated with the world's most widely used weedkiller, but grape growers say the day is soon coming when glyphosate will no longer be part of the fine wine process.
President Emmanuel Macron has challenged the industry to stop using the herbicide - considered "probably cancerogenic" by the World Health Organization's cancer a ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 25, 2019 
When Mount Agung in Indonesia erupted in 2017, the search was on to find out why it had stirred. Thanks to information on ground deformation from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, scientists now have more insight into the volcano's hidden secrets that caused it to reawaken.
After lying dormant for more than 50 years, Mount Agung on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali rumbled back to lif ... more |
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 Port Harcourt, Nigeria (AFP) Feb 26, 2019 
Nigeria's army has handed over dozens of suspects to police, after they were arrested on suspicion of electoral offences at the polls last weekend, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Colonel Aminu Iliyasu said the suspects "include an army major and four policemen, a serving commissioner and a local lawmaker in the state".
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 Jakarta (AFP) Feb 22, 2019 
Armed with crowbars and wearing protective gear, three women assembled at a Jakarta stress clinic survey the cluster of bottles they're about to smash to pieces.
"I feel relieved. It's like something I have been holding inside is finally released when I smashed those bottles," Genta Kalbu Tanjung, a 20-year-old university student, told AFP as blaring rock music pulsated in the background. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 26, 2019 
As western Europe enjoys record highs for winter temperatures, southern parts of the continent are being hit with snow flurries.
What is going on with the weather, and how closely are the topsy-turvy temperatures linked to climate change?
- What's causing the heat? -
On Monday Britain saw its hottest winter day on record, with the mercury in the Welsh village of Trawsgoed hitting 20 ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2019 
Work has begun on a new CubeSat mission that will demonstrate for the first time a new, highly promising technique for measuring soil moisture from space - data important for early flood and drought warnings as well as crop-yield forecasts.
The technology-demonstration mission, SigNals of Opportunity: P-band Investigation, will validate a remote-sensing technique called signals of opportun ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 21, 2019 
Every school child knows the dinosaurs were killed off by an asteroid smashing into the Earth some 66 million years ago.
But scientists say the story may not be quite that simple, and that massive volcanic eruptions over hundreds of thousands of years may have contributed to the dinosaurs' demise at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Two studies published Thursday in the journal Science ... more |
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 Norwich UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 
Efforts to cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and tackle climate change in developed economies are beginning to pay off according to research led by the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
The study suggests that policies supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency are helping to reduce emissions in 18 developed economies. The group of countries represents 28 pe ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 20, 2019 
Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) are a new kind of technology to harvest wind energy. The expensive and heavy tower and rotor of a conventional wind turbine are here substituted by a light tether and an aircraft (flexible giant kites or large drones), respectively.
In the so-called ground generation scheme, AWES use the tension force of the tether to move an electrical generator on the ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2019 
Most longtime pet owners would likely agree that dogs can have distinct personalities, and research has shown those personalities are shaped by their owners.
Now, new findings out of Michigan State University suggest dogs' personalities change over time.
Life-changing events can transform human personalities. The results of a new survey, published in the Journal of Research in Pe ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 22, 2019 
The head of the Hong Kong's de-facto central bank, Norman Chan, will step down this year after a decade in the post that saw him oversee the city's recovery from the global financial crisis as well as a ballooning property market.
Local reports cited sources as saying the government would likely to promote one of his three deputies to take over at the helm of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 25, 2019 
The biodiversity of our planet is one of our most precious resources. However, for most places in the world, we only have a tiny picture of what this diversity actually is. Researchers at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now succeeded in constructing, from scattered data, a world map of biodiversity showing nu ... more |
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