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  Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 A team led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich paleontologist Adriana Lopez-Arbarello has identified three hitherto unknown fossil fish species in the Swiss Alps, which provide new insights into the diversification of the genus Eosemionotus. Monte San Giorgio in the Swiss canton of Ticino is one of the most important known sources of marine fossils from the Middle Triassic Period (around 240 million years ago). The new and exquisitely preserved fossil fish specimens, which Dr. ... read more |
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Scientists discover how surfaces may have helped early life on Earth beginBaltimore MD (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 On early earth, a series of spontaneous events needed to happen in order for life as we know it to begin. One of those phenomena is the formation of compartments enclosed by lipid membranes. N ... more  
Russia's Arctic plans add to polar bears' climate woesMoscow (AFP) March 5, 2019 Last month's visit by roaming polar bears that put a Russian village on lockdown may be just the beginning. ... more  
Alien species are the largest driver of recent extinctionsWashington (UPI) Mar 4, 2019 Alien species are the largest driver of animal and plant extinctions since 1500, according to a new survey. ... more 
Conservationists release 155 giant tortoises on Galapagos islandQuito (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 Conservationists have released 155 giant tortoises on an island in the Galapagos to help replace a similar species that died out 150 years ago, officials aid Thursday. ... more |
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Yazidi children carry trauma of 'caliphate' captivityHasakeh, Syria (AFP) March 1, 2019 In the four years he was enslaved, jihadists killed his father and sold his mother. Saddam is free now, but even with the "caliphate" in ruins, his life is filled with trauma. ... more  
Earthquake 7.0 magnitude hits Peru, no reports of injuriesLima (AFP) March 1, 2019 An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck southeastern Peru on Friday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. ... more  
Electronic nose better at sniffing out disease-carrying dogs in BrazilWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2019 Scientists have developed a new, more accurate electronic nose designed to sniff out dogs carrying Leishmaniasis, a deadly disease that kills some 3,500 people in Brazil every year. ... more  
British skier killed in French Alps avalancheGap, France (AFP) March 1, 2019 A 61-year-old British man was killed Friday after being caught in an avalanche while cross-country skiing in the French Alps, authorities said. ... more  
C.Africa armed group says govt failing to honour peace commitmentsBangui, Central African Republic (AFP) March 3, 2019 One of the Central African Republic's main armed groups on Sunday accused Bangui of failing to honour "its commitments" under a peace deal signed in February by forming a new government without changes to the main ministries. ... more |
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Denmark plans to back anti-jihadist force in SahelCopenhagen (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 Denmark announced Thursday that it plans to send materiel and some troops to Africa to help support the French operation combatting jihadist groups in the Sahel. ... more  |
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Bushfires rage after Australia's hottest summer on recordMelbourne (AFP) March 4, 2019 Homes have gone up in flames and skies turned blood red as nearly 1,000 firefighters battle dozens of out-of-control blazes in southern Australia in the wake of the nation's warmest summer on record. ... more  
Drones help scientists count koalas in AustraliaWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2019 Researchers have trained drones outfitted with infrared sensors to recognize a koala bear's heat signature. Wildlife managers and biologists are using the technology to accurately and efficiently monitor koala populations in Australia. ... more  
US wins dispute over China grain subsidies before WTOGeneva (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 The World Trade Organization on Thursday sided with Washington in a dispute it filed three years ago over "unfair" Chinese subsidies to producers of wheat and rice. ... more  
Trouble finds Trump on every side of the worldHanoi (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 Branded a criminal by a former friend in Washington, then let down by his new friend Kim Jong Un in Vietnam, Donald Trump cut a lonely figure before returning home from North Korea nuclear talks Thursday. ... more  
Jailed Chinese rights lawyer disappears after release: activistsBeijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer went missing after he was scheduled to be released from jail Thursday following a two-year prison sentence for state subversion charges, said rights activists. ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 
Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong after fleeing their family appealed to authorities not to deport them while they seek sanctuary in a third country as the clock ticked down Thursday on their permission to stay.
The siblings are the latest example of Saudi women escaping the ultra-conservative kingdom only to find themselves stranded in foreign cities and making public appeals for thei ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 
JILA researchers have made a long-lived, record-cold gas of molecules that follow the wave patterns of quantum mechanics instead of the strictly particle nature of ordinary classical physics. The creation of this gas boosts the odds for advances in fields such as designer chemistry and quantum computing.
As featured on the cover of the Feb. 22 issue of Science, the team produced a gas of p ... 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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 Moscow (AFP) March 5, 2019 
Last month's visit by roaming polar bears that put a Russian village on lockdown may be just the beginning.
For as Moscow steps up its activity in the warming Arctic, conflict with the rare species is likely to increase.
More than 50 bears approached Belyushya Guba, a village on the far northern Novaya Zemlya archipelago, in February. As many as 10 of them explored the streets and entere ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 2, 2019 
US President Donald Trump on Friday urged China to abolish tariffs on agricultural products imported from the United States - adding that trade talks between the rival powers were going well.
"I have asked China to immediately remove all Tariffs on our agricultural products (including beef, pork, etc.)," the president wrote on Twitter.
He said his request was based on the fact that nego ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2019 
Research shedding light on the internal "plumbing" of volcanoes may help scientists better understand volcanic eruptions and unrest.
The University of Queensland-led study analysed crystals in Italy's famous Mount Etna to reveal how quickly magma moves to the surface.
Dr Teresa Ubide, from UQ's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, said the research would provide a better under ... more |
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 Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) March 3, 2019 
One of the Central African Republic's main armed groups on Sunday accused Bangui of failing to honour "its commitments" under a peace deal signed in February by forming a new government without changes to the main ministries.
The authorities had shown "bad faith, amateurism and incompetence", Noureddine Adam, head of the Popular Front for the Renaissance of the Central African Republic (FPRC ... more |
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 Freetown (AFP) March 1, 2019 
Sierra Leone has chosen the chimpanzee as its new national symbol as part of efforts to protect the endangered species and rebrand the country as a sustainable tourist destination.
The Western chimpanzee is now the "national animal of Sierra Leone", Agriculture Minister Joseph Ndanema announced at a ceremony honouring renowned British primatologist Jane Goodall late Thursday.
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 Gainesville FL (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 
Plants' water-to-land leap marks one of the most important milestones in the evolution of life on Earth. But how plants managed this transition when faced with unfamiliar challenges such as drought and bright light has been unclear.
Now, a new study shows that the built-in alert system that enables land plants to sense and respond to drought has an unlikely origin: their aquatic algal ance ... more |
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 Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 
D-Orbit, an Italian service provider for the New Space sector, signed a contract with Planet, a US-based private Earth imaging company, for the launch and deployment of six Dove-series satellites. Under the contract, D-Orbit will launch and deploy the satellites during the first commercial mission of ION CubeSat Carrier, the core technology of the InOrbit NOW launch service offered by the Italia ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 
On early earth, a series of spontaneous events needed to happen in order for life as we know it to begin. One of those phenomena is the formation of compartments enclosed by lipid membranes.
New research by Irep Gozen, Elif Koksal, and colleagues at the University of Oslo reveals, for the first time, how these vesicles can self-assemble on surfaces without external input. The team discover ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 
There are 5.5 million miles of power lines in this country - each one is losing energy right now. This ongoing 2 to 4 percent overhead loss could be reduced or eliminated if a lower resistance transmitter could be found. Many zero resistance materials have been demonstrated in the lab since superconductivity was discovered in 1911. Unfortunately, these superconductors require low temperatures. P ... more |
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 Quito (AFP) Feb 28, 2019  Conservationists have released 155 giant tortoises on an island in the Galapagos to help replace a similar species that died out 150 years ago, officials aid Thursday.
The young tortoises, of the breed Chelonoidis hoodensis, were set free on Santa Fe island, the Galapagos National Park service announced.
The tortoises, each aged around 10-12 years old, were raised at the Fausto Llerena b ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer went missing after he was scheduled to be released from jail Thursday following a two-year prison sentence for state subversion charges, said rights activists.
Jiang Tianyong - who had taken on many high-profile cases including those of Falun Gong practitioners and Tibetan protesters - was one of more than 200 lawyers and activists detained since 201 ... 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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