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  Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 It's not whether you win or lose; it's how hard the robot is working. A Cornell University-led team has found that when robots are beating humans in contests for cash prizes, people consider themselves less competent and expend slightly less effort - and they tend to dislike the robots. The study, "Monetary-Incentive Competition Between Humans and Robots: Experimental Results," brought together behavioral economists and roboticists to explore, for the first time, how a robot's performance affects ... read more |
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Billions pledged to halt Africa's forest lossNairobi (AFP) March 14, 2019 With the world's forests increasingly under threat from climate change and logging, leaders and top bank chiefs pledged billions on Thursday to help reverse the steep decline in Africa's woodland areas. ... more  
Leaders appeal for 'urgent action' on environmentNairobi (AFP) March 14, 2019 World leaders gathered in Kenya on Thursday to lend political muscle to UN environment talks, calling for "urgent action" to slow the destruction of natural habitats and accelerate funding for green development. ... more  
Court rules gunmaker Remington can be sued over Newtown massacreNew York (AFP) March 14, 2019 Connecticut's supreme court ruled Thursday that US gunmaker Remington can be sued over the 2012 massacre at the Sandy Hook elementary school in which one of its weapons was used. ... more  
S.Africa medics use 3-D printer for middle ear transplantJohannesburg (AFP) March 14, 2019 South African surgeons have successfully performed the world's first transplant of middle-ear bones that uses 3-D printed components, a research university said. ... more |
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Climate campaigners take France to courtParis (AFP) March 14, 2019 Four environmental NGOs on Thursday sued the French government for failing to uphold its commitments on fighting climate change, the latest in a series of high-profile cases that aim to force governments around the world into action. ... more  
Sprawling storm threatens several US states, thousands evacuatedChicago (AFP) March 14, 2019 A massive late-winter storm hit several central US states Thursday, forcing thousands to evacuate, snarling air traffic and leaving drivers stranded. ... more  
Mozambique cancels domestic flights as storm nearsMaputo (AFP) March 14, 2019 Mozambique has cancelled flights to several domestic destinations as a tropical cyclone, potentially the strongest to hit the country in nearly two decades, approached threatening to bring chaos to southern Africa. ... more  
Critically endangered vaquita porpoise found dead in MexicoMexico City (AFP) March 14, 2019 A vaquita marina, a critically endangered porpoise of which about 20 are believed to remain, was found dead in a fish net off the coast of Mexico, environmentalists said Thursday. ... more  
Civilians trapped as Myanmar rebels squabble over expected China boomNarmakhor, Myanmar (AFP) March 13, 2019 With artillery exploding around her village in Myanmar's northeast, 70-year-old Nan Nyunt fled to a monastery, one of thousands of civilians trapped between rebel groups who are fighting for influence as a China-driven economic boom looms. ... more |
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 Environment damage behind 1 in 4 global deaths, disease: UN 
When green 'fixes' actually increase the carbon footprintPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 When a big technology company moves to town, it often promises eco-friendly infrastructure and encourages a sustainability ethos to go along with it. That was the idea when Amazon announced pl ... more  |
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Late-winter storm wallops four US states, snarls travelChicago (AFP) March 14, 2019 A late winter storm on Wednesday caused widespread flooding and snarled travel in the Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado and Wyoming, forcing evacuations in some areas. ... more 
West using Christianity to subvert Chinese state: officialBeijing (AFP) March 12, 2019 A Chinese official accused "anti-China forces" in the West of using Christianity to subvert the country's political power and said worshippers must follow a Chinese form of religion. ... more  
The Atlantic Ocean is rising and 11-year-old Levi is worriedWashington (AFP) March 13, 2019 Levi Draheim is an 11-year-old kid who lives on a barrier island separating the coast of Florida from the Atlantic Ocean. He is also a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the US government over climate change. ... more 
Largest carbon dioxide sink in renewable forestsKarlsruher, Germany (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 Forests are the filters of our Earth: They clean the air, remove dust particles, and produce oxygen. So far, the rain forest in particular has been considered the "green lung" of our planet. Yet, an ... more 
Taiwan leader to visit Pacific allies to firm up tiesTaipei (AFP) March 12, 2019 Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen will visit three Pacific nations this month to shore up ties, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to lure away Taipei's dwindling number of allies. ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Extreme temperatures, both cold and hot, bring greater mortality risk to people living in China's rural communities than in urban areas, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The disparity between urban and rural mortality risk was found across the entire population, but was greater for women than men, and for people over 65.
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 Madison WI (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
3D printing has revolutionized the fields of healthcare, biomedical engineering, manufacturing and art design.
Successful applications have come despite the fact that most 3D printing techniques can only produce parts made of one material at a time. More complex applications could be developed if 3D printers could use different materials and create multi-material parts.
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
University of Sydney scientists have modelled how carbonate accumulation from 'marine snow' in oceans has absorbed carbon dioxide over millennia and been a key driver in keeping the planet cool for millions of years.
The study, published in Geology, also helps our understanding of the ocean's future capacity to store carbon dioxide, which is vital given warming-ocean acidity has increased ... more |
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 Oulu, Finland (AFP) March 14, 2019 
How far would you go to win 10,000 euros ($11,300)?
On a blisteringly cold night in northern Finland, hopeful entrepreneurs plunge into a hole in the Baltic sea ice in a bid to win over a panel of investors.
The annual 'Polar Bear Pitching' competition in the remote town of Oulu, just over an hour's drive from the Arctic Circle, is a chance for 12 start-up businesses to try and snare fu ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
Farmers irrigating their crops may soon be getting some help from space. In 2018, scientists launched ECOSTRESS, a new instrument now attached to the International Space Station. Its mission: to gather data on how plants use water across the world.
"Technically, the instruments are measuring surface temperature, which reflects the heat stress of plants," explains Joshua Fisher of NASA's Je ... more |
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 Maputo (AFP) March 14, 2019 
Mozambique has cancelled flights to several domestic destinations as a tropical cyclone, potentially the strongest to hit the country in nearly two decades, approached threatening to bring chaos to southern Africa.
The wave of cancellations came as the UN warned that "tropical cyclone Idai has regained intensity and is expected to make landfall near Beira city in central Mozambique" later Th ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Six Malian troops were killed on Tuesday when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the centre of the West African country, the army said.
Two army escort vehicles hit improvised explosive devices (IEDs) "leaving two dead in Dialloube and four dead in the Hombori area," in the central Mopti region, the army said in comments online.
The government condemned the "cowardly and ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 12, 2019 
Ancient fossilized teeth discovered in Kenya have helped paleontologists fill a gap in the record of Old World monkey evolution.
The 22-million-year-old teeth belonged to a newly named monkey species, Alophia metios. The discovery bridged the gap between a 19-million-year-old fossil tooth found in Uganda and a 25-million-year-old fossil tooth recovered in Tanzania.
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 Paris (AFP) March 14, 2019 
Four environmental NGOs on Thursday sued the French government for failing to uphold its commitments on fighting climate change, the latest in a series of high-profile cases that aim to force governments around the world into action.
The foundation of Nicolas Hulot, a crusading former environment minister who quit President Emmanuel Macron's government last year over what he saw as its fail ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2019 
New maps that use information from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal nitrogen dioxide emission being released into the atmosphere in cities and towns across the globe.
Air pollution is a global environmental health problem that is responsible for millions of people dying prematurely every year. With air quality a serious concern, the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite was launched ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
A study by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) on the magnetic fields of planets has found that most planets discovered in other solar systems are unlikely to be as hospitable to life as Earth.
Plants and animals would not survive without water on Earth. The sheer strength of Earth's magnetic field helps to maintain liquid water on our blue planet's surface, thereby maki ... 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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
A research team of experts in atomic physics, nuclear fusion science, and astronomy succeeded in computing millions of highly accurate atomic data of neodymium ions in the Japan-Lithuania international collaboration. This research accelerates studies of a long-standing mystery regarding the origin of precious metals such as gold and platinum in our universe.
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 Buon Don, Vietnam (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Mahout Y Hoi Bya sits atop his elephant, whacking him with a large stick to urge him toward the finish line at the Buon Don race in Vietnam's central highlands.
Locals say the race is a celebration of the much-revered animals - traditionally thought of as family members in this part of Vietnam - but conservation groups are calling for an end to the festival, which they say is cruel and ou ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2019 
A Chinese official accused "anti-China forces" in the West of using Christianity to subvert the country's political power and said worshippers must follow a Chinese form of religion.
China's officially atheist government, which oversees religious groups through state-sponsored institutions, has tightened its grip on all faiths in recent years.
"Anti-China forces in the West are attemptin ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) March 14, 2019 
With the world's forests increasingly under threat from climate change and logging, leaders and top bank chiefs pledged billions on Thursday to help reverse the steep decline in Africa's woodland areas.
So far this century East Africa alone has lost around 6 million hectares of forest, swathes of which contain plants and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth.
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