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  Washington (UPI) May 16, 2019 Neanderthals and modern humans diverged earlier than previously thought, according to a new survey of ancient teeth. Using the 430,000-year-old teeth of hominins recovered from Sima de los Huesos, a cave in Spain, researchers were able to quantify the rate of dental evolution among early humans, ancestors of Neanderthals. The rates suggest Neanderthals and modern humans diverged at least 800,000 years ago. Rates of evolutionary change among the dental shapes of hominins are consistent ac ... read more |
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A late-night disco in the forest reveals tree performanceHelsinki, Finland (SPX) May 14, 2019 In 2017, the group from the Optics of Photosynthesis Lab (OPL) developed a new method to measure a small but important signal produced by all plants, and in this case trees. This signal is a called ... more  
UN chief hails Pacific's 'moral authority' on climateSuva, Fiji (AFP) May 15, 2019 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday the Pacific possesses "a unique moral authority" to demand global action on climate change because its people are bearing the brunt of the problem. ... more 
What we've learned from water in motionPasadena CA (JPL) May 14, 2019 When you hear news about ice loss from Greenland or Antarctica, an aquifer in California that is getting depleted, or a new explanation for a wobble in Earth's rotation, you might not realize that a ... more 
Top Gabon officials suspended in timber scandalLibreville (AFP) May 16, 2019 Several top Gabonese officials have been suspended over suspected involvement in smuggling precious timber six weeks after a huge consignment was discovered at Chinese warehouses, justice officials said Thursday. ... more |
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Floods claim 15 lives in Mali: officialBamako (AFP) May 16, 2019 Heavy floods claimed 15 lives Thursday in the Malian capital Bamako along with serious property damage, authorities said. ... more 
Owner of school that collapsed in Mexico quake indictedMexico City (AFP) May 17, 2019 The owner of an elementary school in Mexico City that collapsed in a 2017 earthquake, killing 19 children and seven adults, was indicted Thursday on homicide charges after construction irregularities were found at the site. ... more  
Pentagon may send tents to house migrants at US-Mexico borderWashington (AFP) May 15, 2019 The US military may build tents and other shelters near the Mexican border to temporarily house migrants, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. ... more  
Activists petition court to halt Japan dolphin huntTokyo (AFP) May 17, 2019 Campaigners on Friday urged a court in Japan to halt so-called "drive hunting" of dolphins in the country as part of an unprecedented lawsuit that argues the practice violates Japanese law. ... more  
African start-ups aim high, harsh realities temper hopesParis (AFP) May 16, 2019 Cameroonian start-up boss Serge Boupda made a polished pitch Thursday to a room packed with potential investors in Paris, but he knows a solid business plan does not guarantee interest for firms hoping to unlock Africa's vast economic potential. ... more |
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Mahjong and parking: Aussie politicians learn to court Chinese voteMelbourne (AFP) May 15, 2019 Politicians courting Australia's 1.2 million ethnic-Chinese citizens ahead of Saturday's election are struggling to navigate a strikingly diverse community and fraught geopolitics. ... more  |
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China formally arrests Canadian ex-diplomat, businessman: reportBeijing (AFP) May 16, 2019 China has formally arrested two Canadians who have been detained for months on national security grounds, a Canadian newspaper reported on Thursday, in a case that has inflamed tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. ... more  
DIH-HERO - a medical robotics networkBerlin, Germany (SPX) May 13, 2019 The Digital Innovation Hub Healthcare Robotics (DIH-HERO) has the goals of fostering closer exchanges between science and companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), acceleratin ... more 
Tooth fossils fill 6-million-year-old gap in primate evolutionLas Vegas NV (SPX) May 15, 2019 Researchers have used fossilized teeth found near Lake Turkana in northwest Kenya to identify a new monkey species - a discovery that helps fill a 6-million-year gap in primate evolution. UNLV ... more  
Zimbabwe sells 100 elephants to China, DubaiHarare (AFP) May 15, 2019 Zimbabwe has sold nearly 100 elephants to China and Dubai for a total price of $2.7 million over six years, the country's wildlife agency said Wednesday, citing overpopulation. ... more 
Ancient chewing gum reveals Scandinavia's oldest human DNAWashington (UPI) May 15, 2019 Scientists have recovered human DNA from 10,000-year-old chewing gum found in Sweden. The DNA is the oldest to be sequenced from the region. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 15, 2019 
The US military may build tents and other shelters near the Mexican border to temporarily house migrants, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
Department of Defense spokesman Chris Mitchell said the Pentagon had received a request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "to construct temporary facilities at six DHS-specified locations to house and care for a minimum of 7,500" migrants. ... more |
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 Metairie LA (SPX) May 16, 2019 
Geocent, LLC, a national Information Technology and Engineering firm with its headquarters in Louisiana, was informed by NASA that its innovative materials for radiation shielding and thermal barrier coatings were chosen to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to evaluate their potential applications for lunar habitation, long-term deep space missions such as Mars, and other unspecif ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 16, 2019 
As our climate changes, the availability of freshwater is a growing issue for many people around the world. Understanding the water cycle and how the climate and human usage is causing shifts in natural cycling processes is vital to safeguarding supplies. While numerous satellites measure individual components of the water cycle, it has never been described as a whole over a particular region - ... more |
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 Hobart, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2019  An innovative use of instruments that measure the ocean near Antarctica has helped Australian scientists to get a clearer picture of how the ocean is melting the Antarctic ice sheet.
Until now, most measurements in Antarctica were made during summer, leaving winter conditions, when the sea freezes over with ice, largely unknown.
But scientists from IMAS and the CSIRO, supported by AC ... more |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) May 14, 2019 
Topping the list of Australia's major crops, wheat is grown on more than half the country's cropland and is a key export commodity. With so much riding on wheat, accurate yield forecasting is necessary to predict regional and global food security and commodity markets. A new study published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology shows machine-learning methods can accurately predict wheat yield f ... more |
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 Mexico City (AFP) May 17, 2019  The owner of an elementary school in Mexico City that collapsed in a 2017 earthquake, killing 19 children and seven adults, was indicted Thursday on homicide charges after construction irregularities were found at the site.
Monica Garcia Villegas, owner of the private Rebsamen elementary school, was arrested Saturday after she spent more than a year on the run. She will now face trial on 26 ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 16, 2019 
Cameroonian start-up boss Serge Boupda made a polished pitch Thursday to a room packed with potential investors in Paris, but he knows a solid business plan does not guarantee interest for firms hoping to unlock Africa's vast economic potential.
Like other African entrepreneurs out in force at the Vivatech trade fair in Paris this week, Boupda acknowledged the challenges of entrenched povert ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 15, 2019 
Neuroscientists have identified two different nerve cell populations within the brain's substantia nigra, a relay station that controls a diverse array of movements.
Physical movements are executed through the coordination of myriad neural signals. Like a relay center, sending and receiving information, the brain's substantia nigra performs the coordination.
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 Seoul (AFP) May 17, 2019 
North Korea is experiencing its worst drought in over a century, official media reported Friday, days after the World Food Programme expressed "very serious concerns" about the situation in the country.
The isolated, impoverished North - which is under several sets of sanctions over its nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes - has long struggled to feed itself, and suffers chronic ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 17, 2019 
Air pollution is a global environmental health problem, especially for those living in urban areas. Not only does it negatively impact our ecosystems, it considerably affects our health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 8 million premature deaths per year are linked to air pollution, more than double of previous estimates.
One of the pollutants with the strongest ev ... more |
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 Lincoln UK (SPX) May 10, 2019 
Micro-CT scanning of a tiny snake-like fossil discovered in Scotland has shed new light on the elusive creature, thought to be one of the earliest known tetrapods to develop teeth that allowed it to crush its prey.
Detailed scans of Acherontiscus caledoniae showed a unique combination of different tooth shapes and sizes as well as a deep lower jaw which scientists believe would have given ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 13, 2019 
The world must double spending on renewable power and slash investment in oil and coal by 2030 to keep the Paris climate treaty temperature targets in play, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.
For that to happen, however, trend lines on both fronts moved in the wrong direction last year, the agency reported in its 4th annual World Energy Investment overview.
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 Lemont IL (SPX) May 15, 2019 
Coating provides extra layer of protection for battery cathodes.
Building a better lithium-ion battery involves addressing a myriad of factors simultaneously, from keeping the battery's cathode electrically and ionically conductive to making sure that the battery stays safe after many cycles.
In a new discovery, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Lab ... more |
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 Harare (AFP) May 15, 2019 
Zimbabwe has sold nearly 100 elephants to China and Dubai for a total price of $2.7 million over six years, the country's wildlife agency said Wednesday, citing overpopulation.
Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo told AFP Zimbabwe's elephants were overcrowding national parks, encroaching into human settlements, destroying crops and posing a risk to human life. ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) May 15, 2019 
Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to meet the Dalai Lama during a 2014 visit to India but a "cautious" Delhi did not allow it to happen, a new book has claimed.
The 83-year-old Buddhist monk has made India his home since fleeing the Tibetan capital Lhasa in 1959 - and has been a thorn in Beijing's side ever since.
"In 2014, when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Delhi for talks wit ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) May 16, 2019 
Several top Gabonese officials have been suspended over suspected involvement in smuggling precious timber six weeks after a huge consignment was discovered at Chinese warehouses, justice officials said Thursday.
Government spokeswoman Nanette Longa-Makinda said several top administration officials had been suspended.
Nearly 5,000 cubic metres (177,000 cubic feet) of kevazingo worth some ... more |
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