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  Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 A new archaeological site discovered by an international and local team of scientists working in Ethiopia shows that the origins of stone tool production are older than 2.58 million years ago. Previously, the oldest evidence for systematic stone tool production and use was 2.58 to 2.55 million years ago. Analysis by the researchers of early stone age sites, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that stone tools may have been invented many times in man ... read more |
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Chimps caught crabbingKyoto, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Why do we fish? At some point eons ago, our primarily fruit-eating ancestors put their hands in the water to catch and eat aquatic life, inadvertently supplementing their diet with nutrients that in ... more  
Bacteria's protein quality control agent offers insight into origins of lifeJupiter FL (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Our cells' process for transforming genes into useful proteins works much like an automobile factory's assembly line; there are schematics, parts, workers, motors, quality control systems and even r ... more  
The real future food is lab-grown insect meatWashington DC (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Livestock farming is destroying our planet. It is a major cause of land and water degradation, biodiversity loss, acid rain, coral reef degeneration, deforestation - and of course, climate change. P ... more  
Adaptations inspired by cultural change common in the animal kingdomWashington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 According to a new survey, cultural lifestyle changes inspire evolutionary adaptations more often than previously thought. ... more |
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The 'other' Tiananmen: 30 years ago, protests engulfed ChinaChengdu, China (AFP) June 1, 2019 Karl Hutterer stood on the rooftop of his hotel and watched as Chinese police fired tear gas into the square and truncheon-wielding security forces moved in under the cover of night in June 1989. ... more 
From 1989 to '1984': Generation Tiananmen lament China's descentHong Kong (AFP) June 2, 2019 Thirty years after they fled the bullets and tanks, Tiananmen exiles say their dream of returning to a democratic China are more distant than ever as their homeland descends further into authoritarianism and state surveillance. ... more 
US defends welcome to students as China warns of riskWashington (AFP) June 3, 2019 The United States said Monday it was committed to welcoming Chinese nationals for "legitimate" studies but acknowledged increased visa scrutiny after Beijing warned its students of risks. ... more 
China gene babies' mutation linked to higher mortality: studyParis (AFP) June 3, 2019 The genetic mutation given to Chinese twins last year rendering them immune to the HIV virus may significantly reduce life expectancy, scientists said Monday in a fresh warning against human gene-editing. ... more  
In Nigeria's Lagos, aquatic weed plagues waterwaysLagos (AFP) June 1, 2019 Traffic jams on the snarled up roads of Nigeria's megacity of Lagos are legendary, but a growing problem is also clogging up the waterways of Africa's biggest city - water hyacinths. ... more |
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You can have your plate and eat it too, says Polish inventorZambrow, Poland (AFP) June 1, 2019 Polish inventor and entrepreneur Jerzy Wysocki catches a brown plate - still warm - as it drops out of a machine and he begins to eat the crunchy, fibrous tableware. ... more  |
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Hong Kong to cull 4,700 pigs after second swine fever case foundHong Kong (AFP) June 1, 2019 Hong Kong will cull 4,700 pigs after African swine fever was detected in an animal at a slaughterhouse close to the border with China, the second such case in a month in the crowded financial hub. ... more  
Italy's Mount Etna sparks into lifeRome (AFP) June 1, 2019 Mount Etna in southern Italy has burst into life, spitting molten lava high into the sky, though cloud cover Saturday ruined the view for those brave enough to venture up the flanks of Europe's highest volcano. ... more  
Amid fentanyl crackdown, Mexico risks 'balloon effect'Mexico City (AFP) May 31, 2019 President Donald Trump says China's new ban on all fentanyl-related substances will be a "game-changer" in the deadly US opioid crisis, but experts warn it may just shift production elsewhere - particularly Mexico. ... more  
Feathers preceded birds by 100 million yearsWashington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 Feathers arrived at least 100 million years before birds, according to a new survey. ... more 
Fungi communities mostly comprise a few common speciesWashington (UPI) May 31, 2019 New research shows microbial communities in soils around the globe are less diverse than previously suggested. ... more |
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 Venice (AFP) June 2, 2019 
A massive cruise ship lost control in Venice Sunday, crashing into a wharf and sparking a fresh controversy over the damage the mammoth vessels cause to one of the world's most famous cities.
Footage posted to social media showed people on the harbour fleeing as the 13-deck MSC Opera, which suffered an engine failure, scraped along the dockside before knocking into a luxury tourist boat.
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Aluminum is one of the most promising materials for aeronautics and automobile industry. Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" found a simple and efficient way of strengthening aluminum-based composite materials.
Doping aluminum melt with nickel and lanthanum, scientists managed to create a material combining benefits of both composite materials and stan ... more |
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 Honiara (AFP) June 3, 2019 
Australia is to fund a $250 million (US$173 million) grants programme for the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday, as Canberra confronts growing Chinese influence in the region.
Morrison, in his first overseas trip since re-election two weeks ago, unveiled the package amid talks with Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.
It came in a three-pronged Canberr ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
A new study to assess the contribution that Asia's high mountain glaciers make to relieving water stress in the region is published this week (29 May 2019) in the journal Nature. The study has important economic and social implications for a region that is vulnerable to drought. Climate change is causing most of the region's glaciers to shrink.
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) glaciologist D ... more |
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 Hanoi (AFP) June 4, 2019 
Millions of pigs have been culled as African Swine Fever cuts through China and beyond, devastating global food chains, with pork prices expected to soar from the food markets of Hong Kong to American dinner tables.
Outbreaks have been reported in Vietnam, Mongolia, Cambodia, Hong Kong and China - the world's biggest pork producer and consumer.
Experts warn it could take years to contai ... more |
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 San Salvador (AFP) May 30, 2019 
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador on Thursday near the capital but authorities said there were no initial reports of casualties or damage.
The quake was so strong it was likely felt throughout Central America, officials said.
The quake struck in the Pacific Ocean around 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of San Salvador at a depth of 40 miles (65 km), according t ... more |
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) June 3, 2019 
Boko Haram jihadists have carried out multiple attacks on military bases in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, overrunning three of them and stealing weapons, security sources said Monday.
Fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the IS-linked faction of Boko Haram, stormed four bases from Friday through Sunday in the latest spate of attacks targeting the ar ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2019 
DARPA has awarded funding to six organizations to support the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program, first announced in March 2018. Battelle Memorial Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Rice University, and Teledyne Scientific are leading multidisciplinary teams to develop high-resolution ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 31, 2019 
New research suggests the impact of extreme weather on a person's neighbors and community has a greater influence on a person's climate change beliefs than individual losses.
"We found that damage at the zip-code level as measured by FEMA was positively associated with stronger climate change beliefs even three or four years after the extreme flooding event our study examined," Elizabet ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 
Harmful algal blooms in the Red Sea could be detected from satellite images using a method developed at KAUST. This remote sensing technique may eventually lead to a real-time monitoring system to help maintain the vital economic and ecological resources of the Red Sea.
Monitoring harmful blooms using traditional in-situ methods is not only costly and labor intensive but often requires col ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019  Feathers arrived at least 100 million years before birds, according to a new survey.
Using new data in the fields of palaeontology and molecular developmental biology, scientists were able to clarify the evolutionary relationships among dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs, a group of bird-like flying reptiles.
Earlier this year, researchers discovered feathers in pterosaur fossils, the first eviden ... more |
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 New York (AFP) June 3, 2019 
It's a tall order indeed: How do you make aging, energy-hungry skyscrapers more efficient and less polluting? The city of New York, the historic capital of the skyscraper, is determined to do so by requiring the enormous buildings to drastically curtail their energy consumption.
Traditional skyscrapers are an energy-saver's nightmare, with their vast glass facades, electric lighting everywhe ... more |
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 Vancouver, Canada (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Scientists from the University of British Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Maryland, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Google are conducting a multi-year investigation into cold fusion, a type of benign nuclear reaction hypothesized to occur in benchtop apparatus at room temperature.
A progress report published in Nature publicly discloses ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 
The island of New Guinea in the Indonesian archipelago remains one of the last refuges free of chytrid fungus, a deadly frog infection that has already wiped out 90 frog species around the world.
The authors of a new study, published this week in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, have a plan to keep New Guinea disease free and its frog population healthy, but they sa ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 3, 2019  The United States said Monday it had lost hope for human rights progress in China 30 years after the crackdown on Tiananmen Square as Beijing, in rare official comments on the bloodshed, insisted it had "immunized" itself against turmoil.
As China tried to impose a media blackout ahead of Tuesday's anniversary of the 1989 assault on pro-democracy protesters, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sa ... more |
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 Salt Lake City, UT (SPX) May 28, 2019 
Winters in the northern hemisphere are brutal. The harsh conditions drive some species to hibernate; bears reduce their metabolic state to conserve energy until spring. Forests also endure winter by conserving energy; they shut down photosynthesis, the process by which a green pigment called chlorophyll captures sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce the chemical energy that fuels the plan ... more |
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