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  Madison WI (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 Earth's magnetic field seems steady and true - reliable enough to navigate by. Yet, largely hidden from daily life, the field drifts, waxes and wanes. The magnetic North Pole is currently careening toward Siberia, which recently forced the Global Positioning System that underlies modern navigation to update its software sooner than expected to account for the shift. And every several hundred thousand years or so, the magnetic field dramatically shifts and reverses its polarity: Magnetic nort ... read more |
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Agriculture's secret weapon: empowering womenGeneva (AFP) Aug 6, 2019 Women farmers face the brunt of the threat posed by climate change, yet they may hold the key to helping limit its fallout, according to a landmark UN report to be released this week. ... more  
Next-gen membranes for carbon captureLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 A major greenhouse gas, CO2 produced from burning fossil fuels is still mostly released into the atmosphere, adding to the burden of global warming. One way to cut down on it is through a carbon cap ... more  
Scientists use smartphone to manipulate brains of miceWashington (UPI) Aug 6, 2019 Scientists have developed a way to manipulate a mouse's neural circuits remotely. The technology, described this week in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, could be used to study disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. ... more  
Hong Kong protesters and opponents battle in old communist strongholdHong Kong (AFP) Aug 6, 2019 Armed with wooden poles and ransacked road signs, pro-democracy protesters and their opponents fought an extraordinary battle on a Hong Kong street, exposing deep ideological fault lines coursing through the city. ... more |
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Namibia inaugurates Chinese-built port terminalWindhoek (AFP) Aug 3, 2019 Namibia has inaugurated a new Chinese-built port terminal which doubles its container capacity and is also to give tourism a boost. ... more 
Hong Kongers harness traffic cones, kitchenware to battle tear gasHong Kong (AFP) Aug 8, 2019 As a tear gas canister clatters onto a street in Hong Kong, a pro-democracy protester wearing heat-proof gloves and carrying a traffic cone sprints from the crowd to put it out. ... more 
Chinese police drill video raises Hong Kong fearsBeijing (AFP) Aug 7, 2019 Thousands of Chinese riot police staged a drill just across the border from Hong Kong, in what appeared to be a thinly veiled warning from Beijing about its ability to end two months of protests in the global financial hub. ... more  
Myanmar 'categorically rejects' UN report on army business empireYangon (AFP) Aug 6, 2019 Myanmar hit back Tuesday at a report by UN investigators calling for tougher sanctions against the country's powerful military to squeeze its business empire, accusing the probe of trying to harm the country. ... more
Mozambique rivals to sign final peace dealMaputo (AFP) Aug 6, 2019 Mozambique's ex-rebel group-turned opposition party, Renamo, will on Tuesday sign a final peace agreement with the government in Maputo, 27 years after the end of the first civil war. ... more |
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 Paris downplays Notre-Dame lead poisoning fears 
'Like a miracle': Poo powering Kenya's modern farmersKiambu, Kenya (AFP) Aug 6, 2019 In 35 years working the land, Kenyan farmer Josphat Muchiri Njonge has never seen his coffee shrubs burst with so much fruit on his verdant hillside plot outside bustling Nairobi. ... more  |
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Commercial fishing to blame for planet's declining shark numbersWashington (UPI) Aug 6, 2019 Shark populations are shrinking across the globe and new research suggests commercial fishing is to blame. ... more  
Human genetic diversity of South America reveals complex history of AmazoniaJena, Germany (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 The vast cultural and linguistic diversity of Latin American countries is still far from being fully represented by genetic surveys. Western South America in particular holds a key role in the histo ... more 
EU agriculture not viable for the futureLeipzig, Germany (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 The current reform proposals of the EU Commission on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are unlikely to improve environmental protection, say researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative B ... more  
Climate battle will 'succeed or fail' in Asia: UNTokyo (AFP) Aug 2, 2019 The battle to combat climate change will "succeed or fail" based on what happens in Asia, where growing energy needs are increasing demand for fossil fuels, UN officials said Friday. ... more  
Shape shifting protocells hint at the mechanics of early lifeBristol UK (SPX) Aug 06, 2019 Inspired by the processes of cellular differentiation observed in developmental biology, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Bristol have demonstrated a new spontaneous app ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 7, 2019  US President Donald Trump contended Wednesday there was no political support to implement tough controls on highly lethal assault weapons that were used in three mass shootings in the past two weeks.
Trump told reporters that he and leaders in Congress support legislation to prevent mentally ill people from possessing firearms via background checks.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
August 1972, as NASA scientist Ian Richardson remembers it, was hot. In Surrey, England, where he grew up, the fields were brown and dry, and people tried to stay indoors - out of the Sun, televisions on. But for several days that month, his TV picture kept breaking up. "Do not adjust your set," he recalls the BBC announcing. "Heat isn't causing the interference. It's sunspots."
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data provider, announces that it will collaborate with Spire Global, one of the world's largest space to cloud analytics companies. Kleos and Spire will collaborate to combine
Spire AIS data with KLEOS RF data to create a new shared capability to bring safety at sea. Kleos and Spire have entered int ... more |
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 Bonavista, Canada (AFP) Aug 2, 2019  It's midday and Edward Kean, a Canadian fisherman who now scours the North Atlantic for icebergs that have broken off from Greenland's glaciers, is positively beaming.
Using his trusty binoculars, the rotund, 60-year-old captain of the fishing boat 'Green Waters' has spotted his next prize - it's several dozen meters tall and floating just off the coast of Newfoundland.
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 7, 2019 
A common honeybee disease can make the jump to wild bees via flowers, according to a new study.
The pathogen Nosema ceranae, a small, unicellular parasite, is the most common disease among managed honeybees, affecting both the Asiatic and European honeybee. New research suggest the disease can also affect wild bees, specifically, a stingless species native to Australia.
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 Freetown (AFP) Aug 7, 2019  Seven people have died and more than 8,000 have been made homeless after torrential rain in Sierra Leone caused massive floods, officials said.
"We can confirm the death of seven people, with 8,000 people severely affected by the flooding in Freetown and other parts of the country since last Friday," John Vandy, director of the Disaster Management Office in the National Security Office told ... more |
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 Maputo (AFP) Aug 6, 2019  Mozambique's ex-rebel group-turned opposition party, Renamo, will on Tuesday sign a final peace agreement with the government in Maputo, 27 years after the end of the first civil war.
This marks the third attempt to secure a lasting peace deal between the two long-time rivals since 1992.
It comes days after President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade penned a pact on Thursday ... more |
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 Jena, Germany (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 
The vast cultural and linguistic diversity of Latin American countries is still far from being fully represented by genetic surveys. Western South America in particular holds a key role in the history of the continent due to the presence of three major ecogeographic domains (the Andes, the Amazonia, and the Pacific Coast), and for hosting the earliest and largest complex societies.
A new s ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 2, 2019  The battle to combat climate change will "succeed or fail" based on what happens in Asia, where growing energy needs are increasing demand for fossil fuels, UN officials said Friday.
The United Nations will host a key climate summit next month that has been billed as a last chance to prevent irreversible climate change, three years after the Paris agreement went into force.
Commitments f ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
Earth's magnetic field seems steady and true - reliable enough to navigate by.
Yet, largely hidden from daily life, the field drifts, waxes and wanes. The magnetic North Pole is currently careening toward Siberia, which recently forced the Global Positioning System that underlies modern navigation to update its software sooner than expected to account for the shift.
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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 
The remains of a microscopic drop of ancient seawater has assisted in rewriting the history of Earth's evolution when it was used to re-establish the time that plate tectonics started on the planet.
Plate tectonics is Earth's vital - and unique - continuous recycling process that directly or indirectly controls almost every function of the planet, including atmospheric conditions, mountain ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 24, 2019 
Even modest climate change will increase global energy demand by up to a quarter before mid-century, and by nearly 60 percent if humanity fails to curb greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said Monday.
To the extent this energy comes from fossil fuels, the extra power needed to cool industries, homes and retail outlets in the coming decades will itself contribute to more warming, they repor ... more |
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 New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 
When two mesh screens are overlaid, beautiful patterns appear when one screen is offset. These "moire patterns" have long intrigued artists, scientists and mathematicians and have found applications in printing, fashion and banknotes.
Now, a Rutgers-led team has paved the way to solving one of the most enduring mysteries in materials physics by discovering that in the presence of a moire p ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2019 
To make the transition from sea to land, plant roots had to learn to grow downward, to follow gravity. This ability, gravitropism, helped plants anchor to the soil and retrieve water and nutrients.
New analysis of this vital adaptation suggests the ability first emerged roughly 350 million years ago.
Scientists have studied gravitropism in flowering plants, but until now research ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 7, 2019  Hong Kong lawyers held a silent march in support of anti-government protesters on Wednesday, highlighting the movement's enduring broad appeal despite increasingly ominous warnings from Beijing.
Hundreds of lawyers dressed in black marched under the scorching sun from the city's highest court to the justice secretary's office.
The rally came as daily demonstrations have become increasing ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 8, 2019 
Joshua trees, an iconic species of the arid southwestern United States, may totally disappear by the end of the century because of climate change, according to a new study.
A team from the University of California at Riverside used data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to assess the impact of warming on the distribution of Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) in their namesake ... more |
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