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  New York (AFP) Aug 14, 2019 Caught in the middle of a trade war and hammered by massive spring floods, American farmers are facing a tough year and worry about their future, yet some still trust President Donald Trump. The situation worsened last week when Beijing halted purchases of US farm crops in retaliation for Trump's vow to put tariffs on Chinese imports. It's "a body blow to thousands of farmers and ranchers who are already struggling to get by," said Zippy Duvall, president of the Farm Bureau, the country's larges ... read more |
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CRISPR-Cas can now modify hundreds, of genes at onceWashington (UPI) Aug 14, 2019 Scientists have supercharged CRISPR-Cas technology. According to a new study, the method can now be used to modify dozens, even hundreds, of genes. ... more 
California defies White House to ban controversial pesticideLos Angeles (AFP) Aug 14, 2019 California will outlaw the use of a pesticide linked to developmental problems in humans after President Donald Trump's administration scrapped plans for a nationwide ban, state health officials said Wednesday. ... more 
Indonesia threatens tariff hike on EU dairy in trade spatJakarta (AFP) Aug 9, 2019 Indonesia's trade minister Friday threatened to impose higher tariffs on EU dairy imports in response to the bloc's proposed move to hit biodiesel made from palm oil with anti-subsidy duties. ... more  
Jurassic world of volcanoes found in central AustraliaAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Aug 15, 2019 An international team of subsurface explorers from the University of Adelaide in Australia and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland have uncovered a previously undescribed 'Jurassic World' of arou ... more |
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Employees urge Google not to work with US immigration officialsSan Francisco (AFP) Aug 15, 2019 Hundreds of Google employees on Wednesday called on the internet titan to avoid working for US immigration officials until they stop "engaging in human rights abuses." ... more  
Ecological disaster on Greek island as fire burns onMakrymalli, Greece (AFP) Aug 14, 2019 Firefighters on the Greek island of Evia were still battling Wednesday to contain a fire that has caused massive damage to a pristine mountain wildlife habitat after threatening four communities. ... more  
Paleontologists discover human-sized penguin in New ZealandWashington (UPI) Aug 14, 2019 New Zealand already claims an impressive lineup of extinct megafauna, including a recently discovered giant parrot. Now, thanks to paleontologists in New Zealand and Germany, the island nation's population of extinct giants includes a monster penguin. ... more  
China slams HK airport protesters as 'terrorist-like'Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 14, 2019 China reacted furiously Wednesday to "terrorist-like" attacks on its citizens by pro-democracy protesters during a second day of mass disruptions at Hong Kong's airport that turned violent. ... more  
Chinese military personnel parade near Hong Kong border: AFPShenzhen, China (AFP) Aug 15, 2019 Thousands of Chinese military personnel waving red flags paraded at a sports stadium in a city across the border from Hong Kong on Thursday, an AFP reporter witnessed. ... more |
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 Tens of thousands of women march in Brazil against Bolsonaro  
Faith 2.0: pilgrims turn to tech to boost hajjMina, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Aug 13, 2019 The hajj pilgrimage underway in Mecca has been accelerating the growth of digital worship and spawning a slew of religious apps, tablet Korans and faith-based gadgets. ... more  |
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Oil rigs could pump CO2 emissions into rocks beneath North SeaEdinburgh UK (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 North Sea oil and gas rigs could be modified to pump vast quantities of carbon dioxide emissions into rocks below the seabed, research shows. Refitting old platforms to act as pumping stations ... more 
Fresh flood alert in southern India as monsoon death toll hits 244New Delhi (AFP) Aug 14, 2019 India issued a fresh flood alert Wednesday for parts of the southern state of Kerala, as the nationwide death toll from the annual monsoon deluge rose to at least 244. ... more 
Would China risk another Tiananmen in Hong Kong?Beijing (AFP) Aug 12, 2019 While China might be exploiting fears of a bloody "Tiananmen" crackdown on Hong Kong's protest movement, analysts say the potentially catastrophic economic and political consequences will deter Beijing from any overt boots-on-the ground intervention. ... more
New process discovered to completely degrade flame retardant in the environmentAmherst MA (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 A team of environmental scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and China has for the first time used a dynamic, two-step process to completely degrade a common flame-retardant chemi ... more 
Ancient pigs endured a complete genomic turnover after they arrived in EuropeOxford UK (SPX) Aug 15, 2019 New research led by Oxford University and Queen Mary University of London has resolved a pig paradox. Archaeological evidence has shown that pigs were domesticated in the Near East and as such, mode ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2019 
Chinese internet giant Tencent has been forced to apologise after its video team reported that a typhoon had wiped out the entire population of a province in east China that is home to nearly 100 million people.
Typhoon Lekima hit the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Shandong and Anhui over the weekend, forcing more than two million residents to flee.
China's official news agency Xinhua sa ... more |
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 Centennial CO (SPX) Aug 13, 2019 
SEAKR Engineering, Inc. (SEAKR) is pleased to announce it has been granted a Canadian patent for an advanced RF processing Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) technology. SEAKR's Canadian patent CA 2,953,837 "Integrated Mixed-Signal ASIC with Analog Digital Converter (ADC), Digital Analog Converter (DAC) and Digital Signal Processing (DSP)" marks the firm's 4th patent received globall ... more |
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 Binghamton NY (SPX) Aug 14, 2019 
Today, more than 700 million people around the world drink water from unsafe or untreated sources, such as wells, springs and surface water.
About half of these people live in sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, in more than 30 African countries, fewer than 20% of the people have access to safe drinking water.
Climate change is likely to worsen the situation by making water less available i ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 12, 2019 
Our knowledge of the dwindling sea ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean comes mostly through satellites, which since 1979 have imaged the sea ice from above. The University of Washington's Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean and Modeling System, or PIOMAS, is a leading tool for gauging the thickness of that ice. Until now that system has gone back only as far as 1979.
A new paper now extends the estimate of ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Aug 14, 2019 
Caught in the middle of a trade war and hammered by massive spring floods, American farmers are facing a tough year and worry about their future, yet some still trust President Donald Trump.
The situation worsened last week when Beijing halted purchases of US farm crops in retaliation for Trump's vow to put tariffs on Chinese imports.
It's "a body blow to thousands of farmers and rancher ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 15, 2019 
A powerful tropical storm lashed Japan on Thursday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain that claimed at least one life, prompted warnings of landslides and flooding, and sparked evacuation advisories and travel chaos at a peak holiday period.
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa - one notch below a typhoon - slammed into the southern Hiroshima region, packing wind gusts of up to 126 kilometre ... more |
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 Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) Aug 14, 2019  After years of bloodshed in the poor and largely lawless Central African Republic, renewed hopes of peace are being eroded by the country's militia groups, experts say.
The military situation across the landlocked country has been considered stable since the deal - the 13th in a decade - was signed in February between the government and 14 armed groups
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 New York (AFP) Aug 14, 2019 
A generation-defining political statement, an epiphany of peace, three chaotic days that altered music history - the tropes of Woodstock are many, sometimes muddying meaning with myth.
The festival carries significant cultural weight, but decades of rehashing its legend through the lens of nostalgia can leave the legacy of half a million youths partying in the rain feel less like a revoluti ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 13, 2019 
Climate deniers have garnered far more media attention than prominent climate scientists over the years, fuelling public confusion and slowing the response to global warming, researchers reported Tuesday.
From 2000 through 2016, hundreds of academics, business people and politicians who doubted global warming or attributed rising temperatures to "natural" causes got 50 percent more ink than ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 12, 2019 
Invisible to the human eye, molecular interactions between gases and liquids underpin much of our lives, including the absorption of oxygen molecules into our lungs, many industrial processes and the conversion of organic compounds within our atmosphere. But difficulties in measuring gas-liquid collisions have so far prevented the fundamental exploration of these processes.
Kenneth McKendr ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 13, 2019 
Welcome to the early solar system. Just after the planets formed more than 4.5 billion years ago, our cosmic neighborhood was a chaotic place. Waves of comets, asteroids and even proto-planets streamed toward the inner solar system, with some crashing into Earth on their way.
Now, a team led by University of Colorado Boulder geologist Stephen Mojzsis has laid out a new timeline for this vi ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Aug 9, 2019 
The Norwegian capital Oslo announced Friday it was aiming to reduce CO2-emissions by 95 percent by 2030.
"This is the most ambitious climate strategy of any major city in the world," Oslo mayor Raymond Johansen said in a statement.
"Together with Oslo's inhabitants and economic actors we want to work during the next 11 years to remove the remaining sources of climate gas emissions in the ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 14, 2019 
The reactor is expected to fulfil a variety of tasks on the red planet, ranging from supplying astronauts with heat and air, to powering 3D printers that will be used for constructing buildings.
NASA's Future In-Space Operations (FISO) Working Group has stated that its portable nuclear reactor, called Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling TechnologY (KRUSTY), will be ready to fly to Mars by 202 ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 
Between 1970 and 2012, Earth's largest freshwater animal populations declined by some 88 percent, according to a new survey.
There's a lot of water on Earth, but only 2.5 percent of it is freshwater. Of that 2.5 percent, just over 1 percent is surface water, taking the form of rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands. Despite its relative scarcity - accounting for just 2 percent of Earth's su ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2019 
China has detained a former journalist who gained prominence after urging the US to help "tear down" Beijing's online censorship regime during a 2014 meeting with top US diplomat John Kerry.
Police detained Zhang Jialong Tuesday for "picking quarrels and provoking troubles," according to an official detention notice seen by AFP.
The vague accusation is often used to detain human rights a ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2019  Like the eponymous character in Shel Silverstein's classic children's tale, trees are generous with their gifts, cleaning the air we breathe and slowing the ravages of global warming by absorbing about a quarter of all human-caused carbon dioxide emissions. But this generosity likely can't last forever in the face of unabated fossil fuel consumption and deforestation. Scientists have long wonder ... more |
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