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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 Airbus U.S. Space and Defense and Aerostar successfully completed a joint Internal Research and Development (IRAD) stratospheric test flight as part of their Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). The test demonstrated the use of satellite backhaul technologies on high-altitude platforms for enhanced Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. The mission featured Aerostar's Thunderhead Stratospheric Balloon system equipped with modified satellite communicat ... read more |
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Major quake crushes buildings in Vanuatu capital, bodies seenPort Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 A powerful earthquake hit the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, smashing buildings in the capital Port Vila including one used by foreign embassies, with a witness telling AFP of bodies lying in the city. ... more  
Macron to visit France's cyclone-battered MayotteSaint-Denis De La Reunion (AFP) Dec 16, 2024 France's President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he would soon visit Mayotte in the aftermath of a cyclone that ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory, with hundreds feared dead. ... more  
Scientists struggle to explain record surge in global heatParis (AFP) Dec 16, 2024 The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into uncharted territory - and scientists are still trying to figure out why. ... more  
White Christmas dreams dashed as Europe's winters heat upParis (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 A white Christmas may increasingly become a nostalgic memory as the Northern Hemisphere sees ever fewer snowy winter days due to climate change, with Europe warming quickest, a report warned on Tuesday. ... more |
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Unveiling structure of photosynthetic catalysts that can turn light into hydrogen fuelLemont IL (SPX) Dec 16, 2024 Photosynthesis is one of the most efficient natural processes for converting light energy from the sun into chemical energy vital for life on earth. Proteins called photosystems are critical to this ... more |
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What do we know about the economics of AI?Boston MA (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 For all the talk about artificial intelligence upending the world, its economic effects remain uncertain. There is massive investment in AI but little clarity about what it will produce. Exami ... more  
China executes former regional official for corruptionBeijing (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 China on Tuesday executed a former official for corruption, a court in the northern region of Inner Mongolia said, the latest development in Beijing's sweeping campaign against graft. ... more 
Chinese casino hub Macau struggles to evolve beyond gamingMacau (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 In the shadow of the Grand Lisboa, the Macau casino world-famous for its "golden lotus" design, fashion boutique owner Suzanne Leong wonders if the economic miracle that initially made her fortune has now cast her aside. ... more  
Mali army says captured Islamic State group figureDakar (AFP) Dec 16, 2024 Mali's army on Monday claimed it had captured a "top leader" in the Sahel branch of the Islamic State group and killed several fighters in an operation a day earlier in the east of the country. ... more |
Alleged Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew 'tip of iceberg'London (AFP) Dec 16, 2024 A suspected Chinese spy who became a confidant of disgraced royal Prince Andrew is only the "tip of the iceberg" of Beijing's espionage activities in the UK, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith claimed Monday. ... more  |
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'Eyelash viper', leaf-nosed bat among new species found in MekongHanoi (AFP) Dec 16, 2024 A viper with scales that look like eyelashes and a leaf-nosed bat are among dozens of new species identified in Southeast Asia's Mekong region last year, WWF said Monday. ... more 
Cyclone Chido toll at 34 dead in Mozambique; as France enacts nighttime curfew on MayotteMaputo (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 Cyclone Chido claimed at least 34 lives after sweeping across Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Tuesday. ... more 
Ugandan landslide fears force relocation of 5,000 householdsKampala (AFP) Dec 15, 2024 Uganda will relocate more than 5,000 households in landslide-hit east Uganda as a massive fissure threatens to trigger another deadly disaster, the government said on Sunday. ... more  
Syria since Assad's overthrow: latest developmentsDamascus (AFP) Dec 15, 2024 It has been a week since Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other rebels toppled longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad. ... more |
 
'Part of Bogota's soul': how Colombia fired up the car-free movementBogota (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 Fifty years ago, a 28-year-old Colombian with a bushy beard, flares and vintage Raleigh bicycle led a revolution on the streets of Bogota. ... more
Milan neighborhoods face rising cardiovascular risks during extreme heat eventsParis, France (SPX) Dec 11, 2024 A study by the D-Hygea Lab at the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering at the Politecnico di Milano, in collaboration with the Regional Emergency Agency (AREU), has shed light ... more  
New study highlights critical decline in shark and ray populations since 1970Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2024 A comprehensive study published in *Science* reveals that overfishing has caused populations of chondrichthyan fishes - sharks, rays, and chimaeras - to plummet by more than 50% since 1970. Research ... more  
Seals use icebergs as essential platforms in glacier ecosystemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2024 Harbor seals in icy regions rely on icebergs from glaciers as safe platforms for birthing, raising pups, and molting. A new study reveals how climate-driven changes to glaciers impact these critical ... more |
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One of the largest glacial floods ever documented observed in GreenlandBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 16, 2024 For the first time, researchers have closely observed the catastrophic release of meltwater from a massive glacial lake in East Greenland, where 3,000 billion liters of water cascaded into the Score ... more  
World falls short of drought deal at Saudi-hosted talksRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Dec 14, 2024 Negotiators failed to produce an agreement on how to respond to drought at Saudi-hosted UN talks, participants said on Saturday, falling short of a hoped-for binding protocol addressing the scourge. ... more 
One in 5 properties in England now at risk of floodingLondon (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 Around one in five properties in England are at risk of flooding, a 15 percent increase from 2018, the Environment Agency warned Tuesday using models incorporating new localised data and climate change projections. ... more 
Critically endangered elephant found dead in Bali riverBadung, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 A critically endangered elephant living at a zoo on the Indonesian resort island of Bali was found dead in a river Tuesday after being swept away by strong currents following days of torrential rain, officials said. ... more |
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Red Cross fears more than 200 volunteers missing in France's cyclone-hit MayotteGeneva (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 The Red Cross said Tuesday it feared that more than 200 of its volunteers were missing on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after Cyclone Chido ripped through the islands. ... more |
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Buried landforms unveil ancient glacial history beneath the North SeaLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 16, 2024 An international team of scientists, including a glaciologist from Newcastle University, has uncovered remarkably preserved glacial landforms buried nearly 1 km beneath the North Sea. The discovery ... more  
3D printable bioreactor designs to support space nutritionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2024 NASA's Synthetic Biology Project is collaborating with the GrabCAD community to create innovative 3D-printable bioreactor designs. These bioreactors aim to reduce the mass and volume of supplies nee ... more  
Traces of 10000-year-old rice beer unearthed at neolithic site in ChinaSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 A collaborative research effort has uncovered compelling evidence of rice beer production at the Shangshan site in Zhejiang Province, China, dating back around 10,000 years. This finding sheds light ... more  
Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissueBoston MA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 Metabolic imaging is a noninvasive method that enables clinicians and scientists to study living cells using laser light, which can help them assess disease progression and treatment responses. ... more |
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