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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2025 Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and firetech firm Rain recently completed autonomous wildfire suppression tests using an optionally piloted Black Hawk helicopter in Southern California. The trials marked the first time both companies demonstrated live-fire suppression using integrated autonomous flight and fire management systems. The test flights incorporated Sikorsky's MATRIX autonomy suite with Rain's wildfire mission software, enabling precise detection, planning, and water drops on activ ... read more |
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Exploring new frontiers in mineral extractionBoston MA (SPX) May 01, 2025 The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules." Elsewhere, along active and inactive hydrothermal vents and the deep oc ... more  
Moss method revives Canadian oil well sites into carbon-storing peatlandsLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2025 In a breakthrough for ecological restoration, researchers have developed a scalable technique to transform former oil and gas exploration sites in western Canada back into carbon-rich peatlands. The ... more  
NASA Balloon Mission Prepares for Second Launch in Southern HemisphereLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2025 The second scientific balloon slated for NASA's 2025 New Zealand Super Pressure Balloon Campaign is prepared for launch, pending suitable weather at the Wanaka Airport mid-latitude facility. This mi ... more  
Politecnico di Milano explores global potential of agrivoltaics for land use harmonyParis, France (SPX) Apr 23, 2025 A research team from the Politecnico di Milano has presented new insights into how agrivoltaic systems could resolve growing tensions over land use between agricultural production and solar energy d ... more |
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Climate change takes spice from Indonesia clove farmsTernate, Indonesia (AFP) May 2, 2025 Colonial powers once sought to wipe out cloves grown by locals on the eastern Indonesian island of Ternate to safeguard their monopoly over the prized crop. Today farmers say the gravest threat to their plants is climate change. ... more |
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UK records hottest ever May DayLondon (AFP) May 1, 2025 The UK recorded its hottest ever May Day on Thursday, having just experienced its sunniest April since records began, according to the Met Office. ... more  
Nigeria governors urge army to rethink anti-jihadist strategyDamaturu, Nigeria (AFP) May 1, 2025 State governors in northeast Nigeria on Thursday called on government security forces to rethink their counter-insurgency strategy, after more than 100 people were killed last month in jihadist attacks. ... more  
Animal rights activists denounce Icelandic whaling plansReykjavik (AFP) May 1, 2025 An Icelandic whaling company plans to hunt minke whales this summer in a first for the country since 2021, a decision denounced Thursday by animal rights activists. ... more 
Paramilitary shelling hits Sudan's presidential palace: army sourceKhartoum (AFP) May 1, 2025 Sudan's presidential palace in central Khartoum was shelled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Thursday, a military source said, the second such attack on the capital in a week. ... more |
 
Millions of children to suffer from Trump aid cutsAmman (AFP) May 1, 2025 When he grows up, five-year-old Ahmad wants to be "stronger than Spider-Man". ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Evacuation of DR Congo troops from M23 zone beginsGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 30, 2025 An evacuation of hundreds of Democratic Republic of Congo troops and police trapped for months in UN bases in Goma after the city was taken by M23 rebels began on Wednesday, the ICRC said. ... more  
Will Trump strike drug cartels he says 'run' Mexico?Mexico City (AFP) April 30, 2025 President Donald Trump has boosted the US military presence along the border with Mexico and left open the possibility of drone strikes against drug trafficking groups that he designated terrorist organizations. ... more  
Ancient bone discovery suggests aquatic origins for echidnasSydney, Australia (SPX) May 01, 2025 A fossilized bone unearthed three decades ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia may rewrite the evolutionary history of monotremes, the group of egg-laying mammals that includes echidnas an ... more 
Biodiversity patterns change predictably with scale across ecosystemsBerlin, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2025 The number of species does not rise at a constant rate as the scope of study expands from small local areas to entire continents. This uneven scaling of biodiversity, recognized for decades, now has ... more |
 
Researchers solve one of Earth's ancient volcanic mysteriesCollege Park, MD (SPX) May 01, 2025 Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaii finally connected the dots between one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth's history and its source deep beneath the ... more 
Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?by Zach Winn | MIT News Boston MA (SPX) May 01, 2025 When farmers apply pesticides to their crops, 30 to 50 percent of the chemicals end up in the air or soil instead of on the plants. Now, a team of researchers from MIT ... more  
Booming tourism and climate change threaten Albania's coastTirana (AFP) May 1, 2025 Albania's coast is being hit by a double whammy of climate change and chaotic tourist development. ... more 
Myanmar junta lets post-quake truce expireYangon (AFP) May 1, 2025 Myanmar's military junta let a truce declared to spur aid efforts after last month's earthquake expire on Thursday, a ceasefire that monitors say it consistently violated with air strikes. ... more |
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Seventeen years later, Brood XIV cicadas emerge in US; UK scientists fear insect loss as car bug splats fallWashington (AFP) May 1, 2025 The last time these thrumming, red-eyed bugs burrowed out of the ground across America's suburbs and woodlands was the early summer of 2008. ... more  
Climate change made fire conditions twice as likely in South Korea blazes: studySeoul (AFP) April 30, 2025 Human-induced climate change made the ultra-dry and warm conditions that fanned South Korea's deadliest wildfires in history this March twice as likely and more intense, researchers said Thursday. ... more  
Moment famed tree chopped down played to UK courtLondon (AFP) April 30, 2025 Mobile phone footage was played to a UK court on Wednesday of the moment one of the country's most famous trees was cut down with a chainsaw, sparking national outrage. ... more
Sudan paramilitaries kill at least 165 in Darfur city over 10 days: activistsPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) April 30, 2025 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 165 civilians over the past 10 days in attacks on a besieged city in the war-torn country's western Darfur region, activists said on Wednesday. ... more |
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Explosion in northern China housing complex kills one, injures 21Beijing (AFP) April 30, 2025 An explosion in a residential complex in northern China killed one person and injured 21 on Wednesday, state media said, a day after a restaurant fire killed almost two dozen people. ... more |
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France adopts major new bill to combat drug-related crimeParis (AFP) April 30, 2025 Some of France's most dangerous drug traffickers face being locked up in high-security units in prison in the coming months, as part of a new crackdown on narcotics and drug-related crime. ... more 
UN experts demand probe of reported mass killings in MaliGeneva (AFP) April 30, 2025 UN experts on Wednesday demanded investigations into the alleged summary executions of dozens of people in Mali and the enforced disappearance of others, warning of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity. ... more  
Cambodia approves cement factory in wildlife sanctuaryPhnom Penh (AFP) April 29, 2025 Cambodia's government has approved plans for a cement factory deep inside a protected wildlife sanctuary, according to an order seen by AFP on Tuesday, fuelling environmental concerns. ... more 
Canadian firm makes first bid for international seabed mining licenseNew York (AFP) April 29, 2025 Canada's The Metals Company said Tuesday it applied to the United States to mine deep-sea minerals in international waters, a world first made possible by President Donald Trump's embrace of the industry. ... more |
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