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Southeast U.S. may face 'Troptober'State College, Pa. (UPI) Sep 21, 2010 The southeastern U.S. faces the possibility of being battered by multiple tropical storms or hurricanes next month in what forecasters have dubbed "Troptober." The period starting in late September and into October could yield three to five named tropical systems as the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and the southwestern Atlantic are primed to explode, Accuweather.com reported Tuesday. Forecasters are concerned the raging La Nina and its associated cool waters in the tropical Pa ... read more |
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Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 21, 2010Were our early mammalian ancestors vegetarians, vegans or omnivores? It's difficult for anthropologists to determine the diet of early mammalians because current fossil analysis provides too little information. But a new method that measures the size of chips in tooth fossils can help determine the kinds of foods these early humans consumed. Prof. Herzl Chai of Tel Aviv University's School ... more  
Exeter, UK (SPX) Sep 21, 2010Tool use is so rare in the animal kingdom that it was once believed to be a uniquely human trait. While it is now known that some non-human animal species can use tools for foraging, the rarity of this behaviour remains a puzzle. It is generally assumed that tool use played a key role in human evolution, so understanding this behaviour's ecological context, and its evolutionary roots, is of majo ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2010The nation's ability to detect and forecast tsunamis has improved since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but current efforts are still not sufficient to meet challenges posed by tsunamis generated near land that leave little time for warning, says a new congressionally requested report from the National Research Council. The report calls for a comprehensive national assessment of tsunami ris ... more |
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China's SAIC considering stake in GM: reportNew York (AFP) Sept 20, 2010 China's largest automaker, SAIC, is considering buying a stake in General Motors when it reverts to a public company in the coming months, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday on its website. SAIC, which has built vehicles with GM in China since the 1990's, "hasn't decided whether to participate in the initial public offering but has expressed interest in doing so," the WSJ reported, citing "people familiar with the matter." The initial public offering, which is expected shortly after the Nov ... read more |
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