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Natural Selection May Not Produce The Best Organisms
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 22, 2008"Survival of the fittest" is the catch phrase of evolution by natural selection. While natural selection favors the most fit organisms around, evolutionary biologists have long wondered whether this leads to the best possible organisms in the long run. A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, led by Drs. Matthew Cowperthwaite and Lauren Ancel Meyers, has developed a new ... more EPA Releases Report On Climate Change And Health 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 22, 2008The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that discusses the potential impacts of climate change on human health, human welfare, and communities in the U.S. The report, entitled "Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems," also identifies adaptation strategies to help respond to the challenges of a changing climate and ident ... more India opens key nuclear debate 
New Delhi (AFP) July 21, 2008The future of India's coalition government and a controversial nuclear deal with the United States were hanging in the balance Monday as parliament opened debate ahead of a key confidence vote. The Indian government will collapse and early elections will be called if the coalition of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh loses a vote on Tuesday. Experts say the outcome is too close to call. ... more Walker's World: European economies unravel 
Paris (UPI) Jul 21, 2008 The contradictions in Europe's economies are becoming stark. In Britain, the government has resorted to its highest level of borrowing since the public finance records first began in 1946. It borrowed $49 billion in the last three months, an annual rate of $200 billion, which is close to 10 percent of GDP. In June the prices British manufacturers paid for their raw materials and fuel ... more Vocal Communication Evolved With Ancient Species 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 22, 2008It's a long way from the dull hums of the amorous midshipman fish to the strains of a Puccini aria - or, alas, even to the simplest Celine Dion melody. But the neural circuitry that led to the human love song - not to mention birdsongs, frog thrums and mating calls of all manner of vertebrates - was likely laid down hundreds of millions of years ago with the hums and grunts of the homely piscine ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 2008 Democratic capitalism is the lifeblood of democracy. While socialism is the equal sharing of miseries, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings, but what we see at work today is the slow-motion advance of a life-threatening disease in our body politic. "Unequal" has become a license for a mishmash of insider trading, naked share shorting, off-the ... more Bangladesh to escape flooding this year: experts 
Dhaka (AFP) July 21, 2008Bangladesh is likely to escape major flooding this year despite higher than average rainfall since the beginning of the current monsoon season, weather experts said Monday. The head of the nation's meteorological department said scientists did not foresee heavy rainfalls posing a problem in the coming months. "So far on the basis of meteorological data, we can say that there is very ... more Amazon powers Atlantic Ocean's carbon sink: study 
Chicago (AFP) July 21, 2008Nutrients carried by the Amazon River help create a carbon sink deep in the Atlantic Ocean, a study released Monday has found. The key ingredients transported by the river are iron and phosphorus. These elements are all that an organism called a diazotroph needs to capture nitrogen and carbon from the air and transform them into organic solids that then sink to the ocean floor. ... more Indian govt makes passionate appeal to save US nuclear deal 
New Delhi (AFP) July 21, 2008India's government, which risks losing power over a nuclear accord with the US, on Monday urged lawmakers to back the pact, saying it is indispensable to the country's energy security. Communist partners of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition withdrew support earlier this month to protest the deal, and forced a special two-day parliamentary session in a bid to vote out the government. ... more Oil prices rally on Dolly storm, Iran concerns 
New York (AFP) July 21, 2008Oil prices rebounded Monday, after falling more than 16 dollars last week, as a tropical storm barreled into the Gulf of Mexico and the international community tightened pressure on Iran to halt its nuclear program. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, advanced 2.16 dollars to close at 131.04 dollars a barrel. In London, Brent North Sea crude for September ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2008Mars once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life, according to two new studies based on data from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) and other instruments on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). "The big surprise from these new results is how pervasive and long-lasting Mars' ... more NASA Works To Improve Short-Term Weather Forecasts 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2008Sometimes seconds count. If a furious, tornado-spitting thunderstorm was bearing down on your home town, a few moments might make all the difference in the world. Will McCarty, a graduate student at the National Space Science and Technology Center, is working with data from NASA's Aqua satellite to improve short-term weather predictions--the kind that could help you dodge that thunderstorm ... more NASA Spacecraft Shows Diverse, Wet Environments On Ancient Mars 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2008Two studies based on data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed that the Red Planet once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life. One study, published in the July 17 issue of Nature, shows that vast regions of the ancient highlands of Mars, which cover about half the planet, contain clay minerals, which ... more Indian govt faces uncertain future as confidence vote looms 
New Delhi (AFP) July 19, 2008The future of India's government and a controversial atomic energy deal with Washington hang in the balance this week with the coalition facing a confidence vote seen as being too close to call. The Indian parliament opens debate on Monday and is expected to decide Tuesday whether the Congress-led government, grappling for support after being ditched by its communist allies, will stay in off ... more Analysis: Nuke-proofing the U.S. border 
Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2008 Confusion and miscommunication at border crossings allowed large amounts of potentially dangerous materials to enter the United States without adequate checks, a government investigation has revealed. In a report released this week, the Government Accountability Office, Congress' investigative arm, called on border patrol officers and nuclear regulators to do a better job of tracking ... more
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