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A huge volcanic eruption in China some 260 million years ago led to the sudden extermination of marine life clear around the world, British paleontologists announced Thursday, in a report being published this week in the journal Science. The researchers were able to pinpoint the exact timing of the massive eruption thanks to a layer of fossilized rock which showed mass extinction of ... read more 
Chicago IL (AFP) May 29, 2009The global swine flu death toll marched past 100 on Wednesday with one new fatality reported in the United States and four more in Mexico, the two countries where the first outbreaks were reported. Prior to the latest North American deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) had reported the global toll at 95, with 13,398 people in 48 countries infected with the A(H1N1) virus since it was ... more |
From oil spills to new species: how tech reveals the ocean
Australians welcome departure of baby wombat grabber Nepal community efforts revive red panda population Take 'precautionary approach' on deep-sea mining: top official tells AFP BP says gas leak stopped off coast of Senegal, Mauritania Sea levels rise by 'unexpected' amount in 2024: NASA Spain to face increasingly 'severe' droughts: report Brazil mine disaster trial ends with claimants hopeful of justice Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan sign border deal to boost regional stability Less mapped than the Moon: quest to reveal the seabed 
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Sydney, Australia (AFP) May 29, 2009A cruise ship carrying three crew infected with swine flu was Thursday turned away from a north Australian port as authorities commissioned 10 million doses of vaccine and confirmed cases rose to 147. The P and O liner Pacific Dawn was asked to cut short its trip to the Great Barrier Reef and northern Queensland, and passengers would not allowed to disembark, state premier Anna Bligh said. ... more  
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 28, 2009Heavy rain in northeast Brazil broke open a dam, releasing a wall of water that destroyed 500 homes and killed four people, officials said Thursday. The government of the northeastern state of Piaui said the damage wrought Wednesday by the breach outside the town of Cocal left an estimated 2,500 people homeless. Four people, including a 12-year-old girl, died when the waters in the ... more  
Hanoi (AFP) May 28, 2009Five people, including three children, were killed as heavy rain lashed Vietnam's northern Nghe An province, an official said Thursday. "The five were killed in a landslide overnight on Tuesday in the Yen Tinh district," said Vi Van Hoi, vice-president of Tuong Duong district council. "More than 800 millimetres (31 inches) of rain has fallen on the province over the last few days and it ... more  
Porong, Indonesia (AFP) May 28, 2009With no justice from her government, Indonesian villager Parti has her own plans for the company executives blamed for unleashing a mud volcano that buried her village three years ago. Throw them in the steaming, stinking sludge and let them burn, she says. "Let them burn to death so they can feel my suffering," said the 55-year-old mother of two, one of thousands of bitter victims who ... more |
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Goonhilly Provides Critical Communications for Lunar Mission, Advancing Moon EconomyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd continues to play a pivotal role in lunar exploration and infrastructure expansion, reinforcing its importance in humanity's return to the Moon. Goonhilly is delive ... more 
Spire Establishes Two-Way Optical Link Between Satellites in OrbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a leading provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has successfully demonstrated a two-way optical communication link between two satellites in o ... more
  
Alibaba shares surge after launch of new DeepSeek competitorBeijing (AFP) Mar 6, 2025 Alibaba shares surged more than seven percent in Hong Kong trade on Thursday after the Chinese tech giant launched an artificial intelligence model it says can compete with DeepSeek, this year's surprise tech star. ... more 
Christie's first AI art auction sees hits... and plenty of missesNew York (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Christie's first auction of art made by artificial intelligence (AI) ended Wednesday with mixed results, providing scant clues as to the future of the new and controversial medium. ... more 
Amazon Prime Video tests AI-assisted dubbingSan Francisco (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Amazon's Prime Video streaming service announced Wednesday it will begin testing AI-assisted dubbing to make its international content more accessible to viewers worldwide. ... more
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Khartoum (AFP) May 28, 2009Sudan's armed forces on Thursday retook the Darfur town of Kornoy, near the border with Chad, which had fallen into rebel hands of rebels last week, an army spokesman said. Troops "have complete control" of the Kornoy area, which liesabout 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the border in northwest Darfur, Othman al-Aghbash told the Sudanese Media Centre, which is close to the intelligence service ... more 
Miami (AFP) May 28, 2009The first tropical depression of the north Atlantic's hurricane season formed Thursday and forecasters said it would likely reach tropical storm strength before petering out over open seas. "The depression is forecast to become a tropical storm over the next day or so, but then is expected to weaken or dissipate over colder waters by Saturday," the National Hurricane Center said. At 1500 ... more  
Moscow (AFP) May 28, 2009Russian naval bosses said Thursday that pirates among 29 it captured on a so-called mother ship off Somalia have been handed over to Iranian and Pakistani investigators, news agencies reported. "At the start of May, after having conducted preliminary enquiries aboard the Admiral Panteleev (destroyer)... one group of pirates held were delivered to Iranian authorities and another to Pakistan," ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2009Relatives of people killed when China crushed the Tiananmen protests called Thursday for help in finding out what happened to victims unaccounted for, days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the crackdown. The "Tiananmen Mothers," a group of 128 relatives, also asked for an investigation into the military's actions on June 3-4, 1989, when tanks rolled towards Tiananmen Square, killing hundreds ... more |
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Nearby Supernovae Linked to Two Ancient Earth Extinctions
Less mapped than the Moon: quest to reveal the seabed
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