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WHO Declares Flu Pandemic: Could Last Two Years
Geneva (AFP) June 11, 2009
The swine flu crisis has escalated into the world's first influenza pandemic in 40 years, the World Health Organization declared Thursday, after infecting tens of thousands of people in 74 countries. WHO Director General Margaret Chan said the declaration of a "moderate" pandemic should not spark panic and did not mean the death toll from A(H1N1), which currently stands at 144, would rise ... read more

Rich countries failing in climate pledges, says India
Bonn, Germany (AFP) June 11, 2009
India blasted rich countries at the UN climate talks on Thursday, accusing them of snubbing scientists' warnings to slash their emissions of greenhouse gases by 40 percent by 2020 over 1990 levels. India's special envoy, Shyam Saran, said efforts to complete a new climate pact in Copenhagen this December hinged on advanced economies delivering "clarity" on the scale of their emissions cuts. ... more

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New Molecular Clock Aids Dating Of Human Migration History
Leeds, UK (SPX) Jun 12, 2009
Researchers at the University of Leeds have devised a more accurate method of dating ancient human migration - even when no corroborating archaeological evidence exists. Estimating the chronology of population migrations throughout mankind's early history has always been problematic. The most widely used genetic method works back to find the last common ancestor of any particular set of ... more

Electronic Pill Measures pH Levels In Digestive Tract
New York NY (SPX) Jun 12, 2009
An electronic diagnostic tool called the SmartPill is swallowed by patients in order to take measurements as it travels through the gastrointestinal tract. A new study by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center used the device in patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis (UC), determining that they have significantly more acidic pH in their colons ... more

China says no to greenhouse gas cuts after talks with US
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2009
China will not accept binding cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions, an official said Thursday, after the United States said it made progress with Beijing in talks here on a global climate pact. The comments came after a visit by US climate change envoy Todd Stern aimed at pressing the Asian giant to commit to hard numbers on emissions reductions ahead of December talks in Copenhagen on a new ... more

High Population Density Triggers Cultural Explosions
London, UK (SPX) Jun 12, 2009
Increasing population density, rather than boosts in human brain power, appears to have catalysed the emergence of modern human behaviour, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) scientists published in the journal Science. High population density leads to greater exchange of ideas and skills and prevents the loss of new innovations. It is this skill maintenance ... more

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    Climate disasters: UN report sketches countries with risk profile
    Bonn, Germany (AFP) June 11, 2009
    Disasters caused by climate change will inflict the highest losses in poor countries with weak governments that have dashed for growth and failed to shield populations which settle in exposed areas, a UN report said on Thursday. "Disaster risk is not evenly distributed," said the report, released on the sidelines of the world climate talks in Bonn, as it urged countries to shore up ... more

    Climate pledges bound to breach key warming target: scientists
    Bonn, Germany (AFP) June 11, 2009
    Pledges currently on the table at the UN climate talks will doom Earth to a warming of more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), a figure that has been widely endorsed as a safe limit, scientists said on Thursday. Warming "is virtually certain to exceed 2 C" (3.6 F) compared to pre-industrial times, said their assessment of national positions. The study was published online ... more

    Fire Mitigation Work In Western US Misplaced
    Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 12, 2009
    Only 11 percent of wildfire mitigation efforts undertaken as a result of a long-term federal fuels-reduction program to cut down catastrophic wildfire risk to communities have been undertaken near people's homes or offices in the past five years, says a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. The analysis of the U.S. National Fire Plan shows that as more Americans live in ... more

    Bacteria From The Deep Can Clean Up Heavy Metals
    London, UK (SPX) Jun 12, 2009
    A species of bacteria, isolated from sediments deep under the Pacific Ocean, could provide a powerful clean-up tool for heavy metal pollution. Writing in the current issue of the journal, Microbiology, Professor Gejiao Wang and his colleagues from Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, PR China describe how a particular strain of Brachybacterium, strain Mn32, proved to be highly effect ... more

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