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Species Accumulate On Earth At Slower Rates Than In The PastPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Oct 01, 2010 Computational biologists at the University of Pennsylvania say that species are still accumulating on Earth but at a slower rate than in the past. In the study, published in the journal PLoS Biology, Penn researchers developed a novel computational approach to infer the dynamics of species diversification using the family trees of present-day species. Using nine patterns of diversification as alternative models, they examined 289 phylogenies, or evolutionary trees, representing amphibians, arthrop ... read more |
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Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico (AFP) Sept 29, 2010Mudslides have killed at least 18 people and left 13 missing in southern Mexico, the latest misery in an unusually fierce rainy season, authorities said Wednesday. A mudslide killed at least 16 people and left four missing in the village of Reforma in Mexico's southernmost Chiapas state, according to a state official. "Their bodies have been recovered. There are eight children and eight ... more  
Apia, Samoa (AFP) Sept 29, 2010Samoa on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of a tsunami that killed 143 people, as a fresh earthquake heightened painful memories of the Pacific nation's worst natural disaster. Dawn vigils were held across the country for victims of the tsunami, which also claimed 34 lives in American Samoa and nine in Tonga. In a freak seismic catastrophe, three quakes in rapid succession measurin ... more  
Arlington TX (SPX) Oct 01, 2010Biologists from The University of Texas at Arlington have uncovered virus fragments from the same family of the modern Hepatitis B virus locked inside the genomes of songbirds such as the modern-day zebra finch. The article marks the first time that endogenous hepadnaviruses have been found in any organism. An endogenous virus is one that deposits itself or fragments of itself into the chr ... more |
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France's Areva boss due in Niger over hostagesNiamey (AFP) Sept 30, 2010 The head of French nuclear firm Areva, Anne Lauvergeon, will be in Niger on Thursday and Friday, after the kidnapping of seven expatriate hostages employed by the firm and a subsidiary, a presidential source said Thursday. Lauvergeon will meet Niger's President Salou Djibo on Thursday at 5:00 pm (1600 GMT) and on Friday at 6:00 pm, the source told AFP. Areva, which has over the past few days refused to announce the date of the trip, confirmed to AFP in Paris Thursday that Lauvergon was headed fo ... read more |
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