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Much hope as Sudan's election startsJuba, Sudan (UPI) Jan 10, 2011 For four hours Sunday, Joseph Ladu shuffled along in a long line under a baking sun at Memorial Park, the central polling station in Southern Sudan's capital. Like the overwhelming majority of the some 4 million registered Southerners, he was eager to cast his vote for secession from the Arab-dominated North and the creation of Africa's 53rd state. The atmosphere was filled with a euphoric cacophony. African hip-hop played from loudspeakers; women ululated; tribes danced and sang to the beat of ... read more |
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  Constructing Synthetic Proteins That Sustain Life In a groundbreaking achievement that could help scientists "build" new biological systems, Princeton University scientists have constructed for the first time artificial proteins that enable the gro ... more |
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 Wildflower Colors Tell Butterflies How To Do Their Jobs The recipe for making one species into two requires time and some kind of separation, like being on different islands or something else that discourages gene flow between the two budding species. ... more | .. |
  Impact Of Traffic Noise On Sleep Patterns Traffic noise is annoying, it causes stress and sickness - most people would agree to this. To combat the effects of the noise, we first need to understand how humans react to different types of noi ... more | .. |
  Statistical Analysis Can Estimate Crop Performance Scientists at Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom, in collaboration with the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria have developed a method of accounting for ... more | .. |
 Germany seeks to learn dioxin lessons Germany's dioxin scare eased Monday as thousands of farms banned from selling their produce began operating again but the government pressed the animal feed industry to clean up its act. ... more |
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 AFRICOM's Gen. Ward visits Rwanda U.S. Army Gen. William E. Ward, commander of the U.S. Africa Command, is visiting Rwanda to strengthen bilateral U.S.-Rwandan ties. ... more | .. |
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 Ammonites Dined On Plankton Powerful synchrotron scans of Baculites fossils found on American Museum of Natural History expeditions to the Great Plains suggests that the extinct group of marine invertebrates to which they belo ... more | .. |
  Indonesia president talks tough on forest destroyers Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday ordered provincial governors to act more firmly against mining and plantation firms which continue to destroy forests in the country. ... more |
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 Humans First Wore Clothes 170,000 Years Ago A new University of Florida study following the evolution of lice shows modern humans started wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, a technology which enabled them to successfully migrate out of ... more | .. |
 How Mitochondrial Signals Extend Lifespan In making your pro-longevity resolutions, like drinking more red wine and maintaining a vibrant social network, here's one you likely forgot: dialing down your mitochondria. It turns out that slowin ... more |
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 Igloo-Shaped Poo-Gloos Eat Sewage Inexpensive igloo-shaped, pollution-eating devices nicknamed "Poo-Gloos" can clean up sewage just as effectively as multimillion-dollar treatment facilities for towns outgrowing their waste-treatmen ... more | .. |
 Ammonites Last Meal: New Light On Past Marine Food Chains Scientists have discovered direct evidence of the diet of one of the most important group of Ammonites, distant relatives of squids, octopuses and cuttlefishes. The discovery may bring a new insight ... more | .. |
 A Pesky Bacterial Slime Reveals Its Survival Secrets By rethinking what happens on the surface of things, engineers at Harvard University have discovered that Bacillus subtilis biofilm colonies exhibit an unmatched ability to repel a wide range of liq ... more | .. |
 Measuring Variability Of Atmosphere's Self-Cleaning Capacity An international, NOAA-led research team took a significant step forward in understanding the atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself of air pollutants and some other gases, except carbon dioxide. ... more |
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 S. Korea battles renewed spread of bird flu, foot-and-mouth South Korea confirmed three new cases of bird flu on Sunday as the outbreak that began last month further hits farmers who are also battling the nation's worst-ever outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. ... more |
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