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For New York rats, a question of sink or swim New York (AFP) Oct 31, 2012 As Hurricane Sandy pushed floodwater through New York's streets and into its subways, many wondered how the city's infamous rat population would fare - sink or swim? For some, the deluge that accompanied Sandy raised fears of a "ratpocalypse," with the city's least glamourous residents crawling in their thousands up out of their subterranean habitats and into the streets. Others pondered the possibility of a grim "rat soup," imagining dozens of the rodents drowned and floating along on the tide ... read more |
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Tabletop fault model reveals why some quakes result in faster shaking The more time it takes for an earthquake fault to heal, the faster the shake it will produce when it finally ruptures, according to a new study by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley ... more | .. |
Navy Oceanographers Delve Deeper in Wave Data to Improve Forecasts Around the globe, mariners and navies alike have long observed and included weather and sea states in navigational planning when plotting course or developing military strategy. And although forecas ... more | .. |
Inspiration from Mother Nature leads to improved wood Using the legendary properties of heartwood from the black locust tree as their inspiration, scientists have discovered a way to improve the performance of softwoods widely used in construction. ... more | .. | ||
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New study to examine ecological tipping points in hopes of preventing them Predation by otters keeps urchin populations in check, allowing kelp - a favorite food of urchins - to flourish. But what if otters were harvested to near extinction for their fur? The resulting ove ... more | .. |
Action needed to prevent more devastating tree diseases entering the UK The UK Government has recently imposed a ban on importing foreign ash trees in order to prevent the spread of the disease Chalara, which kills the trees and has entered the country via imports from ... more | .. |
Scientists Find Aphid Resistance in Black Raspberry There's good news for fans of black raspberries: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist and his commercial colleague have found black raspberries that have resistance to a disease-spreadi ... more | .. |
Desert farming forms bacterial communities that promote drought resistance When there is little water available for plants to grow, their roots form alliances with soil microbes that can promote plant growth even under water-limiting conditions, according to research publi ... more |
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New micropumps for hand-held medical labs produce pressures 500 times higher than car tire In an advance toward analyzing blood and urine instantly at a patient's bedside instead of waiting for results from a central laboratory, scientists are reporting development of a new micropump capa ... more | .. |
Exhaustive family tree for birds shows recent, rapid diversification A Yale-led scientific team has produced the most comprehensive family tree for birds to date, connecting all living bird species - nearly 10,000 in total - and revealing surprising new details about ... more | .. |
Sandy as bad as 9/11 for New York hospitals: doctor With power outages and emergency evacuations of seriously ill patients in hurricane-strength winds, New York hospitals faced their biggest challenge this week since the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to a senior doctor. ... more | .. |
China think-tank calls for end to one-child policy China should phase out its unpopular one-child policy and let families have two children by 2015, an influential think-tank with close links to the government has proposed. ... more |
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Pacific sharks disappearing into soup: study Pacific stocks of the oceanic whitetip shark, a favourite of fin soup enthusiasts, sank by as much as 17 percent a year between 1995 and 2010 despite catch and finning limits, a study said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Toy helicopters restricted as China tightens security Restrictions on the sale of radio-controlled helicopters and planes have been imposed in Beijing as China heightens security before a once-in-a-decade leadership change, state media said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Limited NY subway service to resume: governor Limited service will resume Thursday on New York's subway trains, state Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday, with lower Manhattan still cut off because of ongoing power outages. ... more | .. |
Outside View: Mitt: Trick or treat? On Oct. 31, in many countries, tens of millions of children will don costumes to celebrate Halloween and go "trick or treating" for candy and other trinkets. Encouraging treats is meant to discourage tricks. And costumes in the United States range from scary Frankenstein monster lookalikes to movie characters and celebrities such as Superman, Hollywood and sports stars and even former U.S. presidents. ... more |
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EU Council adopts marine fuel sulfur cuts The European Union has adopted a new measure placing strict limits on the sulfur content of marine fuels, especially those used in the Baltic and North Seas. ... more | .. |
Vietnam jails musicians for propaganda A Vietnamese court jailed two musicians for spreading anti-state propaganda by writing songs criticizing the communist government. ... more | .. |
Obama vows to stand with superstorm Sandy victims US President Barack Obama, in a helicopter scudding low over flattened homes and swamped streets, on Wednesday toured the devastation wrought on New Jersey's coastline by superstorm Sandy. ... more | .. |
Switzerland lifts ban on Novartis flu vaccine Switzerland's national drug agency announced Wednesday it was lifting a ban on sales of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis after documenting that concerns over impurities were unfounded. ... more |
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Panic power withdrawals hit New York banks There was a post-hurricane run on Manhattan banks Wednesday, but the panic was to withdraw electricity, not cash. ... more | .. |
Americans take to social media to help post-Sandy As the US East Coast slowly cleaned up from superstorm Sandy, those hoping to help the millions without power or food took to tweeting, posting and crowdsourcing Wednesday to mobilize much-needed aid. ... more | .. |
New York re-emerges from Sandy damage Storm-battered New York got slowly back on its feet on Wednesday, with Wall Street and two of the city's airports up and running after a monster storm that left more than 50 Americans dead. ... more | .. |
New study sheds light on how and when vision evolved The study, which used computer modelling to provide a detailed picture of how and when opsins evolved, sheds light on the origin of sight in animals, including humans. The evolutionary origins of vi ... more |
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How to make stem cells - nuclear reprogramming moves a step forward The idea of taking a mature cell and removing its identity (nuclear reprogramming) so that it can then become any kind of cell, holds great promise for repairing damaged tissue or replacing bone mar ... more | .. |
Two Perfect Days for IceBridge After two no-fly days for aircraft maintenance and weather, IceBridge surveyed the Ronne Ice Shelf grounding line and took high-altitude measurements of four glaciers in West Antarctica. These ... more | .. |
NASA Radar Penetrates Thick, Thin of Gulf Oil Spill Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have developed a method to use a specialized NASA 3-D imaging radar to characterize the oil in ... more | .. |
Small organisms could dramatically impact world's climate Warmer oceans in the future could significantly alter populations of phytoplankton, tiny organisms that could have a major impact on climate change. In the current issue of Science Express, Michigan ... more |
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Canadian researchers discover fossils of first feathered dinosaurs from North America The ostrich-like dinosaurs in the original Jurassic Park movie were portrayed as a herd of scaly, fleet-footed animals being chased by a ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex. New research published in the pr ... more | .. |
Did the changing climate shrink Europe's ancient hippos? Giant German hippopotamuses wallowing on the banks of the Elbe are not a common sight. Yet 1.8 million years ago hippos were a prominent part of European wildlife, when mega-fauna such as woolly mam ... more | .. |
Fishing for answers off Fukushima Japan's "triple disaster," as it has become known, began on March 11, 2011, and remains unprecedented in its scope and complexity. To understand the lingering effects and potential public health imp ... more | .. |
Polar bears seen taking refuge on icebergs A previously unsuspected sanctuary for polar bears in the arctic has been discovered, the makers of a British television documentary say. ... more |
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