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 Charlotte NC (SPX) Nov 08, 2012 Researchers have discovered why plants and animals had a hard time recovering from the largest mass extinction in Earth's history 250 million years ago. The reason: global warming. Because of environmental consequences of rising temperatures, those species that survived the extinction didn't fully recover for 5 million years. The study adds a new chapter to the story of how life was forever altered by giant volcanic eruptions in the Early Triassic period - an event now called the "Great Dying" - a ... read more |
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  UMass Amherst climate modeler identifies trigger for Earth's last big freeze For more than 30 years, climate scientists have debated whether flood waters from melting of the enormous Laurentide Ice Sheet, which ushered in the last major cold episode on Earth about 12,900 yea ... more | |
  Computers "Taught" To ID Regulating Gene Sequences Johns Hopkins researchers have succeeded in teaching computers how to identify commonalities in DNA sequences known to regulate gene activity, and to then use those commonalities to predict other re ... more | |
  World's rarest whale seen for the first time A whale that is almost unknown to science has been seen for the first time after two individuals-a mother and her male calf-were stranded and died on a New Zealand beach. A report in Current Biology ... more | |
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  Taking the 'pulse' of volcanoes using satellite images A new study by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science uses Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data to investigate deformation pr ... more | |
  Scientists Identify Insect-repelling Compounds in Jatropha A tip about a folk remedy plant used in India and Africa to ward off bugs has led to the discovery of insect-repelling compounds. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identifi ... more | |
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RTX's Raytheon secures $529 million contract to bolster Dutch Patriot air defense system
Slingshot Aerospace to enhance USSF technology for GPS jamming and spoofing detection
Hamas to free first 3 Israeli hostages Sunday if cease-fire takes effect | |
  Weizmann Institute scientists observe as humans learn to sense like a rat, with "whiskers" Rats use a sense that humans don't: whisking. They move their facial whiskers back and forth about eight times a second to locate objects in their environment. Could humans acquire this sense? And i ... more | |
  Laos breaks ground on Xayaburi Dam Construction on the controversial Xayaburi Dam on the lower Mekong River in Laos has officially begun, an official said. ... more | |
  French seek compensation for cancelled New York marathon At least 600 French nationals who went to New York for the city's marathon are seeking compensation from travel agents who they say should have known Hurricane Sandy would lead to the race's cancellation, their lawyer said Wednesday. ... more | |
 Death toll in south India floods rises to 45: officials The death toll from floods in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has reached 45, officials said on Wednesday, amid continuing efforts to provide relief to marooned villagers. ... more |
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  2012 US election a 'Moneyball' win for geeks It was not just a victory for President Barack Obama, it was validation for the number-crunchers and statistical model geeks, including a New York Times blogger who became a target for conservatives. ... more | |
 15 feared dead in Guatemala quake A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Guatemala on Wednesday, leaving some 15 people trapped in rubble while 15 others were feared dead in the southwest of the country. ... more | |
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Pakistani satellite joins two others in successful launch
SpaceX set to launch Hisdesat's SpainSat NG I satellite on January 28
OP-ED: John Glenn Is Back | |
  China's Communist Party to open pivotal congress China's all-powerful Communist Party opens its 18th congress on Thursday amid smothering security to unveil a new slate of leaders who will oversee the world's number two economy for the next decade. ... more | |
 Greenpeace stages anti-GM 'toxic warning' protest Greenpeace activists staged a mock fumigation outside EU offices Wednesday to warn off the European Commission from authorising new genetically modified (GM) crops. ... more | |
 Veolia reports profit fall but shares surge Utilities group Veolia Environnement reported a 25-percent fall in operating profits over the first nine months of the year on Wednesday but this was better than expected and its share price jumped 6.47 percent. ... more | |
  Smog in Indian capital blamed on vehicle increase A choking smog that has enveloped New Delhi for more than a week has been partially caused by a rapid increase in vehicles on the streets of India's capital, environmentalists said Wednesday. ... more |
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