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  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Babies can help unlock the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI), according to Trinity College neuroscientists and colleagues who have just published new guiding principles for improving AI. The research, published in the journal 'Nature Machine Intelligence', examines the neuroscience and psychology of infant learning and distils three principles to guide the next generation of AI, which will help overcome the most pressing limitations of machine learning. Dr Lorijn Zaadnoordijk, ... read more |
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World 'sleepwalking' to Somalia famine catastrophe: charityNairobi (AFP) June 23, 2022 The international community is "sleepwalking" towards a catastrophic famine in Somalia, and children are dying because hospitals are at breaking point, the charity Save the Children warned on Thursday. ... more  
Ministers gather for food security conference in BerlinBerlin (AFP) June 24, 2022 Foreign, agriculture and development ministers from around the world are gathering in Berlin on Friday for a conference on food security amid concerns the Ukraine conflict could cause hunger in some countries. ... more 
Humans explaining self-explaining machinesBielefeld, Germany (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Currently, a key question in AI research is how to arrive at comprehensible explanations of underlying machine processes: Should humans be able to explain how machines work, or should machines learn ... more  
Airbus delivers third radar for Copernicus' Sentinel-1 mission with a world premiereFriedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 Airbus has finished the third instrument for the Sentinel-1 satellite series. It features a world premiere of a new separation mechanism which will help avoid space debris. The C-band radar for the ... more |
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Spain near end of four-year drought: weather agency
Argentina searches for baby, sister swept away by floods Argentina searches for baby, young sister swept away by floods Spain targets senior ex-officials in flood deaths probe Switzerland must step up for Geneva-based agencies facing US aid cuts: region chief Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16 Argentina flooding death toll rises to 16, two girls missing Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead 'We have to rebuild a city,' Argentine official says after storm kills 10 Ten dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods |
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Giant bacteria found in Guadeloupe mangroves challenge traditional conceptsWalnut Creek CA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 At first glance, the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even lighter threads in the mix. But in the Petri dish, the thin vermicelli- ... more  
Population bottlenecks that reduced genetic diversity were common throughout human historyBerkeley CA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Human populations have waxed and waned over the millennia, with some cultures exploding and migrating to new areas or new continents, others dropping to such low numbers that their genetic diversity ... more 
Humans can't, but turtles can: Reduce weakening and deterioration with ageOdense, Denmark (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 All living organisms age and die - there is no way of escaping death. But not all organisms follow the same pattern of weakening and deterioration to old age and death - counter-intuitive as it may ... more  
Drought hits Italy's hydroelectric plantsRome (AFP) June 24, 2022 Hydroelectric power in Italy has plunged this year thanks to a drought that has also sparked water restrictions and fears for agriculture, industry sources said Friday. ... more |
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A new light in rice floweringOeiras, Portugal (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Light affects most organisms. In plants, many behaviors and functions are determined by the length of light and dark cycles, including flowering. In the most recent publication of The Proceedings of ... more  
Afghan quake survivors without food and shelter as aid trickles inGayan, Afghanistan (AFP) June 24, 2022 Aid trickled to devastated villages in remote parts of Afghanistan Friday but thousands of people remain without food, shelter and water three days after the country's deadliest earthquake in decades. ... more  
Dozens of Suriname villages await aid following unprecedented floodsBrokopondo, Suriname (AFP) June 24, 2022 A boat meanders between the sheet metal roofs of houses in Baling Sula, one of numerous villages in central Suriname hit by devastating flooding. ... more  
A bright future for 3D printingWaltham MA (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 For the Raytheon Technologies team working on a rapid-response effort at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was only one place to turn: additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing. They ... more |
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Swimming and surfing, Gazans savour a cleaner seaGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) June 24, 2022 Palestinians in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip are rediscovering the pleasures of the Mediterranean Sea, after authorities declared the end of a long period of hazardous marine pollution. ... more 
Freedom and fear: the foundations of America's deadly gun cultureWashington (AFP) June 23, 2022 It was 1776, the American colonies had just declared their independence from England, and as war raged the founding fathers were deep in debate: should Americans have the right to own firearms as individuals, or just as members of local militia? ... more  
Bipartisan group defends sequoia tree bill in California despite oppositionWashington DC (UPI) Jun 23, 2021 A bipartisan trio of lawmakers defended the "Save Our Sequoias Act" on Thursday despite more than 80 environmental groups signing a letter to Congress opposing the act earlier this month. ... more  
Macau shuts almost everything but casinos to battle Covid outbreakHong Kong (AFP) June 23, 2022 Macau tightened social distancing restrictions on Thursday - closing almost everything except casinos - as the Chinese gambling hub embarked on another round of citywide testing to battle a Covid-19 outbreak. ... more 
Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to familiesRio De Janeiro (AFP) June 23, 2022 The bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were handed over to their families Thursday, nearly two and half weeks after they were killed in Brazil's Amazon. ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) June 22, 2022  The United Nations' humanitarian agency said Wednesday it was scrambling to get emergency shelter, trauma care and food aid to the scene of a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan.
The earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds more, with the toll expected to rise.
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a way to make a versatile thermal conductor, with promise for more energy-efficient electronic devices, green buildings and space exploration.
They have demonstrated that a known material used in electronic equipment can now be used as a thermal regulator, too, when it is in a very pure form ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) June 24, 2022 
Hydroelectric power in Italy has plunged this year thanks to a drought that has also sparked water restrictions and fears for agriculture, industry sources said Friday.
Hydropower facilities, mostly located in the mountains in the country's north, provide almost one fifth of Italy's energy demands.
But the lack of rain is causing problems, at a time when Rome is desperately trying to wea ... more |
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 Barentsburg, Svalbard (AFP) June 23, 2022  Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, "Communism is our goal!"
No, this is not some time warp Soviet settlement lost in the Arctic wastes, but a corner of Norway where Moscow can - theoretically at least - mine, build, drill and fish what it likes.
Welcome to Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archip ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) June 24, 2022 
Foreign, agriculture and development ministers from around the world are gathering in Berlin on Friday for a conference on food security amid concerns the Ukraine conflict could cause hunger in some countries.
Representatives from 40 countries, including the hardest-hit nations like Nigeria, Tunisia and Indonesia, will attend the meeting under the title "Uniting for Global Food Security" ahe ... more |
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 Brokopondo, Suriname (AFP) June 24, 2022  A boat meanders between the sheet metal roofs of houses in Baling Sula, one of numerous villages in central Suriname hit by devastating flooding.
Heavy rainfall since January led rivers to burst their banks in the small South American nation, forcing the state energy firm, Staatsolie Power Company Suriname, to open scuppers at a hydroelectric power station in early March to avoid an even gre ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2022 
As the power available to NASA's InSight Mars lander diminishes by the day, the spacecraft's team has revised the mission's timeline in order to maximize the science they can conduct. The lander was projected to automatically shut down the seismometer - InSight's last operational science instrument - by the end of June in order to conserve energy, surviving on what power its dust-laden solar pan ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 
Human populations have waxed and waned over the millennia, with some cultures exploding and migrating to new areas or new continents, others dropping to such low numbers that their genetic diversity plummeted. In some small populations, inbreeding causes once rare genetic diseases to become common, despite their deleterious effects.
A new analysis of more than 4,000 ancient and contemporar ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) June 23, 2022 
The international community is "sleepwalking" towards a catastrophic famine in Somalia, and children are dying because hospitals are at breaking point, the charity Save the Children warned on Thursday.
About 7.1 million Somalis - nearly half the population - are battling hunger, with more than 200,000 on the brink of starvation, according to UN figures issued earlier this month.
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 
Aerospace organizations around the globe, including Axiom Space, are developing new ideas for how humans will explore, conduct research, and do business in low Earth orbit (LEO) when the International Space Station (ISS) is retired at the end of this decade. Regardless of what the next commercial space stations may look like, one thing is certain: humanity's desire for on-orbit scientific resear ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 
New Princeton research shows that prehistoric megatooth sharks - the biggest sharks that ever lived - were apex predators at the highest level ever measured.
Megatooth sharks get their name from their massive teeth, which can each be bigger than a human hand. The group includes Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, as well as several related species.
While sharks of one kind ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) June 22, 2022 
The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to adopt reforms to the EU's carbon market, reversing its surprise rejection two weeks ago of an initial draft of a key part of the bloc's climate plan.
The vote this time saw 439 MEPs in favour - with 157 against and 32 abstentions - of a parliamentary position to negotiate with EU member states for an enlargement of Europe's Emissions Trading Sy ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2022 
China's cryogenic industry stepped onto a new stage early this year, when a crane slowly loaded a specialized helium refrigerator onto a container headed for Canada during a launching ceremony in Zhongshan, Guangdong province.
The high-powered, 10-kilowatt refrigerator, which can reach -253.15 C, made its developer, Beijing Sinoscience Fullcryo Technology Co Ltd, the nation's first company ... more |
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 Lilongwe, Malawi (AFP) June 21, 2022 
Around 250 elephants will be relocated within Malawi, after their population boomed in the Liwonde National Park where they were living, putting a strain on local communities.
The animals will be moved before the end of next month to the Kasungu National Park, where elephant numbers are still too low to sustain their population.
"Poaching has drastically reduced and elephant numbers ar ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 23, 2022 
Hong Kong police have arrested five people for sedition as the city prepares to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Chinese rule and a potential visit from China's leader Xi Jinping.
Two men, aged 28 and 30, were arrested and charged Wednesday with "doing an act or acts with seditious intention", which carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail.
They were suspected of posting messages ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 23, 2021 
A bipartisan trio of lawmakers defended the "Save Our Sequoias Act" on Thursday despite more than 80 environmental groups signing a letter to Congress opposing the act earlier this month.
The bill introduced on Wednesday is aimed at expediting reforestation and protection efforts in California's Sequoia National Forest. But more than 80 environmental organizations signed a letter to mem ... more |
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