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  Montreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 29, 2023 Who do children prefer to learn from? Previous research has shown that even infants can identify the best informant. But would preschoolers prefer learning from a competent robot over an incompetent human? According to a new paper by Concordia researchers published in the Journal of Cognition and Development, the answer largely depends on age. The study compared two groups of preschoolers: one of three-year-olds, the other of five-year-olds. The children participated in Zoom meetings featuri ... read more |
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Earth prefers to serve life in XXS and XXL sizes: UBC researchVancouver, Canada (SPX) Mar 30, 2023 Life comes in all shapes in sizes, but some sizes are more popular than others, new research from the University of British Columbia has found. In the first study of its kind published in PLOS ONE, ... more  
Deep ocean currents around Antarctica headed for collapse, study findsSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 30, 2023 The deep ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica could be headed for collapse, say scientists. Such decline of this ocean circulation will stagnate the bottom of the oceans and generate furth ... more  
Ancient giant amphibians swam like crocodiles 250 million years agoJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Mar 30, 2023 Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a study published March 29, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by David P. Groenewald of the U ... more  
Israel parties discuss justice reforms after Netanyahu U-turnJerusalem (AFP) March 29, 2023 Israeli politicians held a second day of talks Wednesday on controversial judicial reforms that sparked mass protests and a general strike in the country's most severe domestic crisis in years. ... more |
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Indonesia digs out as flooding, landslide death toll hits 20
16 dead, seven missing in Indonesia flood: disaster agency Storm Bert bring widespread flooding in Britain Landslide kills nine in DR Congo Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK are Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK Storm Bert wreaks havoc across UK and Ireland IMF sees 'limited' impact of floods on Spain GDP growth Libya's Derna hosts theatre festival year after flash flood Finland snowstorm leaves tens of thousands without power |
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DNA reveals African and Asian ancestry of medieval Swahili peopleYork UK (SPX) Mar 30, 2023 People living on the 'Swahili coast' - the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Africa - have African and Asian ancestry according to new research on ancient DNA. Archaeologists believe that the resu ... more 
Danish Zoo hopes to ignite panda romanceCopenhagen (AFP) March 29, 2023 Concerned that its two pandas are slow to breed, Copenhagen Zoo has begun a new strategy to encourage mating - giving the prospective couple more time to get to know each other. ... more  
Leaders must 'urgently' act to avoid climate 'Armageddon': Vanuatu PMUnited Nations, United States (AFP) March 29, 2023 To address the climate crisis, world leaders "need to react and react very quickly - urgently," warned Vanuatu's prime minister during an AFP interview in New York. ... more  
NASA Releases Agency Climate StrategyWashington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2023 NASA has been working to better understand our home planet from the unique vantage point of space since the first TIROS satellites launched in the 1960s. Today, with more than two dozen Earth-observ ... more |
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UN adopts landmark resolution on climate justiceUnited Nations, United States (AFP) March 29, 2023 The UN General Assembly took a major step towards urgent global climate action Wednesday as members adopted a resolution calling for the world body's top court to outline nations' legal obligations related to curbing warming. ... more  
UK warned to fix 'lost decade' of climate readinessLondon (AFP) March 29, 2023 After a "lost decade" of minimal planning, Britain must do a lot more towards mitigating the worst effects of climate change, a panel of government advisors said Wednesday. ... more 
Europe rights court hears climate cases against governmentsStrasbourg, France (AFP) March 29, 2023 Cases opened Wednesday before the European Court of Human Rights against France and Switzerland over alleged failings to protect the environment, marking the first time governments are in the court's dock for alleged climate change inaction. ... more  
Ecuador landslide death toll rises to 14, dozens missingQuito (AFP) March 30, 2023 The death toll from a major landslide in southern Ecuador has risen to 14, authorities said Wednesday, as emergency crews race to find survivors among several dozen people still missing days after the disaster. ... more |
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US condemns Myanmar dissolving Suu Kyi partyWashington (AFP) March 29, 2023 The United States on Wednesday condemned Myanmar's junta for dissolving the party of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and warned that the move would bring more instability. ... more 
Removing Colombian druglord's hippos to cost $3.5 mnBogota (AFP) March 30, 2023 Colombia said Wednesday it was making progress on the transfer of 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of deceased druglord Pablo Escobar carries a hefty price tag: $3.5 million. ... more  
Names Fiona, Ian removed from UN's hurricane rosterGeneva (AFP) March 29, 2023 The death and destruction caused by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian last year has prompted the UN weather agency to remove the names from a rotating list of storm titles, it said Wednesday. ... more 
Biden to visit Mississippi town ravaged by tornadoWashington (AFP) March 29, 2023 US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will visit Rolling Fork, Mississippi on March 31, a week after it was devastated by a tornado that ripped through the southern state, killing at least 25 people. ... more 
Chinese scientists solve mystery of cubic iceBeijing, China (SPX) Mar 30, 2023 Scientists from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have made a major breakthrough in the study of ice by confirming the formation of pure-phase cubic ice at low-temper ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 27, 2023 
The White House on Monday called a school shooting in Nashville "heartbreaking" and urged Republicans to back President Joe Biden's push for a ban on the assault weapons commonly used in US mass shootings.
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden had been briefed on the "heartbreaking news of another shooting of innocents" and she asked what Republicans were waiting for to stop sales of ... more |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Mar 28, 2023 
The Airbus-built Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F satellite has reached its geostationary orbit, 36,000km away after five months of Electric Orbit Raising (EOR). It has completed comprehensive testing at its orbital position ahead of entering full service. For this purpose, it was equipped with a camera at the tip of one of the robotic arms hosting the electric propulsion thrusters, allowing us to share thi ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 29, 2023 
To address the climate crisis, world leaders "need to react and react very quickly - urgently," warned Vanuatu's prime minister during an AFP interview in New York.
Ishmael Kalsakau responded to AFP questions on Tuesday, a day before the UN General Assembly was expected to adopt a resolution led by his Pacific archipelago nation calling on the International Court of Justice to issue an opin ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 30, 2023  The deep ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica could be headed for collapse, say scientists. Such decline of this ocean circulation will stagnate the bottom of the oceans and generate further impacts affecting climate and marine ecosystems for centuries to come.
The results are detailed in a new study coordinated by Scientia Professor Matthew England, Deputy Director of the ARC Ce ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2023  Average crop yields in Africa are consistently far below those expected, and one significant reason is the prevalence of counterfeit seeds whose germination rates are far lower than those of the genuine ones. The World Bank estimates that as much as half of all seeds sold in some African countries are fake, which could help to account for crop production that is far below potential.
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 Jakarta (AFP) March 28, 2023 
The offspring of Indonesia's infamous Krakatoa volcano erupted several times on Tuesday, sending a huge volcanic ash tower some 2,500 metres (8,200 feet) into the sky.
Mount Anak Krakatoa, which means Child of Krakatoa, erupted four times, officials said, with the biggest followed by another that sent a column of smoke and ash 1,500 metres above its crater.
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 Khartoum (AFP) March 26, 2023 
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan called on troops Sunday to "end" support for authoritarian leaders as talks begin on military reforms, part of a prolonged transition to civilian rule.
Burhan seized power in a 2021 coup that had derailed a short-lived democratic transition following the 2019 ouster of Islamist general Omar al-Bashir.
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 Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) March 25, 2023 
Each spring, as Japanese celebrate cherry blossom season, Mexicans enjoy their own version of the cherished tradition thanks to the century-old legacy of a landscape gardener from the Asian nation.
In Mexico, however, it is not cherry trees but blooming jacarandas that turn the capital into a sea of violet.
Admiring the blossoms has become an annual event in the Mexico City since Japanes ... more |
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 Strasbourg, France (AFP) March 29, 2023 
Cases opened Wednesday before the European Court of Human Rights against France and Switzerland over alleged failings to protect the environment, marking the first time governments are in the court's dock for alleged climate change inaction.
The case against Switzerland is based on a complaint by an association of elderly people - who call themselves the "Club of Climate Seniors" - concern ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2023 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has signed an agreement to acquire the business of Holding Sinergise d.o.o. ("Sinergise"), a leading developer platform for earth observation (EO) data. By reducing the complexity of analysis and insights extraction, as well as the cost of EO data storage, Planet aims to continue expanding into new vertical markets with products and applications where EO data is highly ... more |
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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Mar 27, 2023  Is nitrate responsible for algae, flowers, and even your neighbors? A team of Virginia Tech geoscientists have unearthed evidence that may indicate yes. The team's findings, recently published in Science Advances, reveal an increase in biologically available nitrogen during the time that marine eukaryotes - organisms whose cells have a nucleus - became dominate. Complex eukaryotic cells evolved ... more |
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 London (AFP) March 29, 2023 
After a "lost decade" of minimal planning, Britain must do a lot more towards mitigating the worst effects of climate change, a panel of government advisors said Wednesday.
Record-breaking heat and wildfires last year, and recurrent flooding, are a portent of worse to come even if the UK meets its goal of "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050, the experts said in a 340-page report.
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 Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 29, 2023 
Lead author Yurii Victorovich Kovtun, despite being forced to evacuate the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology amid the current Russia-Ukraine war, has continued to work with Kyoto University to create stable plasmas using microwaves.
Getting plasma just right is one of the hurdles to harnessing the massive amounts of energy promised by nuclear fusion.
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 Copenhagen (AFP) March 27, 2023 
A Danish artist famous for his towering wooden trolls sent fans on a worldwide quest Monday to find his latest creation.
Thomas Dambo has created a complex treasure hunt to find "Moon Mother", his 100th troll sculpture, who he said has "crawled into the most secret spot in the forest" to give birth.
His giant figures inspired by Scandinavian folk tales are often located off the beaten tr ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) March 25, 2023  Brazil's leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was due to head to China for key talks with President Xi Jinping, has indefinitely postponed his trip to recover from pneumonia, the government said Saturday.
Lula, who succeeded the far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro at the start of the year, had hoped to use the trip next week to reclaim his country's role in global diplomacy, with discus ... more |
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 Dhaka (AFP) March 28, 2023 
Conservationists in Bangladesh said Tuesday that tourists dropping rubbish in the world's largest mangrove forest had seriously damaged the ecosystem, forcing the imposition of a single-use plastic ban in the World Heritage site.
The Sundarbans forest straddles the Bangladeshi coastline and is home to some of the world's rarest creatures, including the Bengal tiger and the Irrawaddy dolphin. ... more |
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