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  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 24, 2023 To understand the full relationship between brain activity and behavior, scientists have needed a way to map this relationship for all of the neurons across a whole brain - a so far insurmountable challenge. But after inventing new technologies and methods for the purpose, a team of scientists in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT has produced a rigorous accounting of the neurons in the tractably tiny brain of a humble C. elegans worm, mapping out how its brain cells encode almost all ... read more |
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Calls to boost food security at DR Congo rainforest summitKinshasa (AFP) Aug 29, 2023 A summit in Dr Congo's capital aimed at protecting central Africa's rainforest on Tuesday heard activists and politicians arguing that conservation efforts must address food security for locals. ... more  
Scientists voyage to Greenland's melting sanctuaryIttoqqortoormiit, Denmark (AFP) Aug 29, 2023 With rugged red mountains rising on either side, a sailboat carrying scientists deftly snakes between icebergs brimming Greenland's Scoresby Fjord, as they rush to document this understudied region on the frontline of climate change. ... more  
Von der Leyen backs Dutch FM Hoekstra for EU climate postBrussels (AFP) Aug 29, 2023 EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday backed Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra to take up a vacant climate post on the European Commission, but the choice raised concerns about the bloc's environmental ambitions. ... more  
Japan's century of efforts to tame earthquakesTokyo (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 Takashi Hosoda was in a Tokyo skyscraper when the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on March 11, 2011, but the trained architect was "not particularly worried" as modern Japanese buildings are designed to protect their occupants. ... more |
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  Solar powered irrigation: a game-changer for small-scale farms in sub-Saharan Africa  
The fight over a 'dangerous' ideology shaping AI debateParis (AFP) Aug 28, 2023 Silicon Valley's favourite philosophy, longtermism, has helped to frame the debate on artificial intelligence around the idea of human extinction. ... more |
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Atmospheric circulation weakens following volcanic eruptionsSt. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 24, 2023 The Pacific Ocean covers 32% of Earth's surface area, more than all the land combined. Unsurprisingly, its activity affects conditions around the globe. Periodic variations in the ocean's water temp ... more  
Bringing sustainable and affordable electricity to allBoston MA (SPX) Aug 24, 2023 When MIT electrical engineer Reja Amatya PhD '12 arrived in Rwanda in 2015, she was whisked off to a village. She saw that diesel generators provided power to the local health center, bank, and shop ... more 
Years of coal plant expansion torment Turkey's villagersSoma, Turkey (AFP) Aug 27, 2023 Kneeling in the morning shade under a tree, Osman Arslan brews tea behind a coal-fired power plant that rises above his Turkish Aegean village like a beast. ... more 
A global observatory to monitor Earth's biodiversityGainesville FL (SPX) Aug 25, 2023 At a time of nature crisis driven by unparalleled rates of biodiversity loss, a new interconnected system to monitor biodiversity around the world is urgently needed to direct and focus conservation ... more |
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 Tears as Malaysia-born panda cubs head to China  
Air pollution greatest global threat to human health, says benchmark studyWashington (AFP) Aug 29, 2023 Air pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person on planet Earth than smoking or alcohol, with the threat worsening in its global epicenter South Asia even as China fast improves, a study showed Tuesday. ... more |
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Kids entitled to clean, healthy environment: UN committeeGeneva (AFP) Aug 28, 2023 All children are entitled to a clean and healthy environment, a UN committee said for the first time on Monday, bolstering young people's arguments for suing authorities over the ravages of climate change. ... more  
Climate poses 'high risk' for Europe's ski resortsParis (AFP) Aug 28, 2023 At current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, which would see Earth's surface warm nearly three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, 90 percent of Europe's ski resorts will eventually face critical shortages of natural snow, researchers said Monday. ... more 
Hurricane Idalia intensifies as nears FloridaSt. Petersburg, United States (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 Hurricane Idalia intensified early Wednesday as it hurtled towards northwest Florida, threatening "catastrophic" impacts including a dangerous storm surge, with officials forecasting it will slam the coast within hours as an extreme and historic Category 4 storm. ... more  
Greece blaze is 'largest wildfire ever recorded in EUAthens (AFP) Aug 29, 2023 A forest blaze in Greece is "the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU" and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said Tuesday. ... more |
  Alps rockslide halts train services between France and Italy 
Floods drown hope in Pakistan's impoverished Punjab villagesOkara, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 The coursing floods in eastern Pakistan first swallowed Nasreen Bibi's corn crop, then the cattle that fed on it, and finally her family home. ... more |
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Four dead, dozens missing in China rainstormsBeijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 Four people were killed and dozens are still missing after rainstorms buffeted southwestern China last week, state media reported Wednesday. ... more 
Heavy rains leave 13 dead in TajikistanDushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) Aug 28, 2023 At least 13 people were killed after heavy rains lashed central Tajikistan, the latest natural disaster to hit the mountainous Central Asia country, the presidency said Monday. ... more 
Houses destroyed in Swiss landslideGeneva (AFP) Aug 29, 2023 A landslide slammed into a Swiss village on Tuesday after days of heavy rain, destroying half a dozen houses but causing no injuries, media reported. ... more  
No tritium found in fish after treated Fukushima water releaseWashington DC (UPI) Aug 26, 2023 Fish samples from the ocean around Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex are registering normal and do not contain radioactive contaminants after the discharge of treated wastewater from the plant, officials said Saturday. ... more |
First geosynchronous orbit SAR satellite enters working orbitBeijing, China (SPX) Aug 25, 2023 China's recently-launched L-SAR4 01 satellite, the world's first geosynchronous (high Earth orbit) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite stepping into the project implementation stage, has entere ... more 
BlackSky images complex evacuation operation during first days of 2023 Sudan conflictHerndon VA (SPX) Aug 30, 2023 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) released a sixty-image collection captured over Khartoum, Sudan, showcasing the never-before-seen scale of operational complexity associated with the evacuation ... more 
Tides may be responsible for much of under-ice melting in an Antarctica ice shelfSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 30, 2023 The ice shelves - the marine-terminating glaciers of the Antarctic Ice Sheet - are melting, and it's not just because of rising atmospheric temperatures. In a one-two punch, ice shelves in Antarctic ... more  
ALS patient pioneering brain-computer connectionMelbourne (AFP) Aug 20, 2023 As a rare form of Lou Gehrig's disease paralyses his body, Rodney Gorham hopes a pioneering link between his brain and a computer will help others after he is gone. ... more |
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Post-Brexit UK relaxes EU water pollution rulesLondon (AFP) Aug 29, 2023 The British government on Tuesday said it would ease EU-era water pollution restrictions to boost housebuilding, triggering outrage from environmental campaigners. ... more 
Historic red tide event of 2020 fueled by plankton super swimmersSan Diego CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2023 A major red tide event occurred in waters off Southern California in the spring of 2020, resulting in dazzling displays of bioluminescence along the coast. The spectacle was caused by exceedingly hi ... more 
Nile dam talks resume between Egypt, Ethiopia, SudanCairo (AFP) Aug 27, 2023 Egypt announced on Sunday that negotiations had resumed over Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam, after agreeing last month to reach a deal following years of tensions between the two countries. ... more 
Past abrupt changes in North Atlantic Overturning have impacted the climate system across the globePotsdam, Germany (SPX) Aug 30, 2023 The Dansgaard-Oeschger events are rapid Northern-Hemisphere temperature jumps of up to 15C in Greenland that repeatedly occurred within a few decades during the last ice age. "These events are the a ... more |
Understanting the climate benchmarkBoston MA (SPX) Aug 30, 2023 The summer of 2023 has been a season of weather extremes. In June, uncontrolled wildfires ripped through parts of Canada, sending smoke into the U.S. and setting off air quality alerts in dozens of ... more  
Pharma firm, labs share tech for Covid research equity: WHOGeneva (AFP) Aug 29, 2023 A global Covid-19 knowledge-sharing platform has secured three new licensing agreements to transfer vaccine technologies, including one with the first private manufacturer to join the initiative, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. ... more
Toll from heavy rains in Tajikistan rises to 21Dushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 At least 21 people have died following torrential rains in Tajikistan, authorities said Wednesday, the latest natural disaster to hit the mountainous Central Asian country. ... more  
Statement read by Gabon officer announcing 'end of regime'Libreville (AFP) Aug 30, 2023 A group of Gabonese officers and soldiers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were "putting an end to the regime" and cancelling the results of a recent election. ... more |
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Listening to nanoscale earthquakesMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Aug 24, 2023 A recent UNSW-led paper published in Nature Communications presents an exciting new way to listen to avalanches of atoms in crystals. The nanoscale movement of atoms when materials deform lead ... more  
Acai berry craze: boon or threat for the Amazon?Abaetetuba, Brazil (AFP) Aug 26, 2023 Working in the sweltering heat of the Brazilian Amazon, Jose Diogo scales a tree and harvests a cluster of black berries: acai, the trendy "superfood" reshaping the world's biggest rainforest - for better and worse. ... more 
'Animals are thirsty': Dust and bones on Turkey's shrinking lakeVan , Turkey (AFP) Aug 25, 2023 Shepherd Ibrahim Koc recalls his youth with fondness as he grazes cattle on a barren field that was once lush with vegetation on the edge of Turkey's largest lake. ... more 
UN-backed deforestation carbon credits failing: studyParis (AFP) Aug 25, 2023 Only a small fraction of the forest-based carbon credits that companies and governments have purchased to offset their greenhouse gas emissions actually help prevent deforestation, according to new research. ... more |
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