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California braces for the Big One, with fake quakeBurbank, California (AFP) Oct 21, 2010 Choppers clattering in the sky above, bloodstained students watch in shock as blaring ambulances screech into the schoolyard, disgorging paramedics with medicine packs and gurneys. At least that's what it looked like, as one California school put on a graphic display Thursday of what will happen when - not if - the Big One hits this earthquake-prone western US state. Nearly eight million Californians were signed up for Thursday's drill, the most ever, after 6.9 million took part last year. Th ... read more |
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  South Africa launches crime unit to battle rhino poaching South Africa launched Tuesday a special wildlife crime unit to tackle a dramatic surge in rhino poaching, driven by demand for the animal's horn in Asia for use in traditional medicines. Rhino ... more | .. |
  10 killed in Iraq violence, including journalist Ten people were killed in violence in Baghdad and northern Iraq on Monday, including a journalist for a US-funded television station, medical and security officials said. Tahrir Kadhim Jawad, a ... more | .. |
  Canadian helps severely disabled speak through music Children immured within their severely disabled bodies may soon be able to communicate thanks to a newly unveiled device that translates physiological signals into music. Stefanie Blain studied ... more | .. |
  More money needed in malaria fight Nearly $5 billion is needed in the fight to control malaria, British and Kenyan officials said. There is a 60 percent global shortfall of funding, and just 21 of 93 countries where malaria is com ... more | .. |
  Genetically Engineered Silkworms To Produce Artificial Spider Silk A research and development effort by the University of Notre Dame, the University of Wyoming, and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. has succeeded in producing transgenic silkworms capable of spinnin ... more |
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Montreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 29, 2010Conductive polymers are plastic materials with high electrical conductivity that promise to revolutionize a wide range of products including TV displays, solar cells, and biomedical sensors. A team of McGill University researchers have now reported how to visualize and study the process of energy transport along one single conductive polymer molecule at a time, a key step towards bringing ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2010The suicide rate among the elderly living in China's urban areas has become alarmingly high as they face rising medical bills and relocations from their homes, state media reported Tuesday. The annual suicide rate among those aged 70 to 74 in cities surged above 33 per 100,000 people between 2002 and 2008 compared to 13 per 100,000 people in the 1990s, the official China Daily quoted a socio ... more  
Singapore (AFP) Sept 26, 2010When she was growing up, Chua Huiling always wondered why her grandmother's doctor used no stethoscope but just a pair of chopsticks commonly found in any Chinese Singaporean household. Huiling had no idea what kind of treatment he administered but it was obviously effective because her grandmother always recovered from her ailments after seeing the physician. The 24-year-old finally has ... more |
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