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  Colombo (AFP) June 26, 2017 Sri Lanka has suffered a record 200 deaths from dengue fever this year, the health minister said Monday, blaming a garbage disposal crisis in Colombo. Rotting garbage has been piling up in many parts of the capital since the country's main rubbish tip collapsed in April, crushing dozens of homes and killing 32 people. With nowhere to take the trash, municipal collection has drastically slowed and led to huge piles on the streets which authorities say are encouraging mosquito-breeding. "The s ... read more |
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Keeping the rhythm in spaceParis (ESA) Jun 22, 2017 Space is an inhospitable environment for the human body but we adapt remarkably well. Within hours, the brain adjusts to the lack of an up or down, as if floating is all it has ever known. Now ... more  
In Colombia, FARC 'nurses' want to trade arms for white coatsColinas, Colombia (AFP) June 22, 2017 As a battlefield nurse for Colombia's FARC rebels, Johana Japon helped stitch up wounded fighters as bullets whizzed past her. ... more 
Ten ways that astronauts are helping you stay healthyLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 21, 2017 Astronauts on the International Space Station are growing crystals that could help develop new drugs for use on Earth. Here are ten healthcare technologies that have already come from space: 1 ... more  
Ancient prosthesis: Scientists are studying a 3,000-year-old wooden big toeWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2017 Researchers in Switzerland are in the process of analyzing what may be the world's oldest prosthetic device. The 3,000-year-old artificial wooden big toe is offering insights into skills of ancient artisans, as well as the anatomical and medical know how of early physicians. ... more |
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Six experts resign from Trump HIV/AIDS panelWashington (AFP) June 18, 2017 Six top health advisors have resigned from Donald Trump's advisory council on HIV/AIDS, complaining that the US president doesn't really care about combatting the illness. ... more 
Investigation Tests Drug to Activate Immune System, Help Fight CancerHouston TX (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 On Earth, research into antibody-drug conjugates to treat cancer has been around a while. The research presents a problem, though, because Earth-based laboratories aren't able to mimic the shape of ... more 
Warmer climate threatens malaria spread in EthiopiaParis (AFP) June 14, 2017 Cool, high-lying areas of Ethiopia hitherto shielded from heat-loving malaria mosquitoes are increasingly exposed to the disease as the climate warms, researchers said Thursday. ... more 
China probes academic fraud by cancer researchersBeijing (AFP) June 15, 2017 China is investigating claims of academic fraud involving mostly Chinese cancer researchers after more than 100 articles were withdrawn from a foreign medical journal. ... more  
Solar paint offers endless energy from water vaporMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 Researchers have developed a solar paint that can absorb water vapour and split it to generate hydrogen - the cleanest source of energy. The paint contains a newly developed compound that acts ... more 
Scientists fight mosquitoes, malaria with toxin-infused fungiWashington (UPI) Jun 13, 2017 An international team of scientists is taking a unique approach in the battle against malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The team, lead by researchers from the University of Maryland, have designed a mosquito-targeting fungus that replicates spider and scorpion toxins. ... more |
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Cell Cultures Go For the GoldHouston TX (SPX) Jun 09, 2017 A wide variety of research relies on growing cells in culture on Earth, but handling these cells is challenging. With better techniques, scientists hope to reduce loss of cells from culture media, c ... more 
Georgia State neuroscientists rewire brain of 1 species to have connectivity of anotherAtlanta GA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 Scientists at Georgia State University have rewired the neural circuit of one species and given it the connections of another species to test a hypothesis about the evolution of neural circuits and ... more 
Cholera epidemic timelineParis (AFP) June 8, 2017 Cholera, which has killed 789 and infected 100,000 in war-ravaged Yemen since the end of April, is a water-borne disease which goes hand in hand with poverty. ... more 
Emergency medicine in space: Normal rules don't applyGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 06, 2017 Experts at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva (3-5 June) will discuss the unusual and challenging problem of how to perform emergency medical procedures during space missions. "Spa ... more |
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  Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2017 
The number of people missing from a huge landslide that buried a mountain village in southwest China last weekend has been revised down from 93 to 73, authorities said Tuesday.
The confirmed number of dead remained at 10 after heavy rain brought down the side of a mountain on to Xinmo village in Sichuan province on Saturday.
But an additional 20 people were reported to be "safe", accordi ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Rising seas could result in 2 billion refugees by 2100  Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2017New landslide hits China disaster area  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Twitter algorithm can identify riots before police reports |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017 
India's native navigation system has developed serious problems with four atomic clocks on the six satellites facing unexplained errors. With these, a total seven out of 21 clocks onboard have shown some difficulties.
Proper functioning of these clocks is crucial to provide accurate navigation to the Indian armed forces. Last year, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) accepted the ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Lockheed Martin nears completion of GPS III satellite  Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2017New reports confirm near-perfect performance record for civil GPS service  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017India to Make Native Navigation System Mandatory For All Aircraft |
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
Carnegie Mellon University scientists can now use brain activation patterns to identify complex thoughts, such as, "The witness shouted during the trial." This latest research led by CMU's Marcel Just builds on the pioneering use of machine learning algorithms with brain imaging technology to "mind read."
The findings indicate that the mind's building blocks for constructing complex though ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 22, 2017New research suggests problematic memories could be deleted  Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017The neural relationship between light and sleep  United Nations, United States (AFP) June 21, 2017World population to reach 9.8 bln in 2050, UN says |
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 Washington (AFP) June 23, 2017 
Grizzly bears native to Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area are being removed from the endangered species list, the US government said Thursday, calling efforts to replenish the population a major success.
Conservation groups were however quick to criticize the move, saying dropping federal protections would again put grizzly bears at risk.
The grizzly bear was first place ... more Oxford UK (SPX) Jun 26, 2017City rats: Why scientists are not hot on their tails  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Panda conservation offers broad ecological benefits, research shows  Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2017Both tidal and circadian clocks guide the behavior of some animals |
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 Colombo (AFP) June 26, 2017 
Sri Lanka has suffered a record 200 deaths from dengue fever this year, the health minister said Monday, blaming a garbage disposal crisis in Colombo.
Rotting garbage has been piling up in many parts of the capital since the country's main rubbish tip collapsed in April, crushing dozens of homes and killing 32 people.
With nowhere to take the trash, municipal collection has drastically s ... moreWashington (AFP) June 18, 2017Six experts resign from Trump HIV/AIDS panel Paris (AFP) June 14, 2017Warmer climate threatens malaria spread in Ethiopia Washington (UPI) Jun 13, 2017Scientists fight mosquitoes, malaria with toxin-infused fungi |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 27, 2017 
When Xi Jinping lands in Hong Kong on Thursday for the first time since becoming China's president, he will step into a deeply divided city uncertain of its future.
The visit marks 20 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain and comes at a time when many fear the semi-autonomous city's freedoms are being lost to an ever more assertive Beijing.
Protests are expected duri ... more Shanghai (AFP) June 23, 2017'Pee Park'? China tries to correct bad translations  Hong Kong (AFP) June 23, 2017China's Xi visit to Hong Kong confirmed: report  Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2017China court slashes jail term for debt-collector killer |
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 Bangkok (AFP) June 1, 2017 
Southeast Asian drug cartels are diversifying the narcotics they produce, the UN's crime agency warned Wednesday, with more than 160 new highs hitting the market in the last eight years.
The Golden Triangle - where Laos, southern China, Thailand and Myanmar intersect - is the world's second largest drug producer after Latin America.
It is notorious for churning out heroin and methamphe ... more Bogota (AFP) May 4, 2017UN counter-drug official kidnapped in Colombia: officials  New Delhi (AFP) April 9, 2017Indian, Chinese navies rescue ship hijacked by Somali pirates Manila (AFP) Feb 8, 2017Philippines seeks US, China help to combat sea pirates |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2017 
China has made a formal protest after accusing Indian border guards of crossing from Sikkim state into its Tibetan territory, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday.
India and China have long been embroiled in a bitter border dispute at both ends of the Himalayas, with the two countries accusing soldiers of crossing over into the other's territory.
"Our position to uphold our territorial ... more Washington (AFP) June 22, 2017US heavily armed, but many ambivalent about it: survey  Ulan Bator (AFP) June 24, 2017Mongolian voters weigh love-hate relationship with China  United Nations, United States (AFP) June 22, 2017In blow to Britain, UN votes to seek legal opinion on Chagos fate |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
Astronomers have used the sharp vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to repeat a century-old test of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The Hubble team measured the mass of a white dwarf, the burned-out remnant of a normal star, by seeing how much it deflects the light from a background star.
This observation represents the first time Hubble has witnessed this type of effect creat ... more Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Breaking Newton's Law  San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Are dense star clusters the origin of the gravitational waves discovered by LIGO? Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2017Gravitational Waves Detected for Third Time |
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 Kiev (AFP) June 27, 2017 
The radiation monitoring system at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear site has been taken offline after a massive cyberattack, forcing employees to use hand-held counters to measure levels, officials said Tuesday.
"Due to the cyberattack, the website of the Chernobyl nuclear plant is not working," said Ukraine's exclusion zone agency which oversees the Soviet plant that exploded in 1986 and is now ... more Ottawa (AFP) June 26, 2017China agrees to fight corporate hacking in Canada  Beijing (AFP) June 22, 2017China orders halt to video streaming on major websites Washington (AFP) June 20, 2017Social media 'bots' from Russia distorting global politics: study |
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 27, 2017 
Canada's supposed non-combat role in Iraq is being questioned after a special forces sniper took out an IS fighter in Iraq.
But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday would have none of it, saying Canadian troops training Kurdish fighters have orders to also fight in defense of coalition soldiers.
"I can tell you that defending our allies in the coalition has been an integral part of o ... more Chicago (AFP) June 27, 2017US court halts deportations of Iraqi nationals  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 26, 2017Iraq forces comb west Mosul after IS counter-attacks  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 25, 2017Iraq forces push deep into devastated Old Mosul |
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 Dushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) June 27, 2017 
Tajik strongman Emomali Rakhmon took centre-stage Tuesday as the Central Asian nation marked the 20th anniversary of the end of a civil war that cemented his grip on power.
State TV broadcast festivities in Vahdat, close to the capital Dushanbe, showing citizens holding aloft paintings of Rakhmon riding a white horse and wading through wheat fields.
Rakhmon, 64, speaking at the occasion ... more Islamabad (AFP) June 25, 2017Pakistan deploys 15,000-strong force for Chinese security  Washington (AFP) June 21, 2017US watchdog decries pricey woodland uniforms for Afghan army  Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 21, 2017Airport in Kazakh capital renamed after president |
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 Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2017 
Rio Tinto Monday recommended shareholders accept a new improved offer from Yancoal for its Australian coal assets, after the China-backed firm trumped a fresh bid from Swiss commodities giant Glencore.
Rio, the world's second-largest miner, said in January it was selling Coal & Allied to Yancoal Australia - majority-controlled by China's Yanzhou Coal - for US$2.45 billion.
But Glencore ... more Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2017Glencore makes new bid for Rio's Australia coal assets  Sydney (AFP) June 20, 2017Rio backs Yancoal over Glencore for Australia coal minesw  Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Coal waste fuel may reduce anthropogenic emissions |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
Harvests from freshwater fisheries such as the Great Lakes could total more than 12 million tons a year globally and contribute more to global food supplies and economies than previous estimates indicate, according to a study published by Michigan State University and the U.S. Geological Survey.
"Our study provides an independent estimate of global inland fishery harvests based on food web ... more Bordeaux (AFP) June 22, 2017Bubbling Chinese market centre-stage at world wine fest  Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2017China 'backyard' pig farmers squeezed as sector scales up  Beijing (AFP) June 21, 2017China opens gates to US beef imports |
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 The Hague (AFP) June 26, 2017 
Dutch scientists on Monday celebrated the rare discovery of meteorite in The Netherlands, which at 4.5-billion years old may hold clues to the birth of our solar system.
"Meteorites are very special because we do not have rocks of this age on earth," said geologist Leo Kriegsman from the Naturalis biodiversity centre in Leiden in a YouTube video marking the occasion.
The fist-sized meteo ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Impact Threat from Asteroid Apophis Cannot Be Ruled Out  Belfast, UK (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Queen's University scientist warns of asteroid danger Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2017Are NEOs Coming to Earth? |
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