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Syria on Monday adopted emergency measures, including food distribution, to help people in the drought-hit northeast of the country, the official Sana news agency said. It said the authorities "have begun to distribute food aid in the worst drought-affected regions in the northeast" as part of a series of emergency steps. "Nearly 5,200 food rations have been distributed in Al-Hasakah ... read more 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 08, 2009ESA Member States have unanimously voted to extend the Envisat mission through to 2013. Envisat - the world's largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built - has been providing scientists and operational users with invaluable data for global monitoring and forecasting since its launch in 2002. "The decision to extend the Envisat mission operations, taken during the last ESA Earth ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Singapore (AFP) June 5, 2009When Albert Quek first moved into his home on the top floor of an eight-storey apartment block, he agonised about the limited space he had to pursue his passion for gardening. All he had was a one-square-metre (10.8-square-foot) balcony, barely large enough for his wife to sun the laundry, let alone for him to nurture a garden. Then he had a brainwave. "Why don't I do something verti ... more 
Cairo (AFP) June 5, 2009An animal welfare charity warned Egypt on Friday that its mass slaughter of pigs following the outbreak of swine flu risked damaging its lucrative tourism industry. The UK-based Compassion in World Farming, which coordinates a network of 34 animal welfare groups in 27 countries, said "the most horrific methods" had been used to kill 160,000 pigs in Egypt, including dumping them in mass ... more 
Oslo, Norway (SPX) Jun 08, 2009Members of the Pure Salmon Campaign coalition, a diverse group of stakeholders from key farmed salmon production and consumption nations including Canada, Chile, Scotland, Ireland and the United States, have urged Marine Harvest to eliminate its destructive environmental impacts by separating farmed fish from wild fish populations and finding new sources for fish feed. Marine Harvest is ... more 
Hampton VA (SPX) Jun 08, 2009Rising surface ozone concentrations are damaging nearly $2 billion in annual U.S. soybean crops, a NASA study of satellite measurements indicates. The study, headed by NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was presented at the American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly meeting, May 24 in Toronto and looked at five years of soybean yields, surface ozone and satellite measurements of ... more |
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Don't Look Up, Space is Filled With JunkDurham NC (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 In the early days of space exploration, satellites were rare. Each launch was a feat of engineering and ambition, sending machines far above the Earth into orbits where they could drift undisturbed. ... more  
Expanded orbital computing initiative announced for next Momentus mission with DPhi Space partnershipLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company, will partner with DPhi Space to fly a Clustergate-2 edge computing payload on its upcoming Vigoride 7 mission, scheduled for launch in early 2026. The ... more 
ESA Expands Space Safety Fleet to Protect Earth and Enable Sustainable Space OperationsParis, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 ESA's Space Safety Programme advances initiatives to detect, predict, and counter space hazards - including threats from asteroids, solar storms, and space debris. The program develops missions and ... more
  
Consciousness debate intensifies as scientists urge clarity while AI and robotics advanceParis, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 Scientists warn that as artificial intelligence and neurotechnology accelerate in development, the need to understand consciousness has now become a scientific and ethical priority. In a major revie ... more 
Space Robotics at the Edge of the UnknownLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2025 Many robotics systems function in conditions where the environment is well-defined: factory floors, urban roads, research facilities. But what about robots designed for space? Keenan Albee, ... more 
Orbital data and energy collaboration accelerates space-based assemblyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 Rendezvous Robotics and Starcloud have initiated a formal partnership to integrate autonomous modular assembly systems with orbital power and cooling infrastructure for gigawatt-scale datacenter cap ... more
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Ocean City, Md. (UPI) Jun 4, 2009 State officials in Maryland say Atlantic striped bass caught in coastal waters should not be consumed because they may contain a toxic substance. The Baltimore Sun said Maryland Department of the Environment officials have urged the general public to avoid consuming striped bass and bluefish from coastal waters more than once a month. The warning from the state agency was in ... more  
Madison WI (SPX) Jun 05, 2009There is growing interest in using crop residues as the feedstock of choice for the production of cellulosic-based ethanol because of the more favorable energy output relative to grain-based ethanol. This would also help provide a solution to the debate of food versus fuel, because less of the grain would be diverted to ethanol production, leaving more available for food and feed consumption. ... more 
Sacramento CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2009The E-Fuel Corporation, joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will unveil the final production model of the E-Fuel MicroFueler, the world's first home ethanol system, at the California State Capitol. The MicroFueler, a household appliance-sized unit that creates ethanol fuel (E-Fuel100) from organic waste, is revolutionizing the green fuel industry. Since the prototype ... more 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2009The image from the German TerraSAR-X radar satellite shows the area around the Italian town of L'Aquila after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck on 6 April 2009. Two images from the satellite were combined for the picture, taken before and after the earthquake, to create an interferogram. The 'coloured rings' around L'Aquila stand out. These rings represent, in colour coding, the ground m ... more |
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Cane toad invasion threatens Pilbara biodiversity and culture
Amazonian forests altered by human actions show broad changes in diversity and evolutionary patterns
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