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One fifth of world's plants threatened by extinction: studyLondon (AFP) Sept 29, 2010 More than a fifth of the world's plant species faces the threat of extinction, a trend with potentially catastrophic effects for life on Earth, according to research released on Wednesday. But a separate study cautioned that extinction of mammals had been overestimated and suggested some mammal species thought to have been wiped out may yet be rediscovered. Stephen Hopper, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, said the report on plant loss was the most accurate mapping yet of the ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2010NASA on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a sole source contract for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spacecraft to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo. This is a fixed price contract of $248 million with a performance period through Feb. 1, 2015. Under this contract Ball will design, build and test the spacecraft; i ... more  
Brussels (AFP) Sept 25, 2010As America chews over a bid to market "Frankenfish" salmon, Europe wants to drop scientific objections from decisions about genetically modified crops in a move even its backers admit leaves a strange taste in the mouth. With the GM industry and its opponents each sharpening their legal claws, European nations will on Monday debate a proposed rule change that would allow officials to acceler ... more  
Manila (AFP) Sept 24, 2010Completion of a planned sewerage system for the Philippine capital, which has one of the world's most polluted waterways, is set to be delayed by over 20 years, the environment ministry said Friday. Two private companies had been contracted to build sewerage and treatment plants for the 11-million-strong Metro Manila area, but a planned completion date of 2009 was set to be delayed until abo ... more |
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Japan's vending machines sell cool bananas, read mindsTokyo (AFP) Sept 23, 2010 They sell umbrellas, flowers and cooked meals, cough up cool drinks after earthquakes and even try to read your mind: they are Japan's five million vending machines. Scattered across the country, the automated stores are about as ubiquitous as traffic lights and offer an ever-widening, dizzying palette of goods. Thanks to Japan's low crime rate, companies have placed them everywhere, from neon-lit city centres to the icy summit of Mount Fuji, with little risk of them being burgled and relieved o ... read more |
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