New population of rare Irrawaddy dolphins found in Palawan
A new Philippine population of critically-endangered Irrawaddy dolphins was reported recently by WWF-Philippines.
May 02, 2013
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May 02, 2013
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Evil gene would make punishment a tricky business
Are there evil genes or is it only people who can be evil? A recent story in The Age ("Deep Divide of 'Evil Genes'") raised the question of whether criminals might evade responsibility for their crimes by blaming their genes. ...
Apr 26, 2013
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US banking sector too vulnerable to hackers, report says
US authorities charged with overseeing the financial sector are worried about its vulnerability to cyberattacks, they said in a report published Thursday.
Apr 26, 2013
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How have young people's experiences of unemployment changed since the 1980s?
(Phys.org) —Research teams from the University of Glasgow and the University of Leicester aim to explore unemployment, insecurity and vulnerability among young people during two key periods of economic instability.
Apr 16, 2013
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Sea level rise: Jeopardy for terrestrial biodiversity on islands
Model calculations predict a sea level rise of about one meter by the end of this century and of up to five and a half meters by the year 2500. Until now there are few studies on the potential impacts of ...
Apr 09, 2013
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World-first research will save koalas
The "holy grail" for understanding how and why koalas respond to infectious diseases has been uncovered in an Australian-led, world-first genome mapping project.
Apr 09, 2013
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Addressing antisocial behaviour
The most detailed analysis of the experiences and perceptions of victims of ASB ever conducted in this country has been used by a team at Cardiff to identify, for the first time, those police force areas ...
Apr 05, 2013
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Amazon's online workforce not so anonymous after all
(Phys.org) —Most people assume that Amazon.com's massive online workforce is anonymous, but a study by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and five other universities has uncovered a security vulnerability ...
Mar 28, 2013
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Climate change likely to worsen threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana, arid African countries
In a National Science Foundation funded study, Kathleen Alexander, an associate professor of wildlife at Virginia Tech, found that climate drives a large part of diarrheal disease and increases the threat ...
Mar 26, 2013
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Genetic analysis calls for the protection of two highly endangered Portuguese fish species
Can Geckos get going?
'Climate-smart strategies' proposed for spectacular US-Canadian landscape
Vulnerability in Facebook's OAuth allowed hacker full profile access
(Phys.org)—Nir Goldshlager writer of a security blog, is reporting that he found a vulnerability in Facebook's OAuth that allowed him full access to an individual's profile information. Facebook confirm ...
Feb 26, 2013
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Amazon wildfires threaten bird communities
Acacia trees crucial to Israel's desert bats, study finds
Greater conservation of threatened acacia trees is needed to preserve vulnerable species of rare insectivorous bats in Israel, according to new research by biologists at the University of Bristol. Dense areas ...
Feb 20, 2013
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