Efforts to save rare northern white rhino continue
Experts will meet in Kenya next month to discuss ways to save the critically endangered northern white rhinos from extinction.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2014
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Scientists make strides in tsunami warning since 2004
The 2004 tsunami led to greater global cooperation and improved techniques for detecting waves that could reach faraway shores, even though scientists still cannot predict when an earthquake will strike.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2014
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Clooney slams skittish Hollywood after Sony hack
Film star George Clooney slammed the Hollywood movie industry for failing to stand up against the cyber threats that prompted Sony Pictures to cancel release of the movie "The Interview."
Business
Dec 19, 2014
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Security flaws allow global cellular eavesdropping
Security flaws in a system used by telecoms companies to manage cross-border cellular connections could open the door to wide-ranging surveillance of mobile phone traffic.
Security
Dec 19, 2014
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Trade winds ventilate the tropical oceans
Long-term observations indicate that the oxygen minimum zones in the tropical oceans have expanded in recent decades. The reason is still unknown. Now scientists at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2014
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Hermit creepy crawlies: Two new taxa of wood-feeding cockroach from China
Scientists from the Southwest University, Chongqing, China have found a new species and a new subspecies of cockroach. What makes these creepy crawlies distinctive from the cockroaches most of us know is that they don't infest ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2014
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Microplastics in the ocean: Biologists study effects on marine animals
Ingestion of microplastic particles does not mechanically affect marine isopods. This was the result of a study by biologists at the North Sea Office of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine ...
Environment
Dec 19, 2014
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Satellites guide sailor from treacherous waters
While sailing south of Africa on an around-the-world voyage, Matteo Miceli was suddenly alerted to a massive iceberg in his path.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2014
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A vegetarian carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants catch and digest tiny animals in order and derive benefits for their nutrition. Interestingly the trend towards vegetarianism seems to overcome carnivorous plants as well. The aquatic carnivorous bladderwort, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2014
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Lengguru 2014 scientific expedition returns – an initial overview
Having left on 17th October to produce a biodiversity inventory of the Lengguru karsts in West Papua, the scientists are back after more than a month of exploration both on land and at sea. Conducted by the French Institut ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2014
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