EU's future cyber-farms to utilise drones, robots and sensors
Bee-based maths is helping teach swarms of drones to find weeds, while robotic mowers keep hedgerows in shape.
Engineering
Aug 24, 2017
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Her Majesty's police horses kick back in southern France
After years of pounding the pavement in Britain, four-legged veterans of the country's fight against crime are hoofing it across the Channel to kick back under the sun in southwest France.
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2017
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6
Death toll from South Asia flooding tops 1,000
The death toll from floods sweeping South Asia has climbed above 1,000, officials said Thursday, as rescue teams try to reach millions stranded by the region's worst monsoon disaster in recent years.
Environment
Aug 24, 2017
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India's top court says privacy is a fundamental right
India's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that citizens have a constitutional right to privacy, a landmark verdict that could have wide-reaching implications for the government's biometric programme which holds data on over one ...
Security
Aug 24, 2017
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Typhoon Hato leaves 16 dead after lashing southern China
The death toll from Severe Typhoon Hato rose to at least 16 Thursday after the storm left a trail of destruction across southern China, blacking out Macau's mega-casinos and battering Hong Kong's skyscrapers.
Environment
Aug 24, 2017
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Judge allows money laundering charges against Backpage execs
California prosecutors can bring money laundering charges against the creators of a website that prosecutors label an online brothel, a judge ruled Wednesday. But he dismissed other charges months after another judge threw ...
Other
Aug 24, 2017
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3
China criticizes US trade probe as protectionism
China's Commerce Ministry on Thursday criticized a U.S. decision to launch a trade probe of Beijing's technology policy as an attack on the global trading system and said it will "resolutely defend" Chinese companies.
Business
Aug 24, 2017
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2
Epigenetics may explain how Darwin's finches respond to rapid environmental change
Epigenetics may explain how Darwin's finches respond to rapid environmental changes, according to new research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology.
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2017
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Pheromone genes could dictate colony structure of the red fire ant
Proteins involved in the production and perception of pheromones may determine if red fire ant colonies contain a single queen or multiple queens.
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2017
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Severity of North Pacific storms at highest point in over 1,200 years
The intensification of winter storm activity in Alaska and Northwestern Canada started close to 300 years ago and is unprecedented in magnitude and duration over the past millennium, according to a new study from Dartmouth ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2017
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