http://informsciencenetwork.com/topic/oceania2011-12-23T04:30:19Z2011-12-23T04:30:19ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-12-23:/genetics/rare-white-kiwi-hatches-new-zealand-4881595a/

<div><p>A second rare white kiwi has hatched at <a title="New Zealand" href="/topic/New+Zealand" >New Zealand</a>'s national wildlife centre, conservation officials announced Friday, months after the world's first hatched in captivity.</p><p>The chick is believed to have the same parents as Manukura, which arrived in May, and it has given its carers an extra treat in the festive period.</p><p>"We were gob-smacked really," said <span>Kathy Houkamau</span>, the manager at the Pukaha sanctuary nort...

2011-12-19T09:30:29ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-12-19:/astrophysics/africa-bids-host-worlds-largest-telescope-4879055a/

<div><p><a title="Africa" href="/topic/Africa" >Africa</a>, the birthplace of the human species, has long been a magnet for archaeologists.</p><p> Now <span><a title="South Africa" href="/topic/South+Africa" >South Africa</a></span> wants to draw leading astrophysicists to the continent as well with the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), an instrument that would be able to look back to the infancy of the universe.</p><p> South Africa and <span><a title="Aust...

2011-12-14T06:30:27ZReuters US Online Report Science Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-12-14:/astronomy/south-africa-desert-town-battles-radio-telescope-4875983a/

<div><p>CARNARVON, <a title="South Africa" href="/topic/South+Africa" >South Africa</a> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - The occasional sheep seeks respite from a sun that has scorched rocks black in this semi-desert region that South Africa hopes will host the world's most powerful radio telescope.</p><p>Chosen because of its remoteness, with hills providing an extra shield against radio interference, the Carnarvon area could emerge as t...

2011-12-13T14:30:45ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-12-13:/astronomy/safrica-ideal-largest-telescope-minister-4875545a/

<div><p><a title="South Africa" href="/topic/South+Africa" >South Africa</a> is well-placed to host the world's largest telescope because the costs would be lower, according to the deputy science minister.</p><p>South Africa is competing with <span><a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a></span> to win the contract for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a multi-billion <span id="australian_<a title="Australian Dollar" href="/topic/Australian+Dollar" >dollar</a>" class="inform">...

2011-11-24T23:00:09ZReuters Environmental Online Reporttag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-11-24:/oceanography/coral-sea-home-worlds-largest-marine-park-4863472a/

<div><p><span><a title="Canberra" href="/topic/Canberra" >CANBERRA</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a></span> moved to set up the world's biggest marine park on Friday to protect vast areas of the <a title="Coral Sea" href="/topic/Coral+Sea" >Coral Sea</a> off the country's northeast coast and the site of fierce naval battles during World War Two.</p><p><span>Enviro...

2011-11-17T14:30:44ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-11-17:/paleontology/parts-gondwana-megacontinent-australia-4858966a/

<div><p>Australian scientists exploring areas of the <a title="Indian Ocean" href="/topic/Indian+Ocean" >Indian Ocean</a> said Thursday they had found sunken parts of the megacontinent <a title="Gondwana" href="/topic/Gondwana" >Gondwana</a> which could offer clues on how the current world was formed.</p><p>The two "islands" were found on the remote sea floor in international waters 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) west of <span><a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a></span> du...

2011-11-13T05:30:34ZAFP Asian Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-11-13:/meteorology/australia-release-water-dam-flood-fears-4855510a/

<div><p>A massive dam in northern <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a> was to begin draining this week following predictions that <a title="Brisbane" href="/topic/Brisbane" >Brisbane</a>, the nation's third-largest city, could be flooded again if heavy rains return.</p><p><span><a title="Queensland" href="/topic/Queensland" >Queensland</a></span> state government officials said the <span><a title="Wivenhoe" href="/topic/Wivenhoe" >Wivenhoe</a></span> Dam, near Brisbane, wo...

2011-10-19T18:30:32ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-10-19:/sciences/human-antibody-fends-lethal-horsevirus-study-4846340a/

<div><p>A human antibody has been shown to protect lab monkeys from a deadly bat-borne virus that has killed several people and dozens of horses since it was discovered in <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a> in 1994, <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >US</a> scientists said Wednesday.</p><p>The latest outbreak of Hendra virus has killed 20 horses in <span><a title="New South Wales" href="/topic/New+South+Wales" >New South Wales</a></span> and <span><a t...

2011-10-14T19:30:17ZStockhousetag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-10-14:/geology/huge-ghana-gold-resource-4844409a/

<div id="subtitle">PMI's Obotan bodes well for AGG, XTG, KGN</div><div><p> </p><p>Resource investors do see things in this mediocre metals equities market. But those things have to be big. </p><p>PMI Gold&#8217;s rip higher Friday, and overnight in <span><a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a></span>, came after the <a title="Ghana" href="/topic/Ghana" >Ghana</a> prospector nearly tripled its global resource at Obotan. I toured the project in May and bought 40,000 shares ...

2011-10-04T20:30:16ZReuters US Online Report Science Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-10-04:/astronomy/australian-nobel-winner-thought-prize-call-prank-4840131a/

<div><p><span><a title="Canberra" href="/topic/Canberra" >CANBERRA</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - After 15 years living in far-off <span><a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a></span>, American-born Brian Schmidt thought the phone call informing him he had jointly won the <span id="nobel_prize" class="inform"><a title="Nobel Prize" href="/topic/Nobel+Prize" >Nobel Prize</a></span> for Physics was a student...

2011-10-04T12:30:36ZAFP Asian Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-10-04:/astronomy/nobel-physics-winner-australia-4839917a/

<div><p>The American-Australian astronomer who Tuesday shared the <a title="Nobel Prize" href="/topic/Nobel+Prize" >Nobel Physics Prize</a> thanked his adopted country for giving him the opportunity to do his groundbreaking work from a young age.</p><p><span>Brian Schmidt</span> and <span>US</span> researchers <span>Saul Perlmutter</span> and <span>Adam Riess</span> were honoured for their work on supernovae, which the Nobel jury said had changed mankind's understanding of the universe.</p><p>Sp...

2011-10-03T19:30:49ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-10-03:/meteorology/pacific-community-drought-emergency-4839603a/

<div><p><a title="South Pacific" href="/topic/South+Pacific" >South Pacific</a> islands face a drought set to create food shortages in the region, officials in <a title="Wellington (New Zealand)" href="/topic/Wellington+(New+Zealand)" >Wellington</a> warned after a second community declared a state of emergency due to lack of water.</p><p><span><a title="Tokelau" href="/topic/Tokelau" >Tokelau</a></span>, a <span><a title="New Zealand" href="/topic/New+Zealand" >New Zealand</a></span>-administer...

2011-10-03T04:31:08ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-10-03:/meteorology/new-zealand-sends-aid-ease-tuvalu-water-crisis-4839242a/

<div><p>The tiny Pacific nation of <a title="Tuvalu" href="/topic/Tuvalu" >Tuvalu</a> has declared a state of emergency due to severe water shortages, prompting <a title="New Zealand" href="/topic/New+Zealand" >New Zealand</a> to airlift in fresh supplies, according to officials in Wellington.</p><p>New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully said an air force transport plane carrying containers of water and two desalination units arrived in Tuvalu on Monday.</p><p>"Tuvalu has declared a state o...

2011-09-30T13:00:32ZReuters US Online Report Technology Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-09-30:/sciences/twitter-tells-scientists-world-feels-4838488a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Hate mornings, especially on Mondays? You may be surprised to know that much of the world doesn't share that grumpy feeling.</p><p><a title="Twitter Inc." href="/topic/Twitter+Inc." >Twitter</a> shows people are more cheerful in the morning, get gloomier as the day wears on and rebound in the evening, with a peak right before bedtime. They're also happier from December to la...

2011-09-30T01:30:24ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-09-30:/sciences/zany-scientists-honored-alternative-nobels-4838251a/

<div><p>In the ultimate accolade for the world's mad scientists, spoof <a title="Nobel Prize" href="/topic/Nobel+Prize" >Nobel prizes</a> were awarded for studies into beetle sex, turtles yawning, the desperation of people dying to urinate and other daffy investigations.</p><p>The annual Ig Nobel prizes, now in their 21st year, were given at <span><a title="Harvard University" href="/topic/Harvard+University" >Harvard University</a></span> in front of 1,200 spectators, with real Nobel Prize winn...

2011-09-22T17:30:23ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-09-22:/paleoanthropology/australian-aborigines-explorers-study-4835214a/

<div><p>An international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of an Australian Aboriginal man and reported Thursday that his ancestors likely explored the Earth earlier than those of modern Asians.</p><p>The findings in the <span>US</span> journal Science shed new light on the waves of migration by humans out of <span><a title="Africa" href="/topic/Africa" >Africa</a></span>, and suggest that Aboriginals were descended from rare and brave adventurers that moved on 24,000 years earlier tha...

2011-08-26T10:00:11ZReuters US Online Report Oddly Enoughtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-08-26:/astronomy/astronomers-discover-planet-diamond-4824377a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.</p><p>The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond.</p><p>"The evol...

2011-08-21T12:30:09ZReuters US Online Report Top Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-08-21:/sciences/life-mars-fossil-find-shows-4822126a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Scientists have found Earth's oldest fossils in <span><a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a></span> and say their microscopic discovery is convincing evidence that cells and bacteria were able to thrive in an oxygen-free world more than 3.4 billion years ago.</p><p>The finding suggests early life was sulphur-based -- living off and metabolizing sulphur rathe...

2011-08-17T04:30:20ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-08-17:/biology/fossil-eel-squirms-record-books-4820456a/

<div><p>A new species of eel found in the gloom of an undersea cave is a "living fossil" astonishingly similar to the first eels that swam some 200 million years ago, biologists reported on Wednesday.</p><p>The strange find was made last year in a 35-metre- (113-feet) deep fringing-reef cave off an island in the Western Pacific state of <span><a title="Palau" href="/topic/Palau" >Palau</a></span>, they said in the British journal <span id="proceedings_of_the_royal_society_b" class="inform"><a ti...

2011-06-16T09:30:44ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-06-16:/eclipses/lunar-eclipse-turns-moon-blood-red-4794598a/

<div><p>The longest lunar eclipse in more than a decade turned the moon blood red on Thursday, yielding a rare visual treat for stargazers across a large swathe of the planet from <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a> to <a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a>.</p><p>The first eclipse of the year -- when the Earth casts its shadow over the moon -- was seen in parts of Europe, <span><a title="Africa" href="/topic/Africa" >Africa</a></span>, <span><a title="Asia" h...

2011-06-16T05:30:26ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-06-16:/dinosaurs/crocosaurus-4794499a/

<div><p>The neck bone of a crocodile-faced dinosaur species has been found in <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>, scientists said, showing the creature roamed much further than previously thought.</p><p>The vertebra of a Spinosaurus was found near southern Victoria's Cape Otway lighthouse and belonged to a relatively small two-metre (6.6-foot) beast which lived about 105 million years ago, said researcher <span>Thomas Rich</span>.</p><p>A "spine lizard" with a long, narr...

2011-06-15T09:30:27ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-06-15:/eclipses/total-lunar-eclipse-set-africa-middle-east-asia-4794051a/

<div><p>Astronomers in parts of <a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a>, <a title="Africa" href="/topic/Africa" >Africa</a>, <a title="Central Asia" href="/topic/Central+Asia" >Central Asia</a> and <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a> were hoping for clear skies on Wednesday to enjoy a total lunar eclipse, the first of 2011 and the longest in nearly 11 years.</p><p>A total lunar eclipse occurs when Earth casts its shadow over the Moon.</p><p>The lunar face can s...

2011-05-11T03:30:06ZAFP American Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-05-11:/oceanography/missile-test-deal-offers-hope-marshalls-slum-4779067a/

<div><p>The <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a> has struck a deal with the <a title="Marshall Islands" href="/topic/Marshall+Islands" >Marshall Islands</a> to continue using the key missile testing range at <a title="Kwajalein Atoll" href="/topic/Kwajalein+Atoll" >Kwajalein Atoll</a> through to 2066, officials said on Wednesday.</p><p>The deal, which ends an eight-year impasse, offers new hope to the nearby overcrowded Marshalls island of <span><a title="Ebeye...

2011-03-16T02:30:16ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-03-16:/sciences/unique-japan-tsunami-footage-boon-scientists-4754666a/

<div><p>Vision of the disastrous tsunami rolling onto <a title="Japan" href="/topic/Japan" >Japan</a> after last week's massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake will provide valuable data to scientists for years to come, Australian experts said Wednesday.</p><p>Compelling images of the monster wave crashing onto low-lying farmland in Japan's northeast, sweeping all in its path into a surging waterway, was played live by television stations as helicopter-borne crews recorded the event.</p><p>"I think the...

2011-03-07T04:30:38ZAFP Asian Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-03-07:/meteorology/australia-wettest-summer-record-4750761a/

<div><p><a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a> has experienced its second wettest summer since records began 111 years ago, owing to the unusually strong La Nina weather pattern, meteorologists said Monday.</p><p>Across the vast country, parts of which have been ravaged by recent floods and cyclones, the average rainfall for the 2010-2011 summer was 70 percent "above normal" and second only to that of 1973-1974, the Bureau of Meteorology said.</p><p>"It was largely due to th...

2011-02-25T02:00:06ZReuters Environmental Online Reporttag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-02-25:/meteorology/severe-weather-forecasting-prompt-force-majeure-rethink-4746846a/

<div><p>SINGAPORE (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Worsening weather and better forecasting methods could push the mining sector to change force majeure provisions in supply contracts and sharpen how blame is allotted when storms or floods disrupt regular business.</p><p>Climate scientists predict global warming will trigger greater extremes of weather such as more intense droughts, cyclones and bushfires. For miners and other resource fi...

2011-02-20T19:30:29ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-02-20:/meteorology/extreme-tides-flood-marshalls-capital-4744988a/

<div><p>Extreme high tides have flooded parts of the low-lying <a title="Marshall Islands" href="/topic/Marshall+Islands" >Marshall Islands</a> capital <a title="Majuro" href="/topic/Majuro" >Majuro</a> with a warning Sunday of worse to come because of rising sea levels.</p><p>Several areas of the city were flooded Saturday and forecasters predicted more to come on Sunday evening before the current high tide levels ease.</p><p>Flooding of the Marshall Islands atolls, many of which rise less than...

2011-02-03T00:30:12ZReuters Environmental Online Reporttag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-02-03:/meteorology/bad-weather-set-push-record-food-prices-higher-4737680a/

<div><p>MANILA/MILAN (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - The <span><a title="United Nations" href="/topic/United+Nations" >U.N.</a></span>'s food price index likely hit a new high in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could push even higher the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the <span><a title="Middle East" href="/topic/Middle+East" >Middle East</a></span>.</p><p><span><a title="The...

2011-01-25T14:30:30ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-25:/meteorology/la-nina-weather-pattern-months-agency-4733985a/

<div><p>The weather pattern behind floods and extreme conditions in <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>, <a title="Asia" href="/topic/Asia" >Asia</a>, <a title="Africa" href="/topic/Africa" >Africa</a> and <a title="South America" href="/topic/South+America" >South America</a> is one of the strongest ever and could last for four more months, the <a title="United Nations" href="/topic/United+Nations" >UN</a> weather agency said Tuesday.</p><p>"In atmospheric terms it has t...

2011-01-18T03:30:27ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-18:/meteorology/costs-mount-savage-australia-floods-4730789a/

<div><p>Floodwaters claimed the life of a young boy in southern <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a> Tuesday as <a title="Canberra" href="/topic/Canberra" >Canberra</a> urged big business to dig deep for a recovery analysts warned could cost Aus$20 billion ($19.7 billion).</p><p><span><a title="Julia Gillard" href="/topic/Julia+Gillard" >Prime Minister Julia Gillard</a></span> turned to corporate Australia for help in what is expected to be the nation's costliest ever natu...

2011-01-17T19:30:37ZAFP Asian Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-17:/meteorology/floods-rage-southern-australia-4730678a/

<div><p>Floodwaters feared to have claimed the life of a young boy cut the southern Australian town of <a title="Horsham" href="/topic/Horsham" >Horsham</a> in two Tuesday as <a title="Canberra" href="/topic/Canberra" >Canberra</a> urged big business to dig deep for the disaster's victims.</p><p><span><a title="Julia Gillard" href="/topic/Julia+Gillard" >Prime Minister Julia Gillard</a></span> turned to corporate <span><a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a></span> for help i...

2011-01-14T19:30:22ZStockhousetag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-14:/meteorology/la-nina-wreaks-havoc-global-coal-production-4729815a/

<div id="subtitle">Interruption in supplies is forcing consumers &#8211; particularly in <a title="China" href="/topic/China" >China</a> &#8211; to look for alternative suppliers as far away as the <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >U.S.</a> and <a title="Canada" href="/topic/Canada" >Canada</a></div><div><p>You may have heard by now about <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>&#8217;s flash flood that left 10 dead and 78 missing today. That tragedy is per...

2011-01-13T21:30:09ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-13:/meteorology/nasa-la-nina-fueling-australia-floods-4729326a/

<div><p>The <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >US</a> space agency said Thursday that a particularly strong La Nina weather pattern of cooler water temperatures is fueling heavy rains and floods in <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>.</p><p>"Although exacerbated by precipitation from a tropical cyclone, rainfalls of historic proportion in eastern <span><a title="Queensland" href="/topic/Queensland" >Queensland</a></span>, Australia have led to levels of...

2011-01-06T18:30:22ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-06:/meteorology/rains-australias-flooded-northeast-4726254a/

<div><p> More heavy rains were forecast for <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>'s northeast Friday, threatening to worsen flooding after besieged <a title="Rockhampton" href="/topic/Rockhampton" >Rockhampton</a> cut supplies to "irresponsible" residents refusing to leave.</p><p>In a severe weather warning, <span><a title="Canberra" href="/topic/Canberra" >Canberra</a></span>'s Bureau of Meteorology said predicted heavy rainfall in parts of <span><a title="Queensland" href...

2011-01-06T04:30:30ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-06:/meteorology/heavy-rains-hit-australias-flooddrenched-northeast-4725916a/

<div><p>Heavy rains threatened further flooding in <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>'s drenched northeast Thursday as besieged <a title="Rockhampton" href="/topic/Rockhampton" >Rockhampton</a> cut supplies to "irresponsible" residents who refused to leave water-bound homes.</p><p>Torrential downpours could cause flash-flooding and worsen existing floods, the weather bureau said, as water levels slowly started to recede in regional centre Rockhampton, a town virtually su...

2010-12-31T17:30:27ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-12-31:/oceanography/20-missing-ship-sinks-marshall-islands-4723009a/

<div><p>Twenty people are missing after a supply ship sank about 80 miles (130 kilometres) from the <a title="Marshall Islands" href="/topic/Marshall+Islands" >Marshall Islands</a> capital <a title="Majuro" href="/topic/Majuro" >Majuro</a> early Saturday, officials said.</p><p>The 90-foot Jeljelet Ae was eight hours into a 200-mile open ocean journey to outlying Likiep Atoll when the crew radioed "they were in trouble," said <span>Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation</span> chairman <span>Alson...

2010-12-29T15:00:18ZAP Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-12-29:/geology/boy-scalded-fall-new-zealand-hot-pool-4721704a/

<div id="subtitle">Boy scalded head to foot in fall into <a title="New Zealand" href="/topic/New+Zealand" >New Zealand</a> geothermal hot pool</div><div><p>An eight-year-old New Zealand boy is fighting for his life after being scalded head to foot when he fell into a geothermal pool which could have been as hot as 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius), a hospital spokesman said Thursday.</p><p>The incident, which happened on Sunday, was made public on Wednesday.</p><p>The incident occurre...

2010-12-23T14:30:49ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-12-23:/paleoanthropology/finger-bone-genome-reveals-new-human-ancestor-4719147a/

<div><p>Researchers identified Wednesday a previously unknown relative to the Neanderthal who lived in <a title="Asia" href="/topic/Asia" >Asia</a> 30,000 to 50,000 years ago and interbred with the ancestors of <a title="Papua New Guinea" href="/topic/Papua+New+Guinea" >Papua New Guinea</a> inhabitants.</p><p>Scientists were able to extract the entire genome of the group known as the Denisovans using only a finger bone and a wisdom tooth found in <span><a title="Siberia" href="/topic/Siberia" >S...

2010-12-23T11:30:28ZKiplinger.comtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-12-23:/genetics/technologies-change-future-4719041a/

<div id="subtitle">What will be the tech breakthroughs of the next decade?</div><div><p>What will be the tech breakthroughs of the next decade?</p><p>For 88 years, subscribers have relied on The Kiplinger Letter for insights into emerging technologies that will change the way Americans live and do business. Examples of "you read it first in Kiplinger" include the rise of commercial air routes in 1927, the early development of television in the 1930s, electronic office machines in 1953 and mobile...

2010-12-03T12:30:33ZAP Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-12-03:/sciences/scientists-1m-prize-childhood-research-4705287a/

<div id="subtitle">US scientists received $1M prize from European foundation for work on childhood development</div><div><p>Two American scientists received a prize of 1 million Swiss francs ($1 million) Friday in recognition of their decadeslong research into childhood development.</p><p>The <span>Zurich</span>-based <span>Jacobs Foundation</span> awarded the money to <span><a title="Terrie Moffitt" href="/topic/Terrie+Moffitt" >Terrie Moffitt</a></span> and <span><a title="Avshalom Caspi" href...

2010-11-26T09:30:11ZReuters US Online Report Top Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-26:/oceanography/teenage-boys-survive-50-days-adrift-south-pacific-4389776a/

<div><p><span>WELLINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Three teenage boys set adrift for 50 days in a small boat in the <span><a title="South Pacific" href="/topic/South+Pacific" >South Pacific</a></span> survived on coconuts, a seagull they managed to catch and by drinking rain and then sea water, rescuers said on Friday.</p><p>"It was a miracle we got to them," said <span>Tai Fredricsen</span>, first mate on the fishing boat t...

2010-11-29T15:00:28ZThisIsLondon.co.uktag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/oceanography/boys-alive-50-days-adrift-pacific-4464998a/

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2010-11-29T14:43:21ZHow Stuff Workstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/chemistry/alan-graham-macdiarmid-4425610a/

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2010-11-29T14:48:09ZSciencetag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/environmental-science/keeping-feces-farm-4437199a/

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2010-11-16T19:30:22ZStockhousetag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-16:/geology/gold-miners-explorers-face-supply-problems-4382831a/

<div id="subtitle">Life cycle of a junior explorer explained</div><div><p>Major gold mining companies are facing a dilemma&#8212;declining production as the gold price is hitting record levels. Junior gold explorers are confronting a similar dilemma&#8212;fewer legitimate exploration properties with the real potential to host a major economic deposit. This unique set of circumstances means that the rare micro cap company that discovers a meaningful gold deposit is immediately in the sights of th...

2010-11-29T14:34:34ZCosmostag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/medical-science/biotech-researcher-takes-pms-top-science-prize-4404012a/

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2010-11-29T14:46:58ZNew Scientisttag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/genetics/today-new-scientist-16-november-201-4434399a/

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2010-11-29T14:52:27ZSuite 101tag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/microbiology/making-garden-compost-4446494a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:44ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/dinosaurs/paleontology-4460874a/

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2010-11-29T14:47:36ZReal Simpletag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/planetary-science/cheat-sheet-famous-lists-4435911a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:03ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/paleontology/paleontology-classification-4459202a/

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2010-11-29T15:50:55ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/anthropology/cultures-papua-new-guinea-4581170a/

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2010-11-29T15:57:52ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/paleontology/travel-destinations-west-wyalong-new-south-wales-australia-4597900a/

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2010-11-29T15:50:55ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/cultural-anthropology/introduction-australian-aborigines-4581156a/

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2010-11-29T15:51:13ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/anthropology/native-deities-australia-4581889a/

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2010-11-29T15:57:50ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/oceanography/travel-destinations-nauru-4597822a/

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2010-11-29T15:57:57ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/oceanography/touring-tuvalu-bicycle-4598078a/

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2010-11-29T15:57:52ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/astronomy/travel-destinations-coonabarabran-new-south-wales-australia-4597888a/

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2010-11-29T15:48:26ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/biology/fish-facts-fish-walk-4575215a/

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2010-11-29T15:49:56ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/chemistry/scientist-profiles-ernest-rutherford-4578811a/

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2010-11-29T15:50:54ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/backyard-astronomy/understanding-meaning-australian-flag-4581149a/

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2010-11-29T15:57:54ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/microbiology/destination-guides-whangarei-new-zealand-4597973a/

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2010-11-29T15:49:50ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/eclipses/investigating-penumbral-eclipse-4578572a/

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2010-11-29T15:49:00ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/paleontology/rodent-skeleton-discovery-new-zealand-challenges-previous-theory-4576629a/

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2010-11-29T15:48:44ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/meteorology/ozone-layer-located-depleted-4575956a/

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2010-11-29T15:59:14ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/geophysics/travel-experiences-christchurch-new-zealand-4601186a/

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2010-11-29T15:50:13ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/physics/biography-ernest-rutherford-4579516a/

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2010-11-29T15:57:53ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/geology/visiting-rotorua-new-zealand-4597936a/

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2010-11-29T15:48:24ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/paleontology/extinct-megapredators-kronosaurus-4575179a/

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2010-11-29T15:50:04ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/chemistry/overview-chemical-element-rutherfordium-4579178a/

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2010-11-29T15:57:51ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/geology/travel-destinations-breakaways-south-australia-4597853a/

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2010-11-29T15:49:00ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/microbiology/maintaining-freshwater-ecosystems-4576606a/

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2010-11-29T15:48:52ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/microbiology/global-warming-affects-species-migration-resurgence-4576303a/

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2010-11-29T15:49:14ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/oceanography/worlds-smallest-countries-4577172a/

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2010-11-29T14:48:18ZScientific Americantag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/genetics/rare-new-zealand-pigs-killed-semen-4437561a/

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2010-11-29T15:40:34ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/oceanography/nuclear-testing-marshall-islands-4557584a/

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2010-11-29T15:40:32ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/sciences/dangers-politicizing-issue-global-warming-4557524a/

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2010-11-30T13:09:41ZMahalotag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-30:/chemistry/difluoropine-4654793a/

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2010-11-05T06:54:30ZPopular Sciencetag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-05:/stellar-astronomy/test-interstellar-gps-team-distant-pulsars-determine-position-space-4275449a/

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2010-11-05T07:00:55ZSciencetag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-05:/dinosaurs/rex-southern-cousin-4276787a/

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2010-11-02T18:00:29ZAFP Global Editiontag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-02:/oceanography/marshall-islands-plan-seawall-block-rising-seas-3734836a/

<div><p>"We want to prevent erosion and stop flooding," <span><a title="United Nations" href="/topic/United+Nations" >UN</a></span> ambassador <span>Phillip Muller</span> said at the weekend, launching an appeal for 20 million dollars in international donor funds to get the project under way.</p><p>The full cost of the protective sea wall has not been released and Muller said the initial plea for donor funds is for detailed engineering work on the project.</p><p>The vulnerability of the Marshall...

2010-11-04T15:35:02ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/paleontology/student-tips-high-school-subjects-paleontologist-4267600a/

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2010-11-29T15:08:49ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/anthropology/tv-show-reviews-taboo-4482674a/

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2010-11-29T15:06:30ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/anthropology/movie-reviews-ten-canoes-4477399a/

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2010-11-04T15:33:15ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/sciences/educators-rely-scientific-evidence-learning-brain-inform-teaching-methods-4266017a/

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2010-11-04T15:14:07ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/physics/high-roller-toys-handcrafted-gemstone-globes-4249703a/

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2010-11-03T15:46:34ZCosmostag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-03:/oceanography/seawall-protect-atoll-nation-rising-seas-4158459a/

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2010-11-04T14:50:01ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/geology/history-mystery-new-zealands-kaimanawa-wall-4228548a/

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2010-11-04T14:41:36ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/earth-science/gold-pan-prospecting-heavy-minerals-gemstones-4221002a/

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2010-11-04T14:50:23ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/geophysics/burning-mountain-coal-fire-new-south-wales-australia-4228903a/

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2010-11-04T14:49:55ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/geology/lost-worlds-lemuria-4228487a/

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2010-11-04T14:44:06ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/optical-physics/opal-change-color-4223218a/

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2010-11-03T15:34:06ZThe Scientisttag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-03:/paleontology/amber-treasures-4156854a/

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2010-11-04T14:36:39ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/dinosaurs/dinosaurs-eat-4216450a/

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2010-11-04T14:36:33ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/dinosaurs/guide-dinosaur-discoveries-4216384a/

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2010-11-03T10:14:22ZhubPagetag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-03:/oceanography/bora-bora-perl-pacific-4147007a/

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2010-11-04T14:35:47ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/anthropology/relationship-cannibalism-religion-4215707a/

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2010-11-04T14:36:40ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-04:/sciences/scientists-entrepreneurial-california-new-zealand-4216481a/

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2010-11-29T15:05:16ZHeliumtag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-11-29:/genetics/biological-differences-exist-individuals-population-4474546a/

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2010-10-26T20:48:10ZCosmostag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-10-26:/geology/giant-impact-crater-south-australia-3314107a/

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2011-01-06T07:00:29ZAP Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-06:/photo/australia-flooding-2406202p/

In this Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 photo, an island is formed by flood water stranding vehicles and other equipment in <a title="Rockhampton" href="/topic/Rockhampton" >Rockhampton</a>, <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>. Floods that have cut air, rail and road links to an Australian coastal city are now threatening its sewage plant, and waters are still expected to rise another few feet before peaking Wednesday. (AP Photo/Janie Barrett, Pool)<div id="copyright"><div> ...

2011-01-04T06:30:53ZAP Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-04:/photo/australia-tennis-hopman-cup-2405862p/

<a title="Novak Djokovic" href="/topic/Novak+Djokovic" >Serbian Novak Djokovic</a> plays a backhand during his match against <a title="Kazakhstan" href="/topic/Kazakhstan" >Kazakhstan</a>'s <a title="Andrey Golubev" href="/topic/Andrey+Golubev" >Andrey Golubev</a> on day two of the Hopman Cup team tennis tournament in <a title="Perth" href="/topic/Perth" >Perth</a>, <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Wake)<div id="copyright"><div> ...

2011-01-03T11:30:50ZAP Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2011-01-03:/photo/hopman-cup-2405542p/

FILE - In a Jan. 5, 2010 file photo, <a title="John Isner" href="/topic/John+Isner" >John Isner</a> of the <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a> plays against <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>'s <a title="Lleyton Hewitt" href="/topic/Lleyton+Hewitt" >Lleyton Hewitt</a> during their men's singles match at the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in <a title="Perth" href="/topic/Perth" >Perth</a>, Australia. Isner defeated <a title="Nicolas Mahut...

2010-12-29T04:30:39ZAP Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-12-29:/photo/new-zealand-obit-dutton-2403530p/

In this Aug. 3, 2002 photo, <a title="Dennis Dutton" href="/topic/Dennis+Dutton" >Dr. Dennis Dutton</a> poses at a computer in his office at the <a title="University of Canterbury" href="/topic/University+of+Canterbury" >University of Canterbury</a>. Author, academic and founder of the popular Arts & Letters Daily website <a title="Denis Dutton" href="/topic/Denis+Dutton" >Denis Dutton</a> died in <a title="New Zealand" href="/topic/New+Zealand" >New Zealand</a>, Tuesday, Dec, 2010 at the age o...

2010-12-26T01:30:09ZAP Newstag:informsciencenetwork.com,2010-12-26:/photo/new-zealand-earthquake-2402338p/

Safety fences are erected around fallen bricks lay on Madras Street in central <a title="Christchurch" href="/topic/Christchurch" >Christchurch</a>, <a title="New Zealand" href="/topic/New+Zealand" >New Zealand</a>, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010 following a series of aftershocks. (AP Photo/<a title="The New Zealand Herald" href="/topic/The+New+Zealand+Herald" >New Zealand Herald</a>, <a title="Simon Baker" href="/topic/Simon+Baker" >Simon Baker</a>) NEW ZEALAND OUT, <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Aus...