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China: Typhoon Kaemi kills atleast 32
Typhoon Kaemi kicked-up rainstorms triggering floods, landslides and other disasters, which have already killed at least 32 people, leaving more than 50 missing in southern China, according to the state media. After sweeping across China's...
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New volcano-type discovered in Japan
A new type of volcano! Yes, Naoto Hirano at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, and colleagues has discovered a new type of miniature volcanoes in the western Pacific Ocean. The volcanoes were spotted near the underwater Japan Trench and are...
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Most widespread industrial contaminant is cancer-causing!
Do you know, the most widespread industrial contaminant in drinking water is a cancer causing solvent? The solvent is used in adhesives, paint and spot removers. This is suggested by growing scientific evidences. Compared to five years ago when the...
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How do the tiny, but 'killer' tremors occur?
There is a link between tiny, almost imperceptible, tremors deep inside the earth and devastating quakes that can wipe out cities! Thus, the secrets of earthquake prediction can be unlocked with this finding's help, according to researchers. It has...
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Who will help us? We have no guns!!
I know the images below will seem painful for you, as it appeared to me as well, when a friend of mine forwarded them to me. But these little, harmless, helpless creatures feel the pain!! They are being slaughtered by ruthless people and the worst part...
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Disgraced scientist tried to clone mammoth!
Cloning mammoths! Yes, that is what disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk claimed to be doing with the part of the money he has been charged to have spent for personal use or embezzlement. But, he says he has failed attempts to clone mammoths and the money...
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Future food-crop yields in 'Greenhouse-gas conditions' found lower than expected
It is alarming to know that food crops - the major ones - in the predicted future conditions of greenhouse gas effects will not be yield by the amount it was previously expected. Growing trials of five major food crops are made in open-air field under.
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New cricket species discovered
Yet, another discovery from the diverse unexplored wildernesses - it is a new type of cricket. The new species of the insect is found in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. It is located on the Utah-Arizona border, in a remote strip of...
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Calif. heat wave deaths rise to at least 56!
California enters the 11th day today with the 100-degree heat resulting to the number of suspected heat-related deaths increased to at least 56! And to add to the nemesis of the climate, one can't take the eyes off, from the terrifying views of the...
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Some fruits, vegetables sold in Canada found contaminated with pesticide
When we thin of healthy-food, fresh fruit and vegetables are the first ones to be put in the list. But, things are not so for the ones sold in Canada. Do you know, more than 20 per cent of fresh fruit and vegetables, tested federally, and are sold here...
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Eight weird tree sculptures carved by nature
Plants and trees have excellent flexibility. They are capable of creating strange works of unintentional art that you just watch them bewildered. There are artists who have given meaningful shapes to trees such as of tables and mirrors. Tree sculptures ar
The Big Question: Are vertical farms really green?
Why we are asking this nowThe concept of vertical farming is receiving a number of positive as well as negative feedback, right from its inception. Many agriculturalists and socialists have analyzed the usefulness of this concept in the practical world. I
10 Innovative curtains designed to conserve energy
Curtains are primarily meant to avert sunlight and heat from entering our rooms. Draping over the windows and doors curtains secure us. Here we talk about ten innovative curtains that can conserve energy in various ways. There are curtains embedded with s
What’s Next: Future homes to eschew apocalypse
As we know it The claims of an apocalypse-like situation may be wrong. But, it can't be denied that millions of people around the world die every year because of natural disasters like earthquake, flood, tsunami and tornado. The world faces about 600 disa
