Death toll in Afghan floods tops 100: officials
Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan (AFP) April 26, 2014 -
The death toll from flash floods in northern Afghanistan rose to more than 100 on Saturday with many others still missing, officials said, as helicopters carried trapped villagers to safety.
The national disaster management authority told AFP that 58 people were killed in Jowzjan province, 32 in Faryab, six in Sar-e-Pul and six others in Badghis as floods struck a large swath of rural commun ...
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Pterodactyl found in China is most ancient to date
Washington (UPI) Apr 24, 2013 -
Pterodactyls, the now extinct genus of flying reptiles - and part of the slightly larger pterodactyloids family - is five million years older than previously thought. That according to a new study which details the 2001 discovery of the oldest pterodactyl species found to date.
Scientists estimate that the species Kryptodrakon progenitor spread its 4.5-foot wingspan roughly 163 millio ...
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Ukraine has cut back water supply to Crimea
Moscou (AFP) April 26, 2014 -
Ukraine has reduced its water supplies to the Crimea peninsula, which was annexed by Russia last month, the region's governor Sergei Aksyonov said Saturday.
"Ukraine's sabotage limiting the water supply to the republic through the North Crimea canal can only be qualified as premeditated action against the people of Crimea," Itar-Tass news agency quoted him as saying.
Ukrainian media repo ...
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NASA Sees Earth From Orbit In 2013
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 23, 2014 -
A fleet of orbiting satellites monitors Earth constantly. The satellites from NASA and other space agencies give us a fresh, wide perspective on things that we can see from the ground - and things that we can't.
A look back at Earth in 2013 from the viewpoint of orbit reveals the kind of data gathering and technical achievement that are the reason NASA puts Earth-observing satellites in sp ...
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Impact glass stores biodata for millions of years
Providence RI (SPX) Apr 22, 2014 -
Asteroid and comet impacts can cause widespread ecological havoc, killing off plants and animals on regional or even global scales. But new research from Brown University shows that impacts can also preserve the signatures of ancient life at the time of an impact.
A research team led by Brown geologist Pete Schultz has found fragments of leaves and preserved organic compounds lodged inside ...
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A Star's Early Chemistry Shapes Life-Friendly Atmospheres
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2014 -
Born in a disc of gas and rubble, planets eventually come together as larger and larger pieces of dust and rock stick together. They may be hundreds of light-years away from us, but astronomers can nevertheless watch these planets as they form.
One major point of interest is the chemistry of the rubble that forms around a star before a planetary system is formed, known as the protoplanetar ...
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Lockheed Martin Solar Ultraviolet Imager Installed on GOES-R Weather Satellite
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2014 -
Lockheed Martin has delivered a new solar analysis payload that will help scientists measure and forecast space weather, which can damage satellites, electrical grids and communications systems on Earth.
The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument was integrated with the first flight vehicle of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Op ...
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