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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2011
GEOLOGY
Earth’s magnetic powers
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Divide and rule
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2010
MALARIA-CARRYING mosquitoes, which kill two million people each year, are evolving faster than expected. This can pose a challenge to eradication programmes currently under way to rid the world of the blood parasite.
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News 360° - Briefs
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2010
MINING
ALARM IGNORED
Some of the 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 metres underground for 69 days had informed the management about the risk of a cave-in three hours before it occurred. Their bosses told them not to stop the work.
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Gut factor
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2010
HUMAN gut is host to numerous species of bacteria that enhance metabolism, protect against pathogens and prime our immune system to fight diseases. Dietary habits determine the diversity of this bacterial flora. Understanding this interplay is important as it controls the abilities of our gastrointestinal tracts.
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News 360° - Briefs
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2010
hydropolitics
Agreement over Nile disputed
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Discredited
Issue Date: May 15, 2010
A bbc documentary about socialite Robin Birley and his carbon credits business venture in Africa should never have been broadcast, an internal inquiry by the corporation has revealed.
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News 360° - Briefs
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2010
Customary land rights
Palm oil firm loses to Kayans
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War-like climate
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2009
In 1983, Alex De Waal, a doctoral candidate at the Oxford University, was doing his fieldwork in Sudan when he met a bedridden and nearly blind pastoralist, Hilal Abdalla. He said 1983 was an unusual year.
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Countdown to copenhagen
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2009
Brazil announces deep emission cut
Ahead of Copenhagen
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Good job bringing this to light. People won't realise how huge the problem is and municipalities are woefully ill equipped to...
Agreed; mining can never be sustainable, but then how do you get the metals to make all the things you need in the course of...
Very good piece.