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Thai village battles dengue fever
Jun 05, 2007 |
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A hillside village in Thailand is battling an outbreak of dengue fever.
Researchers study genetic evolution of African dogs
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- African village dogs are not a mixture of modern breeds but have directly descended from an ancestral pool of indigenous dogs, according to a Cornell-led genetic analysis of hundreds of semi-feral ...
Island village hit by suspected swine flu
Nov 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.
Fertilizer use not always helpful in revegetation efforts
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Companies and communities trying to restore vegetation on damaged northern landscapes should think twice about using fertilizer to stimulate growth according to new research published in the November issue of Arctic, Antarctic an ...
Huge owl moves into English village
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Apr 18, 2008 |
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A large eagle owl has moved into a village in Northern England, scaring some residents and fascinating others.
Heavy rains flood parts of Britain
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Emergency crews struggled Wednesday after heavy rains and thunderstorms caused flooding, landslides and power outages in Britain.
Keeping Traditions in a Modern-Day Bedouin Village
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 03, 2008 |
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University of Arkansas researchers have used modern digital-mapping technology to uncover an ancient tradition still practiced by a Bedouin tribe that once roamed Jordan but now has settled into a modern village. ...
Village bird study highlights loss of wildlife knowledge from one
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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Our ability to conserve and protect wildlife is at risk because we are unable to accurately gauge how our environment is changing over time, says new research out today in Conservation Letters.
Israelis bring green power to West Bank village
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors - a group of Israelis who installed solar panels and wind turbines to illuminate the ...
Study: Baby talk is universally understood
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 23, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers found that people in a remote village in Ecuador can understand key features of English by focusing on non-verbal aspects of the language.
Baby born with 4 eyes and two faces
Mar 16, 2008 |
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An Indian woman has given birth to baby girl with four eyes and two faces, a report said Saturday.
An a-maize-ing path out of poverty
Oct 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Across Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa, processing the corn harvest is labor intensive: Families and friends gather to spend a day or two filling bags with the dried cobs, beating then to ...
Local elite rule over small villages in Indonesia
Jul 03, 2008 |
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Dutch-sponsored researcher Y. Argo Twikromo has investigated how the local ruling elite have retained their political control over the local population. He has tried to understand and analyse the dynamic processes of state ...
How monkey murder brought British coastal towns together
Jan 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How two British coastal communities, hundreds of miles apart, came to be associated with a centuries-old tale of monkey murder has been investigated as part of a new study.
Ancient fort opens new chapter in First Nations' history
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Jun 19, 2008 |
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[B]University of Calgary archaeologists join the Blackfoot in studying unusual woodland-style settlement on Canadian plains[/B] A fortified village that pre-dates European arrival in Western Canada and is the only one of ...
