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Transplanted coral growing fast in lagoon off Okinawa coast
Feb 07, 2009 |
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Baby coral transplanted in the Sekisei coral-reef lagoon in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture under a coral-reef regeneration program are growing steadily, according to the Environment Ministry and the Tokyo University of Marine ...
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Nida getting knocked by winds, and 97W piquing interest
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Dec 02, 2009 |
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Nida is now a tropical storm, and is being knocked around by wind shear in the Western Pacific. Satellite imagery has confirmed Nida's center of circulation is exposed and the storm is losing its circular ...
NASA's TRMM satellite captures Typhoon Melor as it reaches Japan
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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Melor began as a tropical depression back on the 29th of September 2009 about 1000 miles (~1600 km) east-southeast of Guam in the Northern Mariana Islands. Over the next couple of days, the system steadily ...
Two NASA satellites capture monster Super Typhoon Melor
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites flew over Super Typhoon Melor early today, October 5 and captured some impressive images of the storm's clouds on a track toward Japan. The Western Pacific Ocean has the edge ...
Race has little effect on people's ability to spot family resemblances
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Scientists have ample evidence that individuals use a variety of cues to identify their own kin. People can also detect resemblances in families other than their own. A new study shows that their success in doing so is the ...
TRMM satellite captures rainfall from 2 typhoons that soaked Philippines
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May 11, 2009 |
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Within a week's time, the northern Philippines were hit by two tropical cyclones that left behind more than 42 inches of rainfall to various areas, and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite ...
Scientists learn how food affects the brain
Jul 09, 2008 |
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In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders.
Clue to mystery crustacean in parasite form
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May 20, 2008 |
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First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these larvae in plankton, leading ...
Typhoon Usagi Gathers Strength, Heads for Japan
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Aug 01, 2007 |
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Typhoon Usagi continues to gather strength in the West Pacific as it continues on a course for southern Japan.
Female chimps keep the bullies at bay
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Mar 07, 2007 |
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Female chimpanzees may have found a fool-proof way to ensure they mate with only the highest ranking males, namely those with important social and physical characteristics that their offspring may inherit, according to a ...
Japan plans to build its own island
Apr 25, 2006 |
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Japanese officials reportedly plan to grow an island on an isolated reef 1,000 miles south of Tokyo to win a political dispute.
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