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Monkey archaeology: Ancient evidence of tool use found
2016-07-11 18:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Primate archaeology is a new and unusual-sounding field, but it has revealed ancient evidence of some clever and dextrous monkey culture. Researchers from Oxford University, working in Brazil, found ancient "nut-cracking tools" - 700-year-old stone hammers that capuchin monkeys used to open cashew nuts. This is the earliest evidence yet of monkey tool use outside Africa. The findings are published in the journal Current Biology. One of the Oxford team, primatologist Dr Lydia Luncz, said...
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A cheap, simple experiment just found a very effective way to slow deforestation
2016-07-07 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In a convincing new study conducted in Uganda and based on a program sponsored in part by its government, a team of researchers have found an effective and affordable way to combat deforestation in a country showing some of the fastest tree loss rates in the world. How? The program simply paid owners of forest land not to cut down their own trees for either agricultural purposes or to sell them for timber. The research provides a positive model for protecting a forest region that is a hub for...
Officials: DVD player found in Tesla Autopilot fatal crash
2016-07-06 14:30:06| Extremetech
A portable DVD player was found in the decapitated Model S. It's unclear if it was playing at the time of the crash.
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Toxins From Fracking Found In Nearby Residents
2016-07-06 06:30:00| Chemical Processing
People working at or living near fracking sites are found to have higher concentrations of toxic chemicals in their bodies.
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15 dead, bodies of 19 missing victims found after flash floods in Chitral
2016-07-04 02:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pakistan Today: At least 15 deaths have been confirmed in the flash floods that inundated Arsoon area. Bodies of nineteen victims who went missing after being swept away in Chitral flooding Sunday have been recovered while search is underway for the remaining victims Rescue services have recovered five more bodies. At least 31 people were swept away on Sunday as an aftermath of heavy rains and flash floods that inundated Arsoon, a village near the Afghan border. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority...
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