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New Zealand warned on resource usage

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:32:34 -0400

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 16 (UPI) -- New Zealand must do more research before exploiting marine resources, the country's national scientific academy warned.

Most detailed image of galaxy captured

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:27:40 -0400

MUNICH, Germany, May 16 (UPI) -- European astronomers say they've captured the deepest, most detailed images ever of a massive elliptical galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its heart.

People more truthful in text messages

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:16:00 -0400

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 16 (UPI) -- Text messaging can reveal more truthful responses to sensitive questions as people are more candid in them than in voice interviews, U.S. researchers say.

U.S. megafires put down to human activity

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:15:12 -0400

DALLAS, May 16 (UPI) -- Today's mega forest fires in the U.S. Southwest are truly unusual compared to the long-term record and may be the result of human activity, researchers say.

Baby galaxies grew quickly to sustain life

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:03:37 -0400

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 16 (UPI) -- Galaxies in the young universe evolved faster than previously thought, offering the potential for early planet formation and life, Danish researchers say.

Experiment to measure undersea CO2 impact

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:35:35 -0400

OBAN, Scotland, May 15 (UPI) -- Researchers say an experiment in Scottish waters will measure the impact of a possible leak from an undersea carbon dioxide storage site.

Turtles' epic long-distance journeys eyed

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:26:33 -0400

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 15 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've been studying how baby loggerhead sea turtles embark alone on a migration that takes them around the entire North Atlantic basin.

Satellite takes most detailed Earth photo

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:09:53 -0400

MOSCOW, May 15 (UPI) -- A Russian weather satellite has taken the highest-resolution photograph ever captured of Earth in its entirety, astronomers say.

Oldest Mediterranean island farm uncovered

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:21:32 -0400

KLIMONAS, Cyprus, May 15 (UPI) -- Researchers say the remains of the oldest known agricultural settlement in the Mediterranean islands have been found on Cypress.

WWF report: By 2050 we will need 3 planets

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:35:34 -0400

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 15 (UPI) -- A significant decline in biodiversity is hitting low-income countries least able to afford it, the World Wildlife Fund reported in Switzerland.

Cosmic dust rings no guarantee of planets

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:35:44 -0400

PASADENA, Calif., May 15 (UPI) -- Dust rings around distant stars, considered by many as "smoking gun" evidence of orbiting planets, can form on their own, U.S. research suggests.

Wall art from France said world's oldest

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:52:09 -0400

DORDOGNE, France, May 15 (UPI) -- Anthropologists say a 1.6-ton block of engraved limestone found in southern France is the earliest evidence of wall art, dating to 37,000 years ago.

Amber preserves earliest pollination clue

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:27:35 -0400

GRENOBLE, France, May 15 (UPI) -- Amber from 100-million-year-old deposits in Northern Spain has preserved and revealed the first ever record of insect pollination, scientists say.

Future North American temperatures weighed

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:24:55 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 15 (UPI) -- Ohio State University researchers say they've used statistical analysis to project future seasonal temperature changes in regions across North America.

Supernova shows secrets of its brightness

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:02:06 -0400

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 15 (UPI) -- A NASA orbiting telescope has observed the first evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas around the star, astronomers say.

Soyuz crew heading for space station

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:39:25 -0400

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, May 15 (UPI) -- The latest crew members for the International Space Station are on their way after a launch in Kazakhstan, NASA said Tuesday.

New species of fish found in Sweden

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:31:47 -0400

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 14 (UPI) -- Swedish scientists say a new fish species has been discovered in Vaderoarnam, known as the "Weather Islands," off the country's west coast.

Bacteria seen as biofuel production key

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:30:06 -0400

LIVERMORE, Calif., May 14 (UPI) -- Understanding the makeup of a bacterium found in the soil of a tropical rainforest may lead to more efficient production of biofuels, U.S. researchers say.

Increase in hatchery salmon brings concern

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:11:52 -0400

PORTLAND, Ore., May 14 (UPI) -- Salmon raised in man-made hatcheries can harm wild salmon through competition for food and habitat, a finding with worldwide implications, researchers say.

Climate change will challenge mammals

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:43:20 -0400

SEATTLE, May 14 (UPI) -- Nearly 10 percent of the Western Hemisphere's mammals won't be able to move swiftly enough to outpace climate change and reach safe havens, researchers say.

Violent life of undersea volcano studied

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:45:21 -0400

OXFORD, England, May 14 (UPI) -- British researchers say sonar has captured the violent rise and collapse of an undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean.

Viruses can be tapped for electric power

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:44:51 -0400

BERKELEY, Calif., May 14 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say electricity generated by viruses could bring devices that generate power from everyday human activities like walking.

Study: Americans will pay for clean energy

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:37:53 -0400

NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 14 (UPI) -- Americans agree the United States needs a national clean energy standard and are willing to pay more to make it happen, a survey indicates.

Ancient Peruvian find turns up in Florida

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:52:03 -0400

ORLANDO, Fla., May 13 (UPI) -- Experts are trying to determine how two ancient skulls and centuries-old Peruvian artifacts came to be buried in a former Florida migrant worker camp.

Asian beetle threatening avocado industry

Sat, 12 May 2012 13:01:15 -0400

LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI) -- California's avocado crops are being threatened by an Asian beetle that is spreading a fungus that kills avocado trees, experts say.