There are a little less than 2,000 giant pandas in the world, making the chance to name two of the newest born a rather special and rare treat. And that’s exactly what Zoo Atlanta is offering animal lovers around the world to do. The zoo announced Monday it would allow people to name its new […]
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The World We Share, USAIf you’ve ever wondered what your dog is thinking about, the answer may be more complex than you might imagine. A study has found that dogs remember past events in a similar way to humans, suggesting our canine companions may be more self aware than previously thought. Researchers from the MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group
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The World We ShareThe North Pole is over 36 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than average, a new report found. In fact, the entire Arctic region, the report said, is about 13 degrees warmer than usual. At the same time, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic is at a record low beating the all-time low seen in 2012.
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International, The World We ShareStephen Hawking believes that humanity has less than thousand years on Earth before a mass extinction occurs, the leading theoretical physicist said during a speech Tuesday at Oxford University Union, U.K. According to Hawking, the only way humans can avoid the possibility of extinction was to find another planet to inhabit. At the talk, Hawking
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International, The World We ShareCanada is present and accounted-for at this year’s United Nations climate change conference with a delegation of 225 individuals led by Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and which includes Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, several provincial environment ministers and a handful of members of provincial legislatures. They’ve all travelled to Marrakech, Morocco for COP22 to build on
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International, The World We ShareThe authorities in New Zealand have confirmed there have been casualties in the powerful earthquake that struck the South Island around 90 kilometres north of Christchurch. Prime Minister John Key has said two people were killed. Police said one of the victims was found in a house in the coastal tourist town of Kaikoura, near
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International, The World We ShareA supermoon will grace the skies Monday night, creating an image that won’t occur again for years. The moon may look unusually large, but it is just closer to earth, about 30,000 miles than it typically is. At 6:22 a.m. EST on Monday, the moon will be at its closest orbital approach to earth, also
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The World We ShareAs much as 30 to 40 percent of residential waste in North America is organic, equaling more than 20 pounds of food per person per month. While some of it is composted, the majority of it usually winds up in landfills where it does no one any good. Clearly we should be composting much more
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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareThree key economic issues will dominate the new international era set to emerge as Donald Trump assumes the presidency of the United States: trade, climate, and taxation/spending. Trump’s vague platform offers limited guidance on how he would go about imposing his “fair trade” ideas on America’s global trade partners, including Canada, or how he plans
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International, The World We Share, USABy Dr. Arnold Flick SAN DIEGO — Without dwelling on the whys and hows, in the early 1970’s Roger Revelle, then head of Scripps Oceanographic and subsequently Jerome Namias, a senior meteorologist there, gave of their time to talk with me about what was then called the “greenhouse effect,” still called as such in some circles,
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Readers' Stories, The World We ShareWellington (dpa) – Ninety per cent of New Zealand’s native sea and shorebirds and more than a quarter of marine mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to an official report released Thursday. Twelve sea and shorebird species, including albatrosses, shags, petrels and penguins, were facing an extremely high risk of extinction, according to
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International, The World We ShareLola Gayle, STEAM Register Windsurfing is a popular sport. In fact, there were approximately 1.77 million participants in boardsailing and windsurfing in the U.S. alone in 2015. But we humans better watch out because there’s a new competitor to the sport, and they don’t even need special equipment. The beautiful and graceful Mute Swan (Cygnus
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International, The World We ShareImages of falcons are prevalent the moment you step into the United Arab Emirates. They’re everywhere — on walls, in TV ads, even on bank notes. The falcon is UAE’s national bird. And the Emiratis take falcons and falconry very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that back in 1999 the city of Abu Dhabi decided
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Middle East, The World We ShareIf you Google images of Port Salut, Haiti, you’ll see a Caribbean paradise — white sand beaches, coconut trees and inviting turquoise sea. The Hotel Reposoir du Village had a bar on the beach and tables under thatch umbrellas. When I stayed there two years ago, the only problem was an almond tree noisily dropping
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