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Curtin University researchers have shown natural radioactivity within DNA can alter chemical compounds, providing a new pathway for genetic mutation.
The research, recently published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects, for the first time
Shallow earthquake magnitude 6.2 struck 195 km east of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands, at 23:38 UTC on December 17. USGS measured depth at 16.1 km. EMSC reports M 6.3 earthquake at depth of 30 km.
Magnitude 4.9
Head of the ANAS Institute of Geology's – Mud Volcano Department – Adil Aliyev told APA today that they received information about a volcano that erupted in Baku, Shabran region of Azerbaijan. Employees of the Institute of Geology have been sent there and will…
Third tropical depression of the Southern Indian Ocean cyclone season strengthened into tropical storm named Amara today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) expects that Tropical Cyclone Amara will continue to strengthen over the next 5 days reaching
Argos (or Argus Panoptes) was the 100-eyed giant in Greek mythology.
While NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has significantly less than 100 eyes, seeing connections in the solar atmosphere through the many filters of SDO presents a number of interesting
A rare winter storm dropped snow across much of the Middle East between December 10 and 13, 2013. The storm was named Alexa and it was the worst snow storm that hit the Middle East since 1953. It brought snow, rain and freezing temperatures to
Volcanic activity along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” gave rise to a new island in late November 2013. The new island is in the Ogasawara Islands, part of the Volcano Island arc, about 1 000 kilometers (600 miles) south
New Zealand's GEONET recorded strong earthquake measuring M 6.2 on December 17 at 01:07 local time (December 16 at 12:07 UTC). Epicenter was located 125 km west of Tuatapere at shallow depth of 25 km.
USGS measured this quake as M 5.6 at depth of 11
Vice president of Russia’s National Association for Genetic Safety, Irina Ermakova, told Interfax news agency it is necessary to ban GMO and impose moratorium on it for 10 years.
"While GMO will be prohibited, we can plan experiments, tests, or maybe
In last 6 months Google has been quietly buying key robotics companies and has since then bought 8 of them. Their latest and crown acquisition for this year – cutting edge robotic company Boston Dynamics – was announced on Friday, December 13.
Google's
