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A new book on the Extinction Rebellion's climate protests sells the science short but neatly explains the group's highly effective civil disobedience tactics from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2xj7zsJ

On Saturday rescuers found him alive, and he was walking and talking to them, the Montrose Search and Rescue Team said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2XCbkIn

After shaking hands with Kim over the line that marks where their two countries and their allies fought each other to a standstill in the 1950-53 Korean War, Trump walked for several steps into North Korean territory, before another handshake. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2YnQREi

This year’s total solar eclipse is visible late in the day from a relatively small slice of South America. from Latest Headlines | Science News https://ift.tt/2FJAj2i

A recently discovered bioelectrical current could be turned against itself to switch off and kill cancer cells from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2xvlv37

A recently discovered bioelectrical current could be turned against itself to switch off and kill cancer cells from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ZUgAEX

Trump made the offer in a tweet about his trip to South Korea, where he landed on Saturday after the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2LtapUj

“The liberal idea has started eating itself,” Putin said at a news conference. “Millions of people live their lives, and those who propagate those ideas are separate from them.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2J00lRb

Sikh activists alleged that during her tenure as California’s Attorney General, Harris defended a policy prohibiting state prison guards from keeping beards for religious reasons, even though exceptions were given for medical reasons. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2XeVHmh

The man had been held about a week at the Rio Grande Valley central processing center in McAllen, Texas, according to a law enforcement official. The official said the man, who had health issues, had been medically checked. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2J1UElP

Environmentalists in Germany collected 1.75 million signatures for a 'save the bees law.' Citizens believe they can stop insect declines by halting habitat loss and fragmentation, producing food without pesticides and limiting climate change. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2YneI75

The International Space Station, like all human habitats in space, has a nagging mold problem. Astronauts on the ISS spend hours every week cleaning the inside of the station's walls to prevent mold from becoming a health problem. New research finds mold spores may also survive on the outside walls of spacecraft. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XEk2Gf

The International Space Station, like all human habitats in space, has a nagging mold problem. Astronauts on the ISS spend hours every week cleaning the inside of the station's walls to prevent mold from becoming a health problem. New research finds mold spores may also survive on the outside walls of spacecraft. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XEk2Gf

The application of large enough magnetic fields results in the disruption of superconducting states in materials even at drastically low temperature, thereby changing them directly into insulators -- or so was traditionally thought. Now, scientists report curious multi-state transitions of these superconductors: going from superconductor to special metal and then to insulator. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/322UUIE

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a world between the sizes of Mars and Earth orbiting a bright, cool, nearby star. The planet, called L 98-59b, marks the tiniest discovered by TESS to date. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NwEapI

Two Australian studies published this week offer the first proof of a 70-year-old theory of turbulence. Turbulence, with its seemingly random and chaotic motion of the fluid, is a notoriously difficult problem, for which there is no general theoretical description. (In fact, the Clay Mathematics Institute offers a million dollar prize to anyone that comes up with a theory of turbulence.) from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2X8ir7m

As you stir milk into a cup of coffee, you will see fluid turbulence in action -- rapid mixing that has defied deep scientific understanding. Researchers set out to learn more about the everyday enigma of turbulence by using the remarkable properties of superfluids, strange quantum fluids able to flow endlessly without any friction. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2IZT57T

Using cryo-EM, researchers capture how Cdc48, harvested directly from yeast cells, unfolds proteins. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2JfHVur

The newly elected Australian prime minister did not just stop there, he also captioned his photo in Hindi, saying ‘Kithana ache he Modi’ (How nice Modi is). from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Xd2XDT

Xi opened the meeting with a reference to the ping-pong diplomacy in the 1970s that paved the way for formal diplomatic ties between the U.S. and China. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Nkl9ab

Ivanka Trump, adviser to President Donald Trump, said Saturday that the world economy would get a boost of up to USD 28 trillion by 2025 if women were on an equal economic footing. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2KLC9E1

During his meeting with Indonesian president Joko Widodo, the prime minister discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in trade and investment, defence and maritime fronts. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Nlgh4J

Biomedical engineers have developed a low-cost, portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanner that promises to bring the vision-saving technology to underserved regions throughout the United States and abroad. Thanks to a redesigned, 3D-printed spectrometer, the scanner is 15 times lighter and smaller than current commercial systems and is made from parts costing less than a tenth the retail price of commercial systems -- all without sacrificing imaging quality. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2KNPQ5x

Scientists are getting closer to confirming the existence of an exotic quantum particle called Majorana fermion, crucial for fault-tolerant quantum computing -- the kind of quantum computing that addresses errors during its operation. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ZU3aZp

When ozone and skin oils meet, the resulting reaction may help remove ozone from an indoor environment, but it can also produce a personal cloud of pollutants that affects indoor air quality, according to a team of researchers. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2IZkHtT

When ozone and skin oils meet, the resulting reaction may help remove ozone from an indoor environment, but it can also produce a personal cloud of pollutants that affects indoor air quality, according to a team of researchers. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2IZkHtT

In a surprising marriage of science and art, researchers have developed a system for converting the molecular structures of proteins, the basic building blocks of all living beings, into audible sound that resembles musical passages. Then, reversing the process, they can introduce some variations into the music and convert it back into new proteins never before seen in nature. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2FDNUZ6

Many work processes would be almost unthinkable today without robots. But robots operating in manufacturing facilities have often posed risks to workers because they are not responsive enough to their surroundings. To make it easier for people and robots to work in close proximity in the future, scientists have developed a new system: IMPROV. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XaJKma

Scientists have taken the first images of carbon dioxide molecules within a molecular cage -- part of a highly porous nanoparticle known as a MOF, or metal-organic framework, with great potential for separating and storing gases and liquids. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2JbFMjr

Experts reveal how plants provide a steady flow of air to every cell. Study shows humans have bred wheat plants to have fewer pores on their leaves and use less water. Findings pave the way to develop more drought-resistant crops. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2RHHnBh

How did humans get to be so much fatter than our closest primate relatives, despite sharing 99% of the same DNA? A new study suggests that part of the answer may have to do with an ancient molecular shift in how DNA is packaged inside fat cells, which curbed our body's ability to turn 'bad' white fat into 'good' brown fat. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2LskNLQ

Callery or Bradford pear trees are starting to show up in many eastern forests. Once established, the invasive trees are hard to eradicate, a biologist warns. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XfUgZA

A comprehensive database of gene activity in mice across ten disease models could significantly reduce animal use worldwide. It gives a full picture of the immune response to different pathogens. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XibOUL

Researchers review 200 years of documentation on how non-human primates respond to death. Researchers infer that non-human primates have some aspects of death awareness but, thus far, only humans conceptualize it at a higher order. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Jga9Fm

When the asteroid hit, dinosaurs weren't the only ones that suffered. Clouds of ash blocked the sun and cooled the planet's temperature, devastating plant life. But fungi, which decompose dead stuff, did well. So what happened to the lichens, which are made of a plant and fungus living together as one organism? from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XkHOYE

Experts reveal how plants provide a steady flow of air to every cell. Study shows humans have bred wheat plants to have fewer pores on their leaves and use less water. Findings pave the way to develop more drought-resistant crops. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2RHHnBh

When the asteroid hit, dinosaurs weren't the only ones that suffered. Clouds of ash blocked the sun and cooled the planet's temperature, devastating plant life. But fungi, which decompose dead stuff, did well. So what happened to the lichens, which are made of a plant and fungus living together as one organism? from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XkHOYE

Instead of the typical bell-shaped curve, the fossil record shows a fat-tailed distribution, with extreme, outlier events occurring with higher-than-expected probability. Using the same mathematical tools that describe stock market crashes, scientists explain the evolutionary dynamics that give rise to universal patterns in the fossil record. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2IQ9nQn

Researchers have used X-ray computed tomography (CT) to visualize in real time how cracks form near the edges of the interfaces between materials in solid-state batteries. The findings could help researchers find ways to improve the energy storage devices. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2YiFrli

Researchers have developed a novel device that will help scientists and pharmaceutical companies more effectively screen and test formation of drug substance -- active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2X67CTi

People agree that bike commuting improves health, reduces air pollution and eases traffic, a recent survey suggests. But that wasn't enough to get most people to commute by bike. New research indicates that a person's neighborhood may play a large role in influencing the decision to commute by bike. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2IVaXk0

Vegetarianism and liking underwater volcanoes have helped sharks survive for half a billion years. But can they use their skills to cope with climate change? from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2RMkixC

Previous attempts at DNA storage have encoded data in the genetic code, but an alternative approach just uses a series of tiny holes from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2KKgKeB

If true, the study would complete a decades-long quest to find the elusive material. But such claims have been made prematurely many times before. from Latest Headlines | Science News https://ift.tt/2KJ5jDJ

Withholding aid from clinics that offer abortion services leads to a rise in terminations – perhaps because the clinics often provide contraception services too from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2KGB4xe

The two remaining towers of Italy’s Morandi bridge have been destroyed with explosives, but the lethal collapse in 2018 still has not been fully explained from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2REah5q

Previous attempts at DNA storage have encoded data in the genetic code, but an alternative approach just uses a series of tiny holes from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2KJ2ZNe

Impossible Foods' plant-based burgers will soon be cheaper than beef ones, steaks are coming, and the company will never sell out, says CEO Patrick Brown from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2LuNvvX

Vegetarianism and liking underwater volcanoes have helped sharks survive for half a billion years. But can they use their skills to cope with climate change? from New Scientist - Life https://ift.tt/2FCZ8gs

Putin lauded the rise of populism in Europe and America, adding that ideas such as multiculturalism are “no longer tenable”. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2X3gQj2

Naidu told the General Assembly that the Jewish people have for more than two millennia faced discrimination and hatred based on their identity, asserting that pervasive antisemitism often co-exists with other forms of deep-rooted malaise towards others. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2IW6MEJ

The statue is located in an open space outside the Maharani Jindian Kaur Haveli, also known as the Sikh Gallery, in Lahore Fort. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Xzn4LL

The scheduled test was normal, China’s Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday, when asked about the alleged test launch of a JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on June 2 from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31Yuyr5

Prompted by a reporter’s question about whether Trump would warn Putin against future election meddling, Trump said: “Of course I will.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2X3gKYI

The magnetic north pole is racing towards Siberia - but why? It's a mystery with huge implications, and to solve it, we're building an explosive model of the planet's core from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2REfmuq

The magnetic north pole is racing towards Siberia - but why? It's a mystery with huge implications, and to solve it, we're building an explosive model of the planet's core from New Scientist - Earth https://ift.tt/2ZSp0fR

Telescopes show two distant blobs of stars and gas swirling around each other in the young universe. from Latest Headlines | Science News https://ift.tt/2Yk9MzZ

The prospect that Tehran could soon violate its nuclear commitments, a week after Trump called off air strikes on Iran at the last minute, has created additional diplomatic urgency to find a way out of the crisis. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2RLM25u

A White House official said President Trump wanted to promote to Abe and Modi “a resilient quality secure infrastructure”. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2FDTHh9

PM Modi said before the talks that the key topics they would discuss include Iran, 5G, bilateral relations and defence relations. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2JbS1MS

Once Boeing completes the update, the US Federal Aviation Administration must review the fix and the results of a certification test flight that will not be scheduled until at least September. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2X3OWUd

The trilateral meeting was held on the sidelines of the two-day G20 Summit slated to begin from Friday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31Uel6d

PM Modi said that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his recent visit to New Delhi had delivered a “very warm letter” from Trump congratulating him on his recent re-election. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2KJjWam

Speaking at the informal BRICS leaders’ meeting in Osaka, Modi said that there is a need to stop all the mediums of support to terrorism and racism. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2NjAmIA

A dip in the sea can completely change the microbes on your skin, replacing your natural mix with bacteria from the ocean from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2Xhit1K

A dip in the sea can completely change the microbes on your skin, replacing your natural mix with bacteria from the ocean from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ZP4OeX

A dip in the sea can completely change the microbes on your skin, replacing your natural mix with bacteria from the ocean from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2Xhit1K

Using a BBC micro:bit, motors and some sensors, here's how to make an autonomous robot that can roam around and avoid objects in its path from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2YfShkd

The mostly unfenced railways of the South Asian country of 165 million people are notoriously dangerous, with around 1,000 fatal accidents or suicides every year. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2RGVhnl

There were 46 people, including four crew, on board the plane, which was en route from the regional capital of Ulan-Ude to Nizhneangarsk. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2xfc0oz

When Johnson was given the foreign job in 2016, after Britain voted to leave the EU, he was viewed as an unlikely choice by politicians and public alike given his tendency to court controversy. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2RGVc31

Academics Jennifer Doudna, Andrea Ghez, Shafi Goldwasser, Daniel Kahneman Simon Wessely, and Yo-Yo Ma (cellist), besides Poonawalla and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, were conferred with the degrees at a ceremony called ‘Encaenia’. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2xinUOp

Nanowires promise to make LEDs more colorful and solar cells more efficient, in addition to speeding up computers. That is, provided that the tiny semiconductors convert electric energy into light, and vice versa, at the right wavelengths. Researchers have managed to produce nanowires with operating wavelengths that can be freely selected over a wide range. Fine-tuned nanowires could take on several roles in optoelectronic components, thus making them more powerful, more cost-effective, and easier to integrate. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2X4jULY

Imagine if your printer had an 'unprint' button that used pulses of light to remove toner, curbing environmental impacts compared with conventional paper recycling. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2X35Phx

Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and daughter Valeria were trying to cross into the U.S. after fleeing from El Salvador when they were swept into the Rio Grande. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2IRdzQ0

Mathews, 39, pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge of injury to a child in Sherin’s death. He was originally charged with capital murder by authorities in the US state of Texas. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2XciWSu

Besides Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the US president will meet his Chinese and Russian counterparts Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2XGRsEk

The video, recorded on an officer’s body camera and made public on Tuesday, shows sheriff’s deputies in Cummings, Georgia discovering the infant tied up in a bag and left by a roadside the night of June 6. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2J7shBi

The Asia-Pacific Group, one of the five regional bodies of the United Nations, conveyed its endorsement of India’s candidature by acclamation at a monthly meeting chaired by Tuvalu on Tuesday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2X4cMPJ

A huge flightless bird called Pachystruthio dmanisensis lived in eastern Europe 1.8 million years ago, just when hominins first entered the continent from Africa from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2xizvNa

HPV vaccination programmes around the world have significantly cut rates of virus infection, pre-cancerous lesions and genital warts from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2Lof2if

A huge flightless bird called Pachystruthio dmanisensis lived in eastern Europe 1.8 million years ago, just when hominins first entered the continent from Africa from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2RAXzo1

A huge flightless bird called Pachystruthio dmanisensis lived in eastern Europe 1.8 million years ago, just when hominins first entered the continent from Africa from New Scientist - Life https://ift.tt/2XaQ4dt

For the first time, astrophysicists have used artificial intelligence techniques to generate complex 3D simulations of the universe. The results are so fast, accurate and robust that even the creators aren't sure how it all works. The Deep Density Displacement Model can accurately simulate how the cosmos would look if certain parameters were tweaked -- such as the dark matter composition of the universe -- even though the model never received training data where those parameters varied. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XxJVYm

Coral reefs face many challenges to their survival, including the global acidification of seawater as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new study shows that at least three Caribbean coral species can survive and grow under conditions of ocean acidification more severe than those expected to occur during this century, although the density of their skeletons was lower than normal. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2X6V0jD

Viruses in managed honeybees are spilling over to wild bumblebee populations though the shared use of flowers, a first-of-its-kind study reveals. This research suggests commercial apiaries may need to be kept away from areas where there are vulnerable native pollinator species, like the endangered rusty patched bumblebee. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2J7fW02

We've known for some time that heart disease is prevalent in captive gorilla populations and is a leading cause of death. This is why, in 2010, the Great Ape Heart Project based at Zoo Atlanta (https://ift.tt/2NePTJC) was formed. The project provides a network of clinical, pathologic and research strategies to aid in the understanding and treating of cardiac disease in all the ape species. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Lm6BUF

Climate change is global in nature, and is creeping higher in surveys of voter concerns. In some countries it’s at or near the top, but it’s not regarded with the same urgency the world over. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2JdpMgK

Robots will take our jobs in name only. They are actually fragmenting them in a way that undermines our ability to find full-time work, warns Annalee Newitz from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2IKtoYF

A shortage of high school physics teachers has led to teachers with little-to-no training taking over physics classrooms, reports show. This has led to additional stress and job dissatisfaction for those teachers -- and a difficult learning experience for their students. But new research indicates that focused physics professional development for teachers -- even those who have no prior physics training -- can lead to better experiences for both students and teachers, and can improve students' understanding of physics concepts. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ZJBLJN

A team of scientists collaborating across theoretical and experimental physics and computer science, have developed and trained a new Machine Learning (ML) technique, to finally understand how electrons behave in important quantum materials. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2KEl5A2

Scientists have created materials that shrink uniformly in all directions when heated under normal everyday conditions, using a cheap and industrially scalable process. This potentially opens up a new paradigm of thermal-expansion control that will make electronic devices more resilient to temperature changes. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ZMQ8Nq

As Asia and Europe battle African swine fever outbreaks, new research shows how farmers' risk attitudes affect the spread of infectious animal diseases and offers a first-of-its kind model for testing disease control and prevention strategies. Getting just 10% of risk tolerant farmers to adopt biosecurity measures resulted in a significant reduction of disease, but keeping the disease under control required at least 40% of risk-takers to change their behaviors. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2KKtqSP

People who order their Buffalo wings especially spicy and sometimes find them to be too 'hot,' should choose milk to reduce the burn, according to researchers, who also suggest it does not matter if it is whole or skim. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2FKFGi3

For the first time, scientists can record cells communicating in real time, opening the floodgates for new developments in cell therapy and other areas within cell biology. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2KDIwcp

Consumer tech and a custom app combine to optimize the employee review. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NeSu6r

Time-saving method makes it possible to profile gene regulation in tens of thousands of individual human cells in a single day. Approach combines microfluidics and novel software to scale up single-cell ATAC-seq, which identifies parts of the tightly packaged genome that are more open and accessible to regulatory proteins. Profiling individual cells can clarify how genes function - in which specific cell types, at what time - and whether they play a role in disease. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2KEASPi

As Asia and Europe battle African swine fever outbreaks, new research shows how farmers' risk attitudes affect the spread of infectious animal diseases and offers a first-of-its kind model for testing disease control and prevention strategies. Getting just 10% of risk tolerant farmers to adopt biosecurity measures resulted in a significant reduction of disease, but keeping the disease under control required at least 40% of risk-takers to change their behaviors. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2KKtqSP

When the South African dung beetle rolls its dung ball through the savannah, it must know the way as precisely as possible. Scientists have now discovered that it does not orient itself solely on the position of the sun. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Li8HoH

For the first time, scientists can record cells communicating in real time, opening the floodgates for new developments in cell therapy and other areas within cell biology. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2KDIwcp

Researchers have developed an algorithm designed to visualize models of the universe in order to solve some of physics' greatest mysteries. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2LilnMu

Researchers have demonstrated previously unknown states of matter that arise in double-layer stacks of graphene, a two-dimensional nanomaterial. These new states, known as the fractional quantum Hall effect, arise from the complex interactions of electrons both within and across graphene layers. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2IK4rfW

By analyzing records in countries of the Amazon and Orinoco basins -- which include Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador -- researchers categorized 85 past and present initiatives or projects that work to preserve the South American River Turtle, or charapa (Podocnemis expansa), a critically endangered species. These projects are protecting more than 147,000 female turtles across the basin, an unprecedented figure. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2JknRY7

When you think of national parks, you might picture the vast plateaus of the Grand Canyon, the intricate wetlands of the Everglades, or the inspiring viewscapes of the Grand Tetons. You probably don't envision 100 million pounds of mashed water bottles, barbecue-smudged paper plates, and crumpled coffee cups -- but that is the staggering quantity of garbage that is generated in our National Parks each year. And handling that amount of waste is becoming a huge problem. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2xfAzBG

The 29-year-old became known on the video site for playing and criticizing Nintendo games. The day before he went missing, he had unsettled his fans by posting an eight-minute video voicing suicidal thoughts. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2ZMK8Eo

Jazmine Robin, who was born prematurely, was 10 weeks old when she died July 15, 12 days after leaving the hospital, prosecutors said Monday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2FyTpZ1

The United States has imposed crippling financial sanctions against Iran since last year when Trump withdrew from a 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers under which Iran curbed its nuclear programme. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2ZMK7Ak

Cengiz, Khashoggi’s fiance, has slammed US president Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for approaching the issue in a “hazy way”, and for preferring lucrative Saudi business relations over justice. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2IK1Qmc

The share of premature deaths in the UK linked to air pollution has dropped significantly because of action on emissions – but there is still a long way to go from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/31VBxAX

The share of premature deaths in the UK linked to air pollution has dropped significantly because of action on emissions – but there is still a long way to go from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2ZNSvzE

This huge crater in a field in Germany was created when a bomb dropped around 75 years ago finally exploded from New Scientist - News http://bit.ly/2RxJxn7

US President Donald Trump added that Carroll was “totally lying” when she made her claims. from Hindustan Times - world http://bit.ly/2X3Sk18

The craft blasted off to cheers from onlookers at 2:30 am after a three-hour delay from the original launch time late Monday. from Hindustan Times - world http://bit.ly/2J9BWYh

The success rates for two common fertility treatments have peaked, with only one in four cycles of IVF or ICSI getting pregnant from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2KB9vFN

The success rates for two common fertility treatments have peaked, with only one in four cycles of IVF or ICSI getting pregnant from New Scientist - News http://bit.ly/2Y83sM0

The success rates for two common fertility treatments have peaked, with only one in four cycles of IVF or ICSI getting pregnant from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2KB9vFN

Showing that salt-loving bacteria can double their numbers after absorbing damp air has implications for life on other planets. from Latest Headlines | Science News http://bit.ly/2X4iErY

UK’s solar farms could provide habitats and food for wildlife, says a new report – but critics worry that planned larger farms will be less wildlife-friendly from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2YcKHqD

This photo shows nature's best camouflage trick as the common potoo bird, snapped in Colombia's Utría National Park, stays still so long it becomes invisible from New Scientist - Life http://bit.ly/2IHrvfl