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 ▶ Kaskawulsh Glacier stops the flow of the Slims Rivers.| direction news.| glacier to changes as lakes as river of canada slims lost water glacier of direction or Kaskawulsh canada alsek ◀ | Despite some dissenters, the great majority of people have accepted that climate change is fact. The Arctic is rapidly shrinking as glaciers melt. This can be seen from satellites in space.  Countries are experiencing extreme fluctuations in weather conditions.    ||| slims Kaskawulsh glacier it changes to river of canada in direction is or changes in Kaskawulsh | In the Yukon in Canada a glacier fed the Slims River which meandered across Alaska into the Bering Sea. The Glacier is no more. In just four days the river vanished.  It can happen without glaciation, but is does not take place so quickly.     |||changes as glacier it go | direction on at changes in Kaskawulsh arctic | ||     Hot weather in early 2016 hit the Kaskawulsh glacier hard. A wide canyon opened in the ice. The riv

 ▶ Health technologies firms are too pushy, ambitious, on internet technology devices. patients | companies news.| internet health as dog to ambitious on funding patients health of companies or internet funding technology ◀ | Health : high-tech businesses are pressuring healthcare providers to adopt new systems to improve patient care. Government policy and regulation is stopping them from getting their way. Of course, there is a lot of money at stake.    ||| internet health it technology to ambitious on funding in companies government is or technology in internet funding patients | There is inertia in Australia's medical system. The operating structure has not significantly changed in over 50 years. Tech companies hold that people no longer want to go their doctor, or be treated in hospital, discharged, then have to go back again. It is a production line but it has worked for a very long time. Adopting new Internet related technology costs a great deal. Staff must be tra

 ▶ An academic group researches the DNA of a Dingo for determining the genes for domestication. darwin | sandy news.| dingo to dna as dog to domestication of dogs darwin lost water australian dingo of Sandy or genes dogs ◀ | The winner of the World's Most Interesting Genome Competition wasn't even human. It was dog! Sandy is a 100 percent pure desert dingo. Runners up were a sea slug, Temple Pitviper snake, pink pigeon and a bombardier beetle.    ||| australian darwin australia genes Dingo it dna to Domestication of dogs in Sandy Test is or dna in genes dogs scientific | DNA of the dog was examined by Professor Bill Ballard leading a team from NSW's universities and the University of Arizona. These scientists benefit from a money prize that went with the win: the Pacific Biosciences SMRT Grant. They will spend this to test some of the premises suggested by Charles Darwin.     ||| Test as Dingo it go dna | Sandy on on at dna in | ||     It does not take much th

 ▶ Mangroves are declining to the north of Australia. Mangroves northern | habitat stories news.| declining of die-off to mangrove lost water australian ◀ | When you visit a mangrove you immediately get that stinky smell. It is no pleasure to walk out to the ocean to paddle your feet. Why should you worry if some mangroves are lost?  This would mean losing useful habitat for many  creatures.    ||| mangroves it declining mangrove in habitat die-off northern to australia is or declining mangroves of | Your dinner plate would be lighter with the loss of barramundi, mud crabs, banana prawns and red snapper. This is happening in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the northerly part of Queensland and the Northern Territory. The damage was caused by El Niño changing the direction of prevailing winds.  Sea levels fell which left the mudflats high and dry. There was a also a shortage of natural water due to a drought.     ||| northern as Mangroves it go declining | habitat die-off on on northe

 ▶ Pet African grey is the cleverest parrot of all. | stories news.| parrot of grey trainer ◀ | The bird wins the intelligences test!  Alex, a 31 year old African grey parrot, knows over 100 words.  He can count and identify shapes and colors.  The bird makes regular appearances on television programs.  He has not only learned many words, but continues to learn more.    ||| do in parrot on to alex is to bright at pet in grey parrot. as alex it news| Dr Pepperberg bought Alex in 1977 from a pet shop.  She had little hope that he would actually mimic spoken words.  Over the years the "genius" has mastered an extensive list of achievements.  The mannerisms of the trainer was also copied.  Stunningly, attempts were made to improve his pronunciation and it worked.      ||| pet of grey an bright go parrot as of grey up |    Sadly,  Alex has died.  Just before he went to a better place he looked at his trainer and murmured: "You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you.

 ▶ There is a trend toward acceptance of coaches for lifestyle choices formulated on DNA - beware! | sequencing stories news.| ◀ | People are wrongly accepting advice from so called experts after taking a DNA test.  Lifestyle coaches have become popular. However, not enough is known about DNA sequencing. It is just fortune telling at the moment.    ||| diet lifestyle do DNA to beware is coaches || Guidance is about changing one's diet. It is based on snippets of DNA, not the whole genome; so it not really gene sequencing analysis. For evaluation of suitable diet, billions of subjects would have to be tested.  Are the needs of individuals different?  This question is not answered yet.     ||| lifestyle as DNA it beware go coaches | diet on sequencing on lifestyle | ||     Most would lose weight and become fitter if they adopted the Mediterranean regime and exercised, which is what they are usually told to do.  Taking more vitamins is another recommendations that would also improv

 ▶ We have vaccinations but in war-torn countries polio now increasing. | mena as region stories news.| ◀ | Despite widespread vaccinations incidents of polio are increasing for north Africa and the Middle East.  Many do not have the vaccine because it can "infect" healthy children.  The oral version causes paralysis in 3 people in a million. Vaccine by injection is safer.  Indeed, some countries such as Australia only use this method.    |||increasing do mena on polio to region is polio in increasing to mena at vaccine. | A new way has been found to identify the level of polio spreading silently in a population.  Israel tested sewerage of Bedouin towns for the polio virus and  could accurately "see" the numbers.  Of course, individuals could not be identified.  Rather than waiting for a sentinel case to show itself, the new system gives a warning to start vaccinating.     |||vaccine an mena go increasing polio as it region go mena of increasing up vaccine |