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When it comes to the threat of extinction, size matters

2017-09-18 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] CORVALLIS, Ore. — Animals in the Goldilocks zone — neither too big, nor too small, but just the right size — face a lower risk of extinction than do those on both ends of the scale, according to an extensive global analysis. Reporting today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers who determined body masses for thousands of vertebrate animal species showed that the largest and smallest species face a greater risk of extinction than do m…

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Why The Eagle Creek Fire Is A Major Threat To Portland's Drinking Water

2017-09-09 00:28:03| PortlandOnline

Amelia Templeton from OPB News, September 7, 2017

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SPE cancels Florida conference over Hurricane Irma threat

2017-09-07 22:51:50| Canadian Plastics Headlines

Hurricane Irma has forced the Society of Plastics Engineers Thermoforming Division to cancel the 26th annual SPE Thermoforming Conference, which had been scheduled for September 11-13 in Orlando, Fla. The post SPE cancels Florida conference over Hurricane Irma threat appeared first on Canadian Plastics.

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Has Google Become a National Threat?

2017-09-04 20:33:47| TechNewsWorld

The idea that Google might be becoming a national threat is what struck me when I read a column by Zephyr Teachout, a law professor at Fordham University. She makes a compelling argument that Google has reached a point where it no longer allows dissent outside the company -- though, given the recent firing of a Google engineer, that may be true inside the firm as well.

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