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Abrupt climate shifts spurred Stone Age innovation in Africa
A rapid shift in climate that brought wetter and warmer conditions in southern Africa during the Middle Stone Age helped propel innovation and cultural advances in early man, a study has found. Paleontologists have long known that anatomically modern...
Tags: South Africa, Africa, Invention and Innovation
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Six months later, Superstorm Sandy's impact still being felt
The Obama administration approved $1.83 billion to help New Jersey recover from the effects of Superstorm Sandy, which six months ago to the day pounded through the state and metropolitan New York City areas, bring flooding, destruction and death....
Tags: Politics, MSNBC (tv network), Regional Authority, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Government
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Antares rocket blasts into orbit for first time in test for NASA
In its maiden flight to space, a commercially built 13-story rocket blasted off from a launch pad off the coast of Virginia in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., roared into orbit after launching Sunday...
Tags: Orbital Sciences Corporation, Science, Science and Technology, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Federal Aviation Administration
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Climate change will make flights bumpier, study says
In the future, white-knuckle fliers may be able to blame those brutally bumpy flights over the Atlantic Ocean on greenhouse gases. Turbulence will be stronger and occur more often if carbon dioxide emissions double by 2050, heating up the atmosphere,...
Tags: Ecosystems, Conservation, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Federal Aviation Administration
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Uruguay: Coastal reveries, away from it all
COLONIA DEL SACRAMENTO, Uruguay — Straddling the crest of a sand dune, my back to the Atlantic Ocean, I watched a Uruguayan boy net fish in a river lagoon. He waded through the chest-high water, dragging behind him the reflection of the setting sun....
Tags: Argentina, Foods and Beverages, Bodies of Water, Arts and Culture, UNESCO
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos hails recovery of some Apollo F-1 engines
Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer. A year after vowing to send a team into the ocean to find F-1 engines from the historic Apollo 11 moon launch, Bezos announced Wednesday that the team had recovered F-1 engine...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Human Interest, Bodies of Water, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Space Programs
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Reuben Pannor dies at 90; trailblazer for open adoptions
People have an intrinsic right to know their ancestry — at least Reuben Pannor thought so. A Los Angeles social worker and trailblazer for the open-adoption movement, Pannor co-wrote "The Adoption Triangle," a 1978 book that served as the...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Career and Workplace, U.S. Army, Museum of Modern Art, Adoption
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FC Barcelona youth academy player scores on bicycle kick [Video]
You have to check out this incredible bicycle kick goal by 9-year-old Iker Merino of FC Barcelona's youth academy. That's right. They start teaching them highlight-reel moves at a young age in Europe. Or maybe the youngsters across the Atlantic...
Tags: Tiger Woods, TNT (tv network)
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Solutions to poverty, population growth, global warming [Google+ Hangout]
World NowAs experts from three continents convene this week at UC Berkeley to discuss rapid population growth, climate change and other intractable problems, The Times will hold a live online video discussion -- via Google+ Hangout -- Thursday on potential... -
Discuss solutions to poverty, global warming [Google+ Hangout]
World NowJoin Ken Weiss in an online discussion -- via Google+ Hangout -- about population growth, climate change and other intractable problems at 3:30 p.m. today from UC Berkeley. The newspaper explored such issues around the world in its recent five-part series... -
Stockton Sikh temple's 100th anniversary noted in Congress
L.A. NOWThis post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details. A Northern California congressman on Tuesday honored the state’s longstanding Sikh community by formally acknowledging the Stockton temple’s 100-year anniversary in the... -
Superstorm Sandy: Tallying the damage at amusement piers
Los Angeles Times staff writerA pair of otherworldly photos from Superstorm Sandy will be forever etched in my memory of the historic hurricane. The first photo showed up in much of the mainstream media coverage and became a symbol of the storm: A seemingly intact roller coaster...Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Tourism and Leisure, Theme Park Vacations, Horse and Harness Racing, Gardens and Parks
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