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BREAKING NEWS
Deadly Cyclone Giri batters Myanmar - Al Jazeera
Richard becomes a hurricane over the Caribbean - National Hurricane Center
SPACE
Full Moon of October 22/23
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WORLDWIDE
Fractals in Nature~ revealing a unity
Benoit Mandelbrot and Fractal Geometry October 24, 2010
The line of a coast. The meandering of a river. The silhouette of a mountain-scape. The branching of trunk to twigs, of artery to capillaries, of the trachea to alveoli, of the forks of lightning. Famed mathematician, Benoit Mandelbrot who died last week at 85, illuminated them all.
Mandelbrot coined the term “fractal” to describe the geometry he named, explored and inspired others to explore. He was convinced, and convincing in his argument, that he was describing the geometry of nature.
CHINA
Typhoon 'Megi' hits China, 270,000 evacuated- It has since been downgraded
IANS
Paramilitary policemen evacuate a fisherman, centre, from a docked fishing boat at the Gaoqi Safe Harbor before Typhoon Megi's landfall in Xiamen, in southeast China's Fujian province, on Saturday. Photo: AP.More than 270,000 people were evacuated and 79 flights cancelled in China on Saturday as typhoon “Megi” hit the country’s southeastern part after lashing Philippines and Taiwan where at least 39 people have been killed.
GREENLAND
Winners Dress Warmly For 'Coolest Marathon On Earth'
by NPR Staff
October 24, 2010 On Saturday, marathon runners from around the world undertook what's billed as "the coolest marathon on earth." The Polar Circle Marathon is held in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, this time each year. Marianne Delcomyn won the women's category last year, setting a new record. She talks with host Liane Hansen.
USA
Coast Guard checks on discolored water near La.(AP)–18 hours ago
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard said Saturday that an area of discolored water near a Mississippi River pass south of New Orleans appears to be an algae bloom, but another spot 10 miles away could be oil.
Jeff Hall, spokesman for the Unified Area Command, said tests could determine if the suspected oil is from the BP spill.
The Coast Guard sent two flights over the West Bay area near Venice on Saturday. Two boats also went out to check the waters.
Hall told The Associated Press that tests will be done Monday on water samples from an area where a marine investigator believes there's an algae bloom near Venice. The area of discolored water there was about 2.5 miles long and 300 yards wide, Hall said.
About 10 miles away, Hall said a crew spotted what appears "some kind of silvery, weathered oil." The crew in that area didn't have a sampling kit but investigators could go back out and take samples that could be tested to determine whether it's oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, he said.
Six months after the spill started, the federal government maintains much of the oil is now gone from the Gulf. But independent researchers say they are discovering significant amounts of crude below the sea's surface, including on the ocean floor. They fear the oil that remains could harm species lower down the food chain.
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