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| In Our Genes, Old Fossils Take On New Roles |
(Mon, 01 Sep 2008)
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| "The past is never dead. It's not even past." -- William Faulkner
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Author: David Brown |
Category: In |
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| Scientists Reprogram Adult Cells' Function |
(Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
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| Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a variety of illnesses and sidestep the political and ethical quagmires
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Author: Rob Stein |
Category: Scientists |
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| Chemical in Plastic Is Connected to Health Problems in Monkeys |
(Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
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| Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked a chemical found in everyday plastics to problems with brain function and mood disorders in monkeys -- the first time the chemical has been connected to health problems in primates.
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Author: Lyndsey Layton |
Category: Chemical |
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| Study Links Gene Variant in Men to Marital Discord |
(Tue, 02 Sep 2008)
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| Men are more likely to be devoted and loyal husbands when they lack a particular variant of a gene that influences brain activity, researchers announced yesterday -- the first time that science has shown a direct link between a man's genes and his aptitude for monogamy.
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Author: Shankar Vedantam |
Category: Study |
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| NASA Images Show Gamma Ray Bursts Across Milky Way |
(Wed, 27 Aug 2008)
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| NASA researchers yesterday released images collected by a new telescope studying high-energy gamma rays. A combined image from 95 hours of the telescope's initial observations showed bursts of gamma rays glowing across the plane of the Milky Way.
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Author: Sindya N. Bhanoo |
Category: NASA |
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| Oil Group Joins Alaska in Suing To Overturn Polar Bear Protection |
(Sun, 31 Aug 2008)
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| CHICAGO -- The American Petroleum Institute and four other business groups filed suit Thursday against Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, joining Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's administration in trying to reverse the listing of the polar bear a...
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Author: Kari Lydersen |
Category: Oil |
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| Md., Va. Set Action Plans for Changes in Climate |
(Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
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| Climate change could profoundly alter the weather, animal life and even the very shape of Maryland over the next century, making heat waves deadlier and leaving one corner of the Eastern Shore under water, a state-appointed commission said yesterday.
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Author: David A. Fahrenthold and Sandhya Somashekhar |
Category: Md., |
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| Scientists Report Further Shrinking of Arctic Ice |
(Wed, 27 Aug 2008)
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| Arctic sea ice has shrunk to the second-lowest level since record-keeping began three decades ago, a group of international researchers determined yesterday, a revelation underscoring how rapidly climate change is transforming ecosystems in northern latitudes.
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Author: Juliet Eilperin |
Category: Scientists |
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| Alaska Vote Pits Fisheries Against Mines |
(Mon, 25 Aug 2008)
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| HOMER, Alaska -- Salmon and gold mining. Both are, inarguably, very Alaskan.
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Author: Kari Lydersen |
Category: Alaska |
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