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Arctic animals doing better, but not close to pole AP - The overall number of animals in the Arctic has increased over the past 40 years ago, according to a new international study. But critters who live closest to the North Pole are disappearing.
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New Toyota Troubles: Copycat Complaints? LiveScience.com - In the latest chapter of the runaway Toyota mystery, a man namedJames Sikes claimed that the accelerator on his 2008 Prius got stuck onMarch 8, at times reaching nearly 100 mph before he managed to stop thecar using both the emergency and regular brakes. Sikes's account madena ... more »
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Smithsonian opens $21M human evolution hall AP - Hundreds of early human fossils, artifacts and forensically recreated faces of our prehistoric relatives went on display Wednesday, exploring 6 million years of evolution at the National Museum of Natural History.
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NASA Shows Ireland From Space for St. Patrick's Day SPACE.com - If wearing green and watching a parade isn't enough for youthis St. Patrick's Day, NASA has unveiled the emerald day's Irish homeland asit appears from space.
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New Finding Puts Dog Origins in Middle East A discovery strengthens the link between the first animal to enter human society and the subsequent invention of agriculture about 10,000 years ago.
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New Cancer Approach: Fast, Cheap, and Radical Frustrated by the cost and the dead-slow pace of drug development, a group of...
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Ghastly Slaughter of Research Monkeys Prompts Calls for Oversight Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on. Two others were near death and had to be euthanized.
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Scientists transform protein into glass DURHAM, N.C., March 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have devised a method to dry and preserve proteins in a glassified form that seems to retain the molecules' properties.
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Research monkey deaths prompt calls for crackdown AP - Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on. Two others were near death and had to be euthanized.
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Spitzer views two unusual black holes PASADENA, Calif., March 17 (UPI) -- U.S. astronomers say they have identified what appear to be two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black holes ever seen.
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