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03/10/2010 07:12 PM
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Personal look at genes locates disease causes
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AP - Children inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family.
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03/10/2010 05:32 PM
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World's top scientists to review climate panel
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 AP - At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel.
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03/10/2010 10:03 PM
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CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella
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 AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
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03/10/2010 07:10 PM
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'Doomsday' Seed Vault Stores 500,000 Crops
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LiveScience.com - A mold-resistant bean, a German pink tomato and a wild
strawberry plucked from the flanks of a Russian volcano are just some of the
crops whose seeds are being tucked away this week in a giant vault dug out of a
mountainside of the Norwegian island Svalbard.
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03/10/2010 10:25 PM
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48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing
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 AP - Honeycreeper birds, a fly and several ferns, trees and shrubs found only on a Hawaiian island were among 48 species added Wednesday to the endangered species list, boosting the number of such classifications by the Obama administration from two to 50.
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03/10/2010 12:01 PM
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Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report
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 AFP - The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels.
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03/10/2010 12:19 PM
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First American woman in space promotes careers in science
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 Reuters - American physicist Sally Ride achieved lasting fame in June 1983 when she became the first American woman to travel in space as a crew member of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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03/10/2010 06:43 PM
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Parents give kids fewer bad genes than thought: study
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 AFP - American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery -- that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.
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03/09/2010 02:31 PM
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NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights
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 AP - With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month.
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03/10/2010 06:26 PM
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Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing
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 AP - The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday.
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03/09/2010 07:10 PM
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Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds
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 AFP - In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.
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03/10/2010 09:25 PM
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Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems
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 AP - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.
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03/10/2010 04:53 AM
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The nation's weather
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AP - Another snowy day was expected over the central part of the country Wednesday as two low pressure systems were forecast to combine over the Plains.
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03/10/2010 07:15 PM
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Just One Hitch in Choosing China's First Women Astronauts
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SPACE.com - China has selected two military air transport pilots as
its first female astronauts, the country's state media reported Wednesday. The
only hitch? The women had to be hitched as in married to make the cut.
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03/10/2010 08:27 AM
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Effort to Map Human Brain Faces Complex Challenges
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LiveScience.com - Mapping the connections among brain cells could someday prove as
revolutionary as mapping the human genome. But tracing each synaptic
connection between neurons - essentially a manual effort so far - has
proven painstakingly slow. To approach a thorough mapping, researchers
will have to develop a computer-automated process.
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03/10/2010 12:48 AM
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Govt has no plans now to sell stake in ONGC, IOC - Oil secy
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 Reuters - The government has no immediate plans to sell stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan told reporters on Wednesday.
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03/09/2010 05:48 PM
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After slow start, tornado season under way
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 AP - Forecasters say a wetter-than-usual winter and a jet stream ripping over the part of the country known as "Tornado Alley" could lead to an active spring — perhaps starting with the strong twister that nicked a small western Oklahoma town Monday night.
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