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S. Korea seeks talks with U.S. researcher
Jan 3 2006 9:44PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's top university wants to interview an American researcher as part of its investigation of cloning claims made by a disgraced South Korea researcher.
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Scientists may have found Mozart's skull
Jan 3 2006 9:19PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Have scientists found Mozart's skull? Researchers said Tuesday they'll reveal the results of DNA tests in a documentary film airing this weekend on Austrian television as part of a year of celebratory events marking the composer's 250th birthday.
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One tail hair reveals elephant's life tale
Jan 3 2006 8:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lewis had gourmet taste: Whenever the dry season browned grass in his Kenyan sanctuary, he'd abandon the other elephants and race 25 miles to the mountains _ to raid farmers' corn fields under cover of night. A foot-long hair plucked from his tail, and GPS technology, tell the tale.
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Study: 'Double whammy' harms murrelet
Jan 3 2006 8:04PM (CT)
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - To protect the marbled murrelet, logging stopped across wide swaths of coastal old-growth forests in Oregon. But a new study indicates the small seabird may have been forced into decline not just by logging, but also by overfishing.
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Scientists: Quakes at Mauna Loa decline
Jan 3 2006 8:02PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Earthquakes at Mauna Loa sharply declined during 2005, leading geophysicists to believe the world's largest volcano is less likely to erupt than they earlier thought.
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Archaeologists: Old canals found in Peru
Jan 3 2006 8:00PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - In the Peru's Andean foothills, a group of archaeologists say they have found remnants of the oldest known irrigation canals in South America, which they hope will provide clues to the origin of the region's agriculturally based societies.
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41 beached whales shot in New Zealand
Jan 3 2006 9:46AM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Wildlife officers shot 41 pilot whales that beached on New Zealand's South Island, the Department of Conservation said.
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