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UV test helps fingerprint blue diamonds
Jan 7 2008 7:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The famed Hope Diamond glows a mysterious red when exposed to ultraviolet light, a finding that scientists say can help them "fingerprint" blue diamonds and tell the real ones from the artificial.
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UV test helps fingerprint blue diamonds
Jan 7 2008 7:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The famed Hope Diamond glows a mysterious red when exposed to ultraviolet light, a finding that scientists say can help them "fingerprint" blue diamonds and tell the real ones from the artificial.
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Decision on listing polar bear postponed
Jan 7 2008 7:20PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal officials said Monday that they will need a few more weeks to decide whether polar bears need protection under the Endangered Species Act because of global warming.
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Study: Monkeys 'pay' for sex by grooming
Jan 7 2008 6:30PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, according to a recent study that suggests the primates may treat sex as a commodity. "In primate societies, grooming is the underlying fabric of it all," Dr. Michael Gumert, a primatologist at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, said in a telephone interview Saturday.
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