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Ark. scientist says fault activity unclear
Jan 24 2006 8:22PM (CT)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - A researcher at the University of Arkansas says recent research showing a build up of strain in the New Madrid Seismic Zone is inconclusive because the tension can't be seen well enough to determine any earthquake hazard.
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Size does matter in bats' evolution
Jan 24 2006 8:06PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - For some male bats, sexual prowess comes with a price _ smaller brains. A research team led by Syracuse University biologist Scott Pitnick found that in bat species where the females are promiscuous, the males boasting the largest testicles also had the smallest brains. Conversely, where the females were faithful, the males had smaller testes and larger brains.
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Wyo. rancher gives Pitt land with fossils
Jan 24 2006 8:06PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Wyoming rancher with no connection to the University of Pittsburgh has given the school 4,700 acres of land littered with dinosaur fossils.
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Japan scientists find million-year-old ice
Jan 24 2006 8:04PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A team of Japanese researchers drilling on Antarctica has recovered what is believed to be the oldest sample of ice ever _ possibly dating back 1 million years, officials said Tuesday.
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Program seeks to preserve grasslands
Jan 24 2006 7:38PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - An exchange program between the Nature Conservancy and the Mongolian government is trying to preserve some of the planet's best remaining grassland ecosystems.
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Scientists to pitch Homestake experiments
Jan 24 2006 7:11PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Scientists from around the country will gather in the Black Hills next month to pitch experiments to be performed thousands of feet below ground in an abandoned gold mine.
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Scientists to pitch Homestake experiments
Jan 24 2006 7:11PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Scientists from around the country will gather in the Black Hills next month to pitch experiments to be performed thousands of feet below ground in an abandoned gold mine.
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Archeologists unearth 1,300 skeletons
Jan 24 2006 6:07PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A medieval cemetery containing around 1,300 skeletons has been discovered in the central English city of Leicester, archaeologists said Tuesday.
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