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Sperm whales use engines as 'dinner bells'
Feb 9 2006 9:47PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska are likely using the sounds of fishing boat engines as underwater dinner bells to hone in on longlines hung with valuable sablefish, scientists said.
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U.S. Geological Survey to study fault line
Feb 9 2006 9:46PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scientists plan to use $2 million in federal "seed money" to try to learn more about the southern San Andreas Fault, including a segment that has not ruptured in more than three centuries.
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Man who left NASA says he's under attack
Feb 9 2006 9:35PM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - A staffer who resigned from NASA after he was accused of restricting access to a noted climate scientist said Thursday he was targeted because of his political ties.
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Tomb found in Egypt's Valley of Kings
Feb 9 2006 8:59PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut's in 1922 contains five sarcophagi with mummies, breaking the nearly centurylong belief that there's nothing more to find in the valley where some of Egypt's greatest pharaohs were buried.
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Bullied mice show brain reacts to stress
Feb 9 2006 6:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Any bully's victim knows the experience can cause lingering fear. Now scientists watching big mice intimidate small ones have discovered the stress spurs genetic changes in the brain _ a finding that may help research into depression and other mental illnesses.
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Injury caused trout to grow two mouths
Feb 9 2006 6:40PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska-bred trout with two mouths grew them as a result of an injury, not a genetic mutation, says a Harvard researcher.
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Mineta: Space tourism may come in 2008
Feb 9 2006 5:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Paying space travelers could be lifting off from the United States by 2008, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta says.
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Record-seeking aviator loses fuel
Feb 9 2006 4:08PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A fuel leak, soaring heat in the cockpit and weak winds jeopardized adventurer Steve Fossett's quest to break aviation's distance record Thursday as he flew over Asia in his lightweight experimental plane.
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Report: College fires stem cell scientist
Feb 9 2006 5:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Seoul National University decided Thursday to suspend disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk and six other professors on his team from teaching and conducting research for their involvement in fabricated stem cell research, according to a news report.
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