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Egypt offers first peek at new tombs
Feb 10 2006 8:40PM (CT)
LUXOR, Egypt (AP) - The painted 3,000-year-old face of a woman _ her eyes lined in black kohl _ stared from a funerary mask as authorities on Friday revealed to the world the first tomb discovered in eight decades in the Valley of the Kings.
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Panel: Drought may bring Arizona problems
Feb 10 2006 8:36PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The lack of rain or snow across Arizona may be fueling a perfect storm in terms of dramatic drought, devastating wildfires and heavy groundwater demand, weather scientists and water specialists said Friday.
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Yellowstone reopens facility for bison
Feb 10 2006 8:33PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Authorities at Yellowstone National Park reopened a capture facility near the park's northern border Friday, two weeks after shutting it down, to hold more bison that had ventured too far into Montana, a park spokesman said.
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Museum displays scientist's insects
Feb 10 2006 8:31PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A collection of insects belonging to a 19th-century evolutionary scientist and discovered in an attic by the man's grandson has gone on display at the Natural History Museum in Britain.
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Injury caused trout to grow two mouths
Feb 10 2006 7:11PM (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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U.S. Geological Survey to study fault line
Feb 10 2006 7:10PM (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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Bullied mice show brain reacts to stress
Feb 10 2006 7:09PM (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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Fossett alters route in aviation quest
Feb 10 2006 7:08PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Adventurer Steve Fossett on Friday altered his route over the Atlantic Ocean to make up for lost fuel and weak winds in his quest to break aviation's distance record.
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University criticizes stem-cell scientist
Feb 10 2006 5:14PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - In his zeal to be associated with a cloning breakthrough, a U.S. stem-cell scientist engaged in "research misbehavior" by signing his name to a now-discredited study by a South Korean expert without properly verifying the work, a university panel said Friday.
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