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Scientists study sound, marine creatures
Feb 24 2006 10:29PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Rain falling on the surface of the ocean can be heard more than a mile deep, and at some frequencies it's louder than passing ships, according to oceanographer Jeff Nystuen.
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NASA spacecraft nears Mars - and hurdles
Feb 24 2006 10:29PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A NASA spacecraft bound for Mars is nearing the end of its seven-month journey but still faces a white-knuckle arrival at a planet known for swallowing scientific probes, mission managers said Friday.
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New body armor technology aids athletes
Feb 24 2006 9:04PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - U.S. and Canadian skiers banging through the slalom gates at the Olympics are benefiting from new fluid armor technology that is also being looked to as a battlefield lifesaver.
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Researchers get set to test biojet fuel
Feb 24 2006 8:58PM (CT)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - University of North Dakota researchers say a new jet fuel they have developed from crop oils is almost ready for testing by the Air Force.
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Deer die after antlers lock during combat
Feb 24 2006 7:44PM (CT)
TIPPECANOE, Ind. (AP) - A pair of deer died in a northern Indiana pond after their antlers were locked during combat. Later this year, if all goes well, their intertwined antlers will be on display at Potawatomi Wildlife Park in southern Marshall County.
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U.S. agents seize fossilized artifacts
Feb 24 2006 7:10PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Federal agents seized tons of fossilized dinosaur eggs, pine cones and other artifacts at the nation's largest gem show after determining the items had been smuggled out of Argentina.
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FEMA: New Madrid preparedness a priority
Feb 24 2006 6:59PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Preparing for a catastrophic earthquake along the New Madrid fault is a priority, a FEMA official said Friday before a congressional field hearing on government readiness to handle natural disasters.
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Report: Kennewick Man deliberately buried
Feb 24 2006 6:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kennewick Man was laid to rest alongside a river more than 9,000 years ago, buried by other people, a leading forensic scientist said Thursday.
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Woodpecker discovery may revive Ark. area
Feb 24 2006 6:59PM (CT)
BRINKLEY, Ark. (AP) - If the ivory-billed woodpecker is getting a "second chance," as U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton put it, then so is the depressed part of Arkansas where the bird was rediscovered after being thought extinct for 60 years.
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Powell says wetlands, levees vital to La.
Feb 24 2006 5:13PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Building higher levees isn't the sole solution to protecting this city and the rest of low-lying south Louisiana from killer hurricanes, President Bush's adviser on Gulf Coast recovery said Thursday.
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USC gets $25M to build stem cell center
Feb 24 2006 3:49AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The University of Southern California has received a $25 million donation to build a stem cell research center, school officials said.
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