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Vatican summit looks at selecting embryos
Feb 28 2006 9:42PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Scientists told a Vatican conference Tuesday that screening embryos for disease before implanting them in in-vitro fertilization posed grave ethical problems that could ultimately result in parents choosing the type of children they want.
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U.S. biologists bet N.D. pelicans return
Feb 28 2006 9:07PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Federal biologists who were baffled by pelican die-offs and departures at Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge the past two years are betting the big birds will be back in about a month.
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Professor finishes Maine bay seaweed study
Feb 28 2006 8:39PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - A University of New Hampshire plant biology professor has documented an abundance of invasive species of seaweed in Maine's Casco Bay that appear to be changing the ecosystem.
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Nev. proposal raises evolution questions
Feb 28 2006 8:39PM (CT)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A proposed constitutional amendment would require Nevada teachers to instruct students that there are many questions about evolution _ a method viewed by critics as an opening to teach intelligent design.
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NASA to try for 3 shuttle flights in 2006
Feb 28 2006 8:35PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA will try for three shuttle flights this year if the space agency is able to launch Discovery in May or July, a top NASA official said Tuesday.
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Scientists claim to find lost civilization
Feb 28 2006 7:49PM (CT)
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) - Scientists have found what they believe are traces of the lost Indonesian civilization of Tambora, which was wiped out in 1815 by the biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
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3 Md. researchers gets NASA Mars grants
Feb 28 2006 7:48PM (CT)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Three Maryland researchers have been awarded nearly $1 million by NASA for research on how radiation from the sun could affect astronauts traveling to Mars.
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Scientists study decline of beluga whales
Feb 28 2006 7:46PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - In the 1970s, there used to be about 1,300 beluga whales in Cook Inlet, delighting locals and tourists alike. Last year, the number was estimated at just 278.
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