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New fairy shrimp species found in Idaho
Mar 15 2005 11:12PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Biologists with the Idaho National Guard have discovered a new species of fairy shrimp living in the oft-dry lake beds of Idaho's desert.
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Argonne's chief scientist named director
Mar 15 2005 10:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Argonne National Laboratory announced Tuesday that its chief scientist, Robert Rosner, will take over next month as the lab's director.
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NASA probes Mars rover instrument problem
Mar 15 2005 9:15PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA has stopped using one of the instruments on its Mars rover Opportunity while engineers figure out why it has been producing incomplete data sets.
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N.Y. teen wins science competition
Mar 15 2005 8:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A 17-year-old New York City boy won a national science competition Tuesday for creating a sensor that detects exposure to toxic agents such as nerve gas.
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Mich. moose population slump continues
Mar 15 2005 8:10PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Mercilessly hounded by blood-sucking ticks, the Isle Royale moose herd is on a downward spiral _ and the wolf packs that roam the national park in Lake Superior are taking advantage.
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Museum spotlights neglected exhibits
Mar 15 2005 2:31PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A collection of Roman-era gold treasures has spent centuries hidden from view, either concealed by thieves in a clay jar, buried under the desert or languishing in a dusty corner of Cairo's rambling Egyptian Museum.
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Bush awards science and technology medals
Mar 15 2005 2:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush presented 16 science and technology achievement medals on Monday to recognize breakthroughs in various fields, including geology, computer software, genetics and neurology.
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Group warns of shrinking glaciers' effect
Mar 15 2005 2:28PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The shrinking of Himalayan glaciers could fuel an upswing in flooding in China, India and Nepal, before creating water shortages for hundreds of millions of people across the region, a leading environmental group warned Monday.
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County abuzz as Bezos plans spaceport
Mar 15 2005 2:27PM (CT)
VAN HORN, Texas (AP) - Even skeptical locals, who've become wary over the years of city slickers with big ideas for their town, perked up when Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos made his pitch _ a spaceport for commercial travel into the beyond.
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Dolly the sheep's creator gets award
Mar 15 2005 2:16PM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Dolly the sheep's British creator received Germany's most prestigious medical prize Monday amid criticism of the partly state-funded award by opponents of cloning.
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Female owl goes on 150-mile trek for mate
Mar 15 2005 2:14PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A female ferruginous pygmy owl took a 150-mile crisscross trek across the Sonoran Desert to search for a mate, a journey about seven times longer than any previously recorded by state researchers monitoring the endangered birds.
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EPA issues rules cutting mercury pollution
Mar 15 2005 1:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration on Tuesday ordered a nearly 50 percent cut in mercury pollution from power plants over the next 15 years, adopting a market-based strategy that would raise electricity prices but help protect fetuses and young children from nerve damage.
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Group: Bid to unlock corn's code gaining
Mar 15 2005 6:42AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A trade group overseeing a partnership to unlock corn's genetic code said Monday the effort has gained "critical momentum," with more than 120 researchers already having accessed a searchable Web database created last year to hasten development of biotech crops.
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