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NASA cut means no roving for Mars rover
Mar 24 2008 10:07PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scientists plan to put one of the twin Mars rovers to sleep and limit the activities of the other robot to fulfill a NASA order to cut $4 million from the program's budget, mission team members said Monday.
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Shuttle undocks from space station
Mar 24 2008 9:54PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Shuttle Endeavour pulled away from the international space station on Monday and headed for home after a heartfelt farewell between the two crews. It culminated 12 days of shared work, the longest mission ever of its kind.
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Researchers trace the first farming ant
Mar 24 2008 4:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ants took up farming some 50 million years ago, according to researchers who traced the ancestry of farmer ants. An analysis of the DNA of farmer ants traced them back to an original ancestor _ a sort of adam ant, at least for the types that raise their own food, according to a paper in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Study: Warming may threaten Lake Tahoe
Mar 24 2008 4:37PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A new study predicts water circulation in Lake Tahoe is being dramatically altered by global warming, threatening the lake's delicate ecosystem and famed clear waters.
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Giant waves break up Caribbean coral
Mar 24 2008 4:29PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Unusually large waves churned by an Atlantic storm system have littered the beaches of Barbados with broken coral in what could be a sign of damage to reefs across the region, a scientist said Sunday.
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