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Ancient gold necklace discovered in Peru
Mar 31 2008 10:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The earliest known gold jewelry made in the Americas has been discovered in southern Peru. The gold necklace, made nearly 4,000 years ago, was found in a burial site near Lake Titicaca, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Some Asians families in US choosing sons
Mar 31 2008 4:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Having sons is important to many Asian cultures, and now American families from those groups seem to be asserting the same preference. A new analysis of the 2000 Census shows that among U.S. born children of Chinese, Korean and Asian Indian parents the odds of having a boy increase if the family already has a girl or two.
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NASA's next launch delayed until May 31
Mar 31 2008 4:20PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's next space shuttle launch has been delayed until May 31, nearly a week late because of extra time needed to get the fuel tank to Florida.
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Ore. farmers press for more bee research
Mar 31 2008 4:20PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon farmers are hoping that the state's premier academics will help them figure out what is causing a sudden decline in the bee population that's hitting home in the Pacific Northwest.
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Sweeps of human DNA yield discoveries
Mar 31 2008 4:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases.
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Sweeps of human DNA yield discoveries
Mar 31 2008 4:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases.
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Sweeps of human DNA yield discoveries
Mar 31 2008 4:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases.
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Sweeps of human DNA yield discoveries
Mar 31 2008 4:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases.
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NY, NJ trees treated for killer beetles
Mar 31 2008 4:18PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Nearly 80,000 trees in New Jersey and New York are being treated to protect them from a deadly beetle infestation. The Asian longhorned beetle has destroyed more than 30,000 trees since it arrived in the country about a decade ago.
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Ancient bones found in Wisconsin cave
Mar 31 2008 4:17PM (CT)
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) - Excavators have unearthed what are believed to be some of the oldest prehistoric bones discovered in a cave in Wisconsin, according to a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay professor.
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Doubt hangs over personal gene scans
Mar 31 2008 12:25PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - For the price of a good men's suit, a batch of new services will scan your genes and spot potential health risks, from cancer to lower back pain.
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Rare parrot chicks born in New Zealand
Mar 31 2008 3:17AM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A species of flightless parrot edged back from extinction with the hatching of five new chicks in New Zealand in recent weeks and two more on the way, officials said Monday.
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