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New Cotton fabric may absorb toxins
Apr 4 2005 9:04PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Cotton, the fabric of your life, could soon have the potential to save it. Scientists at Texas Tech University's Institute of Environmental and Human Health on Monday unveiled a new composite cotton fabric they say will protect against biological and chemical agents.
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Officials enact Colorado River plan
Apr 4 2005 8:33PM (CT)
HOOVER DAM, Nev. (AP) - Water officials from California, Arizona and Nevada joined the federal government Monday in enacting a 50-year plan to protect the lower Colorado River and ensure states are able to get enough water and power from it.
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Hawaii to list its endangered species
Apr 4 2005 8:24PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The state plans to compile a list of Hawaii's native endangered species to secure wildlife conservation funding from Congress.
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Researchers to study apes, forgiveness
Apr 4 2005 8:22PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An international team of researchers will study social interaction at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa this spring to learn more about human forgiveness and the process of culture, officials with the research center said.
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Experts find 41 saltworks in ancient Maya
Apr 4 2005 8:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Underwater archaeologists have discovered 41 new seaside salt production works used by the ancient Mayans in Central America.
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Oil platforms may be used for fish farms
Apr 4 2005 9:39AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Thousands of oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico could be converted into deep-sea fish farms raising red snapper, mahi mahi, yellow fin tuna and flounder, under a plan backed by the Bush administration.
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North Atlantic right whale has baby boom
Apr 4 2005 5:54AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A baby boom has given a lift to the endangered North Atlantic right whale, with a near-record number of births in the just-ended calving season, according to researchers at the New England Aquarium.
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