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Mammoth remains unearthed in California
Apr 7 2005 10:25PM (CT)
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) - The remarkably well-preserved remnants of an estimated half-million-year-old mammoth _ including both tusks _ were discovered at a new housing development in Southern California.
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Shuttle astronauts eager to get into space
Apr 7 2005 9:34PM (CT)
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - As she prepares to return a crew of astronauts to space, shuttle commander Eileen Collins said Thursday her crew won't fly if NASA doesn't meet a task force's safety recommendations.
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Mummies undergo CT scans at Calif. museum
Apr 7 2005 8:04PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - This much experts know: One was a priest from a wealthy family. Another was a young girl who sang during religious rituals. A third was a child, buried in a finely carved wooden coffin.
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Smithsonian names new threat to U.S. rice
Apr 7 2005 8:02PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A type of maggot that devastated some late-planted rice fields in Louisiana and Texas last year is a bug new to the United States, the Smithsonian Institution has confirmed.
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Co-founder of Kan. space museum charged
Apr 7 2005 7:34PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The co-founder of a museum housing a nationally recognized collection of space memorabilia stole dozens of artifacts, sold them and pocketed the profits, prosecutors alleged Thursday.
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Space shuttle moved to launch pad
Apr 7 2005 4:47PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA took a major step toward returning to spaceflight early Thursday when space shuttle Discovery was moved to a launch pad in preparation for its scheduled May liftoff _ the first since the Columbia tragedy two years ago.
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Reef fish seek noise when house hunting
Apr 7 2005 4:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Silence is not golden for young fish who prefer to call home a reef situated in a noisy locale. Between shrimp clacking their claws, the grinding of teeth and other fishy sounds, reefs can be noisy places, and juvenile fish returning from the open ocean gravitate to the din, according to a study published in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
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Physicists write microscopic paragraph
Apr 7 2005 7:59AM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Physicists in Spain are celebrating the 400th anniversary of publication of "Don Quixote" in a very small way: they wrote the first paragraph on a silicon chip in letters so tiny the whole 1,000-page book would fit on the tips of six human hairs.
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