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Brazil gets their first man in space
Apr 11 2006 10:23PM (CT)
STAR CITY, Russia (AP) - Cooperation between nations comes easily at zero gravity _ but soccer is a different matter, Brazil's first man in space said Tuesday after a nine-day visit to the international space station.
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10th planet slightly larger than Pluto
Apr 11 2006 10:12PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An icy ball discovered last year in the outer solar system is only slightly larger than Pluto, casting doubt on previous estimates that the so-called 10th planet was significantly larger, scientists reported Tuesday.
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Cameras banned from Carlsbad Caverns
Apr 11 2006 9:10PM (CT)
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, N.M. (AP) - Photographers who flew in the face of a no-flash rule have prompted a total ban on picture-taking as Carlsbad Caverns' famous bats emerge each evening.
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Researcher: Tectonic plates slowly moving
Apr 11 2006 7:52PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Using hand-me-down technology from the Cold War, scientists have discovered that the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest is a jumping kind of place, with thousands of small, swarming earthquakes and tectonic plates that are slowly rearranging themselves.
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Meteorite gets $93K at New York auction
Apr 11 2006 7:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A meteorite believed to have come from an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter sold for $93,000 Tuesday at an auction of rare space sculptures.
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European spacecraft orbits Venus
Apr 11 2006 7:39PM (CT)
DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) - A European spacecraft moved into orbit around Venus on Tuesday, successfully completing a critical stage of a mission to explore the hostile climate and atmosphere of Earth's nearest planetary neighbor.
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Telescope to search for ET light signals
Apr 11 2006 7:29PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A new telescope at an observatory outside Boston will become a key tool in the search for extraterrestrials as scientists try to detect light signals from distant civilizations.
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Bosnian town hopes to cash in on pyramid
Apr 11 2006 6:35PM (CT)
VISOKO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Restaurants serving meals in triangle-shaped plates. Artisans crafting wooden key-chains in the shape of pyramids. Shopkeepers hawking T-shirts saying "I have a pyramid in my backyard."
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70 Pacific Region species to be reviewed
Apr 11 2006 6:28PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review the status of 70 animals and plants to determine if they still need protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, the agency said Tuesday.
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Researchers study Stradivarius violins
Apr 11 2006 6:25PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Two Swedish researchers are hoping to unravel the secrets behind the unique sound of a Stradivarius violin, an acoustic mystery that has enthralled music lovers and perplexed scientists for centuries.
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Russia's top space company targets moon
Apr 11 2006 6:25PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's leading space company on Tuesday laid out an ambitious plan to send manned missions to the moon by 2015, build a permanent base to tap its energy resources and dispatch a crew to Mars between 2020 and 2030.
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14 whooping cranes spotted in chicago park
Apr 11 2006 6:18PM (CT)
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - More than a dozen whooping cranes took temporary refuge at a DuPage County forest preserve, sparking hope among local officials that one of North America's most endangered birds will make the park a regular stop on an annual migratory flight between Wisconsin and Florida.
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Mars rover Spirit heads to alternate home
Apr 11 2006 6:17PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Mars rover Spirit, hampered by a broken wheel, has failed to reach its destination and will spend the Martian winter at an alternate site, scientists said Monday.
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NASA to crash space probe into moon
Apr 11 2006 6:17PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA plans to crash a space probe into the moon in 2009 _ a collision so violent it will be visible on Earth through a telescope, the space agency said Monday.
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Museum highlights Arctic climate change
Apr 11 2006 6:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's becoming harder to find the right snow to build an igloo, and melting permafrost is turning land into mud. With climate change the nature of the Arctic is changing, too, in ways that worry the people who live there.
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