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Prototype Mars space suit goes to Badlands
May 1 2006 10:05PM (CT)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - Students and faculty from five North Dakota colleges will unveil a prototype Mars spacesuit this weekend in the Badlands.
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16,000 species said to face extinction
May 1 2006 9:57PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Polar bears and hippos are among more than 16,000 species of animals and plants threatened with global extinction, the World Conservation Union said Tuesday.
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NASA dissent cheers investigative board
May 1 2006 9:29PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Members of the board that investigated the demise of the space shuttle Columbia said Monday they were encouraged that NASA leaders are listening to dissenting opinions but wondered why the agency overruled a top safety officer last week on a crucial decision.
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Pacific Basin countries try tsunami drill
May 1 2006 9:11PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - In 1960, a powerful earthquake off Chile triggered a tsunami that hit Hawaii in just 15 hours. Traveling at 500 mph, the monster wave kept building in size before striking Japan seven hours later.
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Greenhouse gases continue to rise
May 1 2006 9:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The greenhouse gases widely blamed for raising the planet's temperature are still building up in the atmosphere.
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Maine buses start using clean-burning fuel
May 1 2006 9:04PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Passengers on the Greater Portland Transit District's Metro system got to ride for free Monday to celebrate the official arrival of clean-burning buses powered by compressed natural gas.
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Astronaut Eileen Collins leaves NASA
May 1 2006 8:59PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Eileen Collins, the unflappable astronaut who charted a groundbreaking career as the first woman to pilot and command a space shuttle, is leaving the U.S. space agency.
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Wyoming plans another ferret release
May 1 2006 8:53PM (CT)
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Encouraged by the successful reintroduction of black-footed ferrets into central Wyoming's Shirley Basin, state wildlife managers plan to release more ferrets into the same area.
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Biocontainment lab to be built in Hawaii
May 1 2006 8:52PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A new $37.5 million biocontainment laboratory will be built in Honolulu to serve as a research center on emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism threats, officials said this week.
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Scientists vote to track down jaguar
May 1 2006 7:24AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A team of government scientists has voted to capture one of a handful of jaguars known to live in the United States, drawing protests from environmental groups.
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