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Researchers: Oldest wild spoonbill found
May 4 2006 10:01PM (CT)
TAVERNIER, Fla. (AP) - Introducing Enrico, the granddaddy of all roseate spoonbills. Researchers with Audubon of Florida claimed Thursday they discovered the oldest wild roseate spoonbill on Tern Key, a 16-year-old bird they named Enrico.
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Whooping cranes believed close to hatching
May 4 2006 9:56PM (CT)
NECEDAH, Wis. (AP) - Two eggs produced from a migratory flock of endangered whooping cranes took a commercial flight Thursday to Maryland, where biologists hope they hatch.
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Rutan faults NASA on Apollo-style capsule
May 4 2006 9:18PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Maverick aerospace designer Burt Rutan on Thursday criticized NASA's decision to use an Apollo-style capsule to return to the moon, saying it "doesn't make any sense" to build a new generation of space vehicles using old technology.
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Lava flowing from Indonesian volcano
May 4 2006 6:22PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Red-hot lava began flowing from the crater of Indonesia's rumbling volcano Mount Merapi early Thursday as vulcanologists warned residents an eruption may be imminent.
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8 new frog species discovered in Laos
May 4 2006 6:19PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - You want to find a new frog species? Head to the Southeast Asian nation of Laos. gcScientists working in conjunction with the New York-based World Conservation Society, or WCS, say they have discovered eight new species of frogs in the past two years. Among them is one where the male is half the size of the female and another which has a row of spines running down its belly.
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Report says NASA lacks research money
May 4 2006 6:19PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA lacks the money to support vigorous science research while building the international space station and returning astronauts to the moon, according to a report released Thursday by the National Research Council.
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Report: China upbeat about NASA talks
May 4 2006 2:37PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A top official in China's manned space program said he hoped a visit by NASA's administrator would lead to more Chinese space scientists visiting the United States, state media reported Thursday.
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