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Scientists create world's smallest brush
May 15 2006 9:58PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - University of Hawaii nanotechnology experts have invented the world's smallest brush _ a device boasting bristles a thousand times finer than a strand of human hair.
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Critics assail Wash. over starving elk
May 15 2006 9:47PM (CT)
MOUNT ST. HELENS WILDLIFE AREA, Wash. (AP) - More than 25 years after its eruption turned this river valley into moonscape, elk living in the shadow of Mount St. Helens are starving to death at a rate that has alarmed many observers.
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Calif. officials resume sea lion battle
May 15 2006 9:47PM (CT)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Authorities hope to deter sea lions from boarding boats by _ get this _ spraying them with water. The mischievous pinnipeds have returned to the bay after wreaking havoc last summer by trashing boat cabins and decks, swamping a vintage yacht and barking all night.
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Report: Spacecraft crashes into satellite
May 15 2006 9:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A robotic NASA spacecraft designed to rendezvous with an orbiting satellite instead crashed into its target, according to a summary of the investigation released Monday.
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Nev. study links casino smoke, DNA damage
May 15 2006 7:23PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Five years of research led by a University of Nevada, Reno department head in Reno and Las Vegas casinos have concluded there is a direct correlation between exposure to secondhand smoke in the workplace and damage to the employees' DNA.
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Biologists in Tenn. go on a bio-blitz
May 15 2006 6:49PM (CT)
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Biologists trapped all kinds of mice and then went looking under rocks and logs for salamanders as part of a 48-hour bio-blitz to document all animals in Tennessee's parks.
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Glaciers in Africa expected to disappear
May 15 2006 6:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mountain glaciers in equatorial Africa are on their way to disappearing within two decades, a team of British researchers reports.
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Spellings: Encourage girls in science ed
May 15 2006 5:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Low participation in math and science activities by girls is keeping them from achieving their full potential and weakening the nation's ability to compete, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said Monday.
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