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China launches communications satellite
May 31 2007 11:35PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China launched a new communications satellite into orbit early Friday to provide broader radio and television signal coverage across the country, state media reported.
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Scientist gets own personal genome map
May 31 2007 10:07PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The Nobel Prize-winning scientist who helped discover the molecular structure of DNA has become the first person to receive his own personal genome map.
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Man says he captured Loch Ness on film
May 31 2007 10:03PM (CT)
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - The Loch Ness monster is back _ and there's video. A man has captured what Nessie watchers say is possible footage of the supposed mythical creature beneath Scotland's most mysterious lake.
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UN: Climate making forest fires bigger
May 31 2007 9:53PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Climate change is making forest fires around the world bigger and more intense, increasing the threat to people and the environment and costing countries millions in damage and firefighting expenses, the United Nations said Thursday.
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Cuts threaten world's largest telescope
May 31 2007 7:46PM (CT)
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) - Engineers will travel to this Puerto Rican coastal town in coming weeks to study whether to shut down the world's largest radio telescope, which was featured in the movie "Contact" but now faces steep budget cuts, observatory officials said Thursday.
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Cuts threaten world's largest telescope
May 31 2007 7:46PM (CT)
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) - Engineers will travel to this Puerto Rican coastal town in coming weeks to study whether to shut down the world's largest radio telescope, which was featured in the movie "Contact" but now faces steep budget cuts, observatory officials said Thursday.
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Cuts threaten world's largest telescope
May 31 2007 7:46PM (CT)
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) - Engineers will travel to this Puerto Rican coastal town in coming weeks to study whether to shut down the world's largest radio telescope, which was featured in the movie "Contact" but now faces steep budget cuts, observatory officials said Thursday.
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NASA to try launching shuttle next week
May 31 2007 7:30PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA managers announced Thursday that they would press ahead with the first space shuttle launch of the year next week, three months later than originally planned because of a hail storm that pockmarked the spacecraft's external tank.
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NASA to try launching shuttle next week
May 31 2007 7:30PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA managers announced Thursday that they would press ahead with the first space shuttle launch of the year next week, three months later than originally planned because of a hail storm that pockmarked the spacecraft's external tank.
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NASA chief not worried about climate
May 31 2007 7:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of NASA said he was not sure global warming was a problem and added that it would be "arrogant" to assume the world's climate should not change in the future. Scientists called the remarks ignorant.
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Panda dies after apparent fall in China
May 31 2007 7:29PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The first panda bred in captivity and released into the wild has died in China after less than a year _ the apparent victim of a fall. Chinese officials said the body bore injuries inflicted by wild pandas, and the animal may have died trying to escape.
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Did upright walking start in trees?
May 31 2007 7:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maybe walking upright on two legs isn't such a defining human feature after all. Scientists who spent a year photographing orangutans in the rain forest say the trait probably evolved in ancient apes navigating the treetops long before ancestors of humans climbed to the ground _ a hypothesis that contradicts science museums the world over.
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Kevorkian release stirs grief, gratitude
May 31 2007 1:43PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Some relatives of people who died with Dr. Jack Kevorkian's help say his release from prison stirs up grief over the deaths of their loved ones. Others are grateful for the services the retired pathologist offered to family members.
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Calif. whales provide new information
May 31 2007 3:10AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Scientists observing the wayward wanderings of two humpback whales in a California river have more to celebrate than their return to the Pacific Ocean _ the duo provided an unexpected opportunity to study the endangered species.
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