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NASA may launch Phoenix Mars in 2007
Jun 2 2005 10:51PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA is moving ahead with plans to put a long-armed lander on Mars' icy north pole to search for clues for water and possible signs of life, the space agency said Thursday.
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Scientists study how to tell T. Rex's sex
Jun 2 2005 9:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists studying the mighty T. rex may have found a way to tell a she rex from a he rex. The dinosaurs knew the difference, of course. But scientists, with only fossilized bones to work from, have had little to go on as far as knowing which specimen was a male and which was a female.
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Tennessee quake adds to scientific info
Jun 2 2005 7:32PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The temblor felt across northwest Tennessee on Thursday caused little damage, but it was strong enough to remind people they live in one of the country's most active earthquake zones.
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Red tide continues southward expansion
Jun 2 2005 7:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - One of New England's worst "red tides" in decades continued its southward expansion this week, rounding Cape Cod and forcing the closure of some of the region's most prolific shellfish beds.
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'Big Bucky' may become the largest flower
Jun 2 2005 7:23PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Big Bucky's back. The rare, big and extremely stinky flower that caused a sensation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when it last bloomed in 2001 could become the world's largest flower when it blooms again next week.
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Russia and Kazakhstan mark space launch
Jun 2 2005 7:23PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - Born in Cold War secrecy and the scene of Soviet space triumph and tragedy, the Baikonur cosmodrome marked its 50th anniversary Thursday, hailed by the presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan as a technological workhorse on the wind-swept steppes of Central Asia.
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NIH finds clue to what makes prions kill
Jun 2 2005 7:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Government scientists have found an important clue to how rogue proteins that cause mad cow disease and its cousins destroy the brain: These mysterious substances must latch on to the outside of cell membranes to be toxic.
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Experts are listening to Grand Canyon
Jun 2 2005 7:15PM (CT)
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) - Mounted at about ear level on tripods, microphones are capturing the sound of quiet at the Grand Canyon.
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Ill Sen. Specter backs stem cell research
Jun 2 2005 1:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Arlen Specter, newly bald from chemotherapy treatments for Hodgkin's disease, held himself up on Wednesday as Exhibit A for the possible benefits of embryonic stem cell research.
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Researchers find sauropod dinosaur skulls
Jun 2 2005 9:59AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The first known North American skulls of Cretaceous era sauropods _ big dinosaurs with little heads _ have been uncovered in recent years by Brigham Young University and Dinosaur National Monument researchers.
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Experts: Wet winter triggered landslide
Jun 2 2005 9:58AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Accumulated rainfall from an unusually wet winter most likely triggered Wednesday's landslide that destroyed 18 luxury hillside homes in Orange County's Laguna Beach, scientists say.
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Mormon crickets begin assault in Nevada
Jun 2 2005 6:13AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Mormon crickets have begun their spring assault in the Reno area, marching into a new subdivision in Spanish Springs, north of Sparks. It's the sixth straight year of infestation. Last year, the crickets infested some 12 million acres of Nevada and experts predict this summer's infestation will equal that or exceed it.
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