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UND researchers examine pesticide impact
Jun 15 2005 8:13PM (CT)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - University of North Dakota researchers are studying the impact of pesticides on children's ability to learn. Tom Petros, a professor of psychology, said very little is known on the subject, so he and other scientists from the school's Center for Rural Health and the Department of Biology plan to study local school-age children.
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Calif. scientists plan to kill barred owls
Jun 15 2005 8:09PM (CT)
ARCATA, Calif. (AP) - Federal scientists are planning to shoot a small number of barred owls they say are crowding out the threatened spotted owl in northern California _ an experiment that could lead to killing thousands of the larger owls on the West Coast.
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NASA returns Discovery to launch pad
Jun 15 2005 8:07PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA returned the space shuttle Discovery to the launch pad Wednesday for the first mission since the Columbia disaster, after replacing the external fuel tank with a new model designed to prevent dangerous ice buildup.
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Evolution debate in Kan. prompts attacks
Jun 15 2005 12:58PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A discussion about how evolution should be taught in public schools degenerated Wednesday into personal attacks among State Board of Education members.
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Rare catfish released into Cambodia river
Jun 15 2005 10:34AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Four endangered giant catfish were released Wednesday into the Mekong River after seven years of captivity in hopes of boosting the population of the species, which has fallen sharply in the last two decades.
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Regulators to vote on ocean trawling plan
Jun 15 2005 7:13AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal regulators were set to vote on a plan to protect deep water corals and other sensitive fish habitat that will likely include a permanent ban on bottom trawling in large tracts of the Pacific Ocean.
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UC researchers explore spread of mad cow
Jun 15 2005 7:02AM (CT)
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - Researchers at the University of California, Davis are trying to explain how mad cow disease acts so frighteningly fast using an unconventional tool _ mathematical modeling.
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Scientist to continue stem cell research
Jun 15 2005 6:49AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The world's leading stem-cell researcher, Hwang Woo-suk, said Wednesday he would push forward with his research while maintaining respect for human dignity after confronting Catholic critics who have condemned his work as unethical.
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