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Stem cell conference opens in California
Jun 22 2005 10:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Despite optimism and enthusiasm, stem cell researchers arriving here Thursday for a conference are rowing hard against strong currents of financial, political and technical turmoil.
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Solar sail launch attempt fails in Russia
Jun 22 2005 8:40PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - An attempt to launch the world's first solar sail spacecraft fizzled when a booster rocket failed less than two minutes after liftoff, showering debris over the Arctic Ocean, the Russian space agency said Wednesday.
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New bug chewing ash tree leaves in N.D.
Jun 22 2005 8:34PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A bug that chews on the leaves of certain types of ash trees is making its first appearance here, foresters say. It also has been spotted in Fargo. Its name is cottony psyllid, or jumping plantlice, and it is known for its appetite for fall gold black ash and mancana ash trees.
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Warm water temps may be harming sockeye
Jun 22 2005 8:31PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - As many as 200,000 sockeye salmon disappeared last year between the Ballard Locks and spawning grounds above Lake Washington. Scientists suspect rising water temperatures could be the culprit.
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Brain cells 'recognize' famous people
Jun 22 2005 8:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Halle Berry? Jennifer Aniston? Everybody knows them. And now a surprising study finds that even individual cells in your brain act as if they recognize them.
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Great white shark dies in captivity
Jun 22 2005 7:14PM (CT)
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) - A great white shark mistakenly captured by fishermen died shortly after the Monterey Bay Aquarium transported it to an ocean holding pen.
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Solar sail craft likely didn't make orbit
Jun 22 2005 7:06PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Organizers of a bold attempt to fly the world's first solar sail spacecraft all but conceded Wednesday that their Cosmos 1 never reached orbit this week because of a failure of its Russian booster rocket, but said they were undeterred from the risky business of space exploration.
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Wis. power plant project causes alarm
Jun 22 2005 3:49PM (CT)
OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) - Environmentalists and the state of Illinois are lining up against a proposal to construct a mammoth coal-burning power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan, warning it will pollute the air and water across the Midwest and set off a "coal rush" to build more such projects around the country.
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Anatahan volcano north of Saipan rumbles
Jun 22 2005 6:47AM (CT)
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) - The Anatahan Volcano north of Saipan has resumed rumbling in recent days, spewing steam and ash as high as 50,000 feet, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.
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ACLU says Bush is restricting science
Jun 22 2005 6:47AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union charged Tuesday that the Bush administration is placing science under siege by overzealously tightening restrictions on information, individuals and technology in the name of homeland security.
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