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Experts: Aging shuttle fleet poses danger
Jul 16 2005 11:30PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Maybe NASA's managers still view the shuttle as the Cadillac of space technology, but they sometimes make it sound as if it were a cranky old Ford with a few too many miles on it.
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National Zoo cub shows panda markings
Jul 16 2005 9:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Just a week old, Mei Xiang's tiny cub is beginning to sport the dark markings characteristic of the endangered giant panda.
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Danish scientists developing solar cell
Jul 16 2005 8:57PM (CT)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Danish scientists say they have built a new type of plastic solar cell that lasts significantly longer than previous versions and could pave the wave for cheaper solar power.
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Texas A&M leads world in cloning animals
Jul 16 2005 5:16PM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Eighty-six Squared has never been in a hurry. The Black Angus bull was born 15 years after cells from his genetic donor, Bull 86, were frozen as part of a study on natural disease resistance. When Bull 86 died in 1997, scientists thought his unique genetic makeup was lost. But researchers at Texas A&M University were able to clone him from the frozen cells in 2000.
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U.N. adds 17 items to protected sites list
Jul 16 2005 1:00PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A war-wrecked bridge whose reconstruction raised hopes that Bosnia could rebuild a multiethnic society and biblical remains in Israel were among 17 cultural wonders added to the U.N. list of protected World Heritage Sites, officials said Saturday.
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NASA delays Discovery launch indefinitely
Jul 16 2005 7:24AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's first shuttle flight in more than two years has been put off indefinitely as the space agency mounts a massive investigation into why a fuel gauge failed right before Discovery's scheduled liftoff.
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