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NASA may bend rules to launch Discovery
Jul 25 2005 10:03PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - With the countdown entering its final hours and a fuel gauge problem still unexplained, NASA said it is prepared to bend its long-standing safety rules to launch the shuttle Tuesday on the first flight since Columbia's doomed mission 2 1/2 years ago.
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Now streaming live: Pacific walruses
Jul 25 2005 9:37PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Wallowing and snorting as they jockey for position on the rocks, the two-ton walruses may not be the prettiest of Internet reality show stars. But two cameras installed at the Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary off Alaska's southwest coast are giving scientists and Web surfers alike the chance to follow the drama of the Bering Sea mammals' everyday lives.
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Badlands dig wraps up after fossil finds
Jul 25 2005 9:07PM (CT)
MEDORA, N.D. (AP) - A dig that drew amateur paleontologists to the North Dakota Badlands is wrapping up here after finding fossils of turtles, salamanders and the remains of a champsosaurus, an ancient crocodile-like animal that once lived in North Dakota swamps.
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Scientists lead sea expedition from land
Jul 25 2005 7:57PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I (AP) - The ship with all the gadgets and underwater rovers is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, but for the first time, the team of scientists directing the expedition is not on board. They're sitting inside a room thousands of miles away.
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Golden treasure unearthed in Bulgaria
Jul 25 2005 7:57PM (CT)
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,400-year old golden treasure in an ancient Thracian tomb in eastern Bulgaria, the director of the country's History Museum said Monday.
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Blackberry fungus enters U.S., hits Oregon
Jul 25 2005 7:54PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A deadly fungus used to control the spread of unwanted varieties of blackberries overseas has landed in the United States, infecting numerous fields in Oregon, the capital of America's blackberry industry.
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NASA urged to keep microbes from Mars
Jul 25 2005 7:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While Earth germs may not kill attacking Martians as they did in "War of the Worlds," a new study is calling on NASA to prevent contamination of Mars with microbes from our planet.
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Mexico launches genetic mapping project
Jul 25 2005 7:51PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican government and private companies launched a project Monday to map the genes of Mexicans, in hopes of developing treatments for health problems such as diabetes, asthma and hypertension.
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Genetics leave felines without sweet tooth
Jul 25 2005 7:47PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cats are notoriously finicky eaters, as millions of pet owners can attest. Now, there's a scientific theory explaining, at least in part, why cats have such snobby eating habits: genetics.
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