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World officials want global warming action
Aug 18 2005 11:52PM (CT)
ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) - Environmental ministers and officials from 23 countries met Thursday near a glacier that is retreating at an alarming pace and agreed that governments must stop arguing over global warming and start acting.
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NASA pushes back next launch date to 2006
Aug 18 2005 10:09PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA said Thursday it is pushing the next shuttle flight into 2006 to give engineers time to understand dangerous fuel-tank foam loss and to avoid the string of unrealistic launch dates that preceded Discovery's just-completed mission.
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Researchers creating life from scratch
Aug 18 2005 8:43PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - They're called "synthetic biologists" and they boldly claim the ability to make never-before-seen living things, one genetic molecule at a time.
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Spacewalkers retrieve radiation monitor
Aug 18 2005 8:43PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The two residents of the international space station floated outside Thursday and collected a close-to-lifesize radiation-measuring doll and other science experiments from the exterior of their orbiting home.
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Britain's climate blamed for bird changes
Aug 18 2005 8:34PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Climate change is to blame for alterations in the number and distribution of birds in Britain, and more changes are expected, according to a report published Friday.
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Japan travel firm to help sell moon trips
Aug 18 2005 8:29PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's biggest travel agency said it will soon be offering more than ski trips and hot spa getaways to adventurous Japanese willing to cough up the yen for visits to space.
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U.S. coral reef ecosystems in decline
Aug 18 2005 8:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Coral reef ecosystems, among the oldest and most diverse forms of life, are declining in U.S. waters because of overfishing, climate change, marine diseases, land-based pollution, storms and grounded ships.
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Plan would move African animals to U.S.
Aug 18 2005 8:12AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Lions stalking deer in the stubble of a Nebraska corn field. Elephants trumpeting across Colorado's high plains. Cheetah slouching through the West Texas scrub. Prominent ecologists are floating an audacious plan that sounds like a "Jumanji" sequel _ transplant African wildlife to the Great Plains of North America.
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Exchange rate lessens value of Nobels
Aug 18 2005 6:57AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - This year's Nobel Prizes will be worth the equivalent of $1.3 million each _ a drop of $200,000 from last year because of currency fluctuations, the Nobel Foundation said Thursday.
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