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Team claims to find new Yangtze source
Aug 23 2005 9:14PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A group of international explorers on Tuesday claimed it had pinpointed a new site for the source of China's storied Yangtze River, placing it 4 miles farther west than previously thought.
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Colo. scientist quits global warming panel
Aug 23 2005 9:10PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Colorado State University scientist Roger Pielke Sr. has resigned from a Bush administration science advisory team in a disagreement over research into the causes of global warming.
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N.M. falcon sighting fuels drilling fight
Aug 23 2005 9:06PM (CT)
SANTA FE (AP) - Federal workers eating lunch this month on Otero Mesa spotted two endangered aplomado falcons, the first sighting of the rare birds in years and another weapon in a battle by state officials and environmentalists against drilling on the mesa.
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Feds cut land for Calif. tiger salamander
Aug 23 2005 8:19PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal wildlife officials said Tuesday that they would cut by nearly half the amount of land set aside for the California tiger salamander, saying it would be too costly to restrict development in those areas to protect the threatened amphibian.
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Researchers fuse skin and stem cells
Aug 23 2005 8:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Harvard scientists announced they've discovered a way to fuse adult skin cells with embryonic stem cells, a promising and dramatic breakthrough that could lead to the creation of useful stem cells without first having to create and destroy human embryos.
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