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New method makes embryo-safe stem cells
Aug 23 2006 9:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In an innovative move, a biotech company has found a new way of making stem cells without destroying embryos, touting it as a way to defuse one of the country's fiercest political and ethical debates.
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Worst red tide in years hits Puget Sound
Aug 23 2006 9:45PM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The worst red tide in perhaps a decade has shut down shellfish beds all along Puget Sound and prompted serious public health worries, state officials said Wednesday.
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Astronomers to vote on planet definition
Aug 23 2006 9:45PM (CT)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - It's a cosmic clash, a space squabble, a mutiny in the Milky Way. Leading astronomers are bitterly divided over new galactic guidelines that for the first time would define what is and isn't a planet. The debate all but dooms a proposal being put to a vote Thursday to expand the solar system to 12 planets from the traditional nine.
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Rev. Falwell decries stem cell research
Aug 23 2006 9:44PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, citing his belief that life begins at conception, said he opposes stem cell research even though it shows great medical promise.
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Brazil embryo registry worries scientists
Aug 23 2006 7:12PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian scientists are worried about how they will be able to comply with a government requirement to identify the many thousands of frozen embryos stored for in-vitro fertilization in clinics around the country.
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Tiny shrimp species found in Pa. river
Aug 23 2006 6:58PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Biologists have discovered a species of shrimp in the Monongahela River for the first time, a discovery the scientists say is evidence that the river's water quality is improving.
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Pujols aces tests given to Babe Ruth
Aug 23 2006 6:56PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - How does El Hombre match up against the Sultan of Swat? This spring, Washington University scientists, at the request of GQ magazine, put Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols through a series of tests similar to those given to Babe Ruth 85 years ago _ tests ranging from finger tapping to visual responses to bat speed.
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Positing new planets divides astronomers
Aug 23 2006 9:53AM (CT)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - It's a cosmic clash, a space squabble. Leading astronomers are bitterly divided over new galactic guidelines that for the first time would define what is and isn't a planet, all but dooming a proposal to expand the solar system to 12 planets from the traditional nine.
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