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NASA presses ahead with shuttle launch
Aug 29 2006 6:26PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Five hours after starting space shuttle Atlantis on a slow crawl toward its hangar, NASA reversed course Tuesday and sent it back to the launch pad, saying the forecast for Tropical Storm Ernesto had improved.
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Professor helps invent lightning sensor
Aug 29 2006 5:23PM (CT)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A University of Oklahoma professor has helped invent a device that measures the likelihood that lightning will strike.
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Scientists pinpoint polar cataclysm date
Aug 29 2006 4:45PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A 30-mile maze canyons in Antarctica was carved out of bedrock by the catastrophic draining of subglacial lakes during global warming between 12 million and 14 million years ago, according to university researchers who warn a similar event today could have serious environmental consequences.
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U.S. science agency funds study center
Aug 29 2006 12:21PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The National Science Foundation is giving $19 million to Oregon Health & Sciences University to create a national center for river-coastal research.
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