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Entrepreneur almost ready for space trip
Aug 31 2005 10:59PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - For more than a year, scientist Gregory Olsen has prepared to become the third civilian to visit the International Space Station, and he's itching to blast off.
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Discovery astronauts encourage children
Aug 31 2005 9:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - They were inspired by the astronauts who came before them, and now it was their turn to be inspirations. Three members of the space shuttle Discovery crew encouraged a rapt audience of children and adults to follow their passions, and work at what they loved.
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Endangered Hawaiian monk seal gives birth
Aug 31 2005 9:00PM (CT)
POIPU, Hawaii (AP) - There's a new celebrity lazing away the day on the sunny beaches outside Kauai's south shore resorts. An endangered Hawaiian monk seal known as Seal 310 gave birth early Tuesday morning to a pup on the beach in front of Kiahuna Plantation Resort near Poipu.
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Ebola virus threatens gorillas, chimps
Aug 31 2005 8:48PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Conservationists say the dreaded Ebola virus along with decades of hunting and logging are putting some ape species on the brink of extinction in Central Africa.
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Study says male chromosome sticking around
Aug 31 2005 8:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The human Y chromosome _ the DNA chunk that makes a man a man _ has lost so many genes over evolutionary time that some scientists have suspected it might disappear in 10 million years. But a new study says it'll stick around.
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Scientists decipher the chimpanzee's DNA
Aug 31 2005 8:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have deciphered the DNA of the chimpanzee, the closest living relative of humankind, and made comprehensive comparisons with the human genetic blueprint. It's a step toward finding a biological answer to a key question: What makes us human?
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Fluorescent fish useful in cancer research
Aug 31 2005 1:04PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese researchers claimed Wednesday that they have developed an alternative to laboratory mice for testing new medicines _ using fluorescent fish to show the impact of experimental drugs on cancerous tumors.
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'Wine smog' a growing concern in Calif.
Aug 31 2005 12:58PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Napa and Sonoma may attract wine connoisseurs and tourists to their bucolic settings to taste well-known wines, but the San Joaquin Valley has long been the industry workhorse, producing most of the nation's wine.
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Volcano activity puts El Salvador on alert
Aug 31 2005 9:04AM (CT)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Salvadoran authorities activated emergency plans Tuesday as a western volcano continued to spew gas and vapor in what experts said was a "significant increase" in activity.
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