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Astronaut collapses during ceremony
Sep 22 2006 10:40PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - An astronaut collapsed twice Friday, a day after she returned to Earth in the shuttle Atlantis, and officials attributed her wobbles to the adjustment from 12 days at zero gravity.
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Stem cells made from 'dead' human embryo
Sep 22 2006 10:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say they have created a stem cell line from a human embryo that had stopped developing naturally, and so was considered dead. Using such embryos might ease ethical concerns about creating such cells, they suggested.
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Ancient pet cemeteries found in Peru
Sep 22 2006 9:21PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Even in ancient Peru, it seems dogs were a man's best friend. Peruvian investigators have discovered a pre-Columbian culture of dog lovers who built pet cemeteries and buried their pets with warm blankets and even treats for the afterlife.
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Feds reject Idaho plan to kill wolves
Sep 22 2006 8:22PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Federal officials have rejected Idaho's plan to kill up to 43 wolves in north-central Idaho to boost elk numbers, saying scientific data gathered by the state do not justify the action.
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NASA chiefs to get peek at China program
Sep 22 2006 8:21PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - U.S. space officials will get a peek behind the closely guarded doors of China's space program next week during a visit that many experts believe is more about diplomacy than cooperation in technology.
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Scientists report dinosaur find in Utah
Sep 22 2006 8:13PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The remains of two dinosaurs believed to be millions of years old were discovered in southern Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. They have been covered in plaster jackets and will be flown out of the remote area to the Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake City.
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Japan launches rocket carrying satellite
Sep 22 2006 4:46PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese rocket carrying a U.S.-supported sun observation satellite lifted off from a launch pad in southwest Japan early Saturday.
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Space tourist enjoying cosmic trip
Sep 22 2006 1:29PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The first paying female space tourist said Friday she felt a little queasy on her rocket ride to the international space station but she since has been enjoying every minute of her cosmic trip.
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NASA gets back in the assembly business
Sep 22 2006 4:07AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA declared that it's back in the space-station assembly business Thursday after shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts safely returned from a 12-day mission to install a big new piece of the orbiting outpost.
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