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Supercomputers can't mimic nuke blast
Oct 17 2006 7:10PM (CT)
BRUYERES-LE-CHATEL, France (AP) - While North Korea was testing a nuclear bomb, France was verifying its nuclear arms, too _ with a battalion of soundless, black, cabinet-sized calculators buried beneath a meadow.
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Scientists find large meteorite in Kan.
Oct 17 2006 7:04PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - Scientists were excited when they pulled a 154-pound meteorite from deep below a Kansas wheat field, but what got them most electrified was the way they unearthed it.
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Ore. airport de-icing system harms fish
Oct 17 2006 6:21PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A $31 million system designed to collect runoff from de-icing fluid sprayed on planes at Portland International Airport in winter is causing problems for fish.
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Brazil seeks deforestation plan support
Oct 17 2006 6:18PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's environment minister met Tuesday with former Vice President Al Gore and urged him to back a Brazilian proposal to help developing countries obtain aid to prevent destruction of their rain forests.
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Researchers: Missing whales feared dead
Oct 17 2006 6:14PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Three young adult killer whales _ members of the family groups that spend their summers chasing salmon around Washington's San Juan Islands _ have not been seen in weeks and are feared dead, researchers said Tuesday.
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Iceland to resume commercial whaling
Oct 17 2006 5:54PM (CT)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Iceland said Tuesday it would resume commercial whaling after a nearly two-decade moratorium, defying a worldwide ban on hunting the mammals for their meat.
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Smithsonian's zoo opens new Asia Trial
Oct 17 2006 5:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo opened its new Asia Trial and giant panda habitat Tuesday, the first phase of a complete makeover of the zoo's exhibits.
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Group: Video games can reshape education
Oct 17 2006 5:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists call it the next great discovery, a way to captivate students so much they will spend hours learning on their own. It's the new vision of video games.
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Fungal disease killing L.A. palm trees
Oct 17 2006 5:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The city's palm trees _ as much a symbol of L.A. as the automobile, movie stars and the beach _ are vanishing. The trees are dying of old age and a fungal disease, disappearing one by one from parks and streets, and city planners are replacing them with oaks, sycamores and other species that are actually native to Los Angeles and offer more shade, too.
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Hawaii remains vulnerable to quakes
Oct 17 2006 5:47AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Another massive earthquake could strike the Hawaiian isles at any time, but this weekend's 6.7 magnitude tremor does not signal an increase in ground-shaking activity, researchers said.
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