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Telescope sees building blocks of planet
Oct 20 2005 9:05PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A NASA telescope has detected for the first time the building blocks of planets around brown dwarfs, suggesting that such failed stars probably undergo the same planet-building process.
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Varying Wilma models confound forecasters
Oct 20 2005 8:55PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - In the time Max Mayfield has been at the National Hurricane Center, the forecasting of killer storms has gone from flying kites to satellites and computer models to help pinpoint the ferocity and landfall of storms. But Wilma has confounded the experts.
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Rat race? Rodent 'Razza' eludes scientists
Oct 20 2005 8:49PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Think your life is a rat race? Just ask scientists about a rodent named "Razza," who gave a whole new meaning to the phrase during a four-month chase across two deserted islands in New Zealand.
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Group urges better disaster coordination
Oct 20 2005 8:45PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Governments need to stop assuming that death and destruction from natural disasters are inevitable and work more closely with scientists on ways to minimize the damage, a leading scientific group said Thursday.
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Global warming a major threat to Africa
Oct 20 2005 8:43PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Deadly epidemics. Ruined crops. The extinction of some of Africa's legendary wildlife. The potential consequences of global warming could be devastating for the world's poorest continent, yet its nations are among the least equipped to cope.
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Report: Saving delta smelt to be costly
Oct 20 2005 8:39PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Saving the endangered delta smelt, a tiny fish considered a key indicator of the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a report being released Thursday.
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Rain-forest damage much worse than thought
Oct 20 2005 8:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Loss of trees in the Brazilian rain forest is much worse than had been thought, according to a new study. Losses in clear-cut areas where all trees are removed have been monitored by satellite observations, but those were not able to detect the cutting of individual trees in areas where others are left behind.
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Hubble takes rare look at moon
Oct 20 2005 8:19AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a rare look at the moon to gauge the amount of oxygen-bearing minerals in the lunar soil that could be mined by astronauts and used in a new moon mission.
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