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Global warming study predicts wild ride
Oct 20 2006 9:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The world _ especially the Western United States, the Mediterranean region and Brazil _ will likely suffer more extended droughts, heavy rainfalls and longer heat waves over the next century because of global warming, a new study forecasts.
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Utah scientists find new dinosaur fossil
Oct 20 2006 6:00PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - It sounds like an exaggeration, but apparently you can't set a backpack down in southern Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument without finding a dinosaur. That's exactly what led a scientist to the discovery of a skull of a horned dinosaur that roamed the area 80 million years ago.
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Scientists: Wood makes plastic stronger
Oct 20 2006 5:57PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Scientists at the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry are developing a way to add wood fiber to plastic to make it stronger.
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Researchers developing purple tomatoes
Oct 20 2006 5:53PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State University researchers are fine-tuning a purple tomato, a new blend of colors and nutrients. The skin is as dark as an eggplant. But it doesn't just look cool, it could be better for you.
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Teachers say pluto's downgrade teachable
Oct 20 2006 5:48PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Pluto may be no more than a distant, icy rock in the minds of international scientists who stripped it of planethood. But the dwarf planet's downgrade is creating a teachable moment in classrooms nationwide. So some museums have to adjust exhibits and publishers update text while other scientists protest to keep the puny rock a planet.
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Scientists create cloak of invisibility
Oct 20 2006 5:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists are boldly going where only fiction has gone before _ to develop a Cloak of Invisibility. It isn't quite ready to hide a Romulan space ship from Capt. James T. Kirk or to disguise Harry Potter, but it is a significant start and could show the way to more sophisticated designs.
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