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Asia's kouprey may not be new species
Oct 21 2006 8:30PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Among the rarest mammals in Southeast Asia, the kouprey's discovery almost 70 years ago in the jungles of Cambodia stunned the scientific community and led to a decades-long campaign to save it from extinction.
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Vt. island features oldest coral reef
Oct 21 2006 8:04PM (CT)
ISLE LA MOTTE, Vt. (AP) - To the uninitiated, the flat rock slabs found across the center of this island at the northern end of Lake Champlain appear to be nothing more than giant stones.
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Space enthusiasts compete at X Prize Cup
Oct 21 2006 7:09PM (CT)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Fresh off a trip to the international space station last month, entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari dropped by a New Mexico airport on Saturday and liked what she saw _ a sprawling science fair that attracted space enthusiasts and entrepreneurs.
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Group: Congo park hippos face extinction
Oct 21 2006 2:50PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The last remaining hippos in eastern Congo face extinction and could be wiped out in many parts of a national park by the end of the year due to intense poaching by militiamen, conservationists said Saturday.
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Teachers: Pluto's downgrade is teachable
Oct 21 2006 4:06AM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Pluto may be no more than a distant, icy rock in the minds of astronomers who stripped it of planethood, but its downgrade to a "dwarf planet" has created a teachable moment in classrooms nationwide.
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