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Kansas museum opens evolution exhibit
Oct 25 2005 9:27PM (CT)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Upstairs from the Natural Selections gift shop is what directors of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Kansas believe will be the latest word in an ongoing ruckus over evolution.
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Mars rover begins climb down from summit
Oct 25 2005 7:37PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Spirit, the robot on wheels that reached the top of a Martian hill this summer after an epic climb, is heading back down toward its next target for exploration.
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NASA scraps plan to wrap hanger in panels
Oct 25 2005 7:35PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - NASA has scrapped plans to wrap a decommissioned hangar in solar panels after a contractor deemed the project impractical.
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Russian Cabinet OKs 9-year space program
Oct 25 2005 7:23PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian Cabinet on Tuesday approved a nine-year government program to expand its space programs, backing the ongoing development of the new Clipper spacecraft as well as building Russia's segment of the international space station.
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Rare Asian black-tailed gull found in Vt.
Oct 25 2005 7:22PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - When Julie Hart went down to the Charlotte beach last Tuesday she was in search of a strong cell phone signal, not birds. But while scanning the water for loons, geese and other migrating water birds, Hart noticed a darker gull among the typical ring-billed gulls on Lake Champlain.
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Galapagos volcano erupts for third day
Oct 25 2005 7:16PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A volcano on the largest of the Galapagos Islands erupted for the third straight day Tuesday, but experts said it didn't threaten villagers on the island or the super-sized tortoises that gave the remote archipelago its name.
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Half of coral reefs could be destroyed
Oct 25 2005 7:13PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Nearly half of the world's coral reefs may be lost in the next 40 years unless urgent measures are taken to protect them against the threat of climate change, according to a new report released Tuesday by the World Conservation Union.
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