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Experts reconstruct Leonardo fingerprint
Dec 1 2006 10:55PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Anthropologists said they have pieced together Leonardo da Vinci's left index fingerprint _ a discovery that could help provide information on such matters as the food the artist ate and whether his mother was of Arabic origin.
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Metal scraps said to be computing device
Dec 1 2006 6:29PM (CT)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Imagine tossing a top-notch laptop into the sea, leaving scientists from a foreign culture to scratch their heads over its corroded remains centuries later. A Roman shipmaster inadvertently did something just like that 2,000 years ago off southern Greece, experts said Thursday.
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Appeals launched over species protection
Dec 1 2006 6:12PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - The state's attempt to balance wind power generation with wildlife protection on a western Maryland mountaintop is under attack from both sides.
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Isotope linked to death available online
Dec 1 2006 5:56PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - No luck shopping for that hard-to-buy-for science hobbyist in the family? The rare isotope suspected to have felled former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is surprisingly easy to buy _ in fact, for $69, it's a mouse click away.
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Radioactive find prompts survey of area
Dec 1 2006 5:22PM (CT)
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Six areas of overgrown, radioactive dirt mounds have been found east of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, prompting plans to survey all of the 6,463-acre West Kentucky Wildlife Management area to see if there are more.
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Ancient skull found on N.Y. property
Dec 1 2006 4:08PM (CT)
WATERMILL, N.Y. (AP) - Archaeologists surveying a property earmarked for a Long Island housing development discovered an ancient skull.
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Limestone sarcophagus found in London
Dec 1 2006 4:05PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Archaeologists discovered a rare Roman limestone sarcophagus containing a headless skeleton at the site of an historic London's church, authorities said Friday.
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Humans said have huge impact on erosion
Dec 1 2006 3:48PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Mother Nature may be a force, but nothing like humans when it comes to causing erosion, says a Syracuse University scientist.
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Researchers unveil Nev. dinosaur fossils
Dec 1 2006 3:43PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada's state fossil, the giant ocean-roaming fish-reptile known as the ichthyosaur, will have to share the scientific stage after researchers this week unveiled the first fossils of land-based dinosaurs ever found in Nevada.
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Suit: Lead ammo in carrion kills condors
Dec 1 2006 2:33PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Advocates for the California condor sued state wildlife regulators for allowing lead hunting ammunition despite concerns that the rare birds can die after eating carcasses contaminated with the pellets.
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