An invader shrimp, hopping a ride on an overseas freighter, has entered the Great Lakes, fulfilling an 8-year-old prediction by Canadian researchers.
Dec 25, 2006
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Analysis of the eggs of wild birds in California's San Joaquin Valley appears to show that recycling agricultural runoff is causing high levels of selenium.
Dec 25, 2006
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Australian scientists have identified a brain system that could not only blunt an alcoholic's craving for booze, but also the addiction.
Dec 25, 2006
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Medicare's extension of coverage for colonoscopies led to a significant increase in the number of cancers caught early, a U.S. study finds.
Dec 25, 2006
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Pioneering U.S. heart surgeon Michael DeBakey is slowly getting back to work at age 98 after undergoing a surgery he himself developed.
Dec 25, 2006
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U.S. teachers say they cannot show the environmental movie "An Inconvenient Truth" to their students because of a policy against endorsing projects.
Dec 25, 2006
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Chinese scholars have found a series of ancient wells they believe provided water for Genghis Khan's legendary hordes during their campaign in Western Xia.
Dec 25, 2006
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A blood test may replace invasive biopsies that heart transplant patients in the United States and elsewhere undergo to check for rejection, heart experts say.
Dec 25, 2006
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Thanks mainly to Bush administration policy, the United States could soon find itself re-embracing the use of nuclear power.
Dec 25, 2006
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A group of Chinese scientists is attempting to identify a 2,800-year-old mummy of an apparently Caucasian man found in an ancient tomb.
Dec 25, 2006
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