Critics attack Bush wildlife record
Critics of the Bush administration's policies on wildlife protection say the endangered species list is itself endangered.
Jul 6, 2007
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Skinny gray whales swim Pacific Coast
An unusually high number of skinny gray whales are being seen from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest, it was reported Friday.
Jul 6, 2007
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Black widows invade Romanian shore
Hotter temperatures may have spawned an invasion of black widow spiders this summer on Romania's sea shore.
Jul 6, 2007
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Italian scientists build atomic laser
Italian scientists said they have discovered how to achieve an "atomic laser" envisioned by Albert Einstein in 1925.
General Physics
Jul 6, 2007
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Probing Question: Why are some deaf people able to play instruments?
Applause exploded in Vienna's Karntnertortheater on May 7, 1824, following the premiere performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Yet the master composer himself, by then almost completely deaf, didn't know his work was ...
Other
Jul 6, 2007
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Illuminating a Second 'Kink' in High-Tc Superconductors
There’s another kink in the mystery of high-temperature (Tc) superconductors – literally. Using photoemission studies at the NSLS, a group of researchers has revealed a new anomaly, or “kink,” in the energy spectrum of high-energy ...
General Physics
Jul 6, 2007
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Scientists Create Breakthrough Sensor Capable of Detecting Individual Molecules
Applied physicists at the California Institute of Technology have figured out a way to detect single biological molecules with a microscopic optical device. The method has already proven effective for detecting the signaling ...
General Physics
Jul 6, 2007
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When is a worm not a worm? When it’s a jellyfish...
One of the world’s strangest creatures has found its long-lost kin. Oxford University scientists have discovered that an extremely rare gutless worm is related to sea anemones and jellyfish, rather than similar-looking animals, ...
Jul 6, 2007
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Team builds viruses to combat harmful 'biofilms'
In one of the first potential applications of synthetic biology, an emerging field that aims to design and build useful biomolecular systems, researchers from MIT and Boston University are engineering viruses to attack and ...
Jul 6, 2007
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Eurobot makes a splash
Many of the best-loved science fiction movies show intelligent robotic servants working alongside their masters. Fiction is rapidly becoming fact as European engineers develop increasingly sophisticated machines that can ...
Space Exploration
Jul 6, 2007
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