 Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- She has been named Beauty, though this eagle is anything but. Part of Beauty's beak was shot off several years ago, leaving her with a stump that is useless for hunting food. A team of volunteers ... | |
Fungi have a hand in depleted uranium's environmental fate May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Fungi may have an important role to play in the fate of potentially dangerous depleted uranium left in the environment after recent war campaigns, according to a new report in the May 6th issue of Current Biology, ... | |
 New evidence from earliest known human settlement in the Americas May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early ... | |
 Large mammal species live harder, die out faster May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Throughout Earth’s history, species have come and gone, being replaced by new ones that are better able to cope with life’s challenges. But some species last longer than others, while others may die out sooner ... | |
 Platypus genome explains animal's peculiar features; holds clues to evolution of mammals May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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The duck-billed platypus: part bird, part reptile, part mammal -- and the genome to prove it. An international consortium of scientists, led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has decoded ... | |
 New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down ... | |
 Spain claims $500 million in sunken treasure May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish. | |
Power from Formic Acid May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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One of the central challenges of our time is the supply of enough environmentally friendly and resource-efficient energy to our society. In this context, hydrogen technology has taken on increased importance. | |
 A crash course in true political science May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting ... | |
 Researchers study bacterium big enough to see -- the Shaquille O'Neal of bacteria May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Well, perhaps not quite Shaquille O'Neal. But it is Shaq-teria. The secret to an unusual bacterium's massive size -- it's the size of a grain of salt, or a million times bigger than E. coli bacteria, and big ... | |
 One-third of ivory items in US may be illegal: study May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Nearly one-third of ivory items for sale in the United States may have been illegally imported after a US moratorium on the trade imposed in 1989, conservation groups said in a report Monday. | |
Egyptian elite tombs accessible for all May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A number of elite tombs from Ancient Egypt are now accessible to all thanks to the launch of the Mastabase. The Mastabase is a CD-ROM containing descriptions and hieroglyphic inscriptions of scenes of daily life from 337 ... | |
 Warming up for Magnetic Resonance Imaging May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Standard magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a superb diagnostic tool but one that suffers from low sensitivity, requiring patients to remain motionless for long periods of time inside noisy, claustrophobic ... | |
 X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Digital medical imaging and information technology from Carestream Health, Inc., is playing a key role in helping The Field Museum of Chicago discover and analyze secrets hidden within its world-class collections. | |
 Trouble in paradise: Warming a greater danger to tropical species May 05, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Polar bears fighting for survival in the face of a rapid decline of polar ice have made the Arctic a poster child for the negative effects of climate change. But new research shows that species living in the ... | |
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