 N.M. researchers hope to cultivate 'calming herb' 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The plant has been described by local residents as magical, its qualities almost mythical. The native herb yerba mansa, translated from Spanish as the "calming herb," has been used medicinally for ... | |
Zoo will reopen exhibit where 16 stingrays died 8 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A zoo in suburban Chicago plans to reopen an exhibit where 16 stingrays died last week when a malfunction let the tank's water get too warm. | |
Expert warns wheat residue too valuable to lose July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Times are good for wheat farmers, but they should resist the urge to harvest their crop residue and sell it for ethanol production, a federal researcher says. | |
Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday. | |
 Unknown disease killing off Florida's state tree July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The sabal palm, Florida's state tree, is under attack by a microscopic killer that has scientists stumped. An unknown but growing number of sabal palms in the Tampa Bay area have died from a mysterious ... | |
 Ancient Egyptian boat to be excavated, reassembled July 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists ... | |
 Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves July 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall. | |
 Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil July 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said Friday. | |
 Tiny bug threatens California citrus industry July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Border agents have stepped up searches and hundreds of traps have been placed on the California-Mexico line in an aggressive campaign to stop a tiny bug from bringing in a disease farmers say could ... | |
Mexico says US soldiers' remains found July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Mexican archaeologists have found the remains of what appear to be four U.S. soldiers who died in 1846 during the Mexican-American war, the government announced on Thursday. | |
Calif condors' animal instinct takes over in fire July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- As wildfire whipped toward a remote sanctuary of the endangered California condor last month, the rare birds got their biggest test in survival after years of pampering by biologists: They had to live completely ... | |
 Cathedral dig yields finds from 1700s New Orleans July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The first archaeological dig at one of the nation's oldest cathedrals has turned up a mix of new finds in the heart of the French Quarter. Discoveries behind St. Louis Cathedral include a small silver ... | |
Training reassessed after plutonium spill July 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- Use of radioactive materials has been suspended and worker training is being reassessed following a plutonium spill at the Boulder, Colo., laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the agency's ... | |
 Report: US behind in doubling science grads July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A high-profile push by business groups to double the number of U.S. bachelor's degrees awarded in science, math and engineering by 2015 is falling way behind target, a new report says. | |
 Mystery insect bugging experts at London museum July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The experts at London's Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to identify species from around the globe, from birds and mammals to insects and snakes. Yet they can't figure out a tiny ... | |
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