Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake
The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she's still smarting over the whole thing. ...
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Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday. The scientists found such paint ...
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Mammoth task: Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a feat they say could allow them to recreate the shaggy, prehistoric bea ...
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Scientists find new penguin, extinct for 500 years
Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. ...
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Bush set to relax endangered species rules
Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don't pose a threat, under regulations the Bush ad ...
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Big hop forward: Scientists map kangaroo's DNA
Taking a big hop forward in marsupial research, scientists say they have unraveled the DNA of a small kangaroo named Matilda. And they've found the Aussie icon has more in common with humans than scie ...
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Archeologists say they found witch doctor skeleton
Archeologists believe a 12,000-year-old skeleton found in a grave containing 50 tortoise shells, a leopard pelvis, a cow tail and part of an eagle wing is the remains of a witch doctor. ...
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Color perception shifts from right brain to left
Learning the name of a color changes the part of the brain that handles color perception. ...
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US biologists: 3 common pesticides harm salmon
Farms and orchards that continue to use three pesticides that harm salmon will have to greatly expand buffer zones around their fields so the chemicals don't reach streams, federal biologists ruled Tu ...
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Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star - President-elect Barack Obama. ...
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