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EU to ban pesticides in bee scareThe European Commission will restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths by researchers, despite a split among EU states on the issue. |
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Across Asia, Governments Look to Crops to Offest Oil DependenceFaridabad, India - Indians know better than to eat the plum-sized fruit of the wild jatropha bush. It's poisonous enough to kill. |
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China tests new maglev traindBeijing, China - China successfully tested a locally made magnetic levitation train, the first time the country has achieved the feat without using foreign technology, state media reported Monday. |
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Japanese researchers invent completely transparent materialJapan - In a breakthrough that could benefit fields as diverse as networking, photography, astronomy, and peeping, science-types at Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research have unveiled their prototype of a glass-like material that they claim to be 100% transparent. |
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Qatar Announces Katrina Relief GrantsWashington, DC - The oil-rich Persian Gulf nation Qatar has decided on the distribution of about $60 million of a $100 million gift announced last September for victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. |
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New engineering center to transform sensor technologyPrinceton, NJ - The National Science Foundation has funded a multimillion-dollar Engineering Research Center based at Princeton University that is expected to revolutionize sensor technology, yielding devices that have a unique ability to detect minute amounts of chemicals found in the atmosphere, emitted from factories or exhaled in human breath. |
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African wetland managers armed with new technologyLake Naivasha, Kenya - Earth's wetlands are vital to the water cycle and havens for wildlife, but they are under threat. GlobWetland, an ESA-led initiative in collaboration with the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, has been addressing this issue by using satellite imagery to provide detailed wide-area views of individual wetlands to aid national and local conservation efforts. |
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Tomb of royal Mayan found in GuatemalaLaguna del Tigre National Park, Guatemala - Building on a find by a Southern Methodist University specialist on Mayan ruins, a Guatemalan archaeologist has uncovered the remains of what could be an ancient Mayan king's tomb deep in the rain forest of Guatemala's largest national park. |
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Four-year-old boy runs 65kmOrissa, India - Cheered by thousands, a four-year-old boy dubbed "India's Forrest Gump" who was nearly sold by his impoverished mother ran 65km to enter the country's foremost record book. |
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World’s Longest Chain of Bras Used To Fight Breast CancerCyprus - On Sunday, a group of activists strung together 114,000 bras in Cyprus to raise awareness about breast cancer and set a new world's record. |
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Celebrities, activists rally against Darfur genocideWashington, DC - A crowd of thousands joined human rights activists, movie stars, athletes and politicians in front of the U.S. Capitol Sunday to press for political support to end genocide in Sudan's southern Darfur region. |
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Federal Grants Fund Suburban Bobcats StudyColchester, VT - For one afternoon earlier this month on the back roads of Vermont's most populous county, a 26-pound female bobcat dubbed B15 became the hunted. |
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First Post-Katrina Jazz Fest OpensNew Orleans, LA - New Orleans' music scene, languishing along with the city after Hurricane Katrina, was rejuvenated Friday as the city's annual Jazz & Heritage Festival provided electric moments from both its homegrown musical heroes and superstar acts. |
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Test drive your dream jobPortland, OR - Just one year ago, David Ryan was an international banker with HSBC....but his chosen profession was simply, "not as exciting as it had been." |
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Coral Reef Resilience: Better Feeders Survive BleachingProvidence, RI - Coral bleaching, a stress response that turns rainbow-hued reefs into bone-white graveyards, is damaging reefs worldwide. But some corals survive. |
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Skin cancer gel trial a successBrisbane, Australia - Early clinical trials of a new gel to treat skin cancer have returned promising results. |
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Olive Branch Buried by Volcano Revises HistoryIsland of Thera, Greece - The discovery of an olive branch buried in volcanic ash for centuries is helping scientists pinpoint the date of one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years. |
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