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MSNBC
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Scientists have found signs that water may once have gurgled up through the Martian soil in hydrothermal vents similar to those in Yellowstone National Park.
The site of these proposed vents could possibly contain preserved traces of ancient Martian li..
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BBC News
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The Earth's temperature may stay roughly the same for a decade, as natural climate cycles enter a cooling phase, scientists have predicted.
A new computer model developed by German researchers, reported in the journal Nature, suggests the cooling will..
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BBC News
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The huge eye of the world's largest squid has been revealed by scientists dissecting a rare, intact half-tonne specimen in New Zealand.
About 27cm (11in) across, researchers believe the colossal squid's eye is the biggest animal eye ever found.
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BBC News
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Scientists have identified genetic variations that raise the risk of lung cancer for smokers and former smokers.
And there is also some evidence to suggest that they may make carriers more addicted to tobacco.
Three research teams, writing in the jo..
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BBC News
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Seeds of some genetically modified crops can endure in soil for at least 10 years, scientists have discovered.
Researchers in Sweden examined a field planted with experimental oilseed rape a decade ago, and found transgenic specimens were still growing..
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BBC News
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US scientists are taking the first step towards testing potentially hazardous chemicals on cells grown in a laboratory, without using live animals.
Two government agencies are looking into the merits of using high-speed automated robots to carry out te..
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BBC News
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British scientists are developing a vaccine to combat the life-threatening Clostridium difficile hospital bug.
Cambridge-based biotech firm Acambis has already carried out initial trials and is now hoping to test it in NHS hospitals later this year...
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CNN
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Scientists have discovered the remains of a rodent the size of a small car which used to forage the South American continent. The 1-ton creature is believed to have been about 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters tall. The giant rat's skull, which measures a..
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BBC News
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Scientists in the US say they have created a genetically-engineered carrot that provides extra calcium.
They hope that adding the vegetable to a normal diet could help ward off conditions such as brittle bone disease and osteoporosis.
Someone eating..
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SF Gate
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This was a bug you couldn't swat and definitely couldn't step on. British scientists have stumbled across a fossilized claw, part of an ancient sea scorpion, that is of such large proportion it would make the entire creature the biggest bug ever.
How b..
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Physorg
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While it's one of the most important and abundant chemical compounds on Earth, water is still a puzzle to scientists. Much research has been done to uncover the structure of water beyond the H2O scale, which is thought to be responsible for many of water�..
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NPR
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A team of scientists says it has found a string of vast, rich forests in an unexpected setting: far below the coral reefs found in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The new forests are made out of kelp plants that harbor a huge range of plants and animals. Like..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Ancient writings from the Dead Sea scrolls are to be read for the first time by British scientists using powerful x-rays.
The team will examine rare and unread fragments of the scrolls, which are believed to shed light on how the texts came to be writt..
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MSNBC
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Scientists have found a new prime suspect in the deaths of about a quarter of America's honeybees, a mystery that could take a multibillion-dollar toll on the nation's agricultural industry.
Months of genetic testing have fingered a virus that was firs..
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Daily Mail
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Scientists today claim to have discovered the first common gene that influences whether someone is tall or short.
It explains why John Cleese towers over a room, and why Ronnie Corbett can claim: "I'm so short I'm the only citizen in the UK to have a f..
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BBC News
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An extremely rare "living fossil" caught by a fisherman in Indonesia is being examined by scientists.
The 1.3m-long (4.3ft), 50kg (110lb) coelacanth is only the second ever to have been captured in Asia and has been described as a "significant find"...
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BBC News
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Scientists in Wales tackling the impact flatulent cows and sheep have on global warming may have an answer - putting garlic in their food.
Experts claim cows are responsible for about 3% of Britain's greenhouse gases.
But initial results from the st..
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BBC News
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Scientists in Spain say that they have found a tooth from a distant human ancestor that is more than one million years old.
The tooth, a pre-molar, was discovered on Wednesday at the Atapuerca site in northern Spain's Burgos Province.
It represented..
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CNN
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They will be the earth's roundest spheres, crafted by Australian scientists as part of an international hunt to find a new global standard kilogram.
Ever since scientists discovered that the current standard -- a bar of platinum and iridium held in a F..
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Washington Post
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Three teams of scientists said yesterday they had coaxed ordinary mouse skin cells to become what are effectively embryonic stem cells without creating or destroying embryos in the process -- an advance that, if it works with human cells, could revolution..
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