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Unearthed bones reveal dinosaur dinner party
26 07 2008 A team of paleontologists said Thursday that they have unearthed dinosaur bones near Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, dating as far back as 75 million years.
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Six real-life 'X-Files'
25 07 2008  FBI agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder return to the big screen in "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," the second cinematic offshoot of the sci-fi TV series. Here are six “X-Files” that skeptics and believers have debated in real life.
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Lost for 1,600 years, Nero's Olympic site found
24 07 2008 German archaeologists using radar technology believe they may have discovered the ancient horse racing track at Olympia where Roman Emperor Nero bribed his way to Olympic laurels.
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Cavers chart unique 'snowy' river of crystals
24 07 2008  Hundreds of feet beneath Earth's surface, a few seasoned cave explorers venture where no human has set foot. Their headlamps illuminate mud-covered walls, gypsum crystals and mineral deposits.
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70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton found
24 07 2008  Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday.
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McKusick, pioneer in medical genetics, dies at 86
24 07 2008  Dr. Victor A. McKusick, a key architect of the Human Genome Project and a winner of the National Medal of Science, has died. He was 86.
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Dolly harkens back to deadly Texas storm
24 07 2008  While Dolly is expected to cause serious flooding, it is unlikely to be anything like the deadliest hurricane ever to strike the United States, one that struck Galveston, Texas, more than a century ago.
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7 pandas to stay at earthquake-damaged facility
23 07 2008  Only seven pandas remain at China's most famous breeding center, after a final group of 13 animals were transferred from the earthquake-damaged facility, an official said Tuesday.
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7 pandas to stay at earthquake-damaged facility
22 07 2008 Only seven pandas remain at China's most famous breeding center, after a final group of 13 animals were transferred from the earthquake-damaged facility, an official said Tuesday.
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3,000-year-old Neolithic site found in China
22 07 2008 Thousands of ancient artifacts and wooden poles more than 3,000 years old have been unearthed in China's southern Yunnan province, possibly the world's largest site of a Neolithic community, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Salmonella scare about fruits, not vegetables
22 07 2008  Tomatoes, japaleño peppers, serrano peppers and now avocadoes are all under scrutiny due to the recent Salmonella outbreak, making many Americans nervous about eating their vegetables. Or make that, their fruits. Oh, drat. Which is it? Actually, all four of these produce items are classified as fruits by scientists, regardless of what consumers, grocers and nutritionists think.
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Pharaoh's 4,500-year-old vessel to be rebuilt
21 07 2008  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 announced Saturday.
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Seven superpowers destined for the masses
18 07 2008 In “The Dark Knight,” Batman tries to best the Joker with old-fashioned brawn and brain: The Dark Knight is superhero without any superpowers per se. Here are some real life ways mortals can achieve Batman's physical and intellectual prowess.
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Singing for sex: Even toadfish do it
18 07 2008  It's not exactly Tony serenading Maria in "West Side Story," but for all their homeliness, toadfish also sing to attract mates.
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Baby red panda adopted by house cat dies
18 07 2008  Amsterdam's Artis zoo says a baby red panda adopted by a zookeeper's cat after being rejected by its mother has died.
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U.S. soldier remains from 1846 found in Mexico
18 07 2008 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.
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Ancient Pompeii site faces modern threats
18 07 2008  Nearly 2,000 years after it was buried and preserved under a volcanic eruption, the ancient Roman town of Pompeii is being steadily worn away by modern woes.
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Spider to be named for Stephen Colbert
18 07 2008  Talk show host Stephen Colbert has a big decision to make: Which spider should bear his name?
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Cosmic Log: Tomorrow's Dark Knights
18 07 2008
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Fossils document clash of continents
18 07 2008  Scientists in Panama have unearthed hundreds of animal fossils dating back 20 million years, which could shed more light on how and when the American continent became connected.
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Bigger is better, until you go extinct
18 07 2008 It's not easy being small, and it turns out for mammals there are more evolutionary pros than cons to being big, with species tending to develop larger body sizes over time.
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Singing for sex: Even toadfish do it
18 07 2008 It's not exactly Tony serenading Maria in "West Side Story," but for all their homeliness toadfish also sing to attract mates.
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Lightning remains a striking mystery
17 07 2008  As common as lightning is, it still sparks considerable confusion among scientists. Many of the basics are understood, but researchers admit they don't really understand how lightning gets from there to here. And they're totally baffled by lightning's link to X-rays, a discovery made back in 2001.
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Smithsonian gets down and dirty
17 07 2008  Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths.
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Hollywood apes being sent to sanctuary
17 07 2008  Filmmakers looking for an ape may be left scratching their heads after Hollywood's sole supplier of orangutans decided to quit renting them out and will instead send his six to a sanctuary.
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