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- Earl takes swipe at North Carolina, heads up coast
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-03-2010 12:00 AM -0700
The hurricane is expected to weaken and stay out to sea before grazing the Massachusetts coast Saturday.A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's fragile Outer Banks with stiff winds and...[more]
- Marine mammal enthusiasts getting a show from blue whales
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-03-2010 12:00 AM -0700
Unusually large numbers of the gigantic creatures off the Southern California coast are a boon for charter boat operators. A biologist believes the cetaceans are following vast clouds of...[more]
- Animal rights groups face off with scientists over fate of chimps
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-03-2010 12:00 AM -0700
Almost 200 have had a long break from testing that dates to NASA's early days, but that could end.Ever since the first of their number arrived in New Mexico half a century ago as test subjects in...[more]
- Oil platform explodes off Louisiana
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-02-2010 09:51 PM -0700
The crew is rescued and there are no signs of a leak, but the accident sparks new debate about wells in the gulf.The opening scene was all too familiar. Black smoke rising from a burning oil...[more]
- God did not create the universe, says Hawking
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-02-2010 06:08 AM -0700
LONDON (Reuters) - God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new...[more]
- Organic strawberries are better — in some ways — researchers say
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-02-2010 12:00 AM -0700
They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, a study says. But they come up short by other measures — potassium and phosphorus, for example. Consumers who...[more]
- Organic strawberries are better — in some ways — researchers say
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-02-2010 12:00 AM -0700
They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, a study says. But they come up short by other measures — potassium and phosphorus, for example.Consumers who...[more]
- Discovery Channel hostage crisis ends with gunman's death
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-02-2010 12:00 AM -0700
James J. Lee, who was protesting what he said was the network's promotion of overpopulation, was fatally shot by police after taking three people captive at the company headquarters in...[more]
- Hurricane Earl approaches East Coast
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-02-2010 12:00 AM -0700
Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia declare states of emergency, and the evacuation of the Outer Banks is underway.Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving...[more]
- Prescription diet drug raises risk of heart attack, stroke
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-01-2010 04:46 PM -0700
Sibutramine, which alters brain chemicals to suppress appetite, carries risks for users with a history of cardiovascular disease. One doctor says it should be pulled off shelves.The prescription...[more]
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