Report says teens don't often use condoms
Aug 03, 2006 |
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A study has found most sexually active U.S. teenagers do not use condoms, placing themselves at a higher risk of developing sexually transmitted diseases.
What determines body size?
Aug 03, 2006 |
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How does a growing organism determine what its final body size will be? In the moth Manduca sexta, also known as the tobacco hornworm and recognisable by its distinctive blue-green caterpillar, adult body size is largely ...
NASA Assists Search for Woodpecker Thought to be Extinct
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Unlike its more famous cartoon cousin Woody the Woodpecker, the ivory-billed woodpecker is thought to be extinct, or so most experts have believed for over half a century.
Meteorologists revise hurricane forecast
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Aug 03, 2006 |
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U.S. hurricane forecasters Thursday revised downward their 2006 hurricane season projections.
ISS crew to chat with champion soccer team
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Aug 03, 2006 |
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NASA says the International Space Station crew will take a special call next Tuesday from members of the European champion soccer team FC Barcelona.
Dawn Log - Keeping Busy
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Dawn continues to keep its human handlers very busy as preparations continue on schedule to meet the planned opening of the launch period on June 20, 2007. Much of June 2006 was devoted to conducting the comprehensive performance ...
Sequencing the Genome of a New Kind of Methane Producer
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Aug 03, 2006 |
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About 10 to 25 percent of the world's methane emissions come from flooded rice paddies. Methane is a greenhouse gas produced by various groups of microorganisms (methanogenic Archaea). Oxygen is usually highly ...
San Diego supercomputer team backs firefighters in recent 'Horse' wildfires
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Firefighters facing fast-spreading wildfires, especially in remote areas where communications and other resources are scarce, can now add "cyberinfrastructure" to their firefighting arsenals.
California sea ports plan a clean up
Aug 03, 2006 |
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The U.S. seaports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, among the largest in the world, are planning a major clean up effort.
Washington Getting a Summertime Air Quality Exam
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Summer in the city can often mean sweltering "bad air days" that threaten the health of the elderly, children and those with respiratory problems. This summer the nation’s capitol has been no stranger to such ...
FDA approves 2006 strain of flu vaccine
Aug 03, 2006 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the manufacture of this year's seasonal influenza vaccine.
Britain to update its drug trial rules
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Britain is planning a major revision of pharmaceutical drug trial regulatory rules after an incident that nearly killed six men.
