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Algae bloom fouls Florida Keys

An algae bloom has turned sea water around the Florida Keys into a thick green sludge.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 20, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

1927 wreck found in Lake Michigan

U.S. researchers say they have found a 208-foot wooden vessel that sank in Lake Michigan almost 80 years ago in a storm.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 20, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

U.S. rice contaminated, government says

Some long-grain rice in the United States has been contaminated with a genetically engineered variety not approved for human consumption, the government says.

Medicine & Health /

created Aug 20, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 0

New England site yields dino track

A worker digging up bedrock in Connecticut unearthed a three-toed, fossilized dinosaur footprint that is thought to be from a dilophosaurus.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 20, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Aussie Minister unconvinced on stem cells

Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott says there is no evidence that stem-cell research will lead to a breakthrough in the treatment of diseases.

Medicine & Health /

created Aug 20, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

U.N. AIDS envoy: Talk less, do more

U.N. special envoy on AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis has urged delegates at an AIDS conference in Toronto to talk less and do more about the problem.

Medicine & Health /

created Aug 20, 2006 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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