Producer: teachers won't accept 'Truth'
Dec 25, 2006 |
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U.S. teachers say they cannot show the environmental movie "An Inconvenient Truth" to their students because of a policy against endorsing projects.
China striving for mummy identification
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 25, 2006 |
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A group of Chinese scientists is attempting to identify a 2,800-year-old mummy of an apparently Caucasian man found in an ancient tomb.
Gengis Khan basecamp found in China
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 25, 2006 |
3.3 / 5 (8) |
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Chinese scholars have found a series of ancient wells they believe provided water for Genghis Khan's legendary hordes during their campaign in Western Xia.
High selenium levels found in bird eggs
Dec 25, 2006 |
3.8 / 5 (4) |
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Analysis of the eggs of wild birds in California's San Joaquin Valley appears to show that recycling agricultural runoff is causing high levels of selenium.
Heart pioneer DeBakey survived own surgery
Dec 25, 2006 |
2.8 / 5 (5) |
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Pioneering U.S. heart surgeon Michael DeBakey is slowly getting back to work at age 98 after undergoing a surgery he himself developed.
Shrimp species latest Great Lakes invader
Biology /
Dec 25, 2006 |
3 / 5 (4) |
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An invader shrimp, hopping a ride on an overseas freighter, has entered the Great Lakes, fulfilling an 8-year-old prediction by Canadian researchers.
U.S. eyeing return to nuclear energy
Dec 25, 2006 |
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Thanks mainly to Bush administration policy, the United States could soon find itself re-embracing the use of nuclear power.
Cancer caught early with colonoscopies
Dec 25, 2006 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
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Medicare's extension of coverage for colonoscopies led to a significant increase in the number of cancers caught early, a U.S. study finds.
Brain chemical linked to alcohol desire
Dec 25, 2006 |
3 / 5 (2) |
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Australian scientists have identified a brain system that could not only blunt an alcoholic's craving for booze, but also the addiction.
Blood test could show transplant rejection
Dec 25, 2006 |
2 / 5 (1) |
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A blood test may replace invasive biopsies that heart transplant patients in the United States and elsewhere undergo to check for rejection, heart experts say.
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