News tagged with horse adoptions

Federal agency spurs people to adopt wild horses

(AP) -- A federal agency is hoping older wild mustangs rounded up from the range will find new homes with a program that will offer stipends to owners who adopt them.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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US judge denies bid to block NV mustang roundups

(AP) -- A federal judge in Nevada who handed horse protection advocates a rare victory last fall has rejected their latest request to block government roundups of free-roaming mustangs in the West, saying ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Baking in the details: Semitic Museum project conserves thousands of ancient clay tablets

In the basement of Harvard’s Semitic Museum, Alex Douglas looked at the pieces of baked clay in front of him, teasing out how they fit together into a small tablet, thousands of years old and marked with ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Online gambling fight now about when, who -- not if

(AP) -- The fight to fully legalize online gambling in the U.S. is now less about whether Americans will be able to play and more about who will bring the action to them - and when.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Optimism on solar energy: Energy secretary suggests ways domestic firms can prosper

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu struck an optimistic note about the future of solar energy Thursday but said the economic benefits of the emerging clean-energy industry will be reaped elsewhere if the business ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

Single dose of contraceptive vaccine controls fertility in cats for years

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Florida researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, report that a single dose of an immunocontraceptive vaccine controls fertility over multiple years in adult female ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Against the grain, 'caveman' diet gains traction

Could Paleolithic man hold the key to today's nutrition problems?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 18

Few replicas as first cloned cat nears 10

Nearly 10 years after scientists cloned the first cat, predictions of a vast commercial market for the "resurrection" of beloved pets through cloning have fallen flat.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high school students

Take a second look at your iced or steaming tea. Guided by scientific experts, three New York City high school students using tabletop DNA technologies found several herbal brews and a few brands of tea contain ingredients ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Where have all the dodos gone?

Biology professor Beth Shapiro is one part laboratory scientist and one part Indiana Jones style adventurer, traveling to remote locations to find fossilized bones and eggshells of ancient animals and extract ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nortel Networks' patent portfolio up for auction

One of the more intriguing auctions scheduled later this month won't involve fine art or vintage sports cars or other expensive trinkets, but it is expected to attract some deep pockets.

Technology / Business

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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