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Wildlife filmmakers focusing on endangered cats
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South African wildlife photographers and authors Dereck and Beverly Joubert have worked in some of Africa's most remote areas for more than 25 years, recording the life cycles and decline of some of Africa's
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Dinosaur footprints in South Island revealed
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By Heather McCracken Greg Browne has studied the marks for years. Photo / Supplied Related links: Dinosaur footprints found in northwest Nelson have given scientists their first proof the beasts roamed
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Bird beats big bang with bit of baguette
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The tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider. Photo: CERN GENEVA : THE $6.5 billion machine designed to recreate the conditions present at the beginning of time had to be switched off after a bird dropped
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New path for DNA damage from nano-particles: study
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1:50 pm TWN, By Marlowe Hood, AFP PARIS -- Scientists reported Thursday that nano-particles used in medical applications can indirectly damage DNA inside cells by transmitting signals through a protective
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Bluefin tuna catch slashed
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THE crisis for the prized southern bluefin tuna is worsening, forcing Australian fishers to slash their catch in an international cut-back. Recent attempts to stem decades of over-fishing of the rich
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Local DNA Lab Comes With Hefty Price Tag
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The Beaufort County Sherriff's Office in South Carolina is pushing to open its own crime lab to bypass backlogs and restrictions on samples analyzed, but control comes at a price. The Sheriff's Office
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Bombings Place Unique Burden on Iraq's 1st DNA Lab
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Physicians at the year-old DNA lab in Baghdad, the first in Iraq, have begun using science to solve new and old mysteries in a country where war and sectarian conflict have created legions of them. Since
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U of S flax genome work gets $1.2M
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Saskatchewan's ag ministry has pledged $1.2 million to a project to map the flax genome with an eye toward developing flax as a 'dual-purpose' crop. The Total Utilization of Flax Genomics (TUFGEN) project,
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Dinosaur prints found on NZealand's South Island
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Scientist Greg Browne sits next to one of six 70 million-year-old footprints found in various locations in the Nelson region. They are the first dinosaur footprints found in New Zealand although bones,
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Genome sequence for the domestic horse to be unveiled
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The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers
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More Great White shark sightings on Oregon Coast
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NEWPORT, Ore. -- People report seeing a Great White shark off the Oregon Coast near Newport, Ore. OregonSurfShop.com posted a photo (above) of a Great White swimming in 3 feet of water. And another surfer
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Aussie Birds Shrinking, Heading Poleward
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Australiaâ??s average surface temperature has risen more than 1 Fahrenheit degree since 1900. During roughly the same period, the body size of Australian passerine (perching) birds has declined by as
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DNA Molecules In Moss Open Door To New Biotechnology
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Plasmids, which are DNA molecules capable of independent replication in cells, have played an important role in gene technology. Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have now demonstrated that
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How Plants And Bacteria 'Talk' To Thwart Disease
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When it comes to plants' innate immunity, like many of the dances of life, it takes two to tango. A receptor molecule in the plant pairs up with a specific molecule on the invading bacteria and, presto,
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