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In the days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with the twin towers vanished from Manhattan's skyline, a poem by W.H. Auden could have been the song of a wounded nation. "September 1, 1939," written on the eve of World War II, seemed eerily...(more)
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Some women are more likely to be adversely affected by men who hide their attitudes than by overtly sexist males
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Depleted uranium from spent munitions has long been suspected of making people ill, but no-one had any idea how until now (full text available to subscribers)
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One of the world's smallest and rarest snails, measuring less than a millimetre in width, gets special protection.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday....
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A cartel of 45 countries has decided to lift a ban on nuclear commerce with India after pressure from the US
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In congressional testimony and speeches around the country, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has steadfastly presented the Bush administration's space policy as under pressure but on track to return humans to the moon by 2020. Privately, the agency chief is far less...(more)
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Comparison of the genomes of James Watson and Craig Venter shows how minor genetic differences make them respond to drugs differently
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Blood donations may one day be a thing of the past thanks to the creation of functional red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells
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Advanced alien civilisations may be sending signals through space by causing stars that usually pulse like clockwork to beat faster
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NASA's ability to send its astronauts to the $100 billion international space station is in danger of becoming a costly casualty of the Russia-Georgia war. Because the American fleet of space shuttles will be retired in 2010 and the United States won't have a replacement...(more)
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