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Shuttle Atlantis hauled to launch pad in Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA hauled the space shuttle Atlantis to the seaside launch pad on Thursday, hopeful a trio of storms churning over the Atlantic Ocean will steer clear of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases
LONDON (Reuters) - It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud.
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Raising vegetables under Canada's midnight sun
INUVIK, Northwest Territories (Reuters) - Amanda Joynt reached down and picked a fresh tomato from the vine. That's no small feat when you are living 200 km (120 miles) above the Arctic Circle in Canada's Far North.
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Gene trawl shows curing cancer harder than thought
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cancer experts who probed every gene in tumors from two of the hardest-to-treat cancers found that cancer is much more complicated than anyone thought -- and say they found why a cure is so unlikely after a tumor has spread.
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Experts offer scaled-back sea level rise forecast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Worldwide sea levels may rise by about 2.6 to 6.6 feet by 2100 thanks to global warming, but dire predictions of larger increases seem unrealistic, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.
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NASA seeks next Carl Sagan - and extraterrestrial life
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, famous for its manned missions to the moon, announced the creation of the Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration on Wednesday.
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Gene may hold key to neutralizing HIV: U.S. study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The AIDS virus is especially hard to
fight because few people develop antibodies to neutralize it,
but U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found an
immunity gene that may offer a new way to fight back.
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Study clears measles vaccine of autism link
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists who tried to replicate a study that once tied a measles vaccine with autism said on Wednesday they could not find any link and hope their study will encourage parents to vaccinate their children to combat a rash of measles outbreaks.
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Czech city bids to be global biotech hub
BRNO, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Just a few steps from the monastery where Gregor Mendel pioneered the field of genetics some 150 years ago, Czech officials hope to nurture their own biotech revolution.
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Scientists use particle accelerator to date wine
PARIS (Reuters) - French scientists have devised a way of
using particle accelerators to authenticate vintage wines, one
of France's top research bodies said this week.
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