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Mars lander's next bake test could be its last (AP)
July 3, 2008
AP - The Phoenix lander's first chemical sniff of Martian soil did not turn up any trace of the building blocks of life. Its next whiff could be its last.
Mass. lobstermen promote practices as whale safe (AP)
July 3, 2008
AP - New green rubber bands that will bind the claws of Massachusetts lobsters beginning this weekend won't save the lobsters from the dinner table. But they signify a state initiative aimed at saving whales.
Washington's boyhood home found, but no hatchet (AP)
July 3, 2008
AP - The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet.
Cave Men Loved to Sing (LiveScience.com)
July 3, 2008LiveScience.com - Ancient hunters painted the sections of their cave dwellings where singing, humming and music sounded best, a new study suggests.
Weather around the U.S.A. (AP)
July 3, 2008AP - Weather around the U.S.A.
Solar system a bit squashed, not nicely round (Reuters)
July 3, 2008
Reuters - The solar system may not be a nice
round shape, but rather a bit squashed and oblong, according to
data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft exploring the solar system's
outer limits, scientists said on Wednesday.
Chinese man gets award for caring for quake pig (Reuters)
July 3, 2008
Reuters - A Chinese man who bought an emaciated
pig who survived for 36 days under rubble after May's massive
Sichuan earthquake and promised to care for it for life has
been given an award by an animal rights group.
Museum confirms discovery of rare fossil (AP)
July 3, 2008AP - Scientists with the Virginia Museum of Natural History have confirmed the discovery of a 500 million-year-old fossil called a stromatolite.
Energy experts puzzled over oil prices (AP)
July 3, 2008
AP - As crude soared to a new record, the head of the International Energy Agency declared that the world was in the grip of an "oil shock," and the president of OPEC acknowledged he could not say whether prices would flatten out or continue to soar.
Big haul of Crohn's genes shows disease complexity (Reuters)
July 3, 2008
Reuters - Scientists have linked 32 genetic
variations to Crohn's disease, a bowel disorder, highlighting
the complexity of many common diseases and the difficulties
facing researchers seeking treatments.
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