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Cavern could collapse, taking part of city

Cavern could collapse, taking part of N.M. city Carlsbad is famous for caverns, but this one was made by oil industry This brine well collapsed near Artesia, N.M., in July 2008 and has similar characteristics to a well that...

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Creationism finds fertile ground in Turkey

Sema Ergezen teaches biology to Turkish students interested in teaching science themselves, and she has long struggled with her students' ignorance of, and sometimes hostility to, the notion of evolution.

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USU to lead geothermal-test drilling in Idaho

Published: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 10:34 a.m. MST TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Geologists plan to drill a pair of mile-deep holes in southern Idaho in a hunt for geothermal fields that could be tapped to produce energy. The $4.6...

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A Cloaking Device? Scientists Gain Ground on Science Fiction

By Charles Petit, Science News Ulf Leonhardt is riding high these days, with a new award from the Royal Society of Great Britain to further develop his ideas on how to make things in plain sight disappear. Born in East Germany...

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Prized mushroom collection returns to China

By DAVID WIVELL Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the...

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New antenas help biologists study salmon

WARREN, Idaho -- Biologists studying salmon in the Pacific Northwest have for decades lost track of the fish just as they set out on life's last leg, that final upstream lunge to spawn and die in the remote, backcountry streams...

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$11 Million NIH Grant For Stem Cell Research Awarded To Rhode Island Hospital

Rhode Island Hospital has received an $11 million grant to fund research that will lead to a general understanding of stem cell biology and identify unique approaches to tissue regeneration in lung and marrow diseases.

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Can we really stop climate change

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 11:34 AM EST John Brock thanks God that we can't do anything about climate change. He lists himself only as a geological engineer but his résumé shows that he spent his life...

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Grants to help change how we generate, consume energy (your tax dollars down a hole)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Arizona State University two grants for alternative energy research that are part of a special DOE program to pursue high-risk, high-reward advances with the potential to change...

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Mysterious Porpoise Deaths Blamed On Berserk Dolphins

Deadly Attack On Lone Porpoise Caught On Camera Posted: 12:42 pm PST November 6, 2009Updated: 10:39 am PST November 7, 2009 MOSS LANDING, Calif. -- Marine biologists have figured out why a growing number of dead harbor...

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