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ScienceNew FEMA Chief Says Agency Back on Track
(AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 12 2006 19:41 AP - Federal Emergency Management Agency acting director David Paulison said Friday that his overhauled agency has fixed many of its communications and logistics flaws and will react more efficiently this hurricane season.
New monkey species is more unique than thought Source: Reuters - May 11 2006 16:51 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new species of monkey identified in Tanzania's highlands last year is an even more remarkable find than thought -- it is a new genus of animal, scientists said on Thursday.
US experts say rising infections cause for concern Source: Reuters - May 11 2006 14:30 ATLANTA (Reuters) - Reports of rare bacterial infections, including a handful of cases in women who have taken the controversial RU-486 abortion pill, are cause for concern and warrant further study, U.S. health experts said on Thursday.
WTO confirms ruling against EU GMO moratorium
(Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 11 2006 02:18
H5N1 in blood might open way for new test : experts Source: Reuters - May 10 2006 05:21 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Thailand have detected live H5N1 bird flu virus in the blood of a boy who died in December, a discovery that might lead to a safer way to diagnose the disease in humans.
China expecting hot and stormy summer: report
(Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 10 2006 01:08 Reuters - China's summer could be hotter and
stormier than normal and the country could be hit up to nine
typhoons from June, state media said on Wednesday, citing the
country's top meteorologists. China Reports Discovery of Ancient City
(AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 9 2006 22:28 AP - The ruins of a 2,000-year-old walled city have been found in a reservoir on China's northeastern border with North Korea, China's official news agency reported Wednesday. What price nature? Bogs $6,000, reefs $10,000 Source: Reuters - May 9 2006 22:42 OSLO (Reuters) - The figures read like a real estate agent's lettings list; a hectare of marsh in Canada, $6,000 per year; a tropical forest in Cameroon, $3,500; a Caribbean coral reef, $10,000.
At least 14 dead in Iranian floods
(AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 9 2006 13:58
US farm economy revs up ethanol-fueled engines Source: Reuters - May 9 2006 12:18 CHICAGO (Reuters) - The burgeoning ethanol industry is changing the economic landscape of rural America, as companies pour billions of dollars into production plants in a race to meet demand and ease America's addiction to gasoline.
Study finds how grapefruit juice affects drugs Source: Reuters - May 9 2006 12:39 Grapefruit juice is known for its effects on drug metabolism and is avoided by some patients while other deliberately take their drugs with the juice.
New "toxic ship" headed for India: Greenpeace Source: Reuters - May 9 2006 04:21 In February, the French government decided to recall the Clemenceau, a mothballed aircraft carrier containing tons of asbestos, after the environmental group said that scrapping it in India would pose a risk to the health of workers.
Georgia to Revise Protected Species List
(AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 8 2006 20:51 AP - The robust redhorse, a mystery fish that dropped off the scientific radar screen for 121 years until it was discovered in the Oconee River near Dublin, would become a rare, rather than endangered species, under a proposed new list of Georgia's protected species. Japan to Talk With NASA on Supersonic Jet
(AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 8 2006 20:29
Dolphins, like humans, recognize names
Source: Reuters - May 8 2006 19:06 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bottlenose dolphins can call each other by name when they whistle, making them the only animals besides humans known to recognize such identity information, scientists reported on Monday.
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