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Controversial weed-killer safe for use on lawns, says Health Canada
Mon Feb 21, 3:52 PM ET
OTTAWA (CP) - The controversial herbicide 2,4-D, which is found in many common weed-killers, is safe to use on lawns, Health Canada has concluded.
Officials from tsunami-hit countries gather in Japan to discuss warning system
Mon Feb 21,10:27 PM ET
TOKYO (AP) - Environment and disaster-prevention authorities from countries devastated in the tsunami catastrophe gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday for a UN-sponsored three-day seminar on Japan's advanced warning system.
Explosion of neutron star releases more energy than 150,000 years of sunlight
Fri Feb 18, 8:52 PM ET
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A massive burst of energy exploded from a far-off neutron star last December, the brightest flash of light ever detected from beyond the solar system, scientists said Friday.
European plan for global Earth observation system adopted at summit
Thu Feb 17, 8:43 PM ET
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union called Thursday for more co-operation in space, as plans move ahead for a combined global observation system to predict natural disasters like tsunamis and drastic weather changes.
U.S. scientists looking for giant sturgeon in Michigan river watershed
Thu Feb 17, 4:59 PM ET
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - A prehistoric species of gigantic fish may be spawning in the Saginaw River watershed after a long period of decline.
Mexico reports 75-per-cent drop in Monarch butterflies, blames U.S.A., Canada
Wed Feb 16,10:14 PM ET
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican government said Tuesday 75 per cent fewer Monarch butterflies have appeared at wintering grounds, largely blaming conditions in the United States and Canada for the decline.
Mysterious lobster shell disease spreads along New England coast
Wed Feb 16,10:00 PM ET
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) - A disease that rots lobster shells and can kill the crustaceans now affects 30 per cent of lobsters along the New England coast, decimating the industry in many areas, scientists said Wednesday.
Florida 2004. Bad news: more hurricanes. Good news: fewer shark attacks
Wed Feb 16, 5:49 PM ET
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The four hurricanes that struck Florida last year helped reduce the state's number of shark attacks to their lowest level in more than a decade, a University of Florida researcher said this week.
Intel reports milestone in silicon laser research
Wed Feb 16, 2:57 PM ET
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - In an advance that could drive down the cost of optical networks and help make fiber as common as copper wires, Intel Corp. researchers have built a continuously shining laser with the same material - silicon - that's the foundation of today's chip industry.
Ethiopian fossils dated to 195,000 years; oldest known remains of modern humans
Wed Feb 16, 2:54 PM ET
NEW YORK (AP) - A new analysis of bones unearthed nearly 40 years ago in Ethiopia has pushed the fossil record of modern humans back to nearly 200,000 years ago, perhaps close to the dawn of the species.
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