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Activists oppose plans for South Korean whale meat plant (AFP) AFP - Dozens of activists from around the world opposed to commercial whaling staged a protest in the port city of Ulsan to block plans for a whale meat processing plant.
NASA to launch shuttle Discovery before July, despite the risks (AFP) AFP - Despite the inherent risks, NASA said it will resume its space shuttle program by launching the Discovery before July, more than two years after the Columbia disintegrated on reentry.
Japan Unveils Plan for Flight to the Moon (AP) AP - Japan's space agency mapped out an ambitious plan for manned flights to the moon by 2025 as a first step toward exploring the solar system, but decisions about going it alone or ...
Official: China Plans 40 Nuke Power Plants (AP) AP - China plans to build 40 nuclear power plants over the next 15 years, making them the main power source for its booming east coast, a government official said in remarks reported ...
25 Primates Threatened by Extinction (AP) AP - A list of 25 primates most threatened by extinction:
Shuttle Discovery Moves Toward Florida Launch Pad (Reuters) Reuters - The space shuttle Discovery began its
crawl to a launch pad on Wednesday, after a crack in insulating
foam briefly delayed the significant step in NASA's two-year
quest to ...
Lab Uses X-Ray to Study Nuclear Explosions (AP) AP - Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are using an enormous X-ray machine to see what happens inside an exploding nuclear weapon without actually setting one off.
Japan Unveils Plan for Flights to the Moon (AP) AP - Japan's space agency mapped out a new, ambitious plan Wednesday for manned flights to the moon by 2025 as a first step to explore the solar system's farflung planets, but ...
Report: Primate Species Face Extinction (AP) AP - Human activities such as hunting and logging have driven nearly one quarter of the world's primate species man's closest living relatives to the brink of ...
Suspects Eyed in Canadian Bald Eagle Killings VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Investigator believe they know who is responsible for the slaughter of dozens of bald eagles near Vancouver in a poaching operation that sold ...
Alaska Starts Kill of Grizzly Bears to Boost Moose ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - For the first time since Alaska became a U.S. state, hunters will be allowed to use bait to lure and kill grizzly bears under a program intended to boost moose ...
US Catholics want new pope to resemble John Paul II (AFP) AFP - Roman Catholics in the United States and Canada would like the next pope to resemble John Paul II -- with somewhat more progressive theology on issues like contraception and stem cell ...
Senate Bill Puts Offshore Drilling in State Hands (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. states could allow drilling for
natural gas in restricted offshore waters under legislation
proposed on Wednesday by Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander.
Old Man of Chad stakes new claim to be oldest human (AFP) AFP - French-led fossil hunters have fired the latest salvo in a battle over Toumai, a seven-million-year-old fossil that, they contend, is the remains of the earliest human ever found.
Feds Agree to Study Status of Steelhead (AP) AP - The National Marine Fisheries Service has agreed to study whether Puget Sound steelhead deserve protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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