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Scientists try to save rare and randy warbler
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's rarest songbird is facing extinction, despite being the most promiscuous and energetic lover in the avian world, and concerned scientists are looking ...
World running out of time for oil alternatives
PETTEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - The world could run out of time to develop cleaner alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels before depletion drives prices through the roof, a ...
Group questions whether wild birds carry much flu
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of avian flu in Mongolia seems to have died out quickly on its own, wildlife experts said on Thursday, raising questions about how easily migrating ...
Peasant farming recovers in S.Africa "war zone"
GQUGQUMA, South Africa (Reuters) - A little-known casualty from the political violence that raged in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province a decade ago is finally on the mend: ...
Station crew finishes spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The two men serving aboard the International Space Station donned Russian spacesuits and floated outside the orbital complex for a five-hour ...
Sexy posters to protect Mexico's turtles
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Sex sells everything from diet products to car tires, but Mexican authorities have found a new use for posters of scantily dressed young women: protecting ...
Russian trawlers flout cod quotas in Arctic -WWF
OSLO (Reuters) - Russian trawlers are flouting cod quotas in the Arctic in a threat to the last major stock of the fish, the WWF environmental group said on Friday.
China to Build Offshore Wind Power Complex (AP)
AP - China plans to construct its first offshore wind power complex next year in hopes of easing chronic electricity shortages, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.
Experimental Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 Mpg (AP)
AP - Politicians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades away. Ron Gremban says such a car ...
Harvard to Investigate Origins of Life (AP)
AP - Harvard University is joining the long-running debate over the theory of evolution by launching a research project to study how life began.
Archeologists on trail of ancient warships
ROME (Reuters) - Italian archaeologists believe they are on the verge of finding the ancient ships downed in the battle of the Aegates Islands more than 2,000 years ago thanks to ...
Polar bear makes huge one-day Arctic swim
OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have tracked a tagged polar bear swimming at least 46 miles in just one day -- and maybe up to 62 miles providing the first conclusive proof the bears can
"Extinct" birds in comeback but no hope for dodo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Scientists beware: Don't count your extinct bird species because one of them may hatch.
Man, nature threaten Asia's cultural landmarks, experts
BANGKOK (Reuters) - From India's Taj Mahal to Cambodia's Angkor Wat, Asia's cultural landmarks are threatened by man and nature and more must be done to protect them, experts said on ...
Malaysian firemen help Indonesia to fight blazes
SUBANG, Malaysia/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Malaysia sent a team of 100 firemen to neighboring Indonesia on Monday to help douse forest fires that have blanketed the region in noxious haze.
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