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Japan scientists fail to unfold satellite antenna
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese scientists have managed to open only one of two massive antennas on the country's biggest-ever satellite after its launch just over a week ago, a spokeswoman for ...

When faith and medicine collide
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Any nurse can walk into a bad situation. The one Luanne Linnard-Palmer can't forget came as she readied a little boy for a blood transfusion only to be told by his ...

Osteoporosis drug gives lasting protection: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most commonly used osteoporosis drug protected most women from broken bones for five years after they stopped using it, indicating they can take a break from it ...

Australia's military asked to battle cane toads
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Environmentalists have asked Australia's military to wage war on cane toads, which have spread across the country's north in near-plague proportions.

China fears disasters, grain cut from global warming
BEIJING (Reuters) - Global warming threatens to intensify natural disasters and water shortages across China, driving down the country's food output, the Chinese government has warned, even ...

Africa has high-tech tools to beat meningitis
DAKAR (Reuters) - A young girl, unconscious by the time her mother brought her to a rural clinic in southern Burkina Faso, had the classic symptoms of meningitis: fever, stiffness, vomiting.

European scientists launch "planet seeker"
PARIS (Reuters) - European scientists launched a satellite on Wednesday to seek out new Earth-like planets beyond the solar system and to explore the interior of stars, the European Space ...

Original Edison lightbulbs to go under hammer
LONDON (Reuters) - A box containing 23 lightbulbs used at the 1890 court case where Thomas Edison defended his patent for the invention is to be auctioned later this month and is expected ...

Australia relaxes stem cell laws after emotive debate
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia will allow embryonic stem cells to be cloned for research after lawmakers on Wednesday defied conservative Prime Minister John Howard in an emotive ...

NASA telescope sees black hole gulping remote star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A giant black hole displaying horrifying table manners has been caught in the act of guzzling a star in a galaxy 4 billion light-years away, scientists using an ...

Japan scientists find gene linked to heavy smoking
TOKYO (Reuters) - A team of Japanese scientists have found a gene closely linked to nicotine addiction, which could lead to more effective ways for smokers to kick the habit, a Japanese ...

Space cuisine: beyond freeze-dried ice cream
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When space shuttle Commander Mark Polansky sits down to dinner during the upcoming shuttle mission, he won't have to squeeze his entree from a tube.

The animal that stows its tongue in its rib cage
LONDON (Reuters) - Bats use the earth's magnetic field to navigate and one species has a huge tongue that is longer than its entire body, researchers said on Wednesday.

Global warming will stifle oceans: scientists
LONDON (Reuters) - Global warming will stifle life-giving microscopic plants that live in the surface layer of the oceans, cutting marine food production and accelerating climate change ...

NASA images suggest liquid water present on Mars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Striking images taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft suggest the presence of liquid water on the Martian surface, a tantalizing find for scientists ...

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