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02/03/2012 01:22 PM
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New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areas
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 AP - Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
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02/02/2012 06:36 PM
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NASA says Russian space woes no worry
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AP - NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in the Russian space program.
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02/01/2012 09:19 PM
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Where's the snow? Not in Lower 48, but elsewhere
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 AP - Snow has been missing in action for much of the U.S. the last couple months. But it's not just snow. It's practically the season that's gone AWOL.
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02/01/2012 07:19 PM
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Sandia Labs engineers create 'self-guided' bullet
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 AP - A bullet that directs itself like a tiny guided missile and can hit a target more than a mile away has the potential to change the battlefield for soldiers without costing too much, engineers at Sandia National Laboratories said Wednesday.
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02/06/2012 12:51 PM
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Prejudice Reveals the Caveman in Us
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LiveScience.com - Like their cavemen ancestors who fought outsiders for land and potential mates, the modern guy still holds such prejudices against "outgroups," new research shows.
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02/06/2012 02:36 PM
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Organization Warns of EPA 'Regulatory Avalanche'
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ContributorNetwork - The Texas Public Policy Foundation is warning of an "approaching regulatory avalanche" in a report. The foundation says new rules in the works by the Environmental Protection Agency could cost billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs. Here are the details of the report.
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02/05/2012 11:31 PM
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Sierra Club Received Millions from Natural Gas Industry
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ContributorNetwork - According to a blog post from Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, the environmentalist organization accepted millions of donated dollars from the natural gas industry to fight against coal-fired plants nationwide. Here are the details.
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02/06/2012 12:00 PM
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Russia's Space Woes Stress NASA's Need for Private Spaceships
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SPACE.com - The recent delay of the next manned launch to the International Space Station due to a damaged Russian space capsule highlights NASA's critical need for commercially built vehicles, space policy experts say.
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02/02/2012 11:46 PM
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Same Genes Key to Early & Late-Onset Alzheimer's: Study
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- People who develop
Alzheimer's disease late in life may have the same gene mutations linked
to the inherited, early onset form of the condition, according to a new
study.
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