Personal look at genes locates disease causes
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AP - Children inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family.
World's top scientists to review climate panel
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AP - At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel.
Grocery card in your pocket can pinpoint salmonella
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AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
'Doomsday' Seed Vault Stores 500,000 Crops
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LiveScience.com - A mold-resistant bean, a German pink tomato and a wild
strawberry plucked from the flanks of a Russian volcano are just some of the
crops whose seeds are being tucked away this week in a giant vault dug out of a
mountainside of the Norwegian island Svalbard.
Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems
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AP - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.
Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report
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AFP - The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels.
First American woman in space promotes careers in science
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Reuters - American physicist Sally Ride achieved lasting fame in June 1983 when she became the first American woman to travel in space as a crew member of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Parents give kids fewer bad genes than thought: study
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AFP - American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery -- that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.
NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights
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AP - With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month.
Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing
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AP - The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday.