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Are Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Environmental?
Most news stories about global warming recommend that consumers switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs. But are they really that good for the environment?
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Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Breathed Same Way Birds Do
Veliciraptors, tyrannosaurs shared birds' highly efficient respiratory systems, fossil evidence shows.
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Shuttle Astronauts Recount Dramatic Space Mission
Seven-member crew cheered on way home as they checked out patch job on torn space-station solar wing.
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NASA Satellites to Help Predict Disease Outbreaks
Network of satellites currently tracks rainfall, vegetation, temperature across globe -- factors that affect spread of malaria, Ebola, West Nile.
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Touch Found to Be Key in Making Robots Human-Friendly
Cute robot gets little kids to make friends with it after it's programmed to have sense of touch.
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Scientist: South Florida Will Be Water by End of Century
University of Miami geologist tells state lawmakers that sea levels would rise three to five feet by 2100, making continued habitation 'extremely difficult.'
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End of War Brings Elephants Back to Southern Sudan
End of civil war in southern part of country enables return of some 7,000 elephants, along with hundreds of giraffes and antelopes, and even some lions.
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Scientists Reveal 'Cousin' Solar System
The 55 Cancri sun-like star is 41 light-years away and researchers believe the fifth outer planet lies within the star's habitable zone.
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Chinese Officials Waffle on Space-Station Plans
Spokesman for national space agency backs off on earlier reports that Beijing plans challengers to international space station by 2020.
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How Ventriloquists Fool the Brain
Rhesus-monkey studies find significant overlap between brain regions for sight, sound.
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Shorter Winters Making Some Seeds Sprout Later
Some plants need winter to get seeds ready for spring, so if winters start late, so does sprouting time.
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Giant Pig-Like Creature Discovered in Brazil
Embattled Dutch scientist claims to have found new species of peccary measuring over four feet, nearly twice the size of others of its genus.
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Boy's Unusual Rock Identified as Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center says tooth found in Wisconsin could be 10,000 to 30,000 years old.
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Research: Early Birds Likely Were Ground-Dwellers
Dinosaur fossils found over the past 15 years reveal birds that lived 150 million years ago show features associated with birds that favor the ground.
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Newly Visible Comet Brightens Northern Skies
Comet Holmes, first spotted in 1892, has suddenly and mysteriously become much brighter.
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Chinese Probe Goes Into Orbit Around Moon
Chang'e 1 begins task of analyzing composition of lunar surface from orbit.
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Researchers Discover Glow-in-the-Dark Creature
Finding suggests the amphioxus, or lancelet, contains green fluorescent proteins that may act as sunscreen or a stress shield. The flashing ability had been considered unique to jellyfish and corals.
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