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A substance called (E)-BCP that is a major component in cannabis essential oils could help combat inflammation without affecting the brain, a new study says.

June 24, 2008
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Voters were more likely to approve a school-funding initiative if they cast their ballot at a school, new research shows.

June 23, 2008
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U.K. scientists are genetically modifying mosquitoes to be resistant to malaria, which kills millions annually. But some experts fear these supermosquitoes would upset the ecosystem.

June 20, 2008
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More widespread death and destruction could occur if China rebuilds on the active tectonic faults that caused the May 12 quake in Sichuan Province, scientists say.

June 17, 2008
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Brains of homosexuals and heterosexuals of the opposite sex resemble each other in physical makeup and neural connectivity, a new study says. The findings may be evidence that homosexuality is genetic.

June 16, 2008
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The World Day Against Child Labour raised awareness of the plight of child laborers around the world -- most of whom are impoverished and have no chance for a formal education.

June 13, 2008
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Dead and injured animals continue to wash ashore a week after a cargo ship collision caused a massive fuel-oil spill off the Uruguayan coast.

June 12, 2008
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A young deer with a single horn in the center of its head is drawing hundreds of visitors to the nature reserve in Tuscany where it was born, officials report.

June 12, 2008
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Undercover agents with a wildlife-trade investigation group report that they recently found illegal tiger bone wine for sale in two Chinese safari parks.

June 11, 2008
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More than three years after a poacher shot off her upper beak, a bald eagle named Beauty is outfitted with a new one—which could extend her life considerably.

June 11, 2008
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A wildlife preserve in Africa has too many elephants, and they've got a surprising solution for controlling their population.

June 5, 2008
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Just by thinking, monkeys were able to control a robot arm to feed themselves. Watch this groundbreaking feat of mind over matter.

May 30, 2008
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The famed chimpanzee researcher was in Brussels on Wednesday to urge the European Union to ban animal testing for medical and scientific research.

May 29, 2008
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Across the globe, skyrocketing food prices are inciting riots, hoarding, and starvation. What has caused the worst food crisis in a generation?

May 27, 2008
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The feisty marsupial's new status comes in response to its decline from a mysterious cancer, the Tasmanian state government announced recently.

May 21, 2008

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