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Rising sea temperatures may be causing the spread of oxygen-starved "deserts" in the world's tropical oceans, researchers say.

May 1, 2008
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An Australia company is testing what could be the undersea equivalent of a wind farm. Their devices would capture wave energy and convert it to electricity.

May 1, 2008
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Zebra finches use a different part of the brain for random babbling than the one used to create adult calls, a find that could give new insight into how human infants learn to talk, a new study says.

May 1, 2008
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An electrochemical alloy sent captive sandbar sharks dashing away from hooked bait, a find that could help reduce the millions of unwanted sharks snagged each year by longline fisheries.

May 1, 2008
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Nine distant galaxies, each small enough to fit within the central hub of the Milky Way, each contain enough stars to weigh in at about 200 billion times the mass of the sun.

April 30, 2008

Remains exhumed last year belong to two children of Tsar Nicholas II, may put to rest questions about what happened to Russia's last royal family, an official said.

April 30, 2008
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A colossal squid caught last year--thought to be the largest ever recorded--is giving scientists their first close look at the rare and elusive giant.

April 30, 2008
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A natural change in Atlantic Ocean circulation may temporarily mask the effects of global warming over the next ten years, a new study says.

April 30, 2008
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The theory that animals such as birds and bats navigate by "seeing" Earth's magnetic field has been bolstered by a new laboratory experiment.

April 30, 2008
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The widespread release of trout modified to be sterile has been given the go-ahead in England and Wales to give anglers sport while boosting the fortunes of native fish.

April 30, 2008
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The dethroning of a Russian king and a bad year for wine harvests in 1601 can be traced back to a massive volcanic eruption in southern Peru, researchers say.

April 29, 2008
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Martian dust grains can cause a chain reaction when they come crashing back down, after even a brief wind storm, a controversial new study suggests.

April 29, 2008
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Tiny bits of plant material found in the teeth of a Neandertal skeleton unearthed in Iraq provide the first direct evidence that the early human relatives ate vegetation, experts say.

April 28, 2008
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Officials in South Korea have high hopes for the noses of seven Labrador retrievers cloned from a star drug-sniffing canine.

April 25, 2008
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Pierre the African penguin's condition has greatly improved since scientists commissioned protective gear after he began losing his insulating, waterproof feathers.

April 25, 2008

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