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Science and sleepovers: Getting kids the most out of spring break - OregonLive.com

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OregonLive.com

Science and sleepovers: Getting kids the most out of spring break
OregonLive.com
How many more episodes of "The Planet's Funniest Animals" or "Animal Cops Houston" can you withstand? Fortunately for parents who prize doing over watching, ...

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Kenya's Athi River to offer 1.6 bln shilling bond - Reuters India

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Kenya's Athi River to offer 1.6 bln shilling bond
Reuters India
NR: Quote, Profile, Research) will issue a 1.6 billion shillings ($20.8 million) 5-year bond next month to fund production expansion in Tanzania, ...

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Rejected trade ban 'sounds death knell' for bluefin - Sydney Morning Herald

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CBC.ca

Rejected trade ban 'sounds death knell' for bluefin
Sydney Morning Herald
''Let's take science and throw it out the door,'' Susan Lieberman, director of international policy with the Pew Environment Group in Washington, ...
Asia's endangered delicaciesCNNGo.com
Opposition grows from developing countries against proposed ban on the export ...Gaea Times (blog)

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Busch Gardens unveils recently acquired endangered gorillas - Tampa Tribune

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Busch Gardens unveils recently acquired endangered gorillas
Tampa Tribune
The plan makes sure zoo animals aren't inbred and guarantees a genetic diversity of endangered species. The plan pairs animals to breed to sustain captive ...

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REPERTORY - Washington Post

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Washington Post

REPERTORY
Washington Post
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science: "Acid Test" with "Farmed Salmon Exposed," Monday at 6. 1200 New York Ave. NW. ...

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Rare Hawaiian monk seal lands at UCSC's Long Marine Lab: Scientists hope to ... - San Jose Mercury News

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Rare Hawaiian monk seal lands at UCSC's Long Marine Lab: Scientists hope to ...
San Jose Mercury News
SANTA CRUZ - UC Santa Cruz biologist Terrie Williams was on one of her annual research expeditions in Antarctica a couple of years ago when ...

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World votes to continue trading in species on verge of extinction - Times Online

Thu, 2010-03-18 22:48

CBC.ca

World votes to continue trading in species on verge of extinction
Times Online
A plan for a 20-year ban on ivory sales, to protect African elephants, is also likely to fail in the coming days — partly because Britain and other members ...
Endangered Species Perish While Governments Debate Trade RulesEco Factory

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Searching the Bones of Our Shared Past - New York Times

Thu, 2010-03-18 22:23

Searching the Bones of Our Shared Past
New York Times
He was deposing a divine order of immutable categories; he was also dissolving a sacral boundary that had separated the animal from the human. ...

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'Life': Inside Discovery's new nature series - Mother Nature Network

Thu, 2010-03-18 19:51

Boston Globe

'Life': Inside Discovery's new nature series
Mother Nature Network
Mike Gunton, who's in the research phase of a BBC-Discovery series about the wildlife of Africa targeted for 2013, is gratified to have “accomplished more ...
Discovery Channel finds new 'Life'Kansas City Star

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Discovery Channel finds new 'Life' - Kansas City Star

Thu, 2010-03-18 09:44

Kansas City Star

Discovery Channel finds new 'Life'
Kansas City Star
For years I have complained about Discovery's insistence on removing the voice of Sir David Attenborough, the renowned scientist and longtime BBC television ...

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Mzubanzi Bismark Tyobeka: SA cannot afford to abandon climb up nuclear mountain - Business Day

Thu, 2010-03-18 09:22

Mzubanzi Bismark Tyobeka: SA cannot afford to abandon climb up nuclear mountain
Business Day
These include the UK, which, in line with its plans to build four nuclear plants (the first one due in 2017), has forecasted that by 2025, ...

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Eastern redbud: Purple blooms brighten landscape - News-Leader.com

Thu, 2010-03-18 08:03

Eastern redbud: Purple blooms brighten landscape
News-Leader.com
Species status: Eastern redbud trees are common throughout Missouri. They are found in every county in the state. First discovered: The first scientific ...

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The Oldest Trees on the Planet - Wired News

Wed, 2010-03-17 23:48

Wired News

The Oldest Trees on the Planet
Wired News
At 3000-plus years, these trees continue to grow just as vigorously as their 100-year-old counterparts. Unlike animals, these pines don't rack up genetic ...
The Oldest Trees on the PlanetWired News

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Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests - Tehran Times

Wed, 2010-03-17 20:04

Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests
Tehran Times
A team led by Cyril Zipfel at Britain's Sainsbury Laboratory found that transferring a single gene from a wild plant to disease-susceptible crop plants made ...

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Polar bears and African Predators Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the Oregon Zoo - Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News

Wed, 2010-03-17 11:54

Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News

Polar bears and African Predators Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the Oregon Zoo
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News
"The animals really enjoy these enrichment activities," said Dr. David Shepherdson, zoo conservation scientist and an expert on environmental enrichment. ...
Zoo animals shamrocked this St. Patrick's Daykgw.com

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Monkeys learn more from females - BBC News

Wed, 2010-03-17 11:01

BBC News

Monkeys learn more from females
BBC News
Scientists studying wild vervet monkeys in South Africa found that the animals were better able to learn a task when it was demonstrated by a female. ...

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Scientists urge CITES to reject ivory sale by Tanzania and Zambia - Little About (blog)

Wed, 2010-03-17 10:53

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Scientists urge CITES to reject ivory sale by Tanzania and Zambia
Little About (blog)
Its goals center on ensuring that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. The two-week meeting began ...
Zambia should sale ivory, but not Tanzania, says CITESZambian Watchdog
While stocks lastEconomist
Elephants - Ivory - and Organized CrimeHuffington Post (blog)
New Scientist -RedOrbit
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Uganda to Develop Coffee Resistant to Wilt Disease, Agency Says - BusinessWeek

Wed, 2010-03-17 09:57

Uganda to Develop Coffee Resistant to Wilt Disease, Agency Says
BusinessWeek
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Uganda, Africa's second-largest coffee producer, plans to develop strains of the plant which are resistant to wilt ...
Uganda to get wilt-free coffee plantsGenevaLunch (blog)

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13 firms receive state tax breaks; 2790 jobs planned - Detroit Free Press

Wed, 2010-03-17 07:27

13 firms receive state tax breaks; 2790 jobs planned
Detroit Free Press
It will result in 250 jobs, including 200 transferred from a Masco plant in Adrian. The company also had considered moving the Adrian jobs to Ohio, ...
More Than 7180 New Jobs Planned for MichiganManufacturing & Technology eJournal (press release)

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