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Bird flu data should be kept under wraps, science panel says
Details of a genetically altered strain of the deadly avian flu virus are "a grave concern" to public safety and should be kept under wraps, a federal advisory board declared Tuesday.
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Alaskan volcano could erupt, disrupt international air travel
Officials are monitoring a remote Alaska volcano that could launch an ash cloud, potentially threatening intercontinental flights.
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Tokyo sees high quake probability, scientists warn
Tokyo faces the possibility of being hit by a massive earthquake within the next four years, according to Japanese researchers.
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Scientists back 'significant broadening' of climate research amid tight budgets
U.S. scientists want to expand research into climate change to focus on its social effects and ways to adapt to a changing planet, but tighter budgets may crimp those plans, the National Academy of Sciences reported Thursday.
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Two new Earths and the search for life
Americans were enthralled by fake reports of an alien invasion in the Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast on Halloween Eve in 1938. Hundreds of science fiction movies from the 1902 silent epic "A Trip to the Moon" (featured in the current film "Hugo") to "Star Wars" to this year's "Cowboys and Aliens" have fed a deep curiosity about intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe.
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What is the Higgs boson and why is it important?
Scientists say they have found hints of the existence of the Higgs boson, a never-before-seen subatomic particle long thought to be a fundamental building block of the universe.
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Canada: First out of a sinking Kyoto ship?
For Canada, the cost of either meeting its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, or failing to do so, was too much to bear.
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Delegates at climate talks agree to extend efforts of Kyoto Protocol
An agreement reached Sunday in South Africa will help tackle the challenges of climate change for years to come, the United Nations' chief said.
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West Coast had best seat for total lunar eclipse
The moon disappeared from view along the U.S. West Coast on Saturday amid a total lunar eclipse.
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America can't afford to lose its grip on science
On a recent visit to Barcelona, Spain, my local translator, who told me he was becoming increasingly interested in physics as he listened to my responses to reporters' questions, commented that he couldn't believe the biggest advances in my field will come not from America but from Europe -- for him, an unexpected turn.
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