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Science NewsNational Briefing | Science and Environment: Death Sentence for Hungry...2008-03-20 05:30 - Oregon and Washington officials will try to catch the sea lions that arrive at the base of the Bonneville Dam and hold them 48 hours to see whether an aquarium, zoo will take them. A Bid to Lure Wolves With a Digital Call of the Wild 2008-03-20 05:30 - A speaker-recorder system called Howlbox howls, and wolves howl back, their answers amounting to a roll call that can help scientists studying the population. An Export in Solid Supply 2008-03-20 05:30 - A reorganization of the global coal trade is making the United States a major exporter for the first time in years, and driving up prices of the one fossil fuel the nation has in abundance. Stuff of Life (but Not Life Itself) Is Detected on a Distant Planet 2008-03-20 05:30 - Astronomers reported Wednesday that they had made the first detection of an organic molecule, methane, in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. Observatory: The Secret of DEET? It Masks Odors That Usually Attract B... 2008-03-19 06:01 - It’s effective, but only recently have scientists begun to understand how DEET works to repel insects. Letters: Earth’s Ineluctable Destiny (1 Letter) 2008-03-19 06:01 - To the Editor:. Letters: What’s in a Name? (2 Letters) 2008-03-19 06:01 - To the Editor:. Letters: Patients and Medical Tests (2 Letters) 2008-03-19 05:32 - To the Editor:. Letters: Celebrating the Push-Up (1 Letter) 2008-03-19 05:31 - To the Editor:. Observatory: When a Sticky Gecko Starts to Slip, Its Tail Comes to the... 2008-03-19 05:31 - While adept at hawking car insurance, the gecko is not the greatest climber. However, it recovers from slips with the help of its tail. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 |
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