European Group Cancels Mission To Observe Russian Election, Citing Restrictions
The cancellation of the mission was not a surprise but it formalizes the intense differences between the way Russia is perceived abroad and the way the Kremlin seeks to portray itself....
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Lockheed Martin Beats Estimates
The world’s largest military contractor posted earnings that beat expectations, but it said profit next year would be slightly below analysts? estimate....
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The Markets: Jobs Report Chills Wall Street’s Big Rally
Wall Street paused from its big rally Friday, with shares closing narrowly mixed after the government’s November labor report showed tepid job growth as well as a pickup in inflation....
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Bernanke Nods At Possibility Of A Recession
The chairman of the Federal Reserve warned a Congressional committee that economic growth is likely to stagnate over the first half of this year....
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Setback For Novartis In India Over Drug Patent
Drug companies can continue to make less expensive generic drugs, many of which flow to the developing world, after an Indian court Monday rejected a patent law challenge....
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Science News

Letters: Lowering Blood Pressure (1 Letter)
2008-04-30 05:31 - To the Editor:.

A Conversation With Arno Motulsky: A Genetics Pioneer Sees a Bright Fu...
2008-04-29 06:01 - Among scientists, Arno Motulsky is known as the ?father of pharmacogenomics,? the study of how an individual’s genetic inheritance affects the body’s response to drugs.

Observatory: The Beetle Factor in a Carbon Calculus
2008-04-29 05:30 - Most forests are considered net sinks of carbon dioxide, meaning they store more carbon than they give up, but natural events can upset the equation.

Navy Limits Applications for Its Nominations to Space Program
2008-04-28 05:30 - The cutback comes as the service tries to retain the expertise it needs to fulfill its wartime obligations while experiencing an overall decline in its numbers.

Bicycle-Sharing Program to Be First of Kind in U.S.
2008-04-28 05:30 - Starting next month, people in Washington will be able to borrow a bicycle any time they need one with the swipe of a membership card.

Patch Job
2008-04-27 05:30 - The human mind as a mess of parts, arbitrarily yet effectively assembled.

What Darwin Saw Out Back
2008-04-26 06:01 - The New York Botanical Garden is replicating his work and experiments in a stunning, multipart exhibition called ?Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure.?

National Briefing | Science: Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere In...
2008-04-25 05:30 - Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are continuing to rise at an accelerating rate, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported.

Tests Confirm T. Rex Kinship With Birds
2008-04-25 05:30 - A analysis of proteins extracted from fossils has yielded the first molecular data confirming the hypothesis of a close dinosaur-bird ancestry, scientists say.

NASA Official Plays Down a Troubled Soyuz Landing
2008-04-24 06:01 - Although NASA is concerned about last weekend’s rough landing of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, an agency official expressed confidence that the Russians would solve the problem.


 
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