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WEDNESDAY 5. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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Rare Gorillas Helpless as Congo Rangers Flee Rebels
Though victimized by execution-style killings and other atrocities this year, the apes have been able to count on a dedicated ranger force. Until now.
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Like a creature out of a horror film, moray eels have a second set of protruding jaws that allow the fish to grip and swallow prey whole, a new study says.
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More than 60 million people in the northern Indian Ocean may be at risk of a tsunami as big as the one that struck Indonesia on December 26, 2004, scientists say.
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THURSDAY 6. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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An imported virus could be a factor in the mysterious, ongoing U.S. honeybee die-off in the past year, though some experts claim there is no link.
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Fossils of a tiny 80-million-year-old feathered dino add to the theory that massive meat-eaters gave rise to today's birds, a new study says.
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New self-flexing films could pave the way for "soft robots" and better replacement organs, scientists say. With video.
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Humans evolved larger brains than their primate cousins in order to develop complex social skills such as maintaining friendships, a new study suggests.
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FRIDAY 7. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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The Mekong catfish travels more than 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) upriver to spawn—a discovery that means a planned dam on the river might spell disaster for the species.
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The rooms where spacecraft are assembled seem spotless to the human eye, but they may actually harbor several species of hardy bacteria, a new study says.
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Pits crammed with Stone Age skeletons suggest a bloody era of fighting nearly 6,000 years ago over the rapidly growing city of Tell Brak, according to archaeologists.
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A two-headed turtle celebrates his tenth birthday, locusts plague Yemen, surfers in Africa attempt new record, and more.
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MONDAY 10. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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Eastern gray whales number just a fraction of their historical highs—and human-induced climate change may be the cause—according to a new study.
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Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will vanish in less than five decades as sea ice melts due to a warming climate, a suite of U.S. government studies concludes.
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Astronomers backing the aging space telescope say that claims of more detailed ground-based snapshots are premature.
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The haul, including more than 30 pelts, heads, and skeletons, reveals the menacing threat facing one of the world's most endangered cats, experts say.
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Spaceport America's futuristic terminal is designed to serve as an eco-friendly museum and resting place for visitors and space tourists.
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TUESDAY 11. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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Join biologist Zeb Hogan as he explores the threats facing the Chinese sturgeon—one of the world's largest river fishes—and the efforts underway to save it.
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The solar-powered Zephyr plane has set a world record for longest unmanned flight by staying aloft for more than two days, a defense firm claims.
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The mummified remains of teenage girl who died more than 500 years ago went on public display for the first time last week in Argentina.
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WEDNESDAY 12. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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A type of gorilla and dolphin are among a thousand new animals added to the World Conservation Union's 2007 Red List of Threatened Species.
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FRIDAY 14. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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By rewarding the makers of the first privately operated lunar rovers, Google and X-Prize officials hope their "Moon 2.0" contest will jumpstart a new Web-savvy space race.
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Salmon surrogates have created young that are 100 percent trout, researchers say. The technique could be used to produce species that are endangered or even extinct.
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An odd planetary mass detected by a NASA satellite in June emits plumes of gas that create vibrant outbursts visible from Earth.
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Deadly cobra guards $125,000 sandal, Russia detonates "father of all bombs," Ethiopia rings in year 2000, more.
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MONDAY 17. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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A controversial new study claims that interstellar dust and plasma can organize into DNA-shaped structures that have the ability to reproduce and evolve.
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Honeybees on the island of Cyprus form tight balls around attacking hornets to suffocate them, new research suggests.
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Satellite images show that rapid Arctic ice loss has completely cleared a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
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Watch as language hunters in Australia's outback discover the only known speaker of a language long thought to be dead.
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TUESDAY 18. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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An unusual species of flying fox was recently discovered in the Philippines not long after it was deemed not to exist.
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Experts are warning of a "global extinction crisis" of the world's languages and have identified five hotspots where tongues are vanishing most rapidly.
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A bear, a beheaded caribou, a cigarette-smoking deity, and other wild wonders stalk our selection of winning pictures from the latest Banff Mountain Photography Competition.
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See what towns made the list of the world's dirtiest cities, and witness the grim toll that pollution is taking on people and the environment from Peru to China.
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WEDNESDAY 19. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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Fossils of human ancestors found in the republic of Georgia suggest we evolved from a patchwork species that had both apelike and more advanced features, scientists report.
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Stone structures lying off a tiny Pacific island continue to draw controversy over whether they are natural formations or the ruins of a 5,000-year-old city.
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Bogs that "burped" methane contributed to climate 55 million years ago, a new study says. Will wetlands play a similar role today?
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Natural formations or 5,000-year-old city ruins? Scientists are still divided over the origin of mysterious stone structures off the coast of Japan's Yonaguni Jima.
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THURSDAY 20. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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It's all in the wrist, according to a new study suggesting that the "hobbit" human found in Indonesia is a discrete species and not a diseased modern human.
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Yale University has agreed to return thousands of Machu Picchu relics to the government of Peru in what many officials are hailing as a landmark deal.
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New high-resolution images of the red planet are throwing a wet blanket over previous geologic signs of liquid water near the Martian surface.
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The sleek reptilian predator of the big screen actually looked more like a feathered bird that was not much bigger than a turkey.
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FRIDAY 21. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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Samples taken from a ridge beneath the North Pole appear to back up Russian officials' claim on the potentially oil-rich Arctic seabed.
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Changes in temperature and rainfall in the Americas and worldwide may be rolling out the welcome mat for disease-spreading mosquitoes, experts say.
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An object that struck the high plains of Peru on Saturday, causing a mysterious illness among local residents, was a rare kind of meteorite, scientists announced today.
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Wildfire ravages California, divers try out the life aquatic, Typhoon Nari lashes South Korea, more.
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MONDAY 24. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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The cost of curbing greenhouse gases emissions is tiny compared to the economic catastrophe of inaction, some experts argue. But others say the evidence isn't in.
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A proposed facility in the Tana River Delta has ignited debate over whether the project is the best way to boost the economy while protecting biodiversity.
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Salmonella, a common culprit of food poisoning, undergoes genetic changes in space that make it even more vicious, a new study says.
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A Swedish gardener dug up a thousand-year-old hoard of silver coins collected by Norse seafarers from places as far as away as present-day Iraq and Uzbekistan.
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TUESDAY 25. SEPTEMBER, 2007
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In what researchers have dubbed a "hotbed of deception," some male bat bugs have evolved females' fake genitals to prevent damage during sexual encounters.
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Israel and Jordan have teamed up to construct an artificial reef in the Red Sea that is designed to draw divers away from the fragile natural reefs.
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