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285 articles from FOXNews

• THURSDAY 25. OCTOBER, 2007
• 11:44 Sexual Orientation Hard-Wired in Worm Brains

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  Playing with genes in nematode brains makes them attracted to own gender.  

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• 10:00 Coast Guard Plans Base on Arctic Ocean

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  Reconnaissance team flying to Barrow Thursday to scope out best location for permanent Arctic presence.  

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• 09:48 Scientists Pinpoint Optimism Center of Brain

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  But rostral anterior cingulate cortex, buried deep behind eyes, doesn't seem to work in some people.  

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• 08:48 Space-Station Crew Welcomes Discovery Astronauts

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  Female commander of ISS greets her counterpart as she climbs aboard.  

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• 08:44 White House Defends Editing of Climate Testimony

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  White House defends editing of CDC head's testimony on climate change, saying other agencies were uncomfortable that she was getting into territory beyond what she was asked to convey to Congress.  

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• WEDNESDAY 24. OCTOBER, 2007
• 18:51 Russians Successfully Breed Cockroaches in Space

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  Ex-Soviet scientists celebrate first conception of any living being in space -- in this case, 33 baby cockroaches.  

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• 11:50 Warming Seas Linked to Past Mass Extinctions

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  Ocean temperature rises coincided with four of five mass extinctions in Earth's history -- researchers fear we may be causing sixth.  

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• TUESDAY 23. OCTOBER, 2007
• 16:27 Carbon Dioxide Levels Rising Much Faster Than Expected

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  Rate of increase of CO2 in atmosphere 35 percent more than predicted; global warming forecasts may be too optimistic.  

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• 14:29 Shuttle Discovery Set for Launch Despite Bad Weather

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  Prospects for 11:38 launch didn't look good as clouds, rain moved into area, but NASA fueled up Discovery anyway.  

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• 09:58 Scientists Generate Powerful Antimatter Ray

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  Researchers at North Carolina State University produce world's most powerful positron beam.  

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• MONDAY 22. OCTOBER, 2007
• 19:43 Russian Space Capsule Lands 200 Miles Short of Goal

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  Craft carrying two Russians, first Malaysian astronaut goes off course, subjects crew to 8 times force of gravity before landing safely.  

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• 19:42 Green Group Names 21 Cities at Risk of Submersion

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  Worldwatch Institute puts New York, L.A. on list of cities with populations over 8 million most at risk from rising sea levels.  

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• 19:17 Lousy Weather Could Scotch Tuesday's Shuttle Launch

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  Only 40 percent chance of right conditions for launch, scheduled for 11:38 a.m. Tuesday.  

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• 18:56 Russian Space City Rusty but Still Essential

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  Baikonur cosmodrome, in middle of Kazakh steppe, hasn't changed much since the '50s, will be center of world's manned space programs in early part of next decade.  

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• 18:53 Scientists: Pig Cells May Help Human Diabetics

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  Researchers are studying whether pig cells may reduce the need for insulin injections in humans suffering from diabetes.  

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• 16:25 Chinese Lunar Probe Set for Launch Wednesday

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  Mainland's first moon shot follows launch of Japanese probe by only weeks.  

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• 11:55 Polar Dinosaur Footprints Found in Australian Outback

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  Newly discovered footprints made by carnivorous dinosaurs in Australia reveal the ancient beasts survived in polar climes when the outback was still joined to Antarctica and close to the South Pole.  

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• 11:52 Astronaut Trio Set for Space-Station Construction

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  Stephanie Wilson, Daniel Tani, Paolo Nespoli will have busy two weeks of construction in orbit.  

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• 10:34 French Inventor Says 'Mona Lisa' Once Had Eyebrows, Lashes

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  For centuries, the "Mona Lisa" has beguiled art buffs unable to resist speculating on its origins and meaning. Now a French inventor claims to have some answers, including the fate of the enigmatic subject's famously missing eyebrows and lashes.  

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• 09:25 Bangkok Sinking Into Ground as Sea Levels Rise

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  Thai capital sinking rapidly into soft ground as sea levels slowly rise; officials propose dikes, canals to stave off disaster.  

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• SATURDAY 20. OCTOBER, 2007
• 17:11 Fading Fall Foliage Blamed on Global Warming

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  Business owners and experts are worried that climate change caused by global warming is causing fall foliage to not be as vibrant as in years past.  

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• FRIDAY 19. OCTOBER, 2007
• 16:04 Astronomers: Monster Black Hole Can't Be Explained

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  Current theories can't account for huge size of black hole in binary system M33 X-7.  

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• 16:04 Something Very Fishy Found About Human Fingers

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  A gene responsible for the development of fins in a primitive fish also helped shape the hands, feet and wings of every land animal alive today.  

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• 16:04 Legless Crab Slithered Across Jurassic Seas

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  Ancient crabs weren't big, and didn't have legs, but sponge reefs they lived in reached 100 feet tall.  

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• 16:03 Bits of Halley's Comet to Rain Down Sunday Morning

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  This year's Orionid meteor shower expected to include dust from Halley's Comet.  

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