Topic: - on November 27, 2002 at 2:10:47 AM CET
Last 3 of rarest bird on Earth found living within 1 mile of eachother.
Still no word on Osama's location
The last three po`ouli birds known to exist will be taken into captivity in a last-ditch effort to save the species from extinction. "If we do not bring them in now, they may never be seen again," said Michael Buck, administrator of the state Division of Forestry and Wildlife.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:17:48 AM CET
How mushrooms will save the world
Once you've heard "renaissance mycologist" Paul Stamets talk about mushrooms, you'll never look at the world -- not to mention your backyard -- in the same way again. The author of two seminal textbooks, "The Mushroom Cultivator" and "Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms," Stamets runs Fungi Perfecti, a family-owned gourmet and medicinal mushroom business in Shelton, Wash.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:09:43 AM CET
Scientists on Alert for Hidden Island Off Sicily
A volcanic island submerged off the coast of Sicily for the last 170 years could reappear in the coming weeks if furious seismic rumblings continue, Italy's chief seismologist said Monday. "We've seen Etna erupting, seismic activity to the north and east of Sicily and gas activity around the Aeolian Islands," Enzo Boschi, head of Italy's Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology, told
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Topic: - on November 23, 2002 at 1:49:29 AM CET
Report: Ability to grasp came first
A 56-million-year-old skeleton found in Wyoming shows that one of the earliest primate ancestors had an opposable big toe, allowing it to creep to the outermost branches of trees to hunt nuts and fruit. It also probably kept a sharp eye out to avoid becoming someone else's meal.
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Topic: - on November 21, 2002 at 2:45:09 AM CET
Farm piglets relish snoozing on waterbeds
Instead of snuggling up to their mothers for warmth in their cold pigsty and running the risk of being crushed -- a common cause of early porcine death -- German scientists said waterbeds could be a safer alternative.
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Topic: - on November 20, 2002 at 12:05:03 PM CET
Honey kills antibiotic-resistant bugs
Honey could help to treat wounds that refuse to heal. Researchers seeking scientific support for honey's legendary medicinal properties have found that it stops bacteria from growing - even strains that are resistant to some antibiotics.
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Topic: - on November 19, 2002 at 6:26:48 PM CET
Flatulence: How To Prevent It
How to deal with farting
You denied it, blamed it on the guy next to you, you even blamed it on grandma when she was out of earshot. Most of the time, it smells bad and it sounds funny, but why go through so much restiveness over something as natural as farting? Okay, the abovementioned facts are reason enough, but let us at least dissipate the notion that farting, or Flatus, is bad.
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Topic: - on November 19, 2002 at 6:11:01 PM CET
California Tree-Sitter, Says He Will Have Oak Moved
A county leader said he would try to save a 400-year-old giant oak by moving it out of the proposed path of a four-lane road, but a man who has been living in the tree said he was afraid it would die in the move. John Quigley, 42, has been sitting in the tree for most of November in an attempt to protect it. He's drawn sympathy, home-cooked meals and a steady stream of visitors who don't want it cut down.
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Topic: - on November 19, 2002 at 11:04:44 AM CET
'Disaster' fears as tanker splits
The crippled oil tanker Prestige has split in two off Spain's north-west Atlantic coast, threatening one of the world's worst environmental disasters.
Environmental group WWF has previously warned that if all the fuel oil leaked, it would be one of the largest oil spills in the world -- about twice as big as the Exxon Valdez spill off Alaska in 1989.
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Topic: - on November 17, 2002 at 7:54:53 PM CET
Major slick threatens Spanish coast
Fears are growing that a stricken oil tanker off Spain's north western coast could break up spilling thousands of gallons of oil into the sea and causing an environmental catastrophe. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) warns that if all 77,000 tonnes of the Prestige's cargo were to leak, the spill would be twice the size of the catastrophic Exxon Valdez spill off Alaska.
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Topic: - on November 8, 2002 at 5:31:03 PM CET
Japan Whaling Fleet Sets off for Five-Month Expedition to Kill 400 Whales
Japanese whaling ships began a five-month expedition Friday to kill about 400 minke whales in Antarctic waters, the government said. The country says the hunt is for scientific research. However, most of the meat from the slaughtered whales ends up being sold as food, and critics call the research program commercial hunting in disguise. The five-ship fleet left Shimonoseki port, about 515 miles south of Tokyo, and are due to return in April next year, said Fisheries Agency official Takanori Nagatomo.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 8:07:29 PM CET
Granddad guns down terror squirrel
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A vicious squirrel which terrorised a Cheshire town has been shot dead by a grandfather seeking vengeance. The animal had already attacked a man mowing his lawn and woman walking down the street, in Knutsford.
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