Science And Technology
Devastating drought alters life for Kenya nomads
DELA, Kenya ---- When 64-year-old Jimale Irobe was a young man, he guided his herds of cows and camels through knee-high grass.
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Colorado county copes with methane mystery
WALSENBURG, Colo. ---- Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high.
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NATURE: Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898
WASHINGTON ---- The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago. But the death toll, scientists now say, wasn't as high as previously thought.
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Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ---- Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.
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Dolphins may be cause of spike in porpoise deaths
MOSS LANDING ---- Marine biologists have figured out why a growing number of dead harbor porpoises have been found on California beaches in recent years: dolphin attacks.
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HISTORY: 19th-century eruptions sent a chill across the planet
A previously unknown volcanic eruption helped trigger a decade of global cooling 200 years ago, according to a new study published by a scientific team including a UC San Diego researcher.
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OCEANS: Samoa tsunamis obliterate some coral, spare others
HONOLULU ---- Scientists surveying American Samoa's coral reefs say Sept. 29's tsunami obliterated some corals and damaged others to the point that they may not recover.
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CLIMATE: Statisticians reject global cooling
WASHINGTON ---- Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book.
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BOTANY: Idaho scientists focus on wild plants for gardens
ABERDEEN, Idaho --- University of Idaho scientist Stephen Love said forays into the state's backcountry have taught him the most inhospitable territory is often home to remarkable beauty.
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ENVIRONMENT: Study: Warmed Northwest forests may yield less timber
GRANTS PASS, Ore. ---- A new study suggests warming temperatures predicted over the next century could boost tree growth on Northwest forests, but less so at lower elevations where most of the timber is and temperatures are already warm.
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NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, taking the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could yet be shelved by the White House.
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ENVIRONMENT: From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
AKESPE, Kazakhstan ---- Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day's catch.
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BIOLOGY: Drought-tolerance research bears fruit
Drought-tolerant plants survive arid conditions by making a hormone called abscisic acid. Now a scientific team led by San Diego researchers has discovered how that molecule functions.
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Statistics experts reject global cooling claims
WASHINGTON -- The Earth is still warming, not cooling as some global warming skeptics are claiming, according to an analysis of global temperatures by independent statistics experts.
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ENERGY: Vermont willow harvest promises cheap biomass fuel
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. ---- Middlebury College used to heat its buildings with oil, then switched to wood chips. Now, it has planted a sustainable and relatively cheap fuel source ---- willow shrubs ---- that could help cut demand on the state's forests.
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