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Science

  1. Evolution Debate in Kansas Spurs Battle Over School Materials
  2. More Bacon, Please
  3. 'Taste bud' for fatty foods found
  4.  Two new moons found around Pluto
  5. Male mouse sings a song of love
  6. 1.5m Chinese 'descendants of one man'
  7. Red Planet comes close to Earth
  8. 'Small' hope for student satellite
  9. Glow from first stars revealed
  10. Chimps fall down on friendship
  11. Climate Study Warns of Warming and Losses of Arctic Tundra
  12. Deer Tape Their Private Moments
  13. In Intelligent Design Case, a Cause in Search of a Lawsuit
  14. Wealth Keeps Birds, Humans In Nest
  15. Kansas evolution vote nears, scientists fight back 
  16. Gravity-Powered Asteroid Tractor Proposed to Thwart Impact - Yahoo! News
  17. Israelite Alphabet May Have Been Found
  18. Eskimos Try New Explosive in Whale Kill
  19. Asteroid encounter postponed
  20.  Hormones make women safer drivers
  21. The science of riding gravity waves
  22. Japan's whaling fleet sets sail
  23. Timekeeping proposal sparks row
  24. Evolution suffers Kansas setback
  25. Venus probe launched successfully
  26. American Scientist Online - A Self-Help Book of Science
  27. Children of bipolar parents score higher on creativity test, Stanford study finds
  28. New Scientist Women get a bigger buzz from cartoons - Breaking News
  29. Kansas school board redefines science
  30. Down for the Count - New York Times
  31. The Claim: Antibacterial Soap Works Better Than Regular Soap - New York Times
  32. China finds ancient observatory
  33. Evolution and the Electorate - New York Times
  34. A Decisive Election in a Town Roiled Over Intelligent Design - New York Times
  35. Daily Pilot: Science Cafe takes education beyond campus
  36. Environemental Consequences of Globalization
  37. BBC NEWS | Health | Hunger control hormone discovered
  38. Stanford scientists' discovery of hormone offers hope for obesity drug
  39. Male Sexual Prowess Drives Evolution?
  40. Olfactory System Detects Pheromones that Control Reproduction
  41. House Shelves Alaska Drilling in Budget Fight - New York Times
  42. The Pope on Creation - New York Times
Medicine 
 
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  1. PMS-Free Women’s Brains Work Overtime
  2. 'Faster' way to make bird flu jab
  3. Bush unveils bird flu action plan
  4. Plant oil 'acts like cancer drug'
  5. Electricity 'no link to illness'
  6. Two drugs best for deadly cancer
  7. Rabid vampire bats kill in Brazil
  8. Franklin's legacy to medicine
  9. Autism 'extreme male brain' clue
  10. Hope over heart attack treatment
  11. New bird flu outbreaks hit Asia
  12. Senate Passes Plan to Cut $35 Billion From Deficit
  13. Prions suspected in milk - Sheep mammaries shown to contain agents of fatal brain disease.
  14. Post-op heart therapy saves lives
  15. How the flesh-eating bug attacks
  16. Kuwait Announces Bird Flu in Fow
  17. Bird flu spreads further in Asia
  18. Sleep apnea doubles risk of stroke, death
  19. FDA Rejects Tomato Benefit Proposal
  20.  Happy marriage 'helps fight flu'
  21. Abuse 'triggers eating disorders'
  22. Vietnam to produce bird flu drug
  23. Past pandemics that ravaged Europe
  24. Why high protein diet fills us up
  25. Light-induced hormone surge points to benefits of light therapy
  26. Statins aid slow learners - Cholesterol-busting drugs help mice with learning disability.
  27. Smoking doubles risk of post-traumatic stress - Breaking News
  28. For Thyroid Hormones, How Low Is Too Low? - New York Times
  29. Hope over cheek lung cancer test
  30. New, Earlier Tests Seen Better at Fetal Down Syndrome Detection - New York Times
  31. Genetic Find Stirs Debate on Race-Based Medicine - New York Times
  32. Academic Freedom and Intelligent Design (Real Audio)
  33. The Links Between the Dalai Lama and Neuroscience (Real Audio)
  34. Nudging Killer Asteroids Off Course (Real Audio)
  Technology  Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
  1. Taking the Future for a Drive - New York Times
  2. Google restarts online books plan
  3. Worm affects AOL instant messages
  4. 'Blatant copying' in coursework
  5.  Microsoft hails 'strategic shift'
  6. Sony attacked over anti-piracy CD
  7.  Few people 'caused' bridge wobble
  8. Smart directions for green ideas
  9. Internet phone calls on the rise
  10. Outspoken Chinese blog 'blocked'
  11. Firefox fanbase reaches new high
  12. 'Gas muzzlers' challenge Bush
  13. NASA Needs $5 Billion More for Shuttles, Director Says - 
  14. U of S taking city Wi-Fi
  15. Sea launch for UK-built satellite
  16. Katamari creator dreams of playgrounds
  17.  Microsoft warns of latest flaws
  18. Sony sued over copy-protected CDs
  19. NY state to cut greenhouse gases from cars - Yahoo! News
  20. Talking books' 70th anniversary
  21. Cruise lines turn to sonic weapon
  22. Curtain rises on 'virtual' Dylan
  23.  Microsoft warns of latest flaws
  24. Net pioneers awarded top honour
  25. U of S taking city Wi-Fi
  26. Boeing plane wins distance record

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