Needed rain and snow for the West (weather.com)

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Gore: Nations must take lead in warming (AP)

   

AP - Emerging economies such as China are justified in holding back on fighting greenhouse gas emissions until richer polluters like the United States do more to solve the problem, former Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday.

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Bone may help pinpoint age of Tenn. site (AP)

   AP - A fossilized ground sloth leg bone unearthed last summer could help East Tennessee State University determine the age of the Gray Fossil Site, a National Park Service expert says.
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NASA reviews problems with Mars probe (AP)

   

AP - NASA said Wednesday it was investigating problems with two instruments aboard the most powerful spacecraft ever flown to Mars. The problems on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arose late last year, but recently worsened to the point where engineers have stowed one of the instruments.

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Car firms attack pollution plans

   European car makers describe EU plans to force them to cut back on exhaust emissions as "unbalanced".
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Telescope mirror nears completion

   A giant mirror that will fly on the US space agency's next space telescope is a step closer to completion.
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Research into crop nutrient loss

   Scientists are to investigate how to retain the healthy nutrients in crops in a £2.5m study.
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Nasa reviews astronaut screening

   Nasa is to review its psychological screening after the arrest of an astronaut on an attempted murder charge.
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China picks site for satellite center (AP)

   AP - China has chosen the site for a new satellite launching center, the country's fourth, on Hainan island in the South China Sea, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
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Group of rare vultures found in Cambodia (AP)

   

AP - Researchers in the remote forests of Cambodia said Wednesday they have discovered the only known colony in Southeast Asia of slender-billed vultures and scores of other endangered birds. The colony was discovered last month in the jungles east of the Mekong River in Cambodia's Stung Treng Province.

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Prehistoric Romeo and Juliet discovered (AP)

   

AP - They died young and, by the looks of it, in love. Two 5,000-year-old skeletons found locked in an embrace near the city where Shakespeare set the star-crossed tale "Romeo and Juliet" have sparked theories the remains of a far more ancient love story have been found.

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Human skin has unknown bugs

   Human skin is a "virtual zoo" say researchers who have identified over 200 different types of bacteria.
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Car firms facing pollution curbs

   The European Commission proposes a cut of 18% in CO2 produced by the average new car within five years.
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Aged females threaten juniper

   The decline of juniper bushes across the UK is blamed on the high proportion of old infertile female plants.
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Crystals 'helped Viking sailors'

   A study suggests Vikings used a crystal to help them plot their way across the seas even in cloudy or foggy weather.
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Brazil scolds rich on environment

   Brazil's President Lula says rich nations are not doing enough to fight global warming.
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Orangutans 'face greater threat'

   The threat to orangutans from illegal logging may be greater than has previously been predicted.
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Science backs nuclear burial plan

   There are no major scientific or technological barriers to burying UK nuclear waste underground, scientists say.
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EU money geared to smart future

   Europe launches its 50.5bn-euro (£33bn) programme for research and technological development.
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New UCSD Articles: Chem & Chem Eng

   Recent articles authored by UCSD faculty in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry or the Chemical Engineering Program, as indexed in Web of Science: Total synthesis of abyssomicin C, atrop-abyssomicin C, and abyssomicin D: Implications for natural origins of atrop-abyssomicin...
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